Display device having a fiber optic faceplate
View Patent ↗A display device includes: an array of color pixels each color pixel including a plurality of individually addressable subpixels for emitting different colored light; and a fiber optic faceplate arranged adjacent the array of color pixels, with one fiber for each color pixel.
1. A display device, comprising:
a) an array of color pixels each color pixel including a plurality of individually addressable subpixels for emitting different colored light; and
b) a fiber optic faceplate arranged adjacent the array of color pixels, with one fiber for each color pixel;
wherein the fibers of the fiber optic faceplate have circular cross-sections and where the subpixels comprise individual shapes limited to straight edges and are arranged to form pixels having polygonal shapes with at least six sides, and wherein the pixels are circumscribed by the circular cross-section of a fiber.
2. The display device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the subpixels emit red, green and blue light.
3. The display device claimed in claim 1 , wherein pixels are cruciform shaped and the subpixels define portions of the cruciform shape.
4. The display device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel is octagonal shaped and the subpixels define portions of the octagonal shape.
5. The display device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel is hexagonal shaped and the subpixels define portions of the hexagonal shape.
6. The display device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the subpixels are OLEDs.
7. The display device claimed in claim 1 , is a tiled display having a plurality of arrays of color pixels and fiber optic faceplates, and wherein the fiber optic faceplates are image enlarging fiber optic faceplates, each having a small face and a large face, with the small faces being arranged adjacent the arrays of color pixels.
8. The display device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fiber optic faceplate is an image enlarging faceplate having a large face and a small face, with the small face adjacent the array of color pixels.
9. The display device claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel is rectilinearly shaped and the subpixels define portions of the rectilinear shape.
10. The display device claimed in claim 9 , wherein the pixel comprises a central rectilinearly shaped subpixel having a first longest dimension and two rectilinearly shaped side subpixels each having longest dimensions that are smaller than that of the central subpixel.