Display device
A display device includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a two dimensional matrix, wherein each of the pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels, each of the sub-pixels includes a self-luminous layer. The display device includes a low-density region including low-density pixels each including a first number of the sub-pixels, a high-density region including high-density pixels each including a second number of the sub-pixels, wherein the second number is greater than the second number, and a lighting drive circuit configured to light up the self-luminous layer.
1. A display device comprising:
a plurality of pixels arranged in a two dimensional matrix in an image display region, wherein, each of the pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and each of the sub-pixels includes a self-luminous layer;
a low-density region arranged in the image display region and including low-density pixels each including a first number of the sub-pixels;
a high-density region arranged in the image display region and including high-density pixels each including a second number of the sub-pixels, wherein the second number is greater than the first number;
a lighting drive circuit arranged in the image display region and configured to light up the self-luminous layer,
wherein the sub-pixels are configured to receive signals to drive the sub-pixels through wiring, the wiring being provided below the self-luminous layer with respect to an image display surface of the image display region; and
a drive control circuit configured to provide at least one of scanning signals or power supply signals to respectively control driving of the lighting drive circuit of said each of the pixels, the drive control circuit being arranged within the image display region in the low-density region and outside the high-density region.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the drive control circuit is provided below the self-luminous layer with respect to the image display surface.
3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein the lighting drive circuit is provided at a same layer as the drive control circuit.
4. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein
the high-density region is provided at a center of the image display surface,
the low-density regions are provided respectively at both ends of the high-density region in an area of the image display surface.
5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the image display surface occupies an entire range along a predetermined direction of an image display panel.
6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the drive control circuit is a scanning circuit configured to sequentially select the sub-pixels to light up the self-luminous layer.
7. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein
the low-density regions are provided so as to be scattered in the high-density region.
8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the drive control circuit includes a sensor to control driving of the image display panel.
9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixels of the low-density pixels have a larger area than that of the sub-pixels of the high-density pixels.
10. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a signal processing unit configured to perform sub-pixel rendering processing so as to generate output signals to be output to the low-density pixels.
11. The display device according to claim 10 ,
wherein the signal processing unit is configured to perform smoothing processing to gradually reduce number of lighting sub-pixels of the high-density pixels in a boundary region toward the low-density region,
wherein the boundary region is a partial region in the high-density region, and also is a region in a predetermined range adjacent to the low-density region.
12. A display device comprising an image display panel including pixels arranged in a two-dimension matrix in an image display region, wherein
each of the pixels includes a plurality of sub-pixels,
each of the sub-pixels includes a reflection unit configured to reflect light from a front surface of the image display panel, and
the image display panel is configured to display an image with light emitted from the front surface which is reflected by the reflection unit, and
the image display panel includes, in the image display region, a low-density region including low-density pixels each including a first number of the sub-pixels and a high-density region including high-density pixels each including a second number of the sub-pixels,
the second number is greater than the first number, and
the image display does panel not include a light source unit configured to emit light on a back surface side opposite to the front surface with respect to the reflection unit, wherein,
the sub-pixels are configured to receive signals to drive the sub-pixels through wiring, the wiring being provided below the reflection unit with respect to an image display surface of the image display region, and
a drive control circuit configured to provide at least one of scanning signals or power supply signals to respectively control driving of the lighting drive circuit of said each of the pixels is arranged in the low-density region and outside the high-density region.