Near-Eye Display Light-Shift Layout for Large-Angle Color Cast

Solution Overview

Problem

Existing near-eye display systems suffer from significant color cast issues at large viewing angles due to microcavity effects and four-corner light crosstalk in OLED displays, which affect virtual reality and augmented reality applications.

Innovation Solution

The display apparatus incorporates a display region with pixel units featuring light-emitting elements and light emission adjustment units, where the light emission adjustment units are shifted relative to the light-emitting elements to align with the optical system's light-receiving characteristics, including a shift linear-variation region and a shift non-linear-variation region to optimize light emission angles.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If light emission adjustment units are not shifted relative to light-emitting elements, then the display structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but color cast occurs at large viewing angles

Engineering Contradiction:
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by implementing different shift configurations for different pixel units based on their positions in the display region. Central pixel units have light emission adjustment units aligned with light-emitting elements, while edge pixel units have shifted configurations. This localized differentiation resolves the contradiction by maintaining manufacturing simplicity for central regions while eliminating color cast at edges through selective shifting.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the positional parameter of light emission adjustment units relative to light-emitting elements. By introducing a shift distance parameter that varies from zero at the center to non-zero values at edges, the patent transforms the uniform alignment configuration into a differentiated one, thereby eliminating color cast at large viewing angles while maintaining overall structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Object-affected harmful factors

If light emission adjustment units are shifted to align with optical system light-receiving characteristics, then color cast at large viewing angles is reduced, but the display structure becomes more complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent reduces device complexity by applying the shifting principle only where necessary - specifically for edge pixel units that suffer from color cast. Central pixel units maintain simple alignment, while only edge regions implement the shifted configuration. This localized approach reduces overall structural complexity compared to a universal shifting scheme.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the display region into central and edge areas, applying different light emission adjustment configurations to each segment. This segmentation allows the system to achieve color cast reduction at edges without complicating the central region structure, thereby balancing performance improvement with structural simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Ease of manufacture

If uniform light emission is maintained across all pixel units, then manufacturing is simplified, but brightness uniformity deteriorates at large viewing angles

Engineering Contradiction:
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by implementing position-dependent shift configurations that compensate for viewing angle effects. Central pixel units use simple alignment for easy manufacturing, while edge pixel units use shifted configurations to maintain brightness uniformity at large viewing angles. This resolves the contradiction by allowing manufacturing simplicity where it suffices while ensuring brightness uniformity where viewing angles create problems.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the positional parameter of light emission adjustment units based on pixel unit position and viewing angle characteristics. By introducing a shift distance parameter that varies with location, the patent maintains brightness uniformity across different viewing angles while keeping the central region configuration simple for easy manufacturing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

4Object-affected harmful factors

If light emission adjustment units are shifted for edge pixel units, then viewing angle performance is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent reduces manufacturing precision requirements by applying shifted configurations only to edge pixel units where viewing angle performance is critical. Central pixel units maintain simple alignment with relaxed precision requirements. This localized differentiation resolves the contradiction by concentrating precision requirements only where necessary for viewing angle performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the display region to apply different precision requirements to different areas. Edge regions with shifted configurations have higher precision requirements for viewing angle performance, while central regions have lower requirements. This segmentation strategy optimizes the balance between performance and manufacturing feasibility.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12366757B2Display apparatus and near-eye display device
Publication Date: 2025.07.22
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AI summary

Disclosed is a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a display region. The display region includes a shift linear-variation region and a shift non-linear-variation region. In the shift linear-variation region, shifts vary linearly with image heights of pixel units along the first direction. In the shift non-linear-variation region, shifts vary non-linearly with image heights of pixel units along the first direction. Further disclosed is a near-eye display device.