Six-Color RGBYMC Filter for Display Printer Color Matching
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Solution Overview
Problem
Color reproducibility issues arise when displaying images on liquid crystal devices and printing them, as RGB data suited for display devices is not compatible with YMC ink systems used in printers, leading to unsatisfactory color matching between displays and printers.
Innovation Solution
A color image display device with a six-color filter configuration of RGB and YMC, where each pixel includes red, green, blue, yellow, magenta, and cyan filter regions, allowing for wider color reproduction and independent black-and-white display, enhancing resolution by using complementary color combinations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If RGB color filters are used in a display device, then the display device can show colors within the RGB color triangle, but color matching with printers using YMC inks is poor
Solution Approach 1:
The pixel is segmented into six distinct filter regions (R, G, B, Y, M, C) instead of the conventional three. Each region corresponds to a specific color filter that can independently modulate light, enabling the display to reproduce both RGB and YMC color spaces effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The six-color filter configuration provides multi-functionality by enabling the display to operate in multiple color spaces. The same pixel structure can display colors using RGB additive mixing, YMC subtractive mixing, or combinations thereof, making it universally compatible with both display and printing color systems.
2Device complexity
If only RGB filter regions are provided in one pixel, then the pixel structure is simple, but the displayable color range is limited and resolution in black-and-white display is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The pixel is segmented into six distinct filter regions (R, G, B, Y, M, C) instead of the conventional three. Each region corresponds to a specific color filter that can independently modulate light, enabling the display to reproduce both RGB and YMC color spaces effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention extends the color space dimension from three (RGB) to six (RGBYMC). This dimensional expansion allows the display to access a broader gamut of colors and enables independent black-and-white display channels through complementary color combinations.
3Manufacturing precision
If complementary color combinations (R-C, G-M, B-Y) are arranged adjacently, then black-and-white display resolution is tripled, but the filter region arrangement becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The pixel is segmented into six distinct filter regions (R, G, B, Y, M, C) instead of the conventional three. Each region corresponds to a specific color filter that can independently modulate light, enabling the display to reproduce both RGB and YMC color spaces effectively.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the pixel are assigned different functional qualities. Complementary color pairs (R-C, G-M, B-Y) are positioned adjacently to enable local black-and-white display functions, while maintaining overall color display capabilities across the entire pixel structure.
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AI summary
A color image display device includes a display panel including pixel regions and a color filter, the color filter including, in each pixel region, a red filter region and a cyan filter region arranged adjacent to and parallel to each other in a direction, a green filter region and a magenta filter region arranged adjacent to and parallel to each other in the direction, and a blue filter region and a yellow filter region arranged adjacent to and parallel to each other in the direction.