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US 10,247,859 · App. 15/554,511 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Display panel and display device

Inventors: Jian Gao (Beijing, CN); Xiaochuan Chen (Beijing, CN); Yafeng Yang (Beijing, CN); Jifeng Tan (Beijing, CN); Pengcheng Lu (Beijing, CN); Qian Wang (Beijing, CN); Can Zhang (Beijing, CN); Can Wang (Beijing, CN); Xinli Ma (Beijing, CN); Wei Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G02B3/0056G02B3/0043G02F1/1335G02F1/133526G09F9/30
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Patent No.
US 10,247,859
App. No.
15/554,511
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A virtual curved surface display panel and a display device are provided. The virtual curved surface display panel includes a flat display panel having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and an array of convex lenses arranged on a light exit surface of the flat display panel. The array of convex lenses makes a track of image distances of the pixels form a curved surface. By adjusting the focal lengths of the lenses, the image distances of the pixels in the flat display panel can be various. The images of the pixels are then distributed on a curved surface. A visual effect of a virtual curved surface can be achieved with a flat display panel, improving the effect of visual impact.

Claims (19)

1. A display panel comprising: a flat display panel having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix, and an array of convex lenses arranged on a light exit surface of the flat display panel, wherein the convex lenses in the array are configured for imaging the plurality of pixels, such that a trajectory of images of the pixels forms a curved surface,

wherein focal lengths of the convex lenses are symmetrically distributed with respect to a vertical central symmetrical axis of the light exit surface; and the focal lengths of the convex lenses having the same distance from the vertical central symmetrical axis are the same.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the focal length of the convex lens increases with the increase of the distance between the convex lens and the vertical central symmetrical axis.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the pixels in the flat display panel are in one-to-one correspondence with the convex lenses in the array of convex lenses.

4. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein a plurality of sub-pixels constituting the pixel in the flat display panel are in one-to-one correspondence with the convex lenses in the array of convex lenses.

5. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein each of the pixels is encircled by a black matrix, wherein an object distance between the array of convex lenses and the flat display panel is smaller than the focal lengths of the convex lenses, wherein in a direction perpendicular to the vertical central symmetrical axis, a ratio of a width of the pixel to a width of the black matrix next to the pixel increases with the increase of the distance between the convex lens and the vertical central symmetrical axis.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein in the direction perpendicular to the vertical central symmetrical axis, the width of the pixel increases with the increase of the distance between the convex lens and the vertical central symmetrical axis.

7. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein in the direction perpendicular to the vertical central symmetrical axis, the width of the black matrix between the pixels decreases with the increase of the distance between the convex lens and the vertical central symmetrical axis.

8. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein each convex lens comprises a plurality of sub-convex lenses having the same focal length, and the plurality of sub-convex lenses are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of sub-pixels constituting the pixel.

9. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein each of the pixels is encircled by a black matrix, wherein an object distance between the array of convex lenses and the flat display panel is larger than the focal lengths of the convex lenses,

wherein in a direction perpendicular to the vertical central symmetrical axis, a ratio of a width of the pixel to a width of a black matrix next to the pixel decreases with the increase of the distance between the convex lens and the vertical central symmetrical axis.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein in a direction perpendicular to the vertical central symmetrical axis, the width of the pixel decreases with the increase of the distance between the convex lens and the vertical central symmetrical axis.

11. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the width of the black matrix between the pixels increases with the increase of the distance between the convex lens and the vertical central symmetrical axis.

12. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the convex lens is a planoconvex lens, and the planoconvex lenses are arranged closely with each other and have the same aperture.

13. The display panel according to claim 12 , wherein a convex surface of each planoconvex lens is away from the light exit surface of the flat display panel, and the planoconvex lens is a cylindrical convex lens or a circular convex lens.

14. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the flat display panel is a liquid crystal display panel, an electroluminescence display panel, a plasma display panel or an electronic paper.

15. A display device, comprising the display panel according to claim 1 .

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the focal length of the convex lens increases with the increase of the distance between the convex lens and the vertical central symmetrical axis.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the pixels in the flat display panel are in one-to-one correspondence with the convex lenses in the array of convex lenses.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2017
From: GAO, JIAN; CHEN, XIAOCHUAN; YANG, YAFENG; TAN, JIFENG; LU, PENGCHENG; WANG, QIAN; ZHANG, CAN; WANG, CAN; MA, XINLI; WANG, WEI
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0353740 · May 25, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180164472A1 · Jun 14, 2018