Pixel structure, display panel, display device, and display-panel driving method thereof

1. A pixel structure, comprising:

a plurality of pixel cells arranged into a plurality of rows, wherein:

each row includes a plurality of pixel-cell groups arranged in a line along a row direction, wherein each pixel-cell group includes a predetermined number of subpixels arranged along the row direction and with the predetermined number of different colors;

the plurality of rows are arranged along a column direction;

for any two neighboring rows, each subpixel in one row is divided into two secondary subpixels along the row direction, and each subpixel in the other row is divided into two secondary subpixels along the column direction;

a boundary between two neighboring pixel cells in each odd-numbered row has an offset with respect to a nearest boundary between two neighboring pixel cells in an adjacent even-numbered row; and

the predetermined number of different colors of the predetermined number of subpixels in each pixel-cell group of the odd-numbered rows include a first color, a second color, and a third color, respectively along the row direction, and the three different colors of the predetermined number of subpixels in each pixel-cell group of the even-numbered rows are the second color, the third color, and the first color, respectively along the row direction.

2. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein:

the predetermined number is three; and

each of the first color, the second color, and the third color is one of red, green, and blue.

3. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the two secondary subpixels in each subpixel have a same area size.

4. The pixel structure according to claim 3 , wherein the secondary subpixels of the pixel structure have a same area size.

5. The pixel structure according to claim 4 , wherein:

the boundary between two neighboring pixel cells in each odd-numbered row has the offset equal to a half width of each subpixel with respect to the nearest boundary between two neighboring pixel cells in an adjacent even-numbered row.

6. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the two secondary subpixels in each subpixel are axisymmetric.

7. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the secondary subpixel is a polygon with each inner angle greater than or equal to 90°.

8. The pixel structure according to claim 7 , wherein the shape of the secondary subpixel is a rectangle.

9. A display panel including a pixel structure according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of driving circuits connecting to the plurality of secondary subpixels.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , further including a plurality of data lines connected to each secondary subpixel and a plurality of scan lines connected to each secondary subpixel, wherein:

the two secondary subpixels in each subpixel are connected to different data lines; and

the two secondary subpixels in each subpixel are connected to a same scan line.

11. A display device including a display panel according to claim 9 .

12. A driving method for a display panel including a pixel structure having a plurality of pixel cells arranged into a plurality of rows, wherein each row includes a plurality of pixel-cell groups arranged in a line along a row direction; each pixel-cell group includes a predetermined number of subpixels arranged along the row direction and with the predetermined number of different colors; the plurality of rows are arranged along a column direction; for any two neighboring rows, each subpixel in one row is divided into two secondary subpixels along the row direction, and each subpixel in the other row is divided into two secondary subpixels along the column direction; a boundary between two neighboring pixel cells in each odd-numbered row has an offset with respect to a nearest boundary between two neighboring pixel cells in an adjacent even-numbered row; and the predetermined number of different colors of the predetermined number of subpixels in each pixel-cell group of the odd-numbered rows include a first color, a second color, and a third color, respectively along the row direction, and the three different colors of the predetermined number of subpixels in each pixel-cell group of the even-numbered rows are the second color, the third color, and the first color, respectively along the row direction, comprising:

using any two adjacent subpixels in a same row as a pixel group; and

driving each pixel group of the display panel to emit light, wherein:

when a pixel group is driven to emit light, a subpixel in a neighboring row along the column direction and having a color different from the colors of the two subpixels of the pixel group is borrowed to emit light.

13. The driving method according to claim 12 , wherein:

a gray-scale value Y corresponding to each subpixel satisfies a formula:

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where N represents a number of pixel groups sharing emitted light of the subpixel, b represents a gray-scale brightness conversion factor, X i represents brightness of the emitted light of the subpixel required by an i th pixel group, and a i represents a weight factor for the brightness of the emitted light of the subpixel required by the i th pixel group.

14. A driving method for a display panel including a pixel structure having a plurality of pixel cells arranged into a plurality of rows, wherein each row includes a plurality of pixel-cell groups arranged in a line along a row direction; each pixel-cell group includes a predetermined number of subpixels arranged along the row direction and with the predetermined number of different colors; the plurality of rows are arranged along a column direction; for any two neighboring rows, each subpixel in one row is divided into two secondary subpixels along the row direction, and each subpixel in the other row is divided into two secondary subpixels along the column direction; a boundary between two neighboring pixel cells in each odd-numbered row has an offset with respect to a nearest boundary between two neighboring pixel cells in an adjacent even-numbered row; and the predetermined number of different colors of the predetermined number of subpixels in each pixel-cell group of the odd-numbered rows include a first color, a second color, and a third color, respectively along the row direction, and the three different colors of the predetermined number of subpixels in each pixel-cell group of the even-numbered rows are the second color, the third color, and the first color, respectively along the row direction, comprising:

using any two adjacent secondary subpixels with different colors in each row having every subpixel divided into two secondary subpixels along the column direction as a pixel group; and

driving each pixel group of the display panel to emit light, wherein:

when a pixel group is driven to emit light, a secondary subpixel in a neighboring row along the column direction and having a color different from the colors of the two secondary subpixels of the pixel group is borrowed to emit light.

15. The driving method according to claim 14 , wherein:

a gray-scale value Y corresponding to each secondary subpixel satisfies a formula:

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Y

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b

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i

=

1

N

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a

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X

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N

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where N represents a number of pixel groups sharing emitted light of the secondary subpixel, b represents a gray-scale brightness conversion factor, X i represents brightness of the emitted light of the secondary subpixel required by an i th pixel group, and a i represents a weight factor for the brightness of the emitted light of the secondary subpixel required by the i th pixel group.