IP Library Granted Patent US 7,336,246
Granted Patent B2
US 7,336,246 · App. 10/843,425 · Granted Feb 26, 2008

Display apparatus, display method and method of manufacturing a display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,336,246
App. No.
10/843,425
Granted
Feb 26, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

To precisely reduce fluctuations in brightness of respective light emitters when displaying an image by having a plurality of light emitters emit light, and thereby improve image quality. A display apparatus can be made of an arrangement of a plurality of pixels respectively composed of a predetermined driving circuit and a light emitter that emits light when driven by the driving circuit. Each pixel can include a correction circuit that detects an amount of light for the light emitter using a light receiver made of the same type of material as the light emitter and implements feedback control over the driving circuit based on a detection result.

Claims (7)

1. A display apparatus composed of an arrangement of a plurality of pixels respectively composed of a predetermined driving circuit and a light emitter that emits light when driven by the driving circuit,

each pixel including a correction circuit that detects an amount of light for the light emitter using a light receiver made of a same type of material as the light emitter and that implements feedback control over the driving circuit based on a detection result, the correction circuit being composed of a resistor and a phototransistor whose resistance changes in accordance with an amount of received light, and being a series circuit that is coupled in parallel to a data voltage holding capacitor that is a component in the driving circuit.

2. A display apparatus according to claim 1 , the correction circuit detecting an amount of external light and implementing feedback control of the driving circuit based on a detection result.

3. A display apparatus according to claim 1 , the light receiver being formed of an organic EL display material.

4. A display apparatus according to claim 1 , the light emitter being formed of an organic EL display material.

5. A display apparatus according to claim 1 , the organic EL display apparatus being composed of a plurality of the pixels arranged in two dimensions.

6. A display apparatus according to claim 1 that displays in color.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: EL TECHNOLOGY FUSION GODO KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047998/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2004
From: MIURA, HIROTSUNA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015137/0071 →