IP Library Granted Patent US 10,367,035
Granted Patent B2
US 10,367,035 · App. 15/882,264 · Granted Jul 30, 2019

Electrooptical device, electronic apparatus, and head mount display

Inventors: Hitoshi Ota (Shiojiri, JP); Takeshi Koshihara (Matsumoto, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H01L27/3211G02B27/0172H01L27/3218H01L27/3248H01L27/3276H01L51/5203G02B2027/0112H01L27/3213H01L27/3216H01L2251/5315
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Patent No.
US 10,367,035
App. No.
15/882,264
Granted
Jul 30, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrooptical device includes a first sub-pixel, a first region, a second sub-pixel, a second region, a third sub-pixel, a third region, a fourth sub-pixel, and a fourth region, which are arranged in an X direction as a first direction. The first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel have different colors from each other, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel have different colors from each other, and the first region, the second region, the third region, and the fourth region have the same length in the X direction.

Claims (77)

1. An electrooptical device comprising:

a first pixel including a first sub-pixel, a first region, a second sub-pixel and a second region, which are arranged in a first direction in an order of the first sub-pixel, the first region, the second sub-pixel and the second region; and

a second pixel, different from the first pixel, including a third sub-pixel, a third region, a fourth sub-pixel and a fourth region, which are arranged in the first direction in an order of the third sub-pixel, the third region, the fourth sub-pixel and the fourth region, wherein:

the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel have different colors from each other;

the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel have different colors from each other;

the first region is a pixel contact region of the first sub-pixel;

the second region is a pixel contact region of the second sub-pixel;

the third region is a pixel contact region of the third sub-pixel;

the fourth region is a pixel contact region of the fourth sub-pixel;

the first region, the second region, the third region, and the fourth region have a same length in the first direction; and

the first pixel includes a fifth sub-pixel having a length different from lengths of the first and second sub-pixels in the first direction.

2. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the first pixel includes the fifth sub-pixel and a fifth region, which are arranged in the first direction, the fifth sub-pixel being arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction with respect to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel;

the second pixel includes a sixth sub-pixel and a sixth region, which are arranged in the first direction, the sixth sub-pixel being arranged in the second direction with respect to the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel;

the fifth region is a pixel contact region of the fifth sub-pixel;

the sixth region is a pixel contact region of the sixth sub-pixel; and

the fifth region and the sixth region have a same length in the first direction.

3. The electrooptical device according to claim 2 , wherein:

the first pixel includes a seventh region between (i) the first and second sub-pixels and (ii) the fifth sub-pixel in the second direction;

the second pixel includes an eighth region between (i) the third and fourth sub-pixels and (ii) the sixth sub-pixel in the second direction; and

the seventh region and the eighth region have a same length in the second direction.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electrooptical device according to claim 3 .

5. The electrooptical device according to claim 2 , wherein:

an area of the fifth sub-pixel and an area of the sixth sub-pixel are larger than each area of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel; and

the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel have a blue color.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electrooptical device according to claim 2 .

7. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third sub-pixel, the third region, the fourth sub-pixel, and the fourth region are disposed along the first direction to be parallel to the first sub-pixel, the first region, the second sub-pixel, and the second region that are disposed in the first direction.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electrooptical device according to claim 7 .

9. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , wherein

among the first, second, third and fourth sub-pixels, the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel have a same color, and other sub-pixels have colors different from the color of the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel.

10. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , wherein

among the first, second, third and fourth sub-pixels, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel have a same color, and other sub-pixels have colors different from the color of the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel.

11. The electrooptical device according to claim 1 , wherein:

each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel includes a light emitting element and a colored layer that converts light from the light emitting element into light in a predetermined wavelength range; and

each respective pixel contact region of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel is a non-light-emitting region.

12. The electrooptical device according to claim 11 , wherein

the light emitting element and the colored layer are provided on a same substrate.

13. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electrooptical device according to claim 1 .

14. A head mount display comprising:

the electrooptical device according to claim 1 ,

the electrooptical device being configured such that a displayed image is recognized by at least one eye of both eyes.

15. An electrooptical device comprising:

a first sub-pixel, a first region, a second sub-pixel, a second region, a third sub-pixel, a third region, a fourth sub-pixel, a fourth region, which are arranged in a first direction, the first, second, third and fourth regions not including a contact region for a sub-pixel;

a fifth sub-pixel, and a sixth sub-pixel, each of the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel having a length different from lengths of the first, second, third and fourth sub-pixels in the first direction;

a fifth region including pixel contact regions of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel;

a sixth region which is a pixel contact region of the fifth sub-pixel;

a seventh region including pixel contact regions of the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel; and

an eighth region which is a pixel contact region of the sixth sub-pixel, wherein:

(i) the fifth region, (ii) the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, (iii) the sixth region, and (iv) the fifth sub-pixel are arranged in an order from (i), (ii), (iii) to (iv) in a second direction intersecting with the first direction;

(v) the seventh region, (vi) the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel, (vii) the eighth region, and (viii) the sixth sub-pixel are arranged in an order from (v), (vi), (vii) to (viii) in the second direction;

the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel have different colors from each other;

the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel have different colors from each other;

the fifth region, the sixth region, the seventh region, and the eighth region have a same length in the second direction; and

the first region, the second region, the third region, the fourth region, the fifth region, the sixth region, the seventh region and the eighth region are all distinct from each other.

16. The electrooptical device according to claim 15 , wherein

lengths of the first region, the second region, the third region, and the fourth region in the first direction are same as a length of a ninth region in the first direction, the ninth region being a region between the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel in the first direction.

17. An electrooptical device comprising:

a plurality of display units that are arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and

each display unit including at least a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel with different colors, a length of the third sub-pixel being different from lengths of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in the first direction, the third sub-pixel being arranged in the second direction with respect to the first and second sub-pixels while the first and second sub-pixels are arranged in the first direction, wherein:

in different display units adjacent in the first direction, each respective first region of the different display units between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel has a same length in the first direction; and

the first region is a pixel contact region of one of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel.

18. The electrooptical device according to claim 17 , wherein:

for the different display units adjacent in the first direction, a length of each respective first region in the first direction is same as a length of a second region between the third sub-pixels in the different display units adjacent in the first direction; and

the second region is a pixel contact region of the third sub-pixel of one of the different display units.

19. The electrooptical device according to claim 18 , wherein:

in two display units adjacent in the second direction, each respective third region of the two display units between (i) the first and second sub-pixels and (ii) the third sub-pixel has a same length in the second direction.

20. An electrooptical device comprising:

a plurality of display units that are arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction; and

each respective display unit including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel with different colors, the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel being arranged in the first direction, and the third sub-pixel being arranged in the second direction with respect to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel, wherein:

in different display units adjacent in the first direction, a length of each respective first region of the different display units between the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in the first direction is same as a length of a second region between the third sub-pixels in the different display units adjacent in the first direction;

in two display units adjacent in the second direction, each respective third region of the two display units between (i) the first and second sub-pixels and (ii) the third sub-pixel has a same length in the second direction; and

each respective third region is a pixel contact region of one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in each of the two display units.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2023
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: LUMITEK DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065221/0372 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2018
From: OTA, HITOSHI; KOSHIHARA, TAKESHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044755/0650 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2017-016529 · Feb 1, 2017 · national
JP 2017-218018 · Nov 13, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180219050A1 · Aug 2, 2018