Display Pixel Layout Around Components With Asymmetric Spacing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Display apparatuses face challenges in extending the display area to accommodate electronic components without compromising image quality or functionality.
Innovation Solution
The display apparatus incorporates a substrate design with distinct areas for main and auxiliary pixels, featuring asymmetrical intervals and luminance differences between boundary portions to accommodate components while maintaining image quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display area is extended to include areas where electronic components are arranged, then the functionality and utility of the display apparatus is improved, but the image quality and luminance uniformity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating distinct pixel arrangements in different regions: auxiliary pixels with asymmetric intervals are used in the first area (component area) while maintaining different characteristics from the second area (main display area). This allows each region to have optimized properties for its specific function, enabling image display in the component area while maintaining overall luminance uniformity across the entire display.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements asymmetry through the auxiliary pixel arrangement where the first interval (in first direction) differs from the second interval (in second direction). This asymmetric configuration allows the auxiliary pixels to accommodate electronic components in the first area while still providing display functionality, resolving the contradiction between extended functionality and image quality.
2Device complexity
If auxiliary pixels are arranged with asymmetrical intervals to accommodate components, then the device complexity is reduced, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the display into two distinct areas: a first area with auxiliary pixels arranged at asymmetric intervals for component accommodation, and a second area with main pixels for primary display. This segmentation allows each region to be optimized independently, reducing overall device complexity while managing manufacturing precision requirements through region-specific design.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design allows for an extended display area that includes electronic components while ensuring high luminance and improved light transmittance, enhancing the display's overall performance and functionality.
Implementation Method 1
The first auxiliary pixels may include second sub-pixels for emitting green light. The second auxiliary pixels and the third auxiliary pixels may include first sub-pixels for emitting red light and third sub-pixels for emitting blue light.
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AI summary
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first area and a second area, auxiliary pixels in the first area, and including first auxiliary pixels, respective ones of which being along a first line, and second auxiliary pixels, respective ones of which being arranged along a second line that is parallel to the first line, and third auxiliary pixels, respective ones of which being arranged along a third line that is parallel to the first line, and having a same pixel arrangement as the second auxiliary pixels, main pixels in the second area, and a transmissive portion between the auxiliary pixels, wherein a first distance between the first line and the second line at one side of the first line is less than a second distance between the first line and the third line at an other side of the first line.