Display module and display system
Disclosed is a display module including a transparent display panel and a frame to fix a side of the transparent display panel, wherein the frame has a communication unit to receive data from the outside, a controller to process the received data and to output a drive command corresponding to the processed data and a display drive unit to drive the transparent display panel in response to the drive command from the controller. A display system includes a system body and a display module detachably mounted in the system body.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a transparent display panel including a transparent display portion and a frame portion, the frame portion surrounding four sides of the transparent display portion without covering a rear surface of the transparent display portion such that an area behind the display apparatus is viewable through the transparent display portion, the frame portion having four side portions including a upper side portion, a lower side portion, a left side portion and a right side portion; and
a display drive unit comprising at least one printed circuit board and configured to drive the transparent display panel to adjust transparency of the transparent display panel, the display drive unit being disposed in the lower side portion of the frame portion,
wherein in a front view of the display apparatus, a width of the lower side portion of the frame portion is greater than widths of other side portions of the frame portion.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a support member configured to fixedly support the frame portion and the transparent display portion.
3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller configured to process data and output a drive command to the display drive unit based on the processed data, wherein the controller is disposed in the frame portion.
4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an anti-reflective film operable to reduce external light reflected by the transparent display panel, wherein the anti-reflective film is provided at a front surface of the transparent display panel.
5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising tempered glass provided at a front surface of the transparent display panel.
6. A display apparatus comprising:
a transparent display panel having a front surface, a rear surface, and four sides;
a frame coupled to surrounding the four sides of the transparent display panel without covering the rear surface of the transparent display panel such that an area behind the display apparatus is viewable through the transparent display panel, the frame having four side portions including an upper side portion, a lower side portion, a left side portion and a right side portion;
a display drive unit comprising at least one printed circuit board and configured to drive the transparent display panel to adjust transparency of the transparent display panel, the display drive unit being disposed in the lower side portion of the frame; and
an anti-reflective film provided at the front surface of the transparent display panel to reduce external light reflected by the transparent display panel,
wherein the frame comprises a front frame and a rear frame coupled to the front frame, and
wherein the transparent display panel vertically extends between the upper side portion of the frame and the lower side portion of the frame.
7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a blocking member configured to block light and fixed at one or more of the four sides of the transparent display panel.
8. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein in a front view of the display apparatus, a width of the lower side portion of the frame is greater than widths of other side portions of the frame.
9. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a controller configured to process data and output a drive command to the display drive unit based on the processed data, wherein the controller is disposed in the frame.
10. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the blocking member prevents light in the transparent display panel from scattering to the outside through the one or more of the four sides of the transparent display panel.
11. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising tempered glass provided at the front surface of the transparent display panel.