Under-Screen Camera Display Panels with Matched Pixel Unit Areas

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Solution Overview

Problem

In the context of full-screen mobile devices, the integration of a camera lens under the screen poses a challenge in achieving uniform luminance between the sensor region and the display region, making it difficult to create a seamless and aesthetically pleasing full-screen experience.

Innovation Solution

A display panel configuration with specific pixel arrays in the display and sensor regions, including first, second, and third pixel arrays with varying sub-pixel areas, ensures uniform luminance by matching the pixel unit area across regions, allowing for the placement of a camera lens under the screen without distinguishable luminance differences.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If a camera lens is placed under the screen to achieve a full-screen display, then the effective display area is increased and aesthetics are enhanced, but the sensor region and display region exhibit ununiform luminance that can be distinguished by the human eye

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveeffective display areaVSAvoidluminance uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by configuring different pixel structures in different regions: the display region uses first pixels with a certain sub-pixel area, the sensor region uses second pixels with adjusted sub-pixel areas (blue, red, and green sub-pixels having specific area relationships), and the transition region uses third pixels with intermediate sub-pixel areas. This localized differentiation ensures that each region's luminance characteristics are optimized for its specific function while maintaining overall uniformity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements parameter changes by adjusting the sub-pixel area parameters across different regions. Specifically, the blue, red, and green sub-pixel areas in the sensor region are modified relative to those in the display region, and the transition region uses intermediate values. These parameter adjustments compensate for the different light emission characteristics of the sensor and display regions, achieving uniform luminance across the entire screen.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Illumination intensity

If the pixel area in the sensor region is increased to match the display region luminance, then luminance uniformity is improved, but the distinction between sensor and display regions becomes more apparent

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminance uniformityVSAvoidregion differentiation
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the screen into three distinct segments: the display region with first pixels, the sensor region with second pixels, and the transition region with third pixels. Each segment has specifically configured pixel structures with different sub-pixel area ratios. This segmentation allows independent optimization of each region while the transition region serves as a buffer to blend the characteristics, preventing obvious region differentiation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The transition region acts as an intermediary between the display region and sensor region. The third pixels in the transition region have sub-pixel areas that are intermediate between those of the first and second pixels. This intermediary structure gradually transitions the luminance characteristics from one region type to another, preventing abrupt changes and making the region boundaries imperceptible to the human eye.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Illumination intensity

If different sub-pixel area configurations are used in the sensor region compared to the display region, then luminance uniformity is achieved, but the manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminance uniformityVSAvoidsub-pixel area control
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent defines specific parameter relationships for sub-pixel areas that balance luminance uniformity with manufacturing feasibility. The blue sub-pixel area in the sensor region is set to be greater than in the display region, while the red and green sub-pixel areas are set to be smaller. These parameter changes provide clear design guidelines that can be implemented through standard manufacturing processes while achieving the desired luminance uniformity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11393878B2Display panel and display device
Publication Date: 2022.07.19 WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a display region and a sensor region. The sensor region is provided with multiple sensors in the display panel. Multiple first pixels are arranged in the display region. The first pixels are arranged as a first array in the display region. Multiple second pixels are arranged in the sensor region, and the second pixels are arranged as a second array in the sensor region. A pixel unit area of the first array is equal to a pixel unit area of the second array, and the pixel unit area is a number of the pixels multiplied by an area of each pixel in a unit area. The display device includes the display panel and the sensors. The sensors are disposed on one side of the display panel.