IP Library Granted Patent US 9,414,514
Granted Patent B2
US 9,414,514 · App. 14/347,615 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Display apparatus

Inventor: Kenji Yoshida (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
H05K7/14G02F1/133308G02F2001/13332G02F2001/136254G02F2201/58G09G2360/141G09G2360/145
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Patent No.
US 9,414,514
App. No.
14/347,615
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display panel which has a display surface; an apparatus base to which the display panel is attached; a detecting unit which has a detecting surface disposed so as to face a region to be inspected being a part of the display surface, the detecting unit detecting by means of the detecting surface, light emitted from the region to be inspected, and outputting a detection result; and a case which supports the detecting unit, and is attached to a peripheral area of the region to be inspected.

Claims (44)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel which has a display surface;

an apparatus base for attaching the display panel;

a frame member which is attached to the apparatus base;

a detecting unit which is disposed so as to face a region to be inspected, the region to be inspected being a part of the display surface; and

a case which houses the detecting unit therein,

wherein the detecting unit detects light emitted from the region to be inspected, and

wherein the case is fastened to the display surface.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a wiring part which has flexibility and is connected to the detecting unit, the wiring part transmitting the detection result of the detecting unit; and

a circuit board which is attached to the apparatus base and is connected to the wiring part, the circuit board adjusting light emitted from the display surface based on the detection result.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an elastic member which has a first end part fixed to the frame member, and a second end part making contact with an outer face of the case.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the case is adhered to the display surface.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an adhesive which fastens the case to the display surface.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the case is fastened to the display surface such that a position of the region to be inspected relative to the detecting unit is prevented from being shifted.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a frame that includes:

a frame body;

a side plate extending forward from an edge of the frame body; and

a front plate extending parallel to the frame body from a front edge of the side plate.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the front plate extends to an edge part of the display panel such that the front plate approaches a central part of the frame body, and

wherein the display panel is attached to the frame body of the frame.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a chassis base joined to the frame.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein an edge part of the chassis base on a front face side of the display panel is attached to an outer surface of the side plate.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the frame member comprises an L-shaped cross section.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the frame member comprises an L-shaped cross section and includes:

a side plate body, an edge part of the side plate body being attached to an outer surface of the chassis base; and

a front plate body.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the frame member comprises an L-shaped cross section and includes:

a side plate body, an edge part of the side plate body being attached to an outer surface of the chassis base; and

a front plate body that extends parallel to the front plate from the front edge of the side plate body with a space between the front plate and the front plate body.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein an end of the front plate body extends past an end of the front plate in a direction along the display surface.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the case includes a case body having a rear face side, an opening being formed on the rear face side,

wherein an edge part of the opening on the rear face side of the case body of the case is attached to a peripheral area of the region to be inspected.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the case includes a case body having a rear face side, an opening being formed on the rear face side,

wherein an edge part of the opening on the rear face side of the case body of the case is attached directly to a peripheral area of the region to be inspected.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the case is fastened to the display surface such that an edge part of the case contacts with the display surface.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a shift in a position of the circuit board relative to the detecting unit is accommodated by a flexing of the wiring part.

19. A luminance measurement method for a display device, the method comprising:

disposing a detecting unit of the display device so that the detecting unit faces a region to be inspected, the region to be inspected being of a display surface of the display device;

housing the detecting unit in a case of the display device;

fastening the case to the display surface; and

detecting light emitted from the region to be inspected using the detecting unit.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055256/0755 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2014
From: YOSHIDA, KENJI
To: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032668/0619 →
Continuity (1)
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