IP Library Granted Patent US 8,242,689
Granted Patent B2
US 8,242,689 · App. 13/197,982 · Granted Aug 14, 2012

Organic electroluminescence display device

Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent No.
US 8,242,689
App. No.
13/197,982
Granted
Aug 14, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescence display device includes a plurality of pixels and an array of lenses arranged thereupon. Each pixel includes a light emitting region provided with a lens and a light emitting region provided without a lens. The light emitting regions of each pixel includes an organic electroluminescence material. The lenses are arranged in a staggered pattern.

Claims (10)

1. An organic electroluminescence display device comprising a plurality of pixels each of which includes an organic electroluminescence device and a lens, wherein:

each pixel includes a light emitting region provided with a lens and a light emitting region provided without a lens; and

the lenses situated in the plurality of pixels are arranged in an alternate pattern.

2. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

each pixel includes a plurality of organic electroluminescence devices which emit the same colored light; and

one of the plurality of organic electroluminescence devices is situated in the light emitting region provided with a lens and one of other organic electroluminescence devices is situated in the light emitting region provided without a lens.

3. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein each pixel includes a single organic electroluminescence device; and

the lens is formed on a light emitting surface side of a part of the single organic electroluminescence device.

4. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic electroluminescence devices are arranged in a striped pattern in accordance with the color of light emitted from a light emitting layer.

5. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein an area of the light emitting region provided with a lens and an area of the light emitting region provided without a lens differ from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2011
From: MORIYAMA, TAKASHI; SHIKINA, NORIYUKI; SATO, NOBUHIKO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 027279/0418 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-179136 · Aug 10, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120038266A1 · Feb 16, 2012