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Granted Patent B2
US 9,122,011 · App. 14/011,955 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Display device

Inventors: Joon Hak Oh (Seoul, KR); Ha-Yun Kang (Asan-si, KR); Jong Seo Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,122,011
App. No.
14/011,955
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a display panel assembly; and a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes an optical sheet, a reflective sheet and a light source. One of the optical sheet and the reflective sheet includes a material which supplies a sound by receiving an electrical field.

Claims (59)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel assembly; and

a backlight unit comprising an optical sheet, a reflective sheet and a light source,

wherein at least one of the optical sheet and the reflective sheet comprises:

a vibration material layer including material which supplies a sound by receiving an electrical field, and

a sound element comprising a pair of electrodes respectively disposed on upper and lower sides of the vibration material layer in an entirety of a display area on which an image is displayed.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the material which supplies the sound by receiving the electrical field comprises lead zirconium titanate, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene, or a combination thereof.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the optical sheet comprises the material which supplies the sound by receiving the electrical field, and

the optical sheet further comprises a diffusion layer on an outer surface of an electrode of the pair of electrodes.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the reflective sheet comprises the material which supplies the sound by receiving the electrical field, and further comprises a reflective layer on an outer surface of an electrode of the pair of electrodes.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the vibration material layer is a film.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the vibration material layer is in only a partial area of the one of the optical sheet and the reflective sheet.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the one of the optical sheet and the reflective sheet further comprises a pair of sound elements.

8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a spacer between the sound element and a component of the display device,

wherein a space in which the sound element vibrates is defined between the sound element and the component of the display device.

9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a top chassis, a mold frame and a bottom chassis which fix the display panel assembly and the backlight unit in the display device.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the vibration material layer generates vibration of frequencies outside an audible frequency, and

a haptic function of the display device uses a change in the frequencies outside the audible frequency to detect a touch.

11. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a window on a display side of the display panel assembly.

12. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a receiver on an inner side of the window and configured to transfer a voice.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein:

the receiver comprises:

a vibration material layer comprising the material which supplies the sound by receiving the electrical field; and

a pair of electrodes.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein:

the vibration material layer comprises lead zirconium titanate, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene, or a combination thereof.

15. The display device of claim 12 , wherein:

the window overlaps the receiver.

16. A display device, comprising:

a display panel assembly; and

a polarization sheet on a display side of the display panel assembly,

wherein the polarization sheet comprises:

a vibration material layer which is disposed on the display side and comprises a material which supplies a sound by receiving an electrical field; and

a sound element which is disposed on the display side and comprises a pair of electrodes respectively on upper and lower sides of the vibration material layer.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein:

the display panel assembly is an organic light emitting panel.

18. The display device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a window positioned on display sides of the display panel assembly and the polarization sheet.

19. The display device of claim 18 , further comprising:

a receiver on an inner side of the window and configured to transfer a voice.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein:

the receiver comprises the vibration material layer and the pair of electrodes.

21. The display device of claim 20 , wherein:

the vibration material layer comprises lead zirconium titanate, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyvinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene, or a combination thereof.

22. The display device of claim 19 , wherein:

the window overlaps the receiver.

23. The display device of claim 18 , further comprising:

an adhesive layer between the polarization sheet and the window.

24. The display device of claim 18 , further comprising:

a cushion layer on a rear side of the display panel assembly.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2013
From: OH, JOON HAK; KANG, HA-YUN; LEE, JONG SEO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0140476 · Dec 5, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140153213A1 · Jun 5, 2014