IP Library Granted Patent US 10,128,320
Granted Patent B2
US 10,128,320 · App. 15/833,165 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 10,128,320
App. No.
15/833,165
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels; a display switching function portion that displays an image based on light emitted from the pixel portion, and is capable of switching a three-dimensional display and a two-dimensional display of the image; and a sensor portion that detects whether or not an object comes into contact with or approaches.

Claims (53)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel portion including a plurality of pixels;

a display switching function portion configured to display an image based on light emitted from the pixel portion, the display switching function portion is capable of switching between a three-dimensional display of the image and a two-dimensional display of the image; and

a sensor portion configured to detect whether or not an object comes into contact with the sensor portion or approaches the sensor portion,

wherein:

the pixel portion includes an organic electroluminescent layer and a common electrode in this order above a plurality of pixel electrodes,

the display switching function portion includes a function layer and a driving electrode in this order above a counter electrode, the function layer allows an emission angle or an emission area of a light beam to vary in response to an applied voltage, and

the sensor portion includes a detection electrode above the driving electrode, a capacitative element being between the driving electrode and the detection electrode,

a driving circuit is configured to output a sensor driving signal to the driving electrode during the three-dimensional display and during the two-dimensional display, the driving circuit is configured to output a 3D display driving signal to the driving electrode during the three-dimensional display at a pulse width that is longer than a pulse width of the sensor driving signal and to output a 2D display driving signal to the driving electrode during the two-dimensional display at a pulse width that is longer than the pulse width of the sensor driving signal.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display switching function portion is configured by any one of a liquid crystal lens, a liquid lens, and a barrier parallax.

3. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the sensor portion is an electrostatic capacitance type touch sensor.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display switching function portion and the sensor portion are provided in this order from the pixel portion side.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel portion is sealed between a first substrate and a second substrate,

the counter electrode is provided above the second substrate with a third substrate interposed therebetween, and

a fourth substrate is provided between the driving electrode for a sensor and the detection electrode.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel portion is sealed between a first substrate and a second substrate,

the counter electrode is provided directly on the second substrate, and

a fourth substrate is provided between the driving electrode for a sensor and the detection electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 1 ,

the pixel portion and a protective layer are formed in this order above a first substrate,

the counter electrode is provided on the protective layer, and

a fourth substrate is provided between the driving electrode.

8. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the common electrode in the pixel portion also serves as the counter electrode in the display switching function portion.

9. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the common electrode in the pixel portion also serves as the counter electrode in the display switching function portion.

10. The display device according to claim 9 ,

the pixel portion is provided on a first substrate,

the function layer is provided on the common electrode of the pixel portion, and

a fourth substrate is provided between the driving electrode.

11. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the driving electrode includes one or a plurality of strip-shaped driving electrodes,

the detection electrode includes one or a plurality of strip-shaped detection electrodes that extend in a direction intersecting the strip-shaped driving electrodes.

12. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display switching function portion is a liquid crystal lens, and

a liquid crystal layer in which a refraction index varies in response to an applied voltage is provided as the function layer.

13. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display switching function portion is a liquid lens, and

a polar liquid layer and a nonpolar liquid layer in which a shape of an interface therebetween varies in response to an applied voltage are provided as the function layer.

14. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display switching function portion is a liquid crystal barrier, and

a liquid crystal layer, which is capable of switching transmission and interception of a selective area in response to an applied voltage, is provided as the function layer.

15. The display device according to claim 1 ,

a detection circuit configured to perform an object detection process based on a detection signal obtained from the detection electrode, the sensor driving signal being transferred onto the detection electrode to become the detection signal.

16. The display device according to claim 1 ,

the plurality of pixels is to be driven by the 2D display driving signal during the two-dimensional display and by the 3D display driving signal during the three-dimensional display.

17. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the display device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →