IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,435,618
Granted Patent B2
US 11,435,618 · App. 16/545,450 · Granted Sep 6, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Ji-Soon Oh (Daegu, KR); Cheol-Woo Park (Goyang-si, KR); Yeoun-Jei Jung (Daegu, KR); Jung-Mok Lee (Gumi-si, KR); Keum-Young Oh (Chilgok-gun, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,435,618
App. No.
16/545,450
Granted
Sep 6, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a display device. The display device achieves a slim bezel by forming a through hole at a bottom portion of a cover, and changing a connection structure of a sub-FPCB to be connected to a main FPCB such that the connection structure extends through the cover without extending along the outside of the cover. The display device achieves a reduction in the thickness of the display device and an enhancement in picture quality through change of an installation direction of an LED module constituted by a main FPCB and LED elements disposed at one surface of the main FPCB. The display device can reduce a space where a sensor unit is disposed in conventional cases by mounting the sensor unit on the LED module, and can realize an additional function such as skin care or sterilization in accordance with the kind of the sensor unit.

Claims (36)

1. A display device, comprising:

a cover;

a first flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) positioned at one surface of the cover;

a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) elements disposed on a first surface of the first FPCB, each of the plurality of LED elements spaced apart from each other at a first direction and a second direction transverse to the first direction;

sensor units each disposed at the same first surface of the first FPCB between adjacent ones of the LED elements, each of the sensor units positioned to not overlap each of the plurality of LED elements arranged in the first direction and the second direction, each of the sensor units comprising at least one of a proximity sensor, an illumination sensor, a fingerprint sensor, a near infrared (N-IR) chip, and an ultraviolet (UV) chip;

an optical sheet disposed on the LED elements, to diffuse light emitted from the LED elements;

a liquid crystal display (LCD) image panel disposed on the optical sheet; and

a guide panel positioned between the LCD image panel and the optical sheet, a portion of the guide panel directly contacting the optical sheet and overlapping the optical sheet and not overlapping the sensor units.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first FPCB is positioned between the cover and the LEDs.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first FPCB is positioned between the cover and the LCD image panel.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the optical sheet includes a light diffusion sheet, the light diffusion sheet positioned adjacent to the LEDs.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the light diffusion sheet is positioned between the LEDs and the LCD image panel.

6. The display device of claim 1 , further including a reflective plate positioned between the cover and another surface of the first FPCB.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first FPCB is made of a transparent material, to allow easy passage of light from the LED elements.

8. A display device, comprising:

a cover;

a first flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) positioned at one surface of the cover, the FPCB having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) elements disposed on a first surface of the first FPCB;

a reflective plate disposed on and contacting the second surface of the first FPCB;

sensor units each disposed at the same first surface of the first FPCB between adjacent ones of the LED elements, each of the sensor units comprising a near infrared (N-IR) chip emitting light to stimulate a user's skin;

an optical sheet disposed on the LED elements, to diffuse light emitted from the LED elements;

a liquid crystal display (LCD) image panel disposed on the optical sheet; and

a guide panel positioned between the LCD image panel and the optical sheet, a portion of the guide panel directly contacting the optical sheet and overlapping the optical sheet and not overlapping the sensor units.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein each of the sensor units comprises an ultraviolet (UV) chip providing sterilization effects based on UV light.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the N-IR chip emits light having a wavelength range for providing a skin care function.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the wavelength range for providing the skin care function includes a wavelength between about 600 to 700 nm or a wavelength between about 800 to 980 nm.

12. A display device, comprising:

a cover;

a first flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) positioned at one surface of the cover, the FPCB having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;

a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) elements disposed on a first surface of the first FPCB, each of the plurality of LED elements spaced apart from each other at a first direction and a second direction transverse to the first direction;

a reflective plate disposed on and contacting the second surface of the first FPCB;

sensor units each disposed at the same first surface of the first FPCB between adjacent ones of the LED elements, each of the sensor units positioned to not overlap each of the plurality of LED elements arranged in the first direction and the second direction, each of the sensor units comprising an ultraviolet (UV) chip emitting UV light for sterilization;

an optical sheet disposed on the LED elements, to diffuse light emitted from the LED elements; and

a liquid crystal display (LCD) image panel disposed on the optical sheet; and

a guide panel positioned between the LCD image panel and the optical sheet, a portion of the guide panel directly contacting both the optical sheet and overlapping the optical sheet and not overlapping the sensor units.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein each of the sensor units comprises a N-IR chip emitting light to stimulate a user's skin.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2019
From: OH, JI-SOON; PARK, CHEOL-WOO; JUNG, YEOUN-JEI; LEE, JUNG-MOK; OH, KEUM-YOUNG
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050117/0686 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0107130 · Sep 7, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200081295A1 · Mar 12, 2020
Cited By (1)
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