Display Panel Through-Hole Integration for Game Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Display panels used in various devices, such as game machines, require specific designs to accommodate different outer appearances, and existing technologies face challenges in efficiently integrating display areas with other apparatus while maintaining image quality and user interaction.
Innovation Solution
A display panel design featuring an array substrate with pixel units, scan lines, and data lines, intersecting to form a display area, combined with a closed sealing element and a display apparatus that includes a display element exposed through an opening, allowing for separate image and picture display areas without overlap, enhancing user interaction and image quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display panel is designed with a specific shape to accommodate the outer appearance of the display device, then the adaptability to different devices is improved, but the complexity of integrating the display area with other apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is divided into a display area and a non-display area, with the non-display area further segmented into a wiring area and a through-hole area. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each region: the display area maintains image quality, the wiring area accommodates electrical connections, and the through-hole area integrates other apparatus, thereby reducing overall integration complexity while preserving adaptability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension by creating through-holes that extend through the array substrate, allowing other apparatus to be integrated in the thickness direction rather than only in the planar area. This dimensional transition enables more compact and flexible integration schemes across different display device form factors
2Manufacturing precision
If the display area is separated from other apparatus to maintain image quality, then the image quality is improved, but the user interaction with exposed display elements is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
A light-shielding layer is introduced as an intermediary element positioned between the display area and the through-hole area. This light-shielding layer prevents light leakage from the display area while allowing the through-holes to expose display elements for user interaction, thus maintaining image quality without compromising ease of operation
3Reliability
If wiring areas are expanded to accommodate scan lines and data lines, then the electrical connectivity is improved, but the area available for display and other apparatus integration is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The non-display area is segmented into a wiring area and a through-hole area, allowing the wiring area to be optimized for electrical connectivity while the through-hole area is dedicated to integrating other apparatus. This spatial segmentation ensures both electrical reliability and sufficient available area for device integration
Solution Approach 2:
By moving some functional elements into the thickness direction through through-holes, the patent reduces the planar area requirement for wiring and other apparatus, thereby increasing the area available for display while maintaining electrical connectivity through optimized wiring area design
Data Source
AI summary
A display panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate, and at least one closed sealing element. The array substrate has a first through hole, and the array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of data lines. The scan lines are electrically connected to the pixel units. The data lines intersect with the scan lines, and the data lines are electrically connected to the corresponding pixel units. The opposite substrate is disposed opposite to the array substrate, and the opposite substrate has a second through hole. The closed sealing element is disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate, and the closed sealing element has a third through hole. The first through hole, the second through hole, and the third through hole form an opening.