IP Library Granted Patent US 11,600,230
Granted Patent B2
US 11,600,230 · App. 17/578,175 · Granted Mar 7, 2023

Display substrate and driving method thereof, and display device

Inventors: Yanyan Wang (Beijing, CN); Lujiang Huangfu (Beijing, CN); Wenjing Tan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3258H01L27/3211G09G2300/0443G09G2310/027
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Patent No.
US 11,600,230
App. No.
17/578,175
Granted
Mar 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display substrate, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a first display sub-region including a plurality of first repeating regions each including a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit disposed adjacently, the first pixel unit including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the second pixel unit including a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and a second display sub-region including a plurality of second repeating regions each including a third pixel unit and a first transparent pixel, the third pixel unit including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; the first transparent pixel is configured such that a pixel density of the second display sub-region is less than a pixel density of the first display sub-region, and a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region.

Claims (51)

1. A full-screen display device, comprising:

a display substrate having a light emitting side, the display substrate comprising:

a first display sub-region, comprising a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, the first pixel unit comprising a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, the second pixel unit comprising a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and

a second display sub-region, comprising a third pixel unit and a first transparent region, the third pixel unit comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and

a camera, located at a side of the display substrate opposite to the light emitting side of the display substrate and disposed corresponding to the second display sub-region,

wherein the first transparent region is configured such that a pixel density of the second display sub-region is smaller than a pixel density of the first display sub-region, and such that a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region,

wherein an area of the first transparent region is greater than or equal to a sum of areas of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit,

wherein in the third pixel unit of the second display sub-region, the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are arranged in a same row, and the second sub-pixel is located in a row adjacent to the row where the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are located, so the the second sub-pixel and the first sub-pixel are arranged in staggered rows, and

wherein the second display sub-region comprises a plurality of first pixel units, second pixel units, and third pixel units, sub-pixels of a same color in a row direction are arranged at substantially equal intervals, and sub-pixels of a same color in a column direction are arranged at substantially equal intervals.

2. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel in the first display sub-region and the first sub-pixel in the second display sub-region have substantially the same shape.

3. The full-screen display device according to claim 2 wherein the first sub-pixel in the first display sub-region and the first sub-pixel in the second display sub-region both have a substantially rectangular shape or a substantially hexagonal shape.

4. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein in the second display sub-region,

a light emitting area of the second sub-pixel is smaller than a light emitting area of the first sub-pixel; and the light emitting area of the second sub-pixel is smaller than a light emitting area of the third sub-pixel.

5. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein in the second display sub-region,

sub-pixels of a same color among the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the row direction and in the column direction.

6. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein in the second display sub-region, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit are arranged substantially in a triangle.

7. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the first display sub-region have regular shapes, and at least one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the second display sub-region has an irregular shape.

8. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the first display sub-region has a substantially rectangular shape.

9. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the first sub-pixel in the second display sub-region is substantially the same as a shape of the first sub-pixel in the first display sub-region; and a shape of the third sub-pixel in the second display sub-region is substantially the same as the shape of the first sub-pixel in the first display sub-region.

10. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate comprises a plurality of first pixel units, second pixel units and third pixel units,

a distance between two first sub-pixels adjacent in column direction in the first display sub-region is smaller than a distance between two first sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction in the second display sub-region; and

a distance between two third sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction in the first display sub-region is smaller than a distance between two third sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction in the second display sub-region.

11. The full-screen display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate comprises a plurality of first pixel units, second pixel units and third pixel units,

a distance between two first sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction in the first display sub-region is substantially equal to a distance between two first sub-pixels adjacent in the column direction in the second display sub-region.

12. A full-screen display device, comprising:

a display substrate having a light emitting side, the display substrate comprising:

a first display sub-region, comprising a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, the first pixel unit comprising a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, the second pixel unit comprising a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and

a second display sub-region, comprising a third pixel unit and a first transparent region, the third pixel unit comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and

a camera, located at a side of the display substrate opposite to the light emitting side of the display substrate and disposed corresponding to the second display sub-region,

wherein the first transparent region is configured such that a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region,

wherein an area of the first transparent region is greater than or equal to a sum of areas of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit,

wherein each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel comprises a laminated structure composed of an anode layer, a light emitting layer, and a cathode layer,

wherein in the third pixel unit of the second display sub-region, the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are arranged in a same row, and the second sub-pixel is located in a row adjacent to the row where the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are located, so that the second sub-pixel and the first sub-pixel are arranged in staggered rows, and

wherein the second display sub-region comprises a plurality of first pixel units, second pixel units, and third pixel units, sub-pixels of a same color in a row direction are arranged at substantially equal intervals, and sub-pixels of a same color in a column direction are arranged at substantially equal intervals.

13. The full-screen display device according to claim 12 , further comprising a transition display sub-region located between the second display sub-region and the first display sub-region,

the transition display sub-region comprises a fourth pixel unit and a second transparent region, the fourth pixel unit comprises the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel, and

an area of the second transparent region is smaller than an area of the first transparent region.

14. The full-screen display device according to claim 13 , wherein an area of the transition display sub-region is smaller than an area of the second display sub-region, and the area of the second display sub-region is smaller than the area of the first display sub-region.

15. The full-screen display device according to claim 12 , wherein the second display sub-region comprises a plurality of first transparent regions, and the plurality of first transparent regions have substantially the same area.

16. The full-screen display device according to claim 13 , wherein a light emitting area of one first sub-pixel in the transition display sub-region is substantially the same as a light emitting area of one first sub-pixel in the first display sub-region.

17. The full-screen display device according to claim 13 , wherein a shape of the second sub-pixel in the transition display sub-region is substantially the same as a shape of the second sub-pixel in the first display sub-region, and a shape of the third sub-pixel in the transition display sub-region is substantially the same as a shape of the third sub-pixel in the first display sub-region.

18. A full-screen display device, comprising:

a display substrate having a light emitting side, the display substrate comprising:

a first display sub-region, comprising a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, the first pixel unit comprising a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, the second pixel unit comprising a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and

a second display sub-region, comprising a third pixel unit and a first transparent region, the third pixel unit comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel; and

a camera, located at a side of the display substrate opposite to the light emitting side of the display substrate and disposed corresponding to the second display sub-region,

wherein the first transparent region is configured such that a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region,

wherein an area of the first transparent region is greater than or equal to a sum of areas of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit,

wherein the second display sub-region comprises a plurality of third pixel units arranged in a checkerboard manner so that the plurality of third pixel units are arranged in alternate columns along a row direction and arranged in alternate rows along a column direction,

wherein in the third pixel unit of the second display sub-region, the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are arranged in a same row, and the second sub-pixel is located in a row adjacent to the row where the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are located, so that the second sub-pixel and the first sub-pixel are arranged in staggered rows,

wherein the second display sub-region comprises a plurality of first pixel units, second pixel units and third pixel units, sub-pixels of a same color in the row direction are arranged at substantially equal intervals, and sub-pixels of a same color in the column direction are arranged at substantially equal intervals.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 19, 2022
From: WANG, YANYAN; HUANGFU, LUJIANG; TAN, WENJING
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058692/0533 →
Priority Claims (3)
CN 201810638716.0 · Jun 20, 2018 · national
CN 201810639832.0 · Jun 20, 2018 · national
CN 201810714668.0 · Jun 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16644791
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