IP Library Granted Patent US 8,704,990
Granted Patent B2
US 8,704,990 · App. 13/037,451 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Electro-optical display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 8,704,990
App. No.
13/037,451
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical display apparatus includes a display area in which sub-pixel columns formed of sub-pixels of the same color that are linearly arranged in a single direction are disposed in a stripe arrangement together with sub-pixel columns of other colors. An aperture ratio of each sub-pixel in at least one sub-pixel column located at one edge of the display area in an arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns and at least one sub-pixel column located at another edge of the display area in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns are configured to be lower than those of sub-pixels of the same color located in a center portion of the display area.

Claims (14)

1. An electro-optical display apparatus comprising:

a display area in which sub-pixel columns formed of sub-pixels of the same color that are linearly arranged in a single direction are disposed in a stripe arrangement together with sub-pixel columns of other colors,

wherein an aperture ratio of each sub-pixel in at least one sub-pixel column located at one edge of the display area in an arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns and at least one sub-pixel column located at another edge of the display area in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns are configured to be lower than those of sub-pixels of the same color located in a center portion of the display area, and

wherein the aperture ratio of each sub-pixel in two sub-pixel columns that are each inwardly adjacent to the sub-pixel columns located at the two edges in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns is set to a ratio having a value between that of the aperture ratio of each sub-pixel in the sub-pixel columns located at the two edges in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns and that of the aperture ratios of the sub-pixels of the same color located in the center portion of the display area.

2. The electro-optical display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display area includes a pixel column that is formed of sub-pixel columns of three colors of red, green, and blue and that is arranged adjacent to another pixel column, and

wherein the sub-pixel columns located at the two edges in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns are red and blue, respectively.

3. The electro-optical display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, if the aperture ratios of the sub-pixels of the same color located in the center portion of the display apparatus are assumed to be 100%, the aperture ratio of each sub-pixel in the sub-pixel columns located at the two edges of the display area in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns is set to 40% to 80%.

4. The electro-optical display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display area includes a pixel column that is formed of sub-pixel columns of three colors of red, green, and blue and that is arranged adjacent to another pixel column,

wherein the sub-pixel columns located at the two edges in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns are red and blue, respectively,

wherein, if the aperture ratios of the sub-pixels of the same color located in the center portion of the display apparatus are assumed to be 100%, the aperture ratio of each sub-pixel in the sub-pixel columns located at the two edges of the display area in the arrangement direction of the sub-pixel columns is set to 30% to 50% for the sub-pixel column of red and 10% to 30% for the sub-pixel column of blue, and

wherein the aperture ratios of sub-pixel columns of green that are each inwardly adjacent to the sub-pixel columns of red and blue are set to 50% to 70%.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072398/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071935/0063 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2011
From: YOSHIDA, SHUHEI; TAKIZAWA, KEIJA
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025950/0116 →