IP Library Granted Patent US 9,784,891
Granted Patent B2
US 9,784,891 · App. 15/018,626 · Granted Oct 10, 2017

Display device

Inventor: Donggyu Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G02B3/005G02B1/04G02B27/2214
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Patent No.
US 9,784,891
App. No.
15/018,626
Granted
Oct 10, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a display panel including a display area and a transmission area; and an optical member on the display panel, and the optical member includes at least a light collecting portion, and a center of the light collecting portion and a center of the transmission area are on a substantially same axis.

Claims (28)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area and a transmission area; and

an optical member on the display panel,

wherein the optical member comprises a light collecting portion and a depression portion,

wherein the light collecting portion has a convex lens shape, and the depression portion has a concave lens shape, and

wherein a center of the light collecting portion and a center of the transmission area are on a substantially same axis.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light collecting portion has a width greater than a width of the transmission area.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the optical member has a thickness of greater than or equal to about 1 millimeter (mm) and less than or equal to about 5 mm.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the optical member comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of polycarbonate (PC), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymer, and an acrylic resin.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light collecting portion has a strip shape elongatedly extending in a direction.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light collecting portion has a dot shape.

7. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an adhesive member between the display panel and the optical member.

8. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area and a transmission area; and

an optical member on the display panel, the optical member comprising a light collecting portion and a depression portion,

wherein a center of the depression portion, a center of the light collecting portion, and a center of the transmission area are on a substantially same axis.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the depression portion has a concave lens shape.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the light collecting portion and the depression portion have a substantially same curvature.

11. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the light collecting portion and the depression portion have different curvatures.

12. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the light collecting portion has a curvature smaller than a curvature of the depression portion.

13. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the depression portion has a width substantially the same as a width of the transmission area.

14. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising a display area and a transmission area; and

an optical member on the display panel, the optical member comprising a depression portion depressed from a surface facing the display panel, and a center of the depression portion and a center of the transmission area being on a substantially same axis.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the depression portion has a concave lens shape.

16. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the optical member further comprises a light collecting portion, and

wherein a center of the light collecting portion, the center of the depression portion, and the center of the transmission area are on the substantially same axis.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the light collecting portion has a convex lens shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2016
From: KIM, DONGGYU
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0020861 · Feb 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160231467A1 · Aug 11, 2016