IP Library Granted Patent US 12,114,553
Granted Patent B2
US 12,114,553 · App. 17/149,153 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Display device and method for processing image signal thereof

Inventors: Youngnam Yun (Yongin-si, KR); Kyuseok Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Heejin Jang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/353H04N23/54H04N23/55H10K59/65
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Patent No.
US 12,114,553
App. No.
17/149,153
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a main display area, a component area including a transmission area, main sub-pixels disposed on a substrate corresponding to a main display area, and auxiliary sub-pixels disposed on the substrate corresponding to the component area. The component area includes a first component area and a second component area. Auxiliary sub-pixels arranged in the first component area and auxiliary sub-pixels arranged in the second component area have a same arrangement structure. An opaque layer is disposed between the substrate and the auxiliary sub-pixels in the second component area and includes a hole corresponding to the transmission area.

Claims (40)

1. A display device comprising:

a main display area;

a component area comprising a transmission area;

main sub-pixels disposed on a substrate corresponding to the main display area; and

auxiliary sub-pixels disposed on the substrate corresponding to the component area, wherein

the component area comprises a first component area and a second component area, and

auxiliary sub-pixels arranged in the first component area and auxiliary sub-pixels arranged in the second component area have a same arrangement structure; and

an opaque layer disposed between the substrate and the auxiliary sub-pixels in the second component area, the opaque layer being absent from the first component area, the opaque layer including a hole corresponding to the transmission area.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the hole of the opaque layer has a circle shape.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the opaque layer comprises lightproof metal.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the opaque layer comprises a lightproof organic material.

5. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising

a first camera disposed under the substrate corresponding to the first component area;

a second camera disposed under the substrate corresponding to the second component area; and

a driver that generates a synthesis image signal by synthesizing a first image signal from the first camera and a second image signal from the second camera.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the first camera includes a low-sensitivity camera having a high resolution, and

the second camera includes a high-sensitivity camera having a low resolution.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the driver generates the synthesis image signal by replacing deterioration data of the first image signal with pixel data of a corresponding location in the second image signal, the deterioration data being a brightness value that deviates from a reference brightness value range.

8. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the driver generates the synthesis image signal by synthesizing pixel data corresponding to a foreground of the first image signal and pixel data corresponding to a background of the second image signal.

9. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the driver:

generates the first image signal by synthesizing a plurality of image signals obtained by moving an image sensor of the first camera by as much as a pixel pitch in multiple directions, and

generates the second image signal by synthesizing a plurality of image signals obtained by moving an image sensor of the second camera by as much as a pixel pitch in multiple directions.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a camera disposed under the substrate corresponding to the component area; and

a driver that generates a synthesis image signal by synthesizing a first image signal which is obtained by moving the camera towards the first component area, and a second image signal which is obtained by moving the camera towards the second component area.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the driver generates the synthesis image signal by replacing deterioration data of the first image signal with pixel data of a corresponding location in the second image signal, the deterioration data being a brightness value that deviates from a reference brightness value range.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the driver generates the synthesis image signal by synthesizing pixel data corresponding to a foreground of the first image signal and pixel data corresponding to a background of the second image signal.

13. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the driver:

generates the first image signal by synthesizing a plurality of image signals obtained by moving an image sensor of the camera by as much as a pixel pitch in multiple directions, and

generates the second image signal by synthesizing a plurality of image signals obtained by moving the image sensor of the camera by as much as a pixel pitch in multiple directions.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

pixel groups are disposed in the component area, each of the pixel groups including a predetermined number of the auxiliary sub-pixels, and

the transmission area is located around the pixel groups.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the main sub-pixels and the auxiliary sub-pixels comprises a pixel electrode and an emission layer, and

an opposite electrode is disposed above the pixel electrode, the opposite electrode being common to the main sub-pixels and the auxiliary sub-pixels and comprising a through hole corresponding to the transmission area.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second component area is spaced apart from the first component area.

17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the main sub-pixels are disposed between the first component area and the second component area.

18. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the transmission area is absent of any of the auxiliary sub-pixels and is absent of any of the main sub-pixels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2021
From: YUN, YOUNGNAM; KIM, KYUSEOK; JANG, HEEJIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054923/0984 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0021762 · Feb 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210265431A1 · Aug 26, 2021
Cited By (1)
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