IP Library Granted Patent US 8,330,347
Granted Patent B2
US 8,330,347 · App. 12/902,484 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Method for displaying seamless images on foldable display device

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,330,347
App. No.
12/902,484
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A foldable display device is designed so that a junction between at least two display panels connected to each other is not visibly seen. The display device displays an image on a plurality of display panels that are connected together. Pixels near the junction between every two adjacent display panels of the at least two display panels are smaller and have a higher brightness than the other pixels.

Claims (19)

1. A method for displaying an image on a plurality of display panels connected together, the method comprising:

disposing pixels near a junction between every two adjacent display panels of the plurality of display panels, these pixels being smaller than the remaining other pixels; and

illuminating the smaller pixels near the junction between the every two adjacent display panels to have a higher brightness than the other pixels.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

gradually increasing a size of the pixels in at least two pixel columns in a direction going from the junction of the every two adjacent display panels to each of the respective center portions of the every two adjacent display panels.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

emitting light from one of the pixels near the junction of the every two adjacent display panels having an intensity equal to an intensity of light emitted from one of the other pixels.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein two facing pixels on both sides of the junction between the every two adjacent display panels serve as a single pixel.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the sum of intensities of light emitted from the two pixels on both sides of the junction is equal to an intensity of light emitted from one of the other pixels.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display panels are emissive display panels.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the display panels are one of an organic electroluminescent light emitting device (OLED), a field emission display (FED), a plasma display panel (PDP) and an inorganic electroluminescence (EL) device.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

repeating an array of pixels that display a red color (R), a green color (G), and a blue color (B) in a direction substantially parallel to a lengthwise direction of the junction.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

locating a single pixel in a respective single area of a plurality of areas, wherein the areas are defined by vertical pixel lines of the every two adjacent display panels divided into continuous areas having identical widths.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

locating the two pixels on both sides of the junction in a respective single area of a plurality of areas; and

locating the other pixels such that each pixel of the other pixels is located in one area of the plurality of areas,

wherein the areas are defined by vertical pixel lines of the every two adjacent display panels divided into continuous areas having identical widths.

Priority Claims (1)
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