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US 11,678,554 · App. 17/599,220 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Under-display camera assembly and corresponding terminal device

Inventors: Liao Jing (Zhejiang, CN); Xudong Wu (Zhejiang, CN); Siyuan Liu (Zhejiang, CN)
Assignee: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
H10K59/65H10K59/121H10K59/122G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0626G09G2360/14H04N23/617H04N23/80
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Patent No.
US 11,678,554
App. No.
17/599,220
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an under-display camera assembly, including: an organic light-emitting diode display screen, a display region of which includes an under-display camera region and a non-under-display camera region, wherein a pixel density of the under-display camera region is set to be less than a pixel density of the non-under-display camera region; and a camera module, wherein the optical axis thereof is perpendicular to the surface of the organic light-emitting diode display screen, and the camera module is located at a rear end of the under-display camera region. Further provided is a corresponding terminal device.

Claims (21)

1. An under-display camera assembly, characterized by comprising:

an organic light-emitting diode display screen, a display region of which includes an under-display camera region and a non-under-display camera region, and a pixel density of the under-display camera region being set to be less than a pixel density of the non-under-display camera region;

a camera module, an optical axis of which is perpendicular to a surface of the organic light-emitting diode display screen, and the camera module being located at a rear end of the under-display camera region and being used for imaging and outputting image data; and

a data processing module, which is used to filter stray light in the image data by a data processing algorithm, and the stray light is a stray light generated under effects of refraction, reflection, and diffraction of the internal microstructure of the non-under-display camera region when incident light passes through the organic light-emitting diode display screen.

2. The under-display camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein, each pixel in the under-display camera region has a light-emitting layer and an isolation column surrounding the light-emitting layer, a side wall of the isolation column is inclined and an opening formed by the isolation column surrounding the light-emitting layer gradually expands from bottom to top, and the side wall of the isolation column has a light-blocking layer.

3. The under-display camera assembly of claim 2 , wherein, an angle between the side wall and a normal of a light-emitting surface of the organic light-emitting diode display screen is less than 30°.

4. The under-display camera assembly of claim 2 , wherein, the light blocking layer completely covers the side wall.

5. The under-display camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein, the data processing module is further configured to extract a feature vector of the stray light based on machine learning technology and train a recognition model of the stray light, and filter out the stray light based on the trained recognition model.

6. The under-display camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein, a pixel pitch of the under-display camera region is set to be larger than a pixel pitch of the non-under-display camera region, and the pixel pitch is a pitch between the light-emitting structures of adjacent pixels of the organic light-emitting diode display screen.

7. The under-display camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein, the organic light-emitting diode display screen includes in sequence: a cathode layer, an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a light-emitting layer, a hole transport layer, and a hole injection layer, a buffer layer and an anode, and the light-emitting layer is isolated to form a plurality of pixels.

8. The under-display camera assembly of claim 7 , wherein, the light-emitting layer is fabricated at a bottom of a groove formed by its underlying structure, and a depth of the groove is greater than a height of the light-emitting layer, and a side wall of the groove is a side wall of the isolation column, and the underlying structure is the electron transport layer or the hole transport layer.

9. The under-display camera assembly of claim 7 , wherein, in the under-display camera region, a position of the cathode layer corresponding to a gap between the pixels has a light through groove.

10. The under-display camera assembly of claim 7 , wherein, the organic light-emitting diode display screen further includes a back plate film, and in the under-display camera region, a position of the back plate film corresponding to a gap between the pixels has a light through groove.

11. The under-display camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein, the under-display camera assembly further includes: a first control unit, which is used to control both of the under-display camera region and the non-display camera region to display images when the camera module is not working; and is used to control the display function of the under-display camera region to be turned off when the camera module is working.

12. The under-display camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein, the under-display camera assembly further includes: a second control unit, which is used to compensate brightness of the under-display camera region when both of the under-display camera region and the non-under-display camera region display images.

13. The under-display camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein, the under-display camera assembly further includes: a second control unit, which is used to compensate display parameters of the under-display camera region when both of the under-display camera region and the non-under-display camera region display images, so that the displayed image transits smoothly between the under-display camera region and the non-under-display camera region.

14. The under-display camera assembly of claim 10 , wherein, the back plate film is located on a side of the cathode layer, and a side of the anode forms a light exit surface of the organic light-emitting diode display screen; or, the back plate film is located on the side of the anode, and the side of the cathode layer forms the light exit surface of the organic light-emitting diode display screen.

15. The under-display camera assembly of claim 7 , wherein, in the under-display camera region, the anode is manufactured based on a nanowire process, and the anode is attached to the buffer layer.

16. The under-display camera assembly of claim 6 , wherein, the organic light-emitting diode display screen further includes a TFT layer, and in the under-display camera region, the TFT layer has a plurality of TFT switch units, and each of the TFT switch units is located directly below a light-emitting structure of the corresponding pixel.

17. The under-display camera assembly of claim 16 , wherein, in the under-display camera region, the TFT layer further has a plurality of contacts, and each of the contacts is located in a gap between adjacent pixels.

18. A terminal device, characterized by comprising the under-display camera assembly of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2021
From: JING, LIAO; WU, XUDONG; LIU, SIYUAN
To: NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057628/0295 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 201910241353.3 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
CN 201910241369.4 · Mar 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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