Display pixels with alternating colors
A display includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels located on the substrate, each pixel including only three light-emitting sub-pixels that each emit light of a different non-white color, the plurality of pixels including a first sub-set of first pixels and a second sub-set of second pixels, the second pixels having locations alternating with the first pixels, each of the first and second pixels including at least one first sub-pixel emitting light of a common first color, and the second pixels including at least one different sub-pixel emitting light of a different color that is not emitted by any sub-pixel of the first pixels, and wherein the light emitted by the sub-pixels of the first pixels defines a full-color gamut, and the light emitted by the sub-pixels of the second pixels defines less than a full-color gamut.
1. A color display, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of pixels located on the substrate, each pixel including only three light-emitting sub-pixels that each emit light of a different non-white color, the plurality of pixels including only a first sub-set of first pixels and a second sub-set of second pixels, the second pixels having locations alternating with the first pixels, each of the first and second pixels including at least one first sub-pixel emitting light of a common first color, and the second pixels including at least one different sub-pixel emitting light of a different color that is not emitted by any sub-pixel of the first pixels; and
wherein the light emitted by the sub-pixels of the first pixels defines a full-color gamut, the light emitted by the sub-pixels of the second pixels defines less than a full-color gamut, and each sub-pixel is included in one of the plurality of pixels.
2. The color display according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second pixels include at least one second sub-pixel emitting light of a common second color different from the common first color.
3. The color display according to claim 2 , wherein the common first color is green, the common second color is red, the first pixel includes a third sub-pixel that emits blue light, and the different color is cyan.
4. The color display according to claim 2 , wherein the common first color is green, the common second color is blue, the first pixel includes a third sub-pixel that emits red light, and the different color is yellow.
5. The color display according to claim 1 , wherein the second pixels include a second different sub-pixel that emits light of a second different color that is not emitted by any sub-pixel of the first pixels.
6. The color display according to claim 5 , wherein the common first color is green, the different color is yellow, and the second different color is cyan.
7. The color display according to claim 5 , wherein the first pixel includes sub-pixels that emit green, red, and blue light, and the second pixel includes sub-pixels that emit yellow, green, and cyan light.
8. The color display according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel includes a sub-pixel that emits a color of light that is complementary to the color of light emitted by the different sub-pixel of the second pixel.
9. The color display according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pixels forms a two-dimensional array of pixels.
10. The color display according to claim 9 , wherein every second pixel in one or both dimensions of the array of pixels is a first pixel and every other pixel in one or both dimensions of the array of pixels is a second pixel.
11. The color display according to claim 9 , wherein every fourth pixel in one or both dimensions of the array of pixels is a second pixel and the remaining pixels are first pixels.
12. The color display according to claim 1 , wherein at least one sub-pixel of at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels is a different size or shape than another sub-pixel of the one pixel or another of the plurality of pixels.
13. The color display according to claim 1 , wherein the different color is within the full-color gamut.
14. The color display according to claim 1 , wherein the different color is not within the full-color gamut.
15. The color display according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixel of the second pixels that emits light of the different color has a greater luminous efficacy than the sub-pixel of the first pixels that emits light that is not emitted by any of the sub-pixels of the second pixels.
16. A color display, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of pixels located on the substrate, each pixel including only three light-emitting sub-pixels that each emit light of a different non-white color, the plurality of pixels including a first sub-set of first pixels and a second sub-set of second pixels, the second pixels having locations alternating with the first pixels, each of the first and second pixels including at least one first sub-pixel emitting light of a common first color, and the second pixels including at least one different sub-pixel emitting light of a different color that is not emitted by any sub-pixel of the first pixels; and wherein
the light emitted by the sub-pixels of the first pixels defines a full-color gamut, and the light emitted by the sub-pixels of the second pixels defines less than a full-color gamut;
the plurality of pixels includes a third sub-set of third pixels having locations alternating with the first and second pixels;
the third pixels include at least one first sub-pixel emitting light of the common first color; and
the third pixel includes a second different sub-pixel that emits light of a second different color that is not emitted by any of the sub-pixels of either the first or second pixels.
17. The color display according to claim 16 , wherein:
each of the first and second pixels include at least one second sub-pixel emitting light of a common second color different from the common first color; and
each of the first and third pixels include at least one sub-pixel emitting light of a common third color different from the common first color and different from the common second color.
18. The color display according to claim 17 , wherein the common first color is green, the common second color is red, the common third color is blue, the different color is cyan, and the second different color is yellow.
19. The color display according to claim 17 , wherein the plurality of pixels forms a two-dimensional array of pixels and every second pixel in one or both dimensions of the array of pixels is a first pixel, every fourth pixel in one or both dimensions of the array is a second pixel, and every fourth pixel in one or both dimensions of the array is a third pixel.
20. The color display according to claim 16 , wherein the first pixel includes a sub-pixel that emits a color of light that is complementary to the different color of light emitted by a sub-pixel of the second pixel and the first pixel includes a sub-pixel that emits a color of light that is complementary to the second different color of light emitted by a sub-pixel of the third pixel.
21. A color display, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of pixels located on the substrate, each pixel including only three light-emitting sub-pixels that each emit light of a different non-white color, the plurality of pixels including a first sub-set of first pixels and a second sub-set of second pixels, the second pixels having locations alternating with the first pixels, each of the first and second pixels including at least one first sub-pixel emitting light of a common first color, and the second pixels including at least one different sub-pixel emitting light of a different color that is not emitted by any sub-pixel of the first pixels;
wherein the light emitted by the sub-pixels of the first pixels defines a full-color gamut, and the light emitted by the sub-pixels of the second pixels defines less than a full-color gamut; and
a display signal having a luminance signal and a color signal specifying the light emitted by each pixel and wherein the luminance signal emitted from the first or the second pixels is not resolvable by a user viewing the color display and the color signal emitted from each pair of pixels is not resolvable by a user viewing the color display within a desired viewing distance range.
22. The color display according to claim 21 , wherein the luminance signal emitted from only second pixels is resolvable by a user viewing the color display within a desired viewing distance range.