IP Library Granted Patent US 11,797,048
Granted Patent B2
US 11,797,048 · App. 17/313,516 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Display device

Inventor: Eui Ri Cho (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/121G06F1/1624G06F1/1656H10K59/128H10K59/65
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,797,048
App. No.
17/313,516
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including a first display area having first pixels, and a second display area having second pixels. The display device includes a lower member below the display panel, a supporting member extended to the display panel, and a first slide module disposed between the lower member and the supporting member, the first slide module enabling the lower member and the supporting member to move relative to each other in a direction. The second display area protrudes beyond the lower member in the direction due to a movement by the first slide module. A number of first pixels per a unit area of the first display area is greater than a number of second pixels per the unit area of the second display area.

Claims (49)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel including a first display area having first pixels, and a second display area having second pixels;

a lower member below the display panel;

a supporting member extended to the display panel; and

a first slide module disposed between the lower member and the supporting member, the first slide module enabling the lower member and the supporting member to move relative to each other in a direction, wherein

the second display area protrudes beyond the lower member in the direction due to a movement by the first slide module, and

a number of the first pixels per a unit area of the first display area is greater than a number of the second pixels per the unit area of the second display area.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second display area further includes transmissive areas disposed adjacent to the second pixels.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein each of the transmissive areas surrounds M second pixels, where M is a positive integer.

4. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a camera sensor overlapping the second display area in a thickness direction of the display panel when the second display area is not to protrude beyond the lower member in the direction.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein when the second display area protrudes beyond the lower member due to the movement by the first slide module, the second display area does not overlap the camera sensor in the thickness direction of the display panel.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first slide module includes:

a first slide rail disposed in a slide groove of the lower member; and

a first slide protrusion disposed on the supporting member and extended to the first slide rail.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the supporting member includes:

a first supporting member extended to the first display area of the display panel; and

a second supporting member extended to the second display area of the display panel.

8. The display device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a second slide module disposed between the first supporting member and the second supporting member, the second slide module enabling the first supporting member and the second supporting member to move relative to each other.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the second slide module includes:

a second slide rail disposed in a slide groove of the first supporting member; and

a second slide protrusion disposed on the second supporting member and extended to the second slide rail.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the second display area of the display panel is stretched in the direction due to a movement by the second slide module.

11. The display device 10 , wherein

the second display area of the display panel has a first area when the second display area protrudes beyond the lower member in the direction due to the movement by the first slide module and is stretched in the direction due to the movement by the second slide module,

the second display area of the display panel has a second area when the second display area protrudes beyond the lower member in the direction due to the movement by the first slide module and is not stretched in the direction, and

the first area is greater than the second area.

12. A display device comprising:

a display panel including a first display area having first pixels, and a second display area having second pixels;

a lower member below the display panel;

a first supporting member extended to the first display area of the display panel;

a second supporting member extended to the second display area of the display panel; and

a slide module disposed between the first supporting member and the second supporting member, the slide module enabling the first supporting member and the second supporting member to move relative to each other in a direction,

wherein the second display area of the display panel is stretched in the direction due to a movement by the slide module.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein a number of first pixels per a unit area of the first display area is greater than a number of second pixels per the unit area of the second display area.

14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the second display area further includes transmissive areas disposed adjacent to the second pixels.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein each of the transmissive areas surrounds M second pixels (where M is a positive integer).

16. The display device of claim 12 , wherein when the second display area of the display panel is stretched in the direction due to the movement by the slide module, a portion of the second display area protrudes beyond the lower member in the direction.

17. The display device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a camera sensor overlapping the second display area in a thickness direction of the display panel.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the portion of the second display area does not overlap the camera sensor in the thickness direction of the display panel.

19. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the second display area has a first area when the second display area is stretched in the direction due to the movement by the slide module,

the second display area has a second area when the second display area is not stretched in the direction, and

the first area is greater than the second area.

20. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the slide module includes:

a slide rail disposed in a slide groove of the first supporting member; and

a slide protrusion disposed on the second supporting member and extended to the slide rail.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2021
From: CHO, EUI RI
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056167/0486 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0055385 · May 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210351241A1 · Nov 11, 2021
Cited By (1)
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