Transparent Display LED Layout for High Transmittance Screens

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional transparent display apparatuses with light emitting diodes (LEDs) face challenges in maintaining transparency while achieving appropriate display performance, often requiring complex arrangements that reduce screen transparency and hinder visual recognition of images from the back surface side.

Innovation Solution

A transparent display apparatus with a first transparent substrate, light emitting units, and a strip unit, where each light emitting unit includes at least one LED with a size of 10,000 μm² or less, and the area with 20% or less transmittance accounts for 30% or less of the display area, enhancing transparency while maintaining display performance.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the complexity of the arrangement of constituent elements such as strips is increased to secure appropriate display performance, then the display performance is improved, but the transparency of the screen is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay performanceVSAvoidtransparency reduction
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies parameter changes by precisely controlling the area ratio of low-transmittance regions to be 30% or less of the total display area, and limiting each LED to 10,000 μm² or less. This quantitative parameter optimization resolves the contradiction by achieving display performance through controlled parameter thresholds while maintaining transparency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Illumination intensity

If the area with low transmittance is increased to improve display visibility, then the display performance is enhanced, but the visual recognition of images on the back surface side is hindered

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay visibilityVSAvoidback surface visibility
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves this contradiction by establishing specific parameter thresholds: the low-transmittance area is limited to 30% or less of the display area, and each LED area is constrained to 10,000 μm² or less. These parameter changes optimize the balance between display visibility and back surface transparency, allowing both functions to coexist effectively.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

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 configuration improves transparency while ensuring appropriate display performance, allowing for better visibility of images on the back surface side by minimizing the area blocked by LEDs and optimizing the arrangement of light emitting units and strip units.

Implementation Method 1

display apparatus using light emitting diodes as display pixels

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight emitting diode: Light Emitting Diode

Data Source

PatentUS11837626B2Transparent display apparatus and glass provided with transparent display apparatus
Publication Date: 2023.12.05 AGC INC
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AI summary

A transparent display apparatus includes a first transparent substrate, light emitting units arranged for respective pixels on the first transparent substrate, and a strip unit connected to the light emitting units, wherein each of the light emitting units includes at least one light emitting diode having a size of area of 10,000 μm2 or less, and a size of area having a transmittance of 20% or less accounts for 30% or less of a display area.