Display apparatus and electronic device with sub-pixels having respective areas
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus including: a first pixel including three sub-pixels for displaying three primary colors respectively; and a second pixel including three sub-pixels for displaying two colors selected among the three primary colors and a predetermined color other than the three primary colors, wherein, in the first pixel, the size of the display surface of a sub-pixel for displaying a specific color included in the three primary colors as a specific color missing from the second pixel is larger than each of the sizes of the display surfaces of the two other sub-pixels for displaying the two other primary colors respectively.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a first pixel including a first sub-pixel for displaying a first primary color, a second sub-pixel for displaying a second primary color, and a third sub-pixel for displaying a third primary color; and
a second pixel including a first sub-pixel for displaying the first primary color, a second sub-pixel for displaying the second primary color, and a fourth sub-pixel for displaying a fourth color,
wherein the third primary color of the third sub-pixel in the first pixel is a color different from the fourth color of the fourth sub-pixel in the second pixel;
wherein, in the first pixel, an area of the third sub-pixel is larger than each of areas of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel;
wherein, in the second pixel, an area of the fourth sub-pixel is larger than each of areas of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel;
wherein, in the first pixel, the area of the second sub-pixel is predetermined in relation to the area of the third sub-pixel in such a manner that the area of the second sub-pixel is within a range of 95% to 80% of the area of the first sub-pixel as the area of the third sub-pixel is within a range of 105% to 120% of the first sub-pixel; and
wherein, in the second pixel, the area of the second sub-pixel is predetermined in relation to the area of the fourth sub-pixel in such a manner that the area of the second sub-pixel is within a range of 95% to 80% of the area of the first sub-pixel as the area of the fourth sub-pixel is within a range of 105% to 120% of the area of the first sub-pixel.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the area of the third sub-pixel in the first pixel is equal to the area of the fourth sub-pixel in said second pixel.
3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said first pixel and said second pixel are laid out alternately in a direction parallel to pixel rows and a direction parallel to pixel columns.
4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein, in the first pixel, the area of the second sub-pixel is substantially 80% of the area of the first sub-pixel, and the area of the third sub-pixel is substantially 120% of the first sub-pixel; and
wherein, in the second pixel, the area of the second sub-pixel is substantially 80% of the area of the first sub-pixel, and the area of the fourth sub-pixel is substantially 120% of the first sub-pixel.
5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a basic area is a third of an area of each of the first pixel and the second pixel,
the area of the first sub-pixel in the first pixel is the basic area, and
the area of the first sub-pixel in the second pixel is the basic area.
6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel; and
the first primary color is red, the second primary color is green, and the third primary color is blue.
7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the fourth sub-pixel is a white sub-pixel, and the fourth color is white.
8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first pixel consists of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel, and
the second pixel consists of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel.
9. An electronic device including a display apparatus comprising:
a first pixel including a first sub-pixel for displaying a first primary color, a second sub-pixel for displaying a second primary color, and third sub-pixel for displaying a third primary color; and
a second pixel including a first sub-pixel for displaying the first primary color, a second sub-pixel for displaying the second primary color, and a fourth sub-pixel for displaying a fourth color,
wherein the third primary color of the third sub-pixel in the first pixel is a color different from the fourth color of the fourth sub-pixel in the second pixel;
wherein, in the first pixel, an area of the third sub-pixel is larger than each of areas of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel;
wherein, in the second pixel, an area of the fourth sub-pixel is larger than each of areas of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel;
wherein, in the first pixel, the area of the second sub-pixel is predetermined in relation to the area of the third sub-pixel in such a manner that the area of the second sub-pixel is within a range of 95% to 80% of the area of the first sub-pixel as the area of the third sub-pixel is within a range of 105% to 120% of the area of the first sub-pixel; and
wherein, in the second pixel, the area of the second sub-pixel is predetermined in relation to the area of the fourth sub-pixel in such a manner that the area of the second sub-pixel is within a range of 95% to 80% of the area of the first sub-pixel as the area of the fourth sub-pixel is within a range of 105% to 120% of the area of the first sub-pixel.
10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the area of the third sub-pixel in the first pixel is equal to the area of the fourth sub-pixel in said second pixel.
11. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein said first pixel and said second pixel are laid out alternately in a direction parallel to pixel rows and a direction parallel to pixel columns.
12. The electronic device according to claim 9 ,
wherein, in the first pixel, the area of the second sub-pixel is substantially 80% of the area of the first sub-pixel, and the area of the third sub-pixel is substantially 120% of the first sub-pixel; and
wherein, in the second pixel, the area of the second sub-pixel is substantially 80% of the area of the first sub-pixel, and the area of the fourth sub-pixel is substantially 120% of the first sub-pixel.
13. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein
a basic area is a third of an area of each of the first pixel and the second pixel,
the area of the first sub-pixel in the first pixel is the basic area, and
the area of the first sub-pixel in the second pixel is the basic area.
14. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein
the first sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel; and
the first primary color is red, the second primary color is green, and the third primary color is blue.
15. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein
the fourth sub-pixel is a white sub-pixel, and the fourth color is white.