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US 12,140,827 · App. 17/781,016 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Display panel and display device

Inventors: Qian Deng (Hubei, CN); Wei Cheng (Hubei, CN)
Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
G02F1/1326G02F1/13318G02F1/13338G02F1/133531G02F1/133638G02F1/13718
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Patent No.
US 12,140,827
App. No.
17/781,016
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel and a display device are provided by the present application. The display panel includes a photosensitive functional region, and an optical waveguide module is disposed on a light-emitting side of the panel main body. The optical waveguide module comprises an optical coupling-in part, an optical waveguide layer, and an optical coupling-out part. The optical coupling-in part is connected with the optical waveguide layer, the optical coupling-out part is connected with the optical waveguide layer. The optical coupling-out part is positioned at a side of the light coupling-in portion and opposites to the photosensitive functional region. The optical coupling-out part is configured to introduce part of the light from the outside world. The optical waveguide layer is configured to guide the light introduced by the optical coupling-in part.

Claims (38)

1. A display panel comprising a photosensitive functional region, wherein the display panel further comprises:

a panel body;

an optical waveguide module, wherein the optical waveguide module is disposed on a light emitting side of the panel body, wherein the optical waveguide module comprises an optical coupling-in part, an optical waveguide layer, and an optical coupling-out part, wherein the optical coupling-in part is connected to the optical waveguide layer, the optical coupling-out part is connected to the optical waveguide layer, and wherein the optical coupling-out part is positioned on a side of the optical coupling-in part and opposites to the photosensitive functional region;

a first linear polarizer, a first quarter-wave plate, a second linear polarizer, and a second quarter-wave plate; wherein the first quarter-wave plate is disposed on a side of the optical waveguide module away from the panel body, and the first linear polarizer is disposed on a side of the first quarter-wave plate away from the panel body; and wherein the second quarter-wave plate is disposed on a side of the optical waveguide module close to the panel body, and the second linear polarizer is disposed on a side of the second quarter-wave plate close to the panel body;

a first adhesive layer positioned in a frame region of the display panel, wherein the first adhesive layer is connected between the optical waveguide module and the first quarter-wave plate, wherein a first dielectric layer is disposed between the optical waveguide layer and the first quarter-wave plate, and wherein a refractive index of the optical waveguide layer is greater than a refractive index of the first dielectric layer refractive index; and

a second adhesive layer positioned in the frame region of the display panel, wherein the second adhesive layer is connected between the optical waveguide module and the second quarter-wave plate, wherein a second dielectric layer is disposed between the optical waveguide layer and the second quarter-wave plate, and wherein a refractive index of the optical waveguide layer is greater than a refractive index of the second dielectric layer.

2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the optical coupling-in part is provided on a side of the optical waveguide layer close to the panel body, and wherein the optical coupling-in part comprises an alignment layer and a liquid crystal polymer film which is provided on the alignment layer.

3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first linear polarizer has a first polarization axis, wherein the first quarter-wave plate has a first fast axis, and wherein an angle between the first fast axis and the first polarization axis is 45°; and

wherein the liquid crystal polymer film is a right chiral liquid crystal polymer film.

4. The display panel according to claim 3 , wherein the second linear polarizer has a second polarization axis, wherein the second quarter-wave plate has a second fast axis, wherein the second polarization axis is perpendicular to the first polarization axis, wherein a direction of the second fast axis is consistent with a direction of the first fast axis, and wherein an angle between the second fast axis and the second polarization axis is 45° from a clockwise direction of the second fast axis.

5. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the display panel further comprises a display region and the frame region positioned on a peripheral side of the display region, wherein the photosensitive functional region is disposed in the frame region, and wherein the optical coupling-in part is positioned in the display region of the display panel, and wherein the optical coupling-out part is positioned in the frame region.

6. The display panel according to claim 5 , wherein the optical coupling-out part is selected from one of an embossed grating, a liquid crystal grating, and an array grating formed in the optical waveguide layer, and wherein a chiral direction of the liquid crystal grating is the same as a chiral direction of the optical coupling-in part.

7. The display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the panel body is a liquid crystal panel body, wherein the display panel further comprises a third linear polarizer, wherein the third linear polarizer is disposed on a side of the panel body away from the second polarizer, wherein the third linear polarizer has a third polarization axis, and wherein the third polarization axis is perpendicular to the second polarization axis.

8. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the first linear polarizer has a first polarization axis, wherein the first quarter-wave plate has a first fast axis, and wherein an angle between the first fast axis and the first polarization axis is 45° from a clockwise direction of the first fast axis; and

wherein the liquid crystal polymer film is a left chiral liquid crystal polymer film.

9. The display panel according to claim 8 , wherein the second linear polarizer has a second polarization axis, wherein the second quarter-wave plate has a second fast axis, wherein the second polarization axis is perpendicular to the first polarization axis, wherein a direction of the second fast axis is consistent with a direction of the first fast axis, and wherein an angle between the second fast axis and the first polarization axis is 45° from a counterclockwise direction of the second fast axis.

10. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the optical waveguide layer is a cover plate.

11. A display device comprising a camera and the display panel as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the camera is disposed oppositely to the photosensitive functional region, and wherein the camera is positioned on a side of the panel body away from the optical waveguide module.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the camera is an infrared camera.

13. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the optical coupling-in part is provided on a side of the optical waveguide layer close to the panel body, and wherein the optical coupling-in part comprises an alignment layer and a liquid crystal polymer film which is provided on the alignment layer.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first linear polarizer has a first polarization axis, wherein the first quarter-wave plate has a first fast axis, and wherein an angle between the first fast axis and the first polarization axis is 45°; and

wherein the liquid crystal polymer film is a right chiral liquid crystal polymer film.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the second linear polarizer has a second polarization axis, wherein the second quarter-wave plate has a second fast axis, wherein the second polarization axis is perpendicular to the first polarization axis, wherein a direction of the second fast axis is consistent with a direction of the first fast axis, and wherein an angle between the second fast axis and the second polarization axis is 45° from a clockwise direction of the second fast axis.

16. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first linear polarizer has a first polarization axis, wherein the first quarter-wave plate has a first fast axis, and wherein an angle between the first fast axis and the first polarization axis is 45° from a clockwise direction of the first fast axis; and

wherein the liquid crystal polymer film is a left chiral liquid crystal polymer film.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the second linear polarizer has a second polarization axis, wherein the second quarter-wave plate has a second fast axis, wherein the second polarization axis is perpendicular to the first polarization axis, wherein a direction of the second fast axis is consistent with a direction of the first fast axis, and wherein an angle between the second fast axis and the first polarization axis is 45° from a counterclockwise direction of the second fast axis.

18. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein both of the first dielectric layer and the second dielectric layer are gas layers or transparent solid material layers.

19. A display panel comprising a photosensitive functional region, wherein the display panel further comprises:

a panel body;

an optical waveguide module, wherein the optical waveguide module is disposed on a light emitting side of the panel body, wherein the optical waveguide module comprises an optical coupling-in part, an optical waveguide layer, and an optical coupling-out part, wherein the optical coupling-in part is connected to the optical waveguide layer, the optical coupling-out part is connected to the optical waveguide layer, and wherein the optical coupling-out part is positioned on a side of the optical coupling-in part and opposites to the photosensitive functional region; wherein the optical coupling-in part is provided on a side of the optical waveguide layer close to the panel body, and wherein the optical coupling-in part comprises an alignment layer and a liquid crystal polymer film which is provided on the alignment layer; and

a first linear polarizer and a first quarter-wave plate, wherein the first quarter-wave plate is disposed on a side of the optical waveguide module away from the panel body, and wherein the first linear polarizer is disposed on a side of the first quarter-wave plate away from the panel body;

wherein the first linear polarizer has a first polarization axis, the first quarter-wave plate has a first fast axis, and an angle between the first fast axis and the first polarization axis is 45°; and wherein the liquid crystal polymer film is a right chiral liquid crystal polymer film.

20. A display panel comprising a photosensitive functional region, wherein the display panel further comprises:

a panel body;

an optical waveguide module, wherein the optical waveguide module is disposed on a light emitting side of the panel body, wherein the optical waveguide module comprises an optical coupling-in part, an optical waveguide layer, and an optical coupling-out part, wherein the optical coupling-in part is connected to the optical waveguide layer, the optical coupling-out part is connected to the optical waveguide layer, and wherein the optical coupling-out part is positioned on a side of the optical coupling-in part and opposites to the photosensitive functional region; wherein the optical coupling-in part is provided on a side of the optical waveguide layer close to the panel body, and wherein the optical coupling-in part comprises an alignment layer and a liquid crystal polymer film which is provided on the alignment layer; and

a first linear polarizer and a first quarter-wave plate, wherein the first quarter-wave plate is disposed on a side of the optical waveguide module away from the panel body, and wherein the first linear polarizer is disposed on a side of the first quarter-wave plate away from the panel body;

wherein the first linear polarizer has a first polarization axis, the first quarter-wave plate has a first fast axis, and an angle between the first fast axis and the first polarization axis is 45° from a clockwise direction of the first fast axis; and wherein the liquid crystal polymer film is a left chiral liquid crystal polymer film.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2022
From: DENG, QIAN; CHENG, WEI
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060333/0676 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202210511463.9 · May 11, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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