IP Library Granted Patent US 8,976,081
Granted Patent B2
US 8,976,081 · App. 13/654,265 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Integration of displays

Inventors: Raghavendra Ramesh Rao (Bangalore, IN); Arvind Sundaram (Bangalore, IN)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
G09G5/00G02F1/13336G06F3/1446G09G2300/026G09G2340/0407G09G2360/06
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Patent No.
US 8,976,081
App. No.
13/654,265
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integrated display panel (IDP) is created by integrating two or more modified component display panels. Each of the two or more modified component display panels include an active region, which may be extended until at least one of the edges. A first set of layers of a first modified component display panel and a second set of layers of the second modified is removed along an edge while manufacturing the first and second modified component display panels. The first and the second modified component display panels are overlapped along the edge to form a junction. At the junction, the back light from a lower layer is allowed to pass through until it reaches a top layer of the IDP. The graphics is displayed, seamlessly, in an active area of the IDP without forming a dark band at the junction of the first and the second modified component display panel.

Claims (23)

1. An integrated display panel, comprising:

a plurality of modified component display panels including at least a first and second modified component display panel,

wherein the first and second component display panels are bounded by one or more edges,

wherein the first and second modified component display panels include an active region, which is extended until a physical limit of at least one of the edges,

wherein a first set of layers of the first modified component display panel is removed along the at least one of the edges while the first modified component display panel is manufactured,

wherein a second set of layers of the second modified component display panel is removed along the at least one of the edges, while the second modified component display panel is manufactured, wherein the second set of layers do not include a layer that is included in the first set of layers,

wherein the first modified component display panel is overlapped with the second modified component display panel along the at least one of the edges to form a junction,

wherein a back light from a lower layer at the junction is allowed to pass through an overlapping area of the first set of layers and the second set of layers and reach a top layer of the integrated display panel,

wherein graphics is displayed, seamlessly, in an active area of the integrated display panel without forming a dark band at the junction of the first and the second modified component display panel.

2. The integrated display panel of claim 1 , wherein the first set of layers and the second set of layers together form a complete set of layers of the integrated display panel.

3. The integrated display panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modified component display panels further include a third and fourth modified component display panels,

wherein the first set of layers of the first and third modified component display panels is removed along two adjacent edges while the first and second modified component display panels are manufactured,

wherein the second set of layers of the second and fourth modified component display panels is removed along the two adjacent edges, while the second and fourth modified component display panels are manufactured,

wherein a first of the two adjacent edges of the first modified component display panel is overlapped with a first of the two adjacent edges of the second modified component display panel and a second of the two adjacent edges of the first modified component display panel is overlapped with a second of the two edges of the third modified component display panel and a second of the two adjacent edges of the second display panel is overlapped with a first of the two adjacent edges of the fourth display panel and second of the two adjacent edges of the third modified component display panel is overlapped with a second of the fourth modified component display panel to form a junction at the two adjacent edges of each of the first, second, third, and the fourth modified component display panels.

4. The integrated display panel of claim 1 , wherein the two adjacent edges are non-metalized to allow the back light from a lower layer at the junction to pass through an overlapping area of the first set of layers and the second set of layers and reach a top layer of the integrated display panel.

5. The integrated display panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modified component display panels include panels, which are polygons.

6. The integrated display panel of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of modified component displays panels is of the same size.

7. The integrated display panel of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of modified component displays panels is of different sizes.

8. The integrated display panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modified component display panels include one or more circular panels, which may be integrated to form an integrated display panel.

9. The integrated display panel of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modified component display panels include one or more semi-circular panels, which may be integrated to form an integrated display panel.

10. The integrated display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of modified component display panels includes a display controller and the display controller of one of the plurality of modified component display panels is to control an image rendered on the integrated display panel.

11. The integrated display panel of claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of modified component display panels includes a display controller and the display controller of each of the plurality of modified component display panels is to control a portion of the image rendered on the integrated display panel.

12. The integrated display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of modified component display panels includes a touch controller, wherein the touch controller is to coordinate the touch inputs of the plurality of modified component display panels to a touch input corresponding to a touch coordinate on the integrated display panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2013
From: RAO, RAGHAVENDRA RAMESH; SUNDARAM, ARVIND
To: INTEL CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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