Display panel and display device
A display panel is provided. It has N types of sub-pixels, each type emits a different color of light, here N is a positive integer and N 3. The panel includes: a matrix of repetitive units arranged, each unit has N-row & N-column sub-pixels. The N sub-pixels in each row or each column emit light of different colors. For each repetitive unit, the N sub-pixels along one diagonal line emits light of the same color, and at least two of the N sub-pixels along another diagonal line emit light of different colors; two adjacent sub-pixels in the same column form one pixel unit, and have shapes which are mirror-symmetrical to each other.
1. A display panel having N types of sub-pixels having different light-emitting colors, wherein N is a positive integer and N≥3, wherein the display panel comprises:
a plurality of repetitive units arranged in an array, wherein each repetitive unit of the plurality of repetitive units comprises N*N sub-pixels arranged in N rows and N columns of the N types of sub-pixels,
wherein any two sub-pixels of N sub-pixels in each row and/or in each column of the repetitive unit have different light-emitting colors, N sub-pixels along one diagonal line of the repetitive unit have an identical light-emitting color, sub-pixels of the repetitive unit except the N sub-pixels along the diagonal line have different light-emitting colors from the N sub-pixels along the diagonal line, and at least two of N sub-pixels along another diagonal line of the repetitive unit have different light-emitting colors;
wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in a same column form one pixel unit, and the two adjacent sub-pixels in the pixel unit are mirror-symmetrical to each other in shape in a column direction; and
wherein any two adjacent sub-pixels in each row of a repetitive unit have different shapes, any two adjacent sub-pixels in each column of the repetitive unit have different shapes, and sub-pixels along each diagonal line of the repetitive unit have same shapes.
2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of a sub-pixel at an arbitrary position in any repetitive unit of the plurality of repetitive units is mirror-symmetrical to a shape of another sub-pixel at the same position as said sub-pixel in an adjacent repetitive unit to said repetitive unit in a row direction and/or in the column direction.
3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in any two adjacent pixel units are point-symmetrical to each other in shape in a row direction.
4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in any two adjacent pixel units are mirror-symmetrical to each other in shape in the column direction.
5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein an angle α is formed between at least one side of each sub-pixel of the N types of sub-pixels and the column direction, wherein 0°<α<90°.
6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein a shape of each sub-pixel of the N types of sub-pixels is any one of a triangle, a quadrangle, a pentagon, and a hexagon.
7. The display panel according to claim 6 , wherein each sub-pixel of the N types of sub-pixels is isosceles trapezoid shaped.
8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel has a display area, comprising at least one irregular-shaped display area arranged at an edge of the display area; the irregular-shaped display area comprises at least one irregular-shaped side, the display area comprises a first side and a second side, the first side of the display area is connected to the second side of the display area by the irregular-shaped side; any adjacent two sub-pixels in the column direction or a row direction close to the irregular-shaped side have different light-emitting colors.
9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the irregular-shaped side is an arc or a straight line.
10. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein N is 3, the display panel has 3 types of sub-pixels having different light-emitting colors, and each of the plurality of repetitive units comprises 3*3 sub-pixels arranged in 3 rows and 3 columns of the 3 types of sub-pixels.
11. The display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the two sub-pixels having two different light-emitting colors in one pixel unit and another sub-pixel having a third light-emitting color different from the two different light-emitting colors in one adjacent pixel unit to said pixel unit in a row direction or the column direction form a display unit; and a same display unit displays white light.
12. The display panel according to claim 11 , wherein the third light-emitting color is one of red, green and blue, and the two different light-emitting colors are the remaining two of red, green and blue.
13. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel.
14. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the display panel is an organic light-emitting display panel.
15. A display device comprising a display panel having N types of sub-pixels having different light-emitting colors, wherein N is a positive integer and N≥3, wherein the display panel comprises:
a plurality of repetitive units arranged in an array, wherein each repetitive unit of the plurality of repetitive units comprises N*N sub-pixels arranged in N rows and N columns of the N types of sub-pixels,
wherein any two sub-pixels of N sub-pixels in each row and/or in each column of the repetitive unit have different light-emitting colors, N sub-pixels along one diagonal line of the repetitive unit have an identical light-emitting color, sub-pixels of the repetitive unit except the N sub-pixels along the diagonal line have different light-emitting colors from the N sub-pixels along the diagonal line, and at least two of N sub-pixels along another diagonal line of the repetitive unit have different light-emitting colors;
wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in a same column form one pixel unit, wherein the two adjacent sub-pixels in the one pixel unit are mirror-symmetrical to each other in shape in a column direction;
wherein any two adjacent sub-pixels in each row of a repetitive unit have different shapes, wherein any two adjacent sub-pixels in each column of the repetitive unit have different shapes, and sub-pixels along each diagonal line of the repetitive unit have same shapes.
16. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein a shape of each sub-pixel of the N types of sub-pixels is a quadrangle.
17. A display panel having N types of sub-pixels having different light-emitting colors, wherein N is a positive integer and N>3, wherein the display panel comprises:
a plurality of repetitive units arranged in an array, wherein each repetitive unit of the plurality of repetitive units comprises N*N sub-pixels arranged in N rows and N columns of the N types of sub-pixels,
wherein any two sub-pixels of N sub-pixels in each row and/or in each column of the repetitive unit have different light-emitting colors, N of the sub-pixels along one diagonal line of the repetitive unit have an identical light-emitting color, and at least two of N sub-pixels along another diagonal line of the repetitive unit have different light-emitting colors;
wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in a same column form one pixel unit, wherein the two adjacent sub-pixels in the pixel unit are mirror-symmetrical to each other in shape in a column direction,
wherein the display panel has a display area, comprising at least one irregular-shaped display area arranged at an edge of the display area; wherein the irregular-shaped display area comprises at least one irregular-shaped side, wherein the display area comprises a first side and a second side, wherein the first side of the display area is connected to the second side of the display area by the irregular-shaped side; wherein any adjacent two sub-pixels in the column direction or a row direction close to the irregular-shaped side have different light-emitting colors, and
wherein the irregular-shaped side is an arc.