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US 8,508,123 · App. 12/230,085 · Granted Aug 13, 2013

Display panel and panel inspection apparatus

Inventor: Kazuo Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,508,123
App. No.
12/230,085
Granted
Aug 13, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines, M video signal lines orthogonally intersecting the N pixel control lines, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between the N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein positional identification patterns are arranged on every k (k being a natural number) pixel control lines inside each of the pixel circuits.

Claims (20)

1. A display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines extending in a first direction, M video signal lines extending in a second direction that is orthogonal to said first direction, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between said N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein

positional identification patterns are arranged at every several k (k being a natural number) pixel control lines each of said positional identification patterns being associated with a corresponding one of said pixel circuits, such that said positional identification patterns identify relative locations of said corresponding ones of said pixel circuits along said second direction.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said positional identification patterns are arranged on an entire range of a display area in a dispersed manner.

3. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of said positional identification patterns is convex in shape.

4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of said positional identification patterns is concave in shape.

5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein

said display panel is a self-illuminating display panel.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein said display panel is an organic electro luminescence panel.

7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said display panel is a non self-illuminating display panel.

8. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein said positional identification patterns have different structures at least for particular positional identification purpose and other positional identification purposes.

9. A display panel based on active matrix driving having a display area made up of N pixel control lines extending in a first direction, M video signal lines extending in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction, and pixel circuits arranged at intersections between said N pixel control lines and M video signal lines, wherein

positional identification patterns are arranged at every several z (z being a natural number) signal lines, each of said positional identification patterns being associated with a corresponding one of said pixel circuits, such that said positional identification patterns identify relative locations of said corresponding ones of said pixel circuits along said first direction.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein said positional identification patterns are arranged on an entire range of a display area in a dispersed manner.

11. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein each of said positional identification patterns is convex in shape.

12. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein each of said positional identification patterns is concave in shape.

13. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein

said display panel is a self-illuminating display panel.

14. The display panel according to claim 13 , wherein said display panel is an organic electro luminescence panel.

15. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein said display panel is a non self-illuminating display panel.

16. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein said positional identification patterns have different structures at least for particular positional identification purpose and other positional identification purposes.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2008
From: NAKAMURA, KAZUO
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021482/0684 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2007-237270 · Sep 12, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090066608A1 · Mar 12, 2009