Display Substrate Aperture Gradient for Brightness Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current display technologies face challenges in optimizing brightness and reducing power consumption, particularly in the center region of display panels, due to uniform pixel arrangements that result in unnecessary brightness waste and inefficient power usage.

Innovation Solution

A display substrate design featuring sub pixel units arranged in a specific pattern where the distance and aperture areas of sub pixels vary, with a greater aperture area closer to the midpoint and a smaller one further away, promoting transmittance and brightness while reducing power consumption by optimizing aperture ratios.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If uniform aperture areas are used for all sub pixels, then manufacturing is simplified, but brightness uniformity and power efficiency deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepixel arrangement uniformityVSAvoidcenter region brightness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by differentiating aperture areas based on spatial position. Sub pixels in the center region have larger aperture areas to enhance brightness where users focus attention, while sub pixels at the periphery have smaller aperture areas. This creates a gradient distribution that optimizes brightness uniformity and power efficiency according to the visual importance of different display regions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Illumination intensity

If larger aperture areas are used in the center region, then brightness is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecenter region brightnessVSAvoidaperture area distribution
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the display panel into multiple regions with different aperture area characteristics. By dividing the sub pixels into center region sub pixels and periphery sub pixels with distinct aperture area ranges, the design achieves optimized brightness distribution while maintaining manageable manufacturing complexity through clear regional classification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Use of energy by moving object

If aperture areas are reduced at the periphery, then power consumption is reduced, but brightness uniformity may worsen

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoidbrightness uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the aperture area parameter as a function of position across the display panel. By systematically varying aperture areas from larger values in the center to smaller values at the periphery, the design achieves both power consumption reduction and improved brightness uniformity, as the gradient distribution compensates for the natural luminance fall-off toward the edges.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS10312294B2Display substrate, display panel and display apparatus
Publication Date: 2019.06.04 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

A display substrate, a display panel and a display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes a plurality of sub pixel units, the plurality of sub pixel units is arranged in an array, each row or each column of sub pixels includes a first sub pixel and a second sub pixel, a line segment formed by the row of sub pixels has a midpoint in a row direction or a line segment formed by the column of sub pixels has a midpoint in a column direction, the first sub pixel and the second sub pixel are configured for displaying a same color, a distance from the first sub pixel to the midpoint is less than a distance from the second sub pixel to the midpoint and an aperture area of the first sub pixel is greater than that of the second sub pixel.