Light Guide Component for Seamless Spliced Display Panels
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Solution Overview
Problem
Large-size flat-panel display devices require splicing multiple panels, which creates seams that negatively impact the viewing experience due to dark regions caused by non-light-emitting areas between panels.
Innovation Solution
A light guide component with an upper and lower portion, featuring a light-emission surface, refraction surface, light incident surface, and reflection surface, is designed to refract and reflect light in a way that eliminates the visibility of splicing seams by ensuring light is emitted across the seam area, improving the display's uniformity and visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If multiple display panels are spliced together to form a larger display, then the display size is increased, but splicing seams appear between adjacent panels causing dark regions
Solution Approach 1:
A light guide component is introduced as an intermediary element between adjacent display panels. This component receives light from light-emitting areas of the panels and redirects it toward splicing seam regions, effectively mediating the light distribution to eliminate dark seams without requiring modification to the display panels themselves
Solution Approach 2:
The light guide component creates local light emission specifically at splicing seam regions while maintaining normal operation of the display panels. By concentrating optical energy where needed (at the seams) rather than uniformly across the entire display, the solution addresses the local problem of dark regions without affecting overall display performance
2Productivity
If the size of a single display panel is increased, then fewer panels are needed, but production and transportation costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into multiple manageable panels that can be produced and transported separately, then assembled into a larger display configuration. The light guide component enables these segmented panels to work together seamlessly, achieving the benefits of modular production while maintaining the appearance of a large continuous display
3Object-affected harmful factors
If a light guide component is added to eliminate splicing seams, then viewing experience is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide component serves multiple functions: it redirects light to eliminate splicing seams, maintains uniform light distribution across the display, and can be integrated with existing display panel structures. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components to address related issues
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
The light guide component effectively eliminates the dark seams between spliced display panels, enhancing the viewing experience by ensuring consistent light emission and improved display quality across the entire panel surface.
Implementation Method 1
refracted by the refraction surface and emitted out of the light guide component
Implementation Method 2
reflected to one of the refraction surface and the light-emission surface by the reflection surface
Data Source
AI summary
A light guide component, a display device, a method for manufacturing the display device are provided. The light guide component includes an upper light guide portion including a light-emission surface and a refraction surface, and a lower light guide portion including a light incident surface and a reflection surface. The light guide component is configured to: allow a first deflected light entering the light incident surface to be projected onto one of the refraction surface and the light-emission surface, refracted by one of the refraction surface and the light-emission surface and emitted out of the light guide component; and allow a second deflected light entering the light incident surface to be projected onto the reflection surface, reflected to one of the refraction surface and the light-emission surface by the reflection surface, refracted by one of the refraction surface and the light-emission surface and emitted out of the light guide component.