IP Library Granted Patent US 10,935,214
Granted Patent B2
US 10,935,214 · App. 16/455,780 · Granted Mar 2, 2021

Light-emitting device and electronic apparatus

Inventor: Toshihiro Fukuda (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JOLED INC.
F21V9/08H01L27/322H01L27/3216H01L51/5265H01L51/5284
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Patent No.
US 10,935,214
App. No.
16/455,780
Granted
Mar 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes pixels each including subpixels. Each subpixel includes light-emitting elements that emit respective pieces of light of colors different from each other, and a light-shielding film having openings at respective positions where the openings are opposed to the respective light-emitting elements at predetermined intervals. The openings have respective widths different from each other. The widths of the respective openings in a first direction and a second direction are sized to allow the light-shielding film to block a portion of the pieces of light emitted from the respective light-emitting elements and thereby to cause a 45-degree luminance viewing angle to be different between the first and second directions, and are sized to cause color differences (Δu′v′) at a 45-degree chromaticity viewing angle (u′v′) in the first and second directions to be 0.020 or less. The 45-degree luminance viewing angle is expressed in a unit of cd/m 2 .

Claims (23)

1. A light-emitting device comprising

a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of subpixels,

each of the subpixels including

a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit respective pieces of light of colors different from each other, and

a light-shielding film having a plurality of openings, the openings being provided at respective positions at which the openings are opposed to the respective light-emitting elements at a predetermined interval, the openings having respective widths that are different from each other,

the widths of the respective openings in a first direction and a second direction being sized to allow the light-shielding film to block a portion of the pieces of light emitted from the respective light-emitting elements and thereby to cause a 45-degree luminance viewing angle in the first direction and a 45-degree luminance viewing angle in the second direction to be different, the 45-degree luminance viewing angle being expressed in a unit of cd/m2,

the widths of the respective openings in the first direction and the second direction being sized to cause color differences (Δu′v′) at a 45-degree chromaticity viewing angle (u′v′) in the first direction and the second direction to be 0.020 or less.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the widths of the respective openings in the first direction and the second direction are sized to cause the color differences to be 0.004 or less.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the widths of the respective openings in the first direction and the second direction are sized to cause a luminance difference ΔL at the 45-degree luminance viewing angle to exceed 3% in any of the colors of the respective pieces of light that are emitted,

the luminance difference ΔL being obtained from the following expression:

Δ L =(( L max− L min)/ L max)×100

where L max denotes larger one of the 45-degree luminance viewing angle in the first direction and the 45-degree luminance viewing angle in the second direction, and L min denotes smaller one of the 45-degree luminance viewing angle in the first direction and the 45-degree luminance viewing angle in the second direction.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the light-emitting elements has an organic light-emitting layer including a coated film.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the openings have constant pitches in the first direction and the second direction.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a pixel regulator that defines the light-emitting elements in the first direction, and defines widths of the respective light-emitting elements in the first direction.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein resolution of the pixels is 100 ppi or more.

8. An electronic apparatus with a light-emitting device as a display device, the light-emitting device comprising

a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of subpixels,

each of the subpixels including

a plurality of light-emitting elements that emit respective pieces of light of colors different from each other, and

a light-shielding film having a plurality of openings, the openings being provided at respective positions at which the openings are opposed to the respective light-emitting elements at a predetermined interval, the openings having respective widths that are different from each other,

the widths of the respective openings in a first direction and a second direction being sized to allow the light-shielding film to block a portion of the pieces of light emitted from the respective light-emitting elements and thereby to cause a 45-degree luminance viewing angle in the first direction and a 45-degree luminance viewing angle in the second direction to be different, the 45-degree luminance viewing angle being expressed in a unit of cd/m2,

the widths of the respective openings in the first direction and the second direction being sized to cause color differences (Δu′v′) at a 45-degree chromaticity viewing angle (u′v′) in the first direction and the second direction to be 0.020 or less.

Assignments (5)
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 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2019
From: FUKUDA, TOSHIHIRO
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 049618/0099 →