IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,930,230
Granted Patent B2
US 10,930,230 · App. 16/244,975 · Granted Feb 23, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Toshikazu Koudo (Hyogo, JP); Tetsuo Fukami (Hyogo, JP)
Assignees: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
G09G3/3607G02F1/1347G02F1/1368G02F1/13306G02F1/13471G02F1/133512G02F1/136209G02F1/136286G09G3/3688G02F2001/133388G02F2001/136222G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0452G09G2310/08G09G2370/20
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,930,230
App. No.
16/244,975
Granted
Feb 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a first display panel disposed closer to an observer and a second display panel disposed farther from the observer than the first display panel. An image display region of the second display panel is larger than an image display region of the first display panel.

Claims (46)

1. A display device comprising:

a first display panel; and

a second display panel disposed farther from an observer than the first display panel, wherein

an image display region of the second display panel is larger than an image display region of the first display panel,

the image display region of the second display panel includes an opposed display region facing the image display region of the first display panel in planar view and an extended display region around the opposed display region,

the second display panel displays an image identical to an image displayed at an end of the opposed display region in the extended display region, and

a width of the extended display region is set based on a distance from a surface on an observer side in a glass substrate constituting the first display panel on a second display panel side to a surface on an opposite side to the observer side in a glass substrate constituting the second display panel on a first display panel side and a refractive index of each of the glass substrates.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an outer periphery of the image display region of the second display panel is located outside an outer periphery of the image display region of the first display panel in planar view.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising an image processor that generates first image data for displaying a color image in the image display region of the first display panel and second image data for displaying a black-and-white image in the image display region of the second display panel based on an input video signal.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the image processor generates the second image data by generating image data for the opposed display region based on the input video signal and generating image data for the extended display region based on the image data for the opposed display region.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of pixels arranged in the extended display region overlap a black matrix formed around the image display region of the first display panel in planar view.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the image display region of the second display panel includes an opposed display region facing the image display region of the first display panel in planar view and an extended display region around the opposed display region, and

a part of the plurality of pixels arranged in the extended display region is larger than a pixel arranged in the opposed display region.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

second display panel includes a signal line electrically connected to a first output terminal of a drive circuit and branched into a first data line and a second data line, and

the first data line is electrically connected to a first pixel column in the opposed display region and the second data line is electrically connected to a second pixel column in the extended display region.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of another signal lines are electrically connected to a second output terminal of the drive circuit in the extended display region,

the first output terminal is closer to the opposed display region than the second output terminal, and

a number of signal lines electrically connected to the first output terminal is smaller than a number of signal lines electrically connected to the second output terminal.

9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein in the extended display region, the signal for the image display is simultaneously supplied to the plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the first output terminal.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second pixel column overlaps a black matrix formed around the image display region of the first display panel in planar view.

11. A display device comprising a first display panel and a second display panel disposed farther from an observer than the first display panel,

wherein an image display region of the second display panel is larger than an image display region of the first display panel,

wherein the image display region of the second display panel includes an opposed display region facing the image display region of the first display panel in planar view and an extended display region around the opposed display region,

the second display panel displays an image identical to an image displayed at an end of the opposed display region in the extended display region, and

assuming that t 1 is a width of the extended display region, that n 1 is a refractive index of a glass substrate constituting the first display panel on a second display panel side, that n 2 is a refractive index of a glass substrate constituting the second display panel on a first display panel side, and that d is a distance from a surface on an observer side in the glass substrate constituting the first display panel on the second display panel side to a surface on an opposite side to the observer side in the glass substrate constituting the second display panel on the first display panel side,

t

⁢

⁢

1

≥

d

×

3

4

⁢

⁢

n

2

-

3

is satisfied, where n=(n 1 +n 2 )/2.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein an outer periphery of the image display region of the second display panel is located outside an outer periphery of the image display region of the first display panel in planar view.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , further comprising an image processor that generates first image data for displaying a color image in the image display region of the first display panel and second image data for displaying a black-and-white image in the image display region of the second display panel based on an input video signal.

14. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein a plurality of pixels arranged in the extended display region overlap a black matrix formed around the image display region of the first display panel in planar view.

Assignments (3)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 12, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064258/0892 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2020
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PASONA KNOWLEDGE PARTNER INC.
Reel/Frame 052849/0777 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2019
From: KOUDO, TOSHIKAZU; FUKAMI, TETSUO
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049151/0405 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016003331 · Jul 14, 2016
Related Publication 20190147812A1 · May 16, 2019