IP Library Granted Patent US 12670861
Granted Patent B2
US 12670861 · App. 19/188,470 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Display substrate and driving method thereof, and display device

Inventors: Yanyan Wang (Beijing, CN); Lujiang Huangfu (Beijing, CN); Wenjing Tan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3233G09G3/3258H10K59/35G09G2300/0443G09G2310/027H10K59/65
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12670861
App. No.
19/188,470
Filed
Apr 24, 2025
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2629
USPC
345/55
Abstract

A display substrate, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a first display sub-region including a plurality of first repeating regions each including a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit disposed adjacently, the first pixel unit including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the second pixel unit including a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and a second display sub-region including a plurality of second repeating regions each including a third pixel unit and a first transparent pixel, the third pixel unit including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; the first transparent pixel is configured such that a pixel density of the second display sub-region is less than a pixel density of the first display sub-region, and a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region.

Claims (35)

1 . A display substrate,

comprising: a first display sub-region, the first display sub-region comprising a plurality of first repeating regions, at least one first repeating region of the plurality of first repeating regions comprising a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit disposed adjacently, the first pixel unit comprising a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, the second pixel unit comprising a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and

a second display sub-region located at at least one side of the first display sub-region, the second display sub-region comprising a plurality of second repeating regions, at least one second repeating region of the plurality of second repeating regions comprising a third pixel unit and a first light-transmitting region, the third pixel unit comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel, wherein

the first light-transmitting region is configured such that a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region,

the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit have a same first shape, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit have a same second shape, wherein the first shape is different from the second shape, and

the first shape is substantially a rectangular shape, the rectangular shape has a long side and a short side, and a sum of short sides of two of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit is less than or equal to the long side of a remaining one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit.

2 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein, in the second display sub-region, the third pixel unit and the first light-transmitting region are alternately arranged in a first direction, the third pixel unit and the first light-transmitting region are alternately arranged in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction intersect.

3 . The display substrate according to claim 2 , wherein one first light-transmitting region is disposed between third pixel units adjacent in the first direction, so as to be configured in a first light-transmitting region column, and one first light-transmitting region is disposed between third pixel units adjacent in the second direction, so as to be configured in a first light-transmitting region row.

4 . The display substrate according to claim 3 , further comprising a light shielding component located at least in the second display sub-region, and an orthographic projection of the third pixel unit on the display substrate is located within an orthographic projection of the light shielding component on the display substrate.

5 . The display substrate according to claim 2 , wherein, in the second display sub-region, first light-transmitting regions are continuously arranged in a third direction and a fourth direction, and wherein the third direction and the fourth direction intersect and do not overlap with the first direction and the second direction.

6 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , further comprising a transition display sub-region, wherein the transition display sub-region is located between the second display sub-region and the first display sub-region, the transition display sub-region comprises a plurality of third repeating regions, at least one third repeating region of the plurality of third repeating regions comprises a fourth pixel unit and a second light-transmitting region, the fourth pixel unit comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, and an area of the second light-transmitting region is smaller than an area of the first light-transmitting region.

7 . The display substrate according to claim 6 , wherein a pixel density of the second display sub-region is smaller than a pixel density of the transition display sub-region, and the pixel density of the transition display sub-region is smaller than a pixel density of the first display sub-region.

8 . The display substrate according to claim 6 , wherein the light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the transition display sub-region, and the light transmittance of the transition display sub-region is greater than the light transmittance of the first display sub-region.

9 . The display substrate according to claim 6 , further comprising a grayscale voltage adjusting portion, wherein the grayscale voltage adjusting portion is configured to adjust a grayscale voltage of at least one selected from the group consisting of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the fourth pixel unit.

10 . A full-screen display device, comprising:

the display substrate according to claim 1 ; and

a photosensitive component located at one side of the display substrate away from a light-emitting side, and an orthographic projection of the photosensitive component on the display substrate is at least partially located in the second display sub-region.

11 . The full-screen display device according to claim 10 , wherein the photosensitive component is an under-screen camera.

12 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following (i) to (iv) is satisfied:

(i). an area of the first light-transmitting region is greater than or equal to a sum of areas of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit;

(ii). an area of the first light-transmitting region is greater than a sum of areas of one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel and one third sub-pixel in the first display sub-region;

(iii). an area of the first light-transmitting region is greater than that of at least one of one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel or one third sub-pixel in the second display sub-region; and

(iv). an area of the first light-transmitting region is greater than that of at least one of the first sub-pixel or the second sub-pixel of the first pixel unit, and the area of the first light-transmitting region is greater than that of at least one of the second sub-pixel or the third sub-pixel of the second pixel unit.

13 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following (i) to (ii) is satisfied:

(i). the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit have a same area; and

(ii). the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit have the same area.

14 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein, in at least one third pixel unit, a side length of one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in a first direction is greater than a side length of any one of the other two of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in a second direction, and the first direction and the second direction intersect.

15 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein, in the second display sub-region, at least one third pixel unit is surrounded by four first light-transmitting regions, and at least one first light-transmitting region is surrounded by four third pixel units.

16 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of first light-transmitting regions are disposed on both sides of the third pixel unit in a row direction and on both sides of the third pixel unit in a column direction.

17 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of first light-transmitting regions are disposed on both sides of at least one selected from the group consisting of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit, in both of a row direction and a column direction.

18 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the following (i) and (ii) is satisfied:

(i) sub-pixels in the second display sub-region are located in a same column as part of sub-pixels in the first display sub-region; and

(ii) sub-pixels in the second display sub-region are located in a same row as part of sub-pixels in the first display sub-region.

19 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein one of the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel, the other one of the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel, and the second sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel.

20 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit are sequentially arranged.