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US 12,266,309 · App. 18/158,254 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Display substrate and driving method thereof, and display device

Inventors: Yanyan Wang (Beijing, CN); Lujiang Huangfu (Beijing, CN); Wenjing Tan (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3258H10K59/35G09G2300/0443G09G2310/027
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Patent No.
US 12,266,309
App. No.
18/158,254
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display substrate, a driving method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes: a first display sub-region including a plurality of first repeating regions each including a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit disposed adjacently, the first pixel unit including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the second pixel unit including a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and a second display sub-region including a plurality of second repeating regions each including a third pixel unit and a first transparent pixel, the third pixel unit including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; the first transparent pixel is configured such that a pixel density of the second display sub-region is less than a pixel density of the first display sub-region, and a light transmittance of the second display sub-region is greater than a light transmittance of the first display sub-region.

Claims (39)

1. A full-screen display device, comprising:

a display substrate having a light emitting side and comprising:

a first display sub-region comprising a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, wherein the first pixel unit comprises a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the second pixel unit comprises a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and

a second display sub-region comprising a repeating unit comprising a third pixel unit and a first transparent pixel, wherein the third pixel unit comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, and wherein the first transparent pixel is not provided with a light emitting functional layer and allows ambient light to transmit; and

an under-screen camera attached onto a side of the display substrate opposite to the light emitting side and configured to receive ambient light passing through the second display sub-region for imaging, wherein an orthographic projection of the under-screen camera on the display substrate falls within the second display sub-region and has an overlap with the first transparent pixel,

wherein the first transparent pixel is configured such that a pixel density of the second display sub-region is smaller than that of the first display sub-region, and a light transmittance of ambient light of the second display sub-region is greater than that of the first display sub-region,

wherein an area of the first transparent pixel is greater than or equal to a sum of areas of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit,

wherein the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit disposed adjacently in the first display sub-region constitutes a first repeating unit, and the first repeating unit is configured to be driven in a sub-pixel borrowing manner,

the third pixel unit and the first transparent pixel disposed adjacently in the second display sub-region constitutes a second repeating unit, and the second repeating unit is configured to be driven in a manner in which no sub-pixel is borrowed,

the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit have substantially the same first shape, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit have substantially the same second shape, and

the first shape is different from the second shape.

2. The full-screen display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first shape or the second shape is a substantially regular shape.

3. The full-screen display device of claim 2 , wherein the first shape is substantially a rectangular shape, the rectangular shape has a long side and a short side, and a sum of short sides of two of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit is less than or equal to the long side of the remaining one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit.

4. The full-screen display device of claim 1 , wherein connecting lines of centers of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit that are adjacent are substantially presented as a quadrangle.

5. The full-screen display device of claim 4 , wherein the quadrangle is a parallelogram.

6. The full-screen display device of claim 1 , wherein the first display sub-region comprises a plurality of first pixel units and a plurality of second pixel units, so that in the first display sub-region, a plurality of first sub-pixels are continuously arranged in a first direction to be in a first sub-pixel row, a plurality of second sub-pixels are continuously arranged in the first direction to be in a second sub-pixel row, and a plurality of third sub-pixels are continuously arranged in the first direction to be in a third sub-pixel row; and

in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, the first sub-pixel row, the second sub-pixel row, and the third sub-pixel row in the first display sub-region are alternately arranged.

7. The full-screen display device of claim 6 , wherein sub-pixels of the same color in the first sub-pixel row, the second sub-pixel row, and the third sub-pixel row in the first display sub-region are arranged at approximately equal intervals along the first direction.

8. The full-screen display device of claim 1 , wherein the second display sub-region comprises a plurality of third pixel units and a plurality of first transparent pixels, so that the first transparent pixel and two of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the second display sub-region are alternately arranged in a first direction, and the first transparent pixel and the remaining one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the second display sub-region are also alternately arranged in the first direction, and

the plurality of first transparent pixels also extend in the first direction and in a second direction intersecting with the first direction, respectively, so as to be in a first transparent pixel row and a first transparent pixel column, respectively.

9. The full-screen display device of claim 8 , wherein sub-pixels of the same color among the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the second display sub-region are arranged at approximately equal intervals along the first direction and along the second direction.

10. The full-screen display device of claim 1 , wherein at least two of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit have different areas.

11. The full-screen display device of claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit have substantially the same area.

12. The full-screen display device of claim 1 , wherein connecting lines of centers of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit are substantially presented as a triangle.

13. The full-screen display device of claim 1 , wherein the second sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel, one of the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel, and the other one is a blue sub-pixel.

14. A full-screen display device, comprising:

a display substrate having a light emitting side and comprising:

a first display sub-region comprising a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, wherein the first pixel unit comprises a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the second pixel unit comprises a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and

a second display sub-region comprising a repeating unit comprising a third pixel unit and a first transparent pixel, wherein the third pixel unit comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, and wherein the first transparent pixel is not provided with a light emitting functional layer and allows ambient light to transmit; and

an under-screen camera attached onto a side of the display substrate opposite to the light emitting side and configured to receive ambient light passing through the second display sub-region for imaging, wherein an orthographic projection of the under-screen camera on the display substrate falls within the second display sub-region and has an overlap with the first transparent pixel,

wherein the first transparent pixel is configured such that a light transmittance of ambient light of the second display sub-region is greater than that of the first display sub-region,

wherein an area of the first transparent pixel is greater than or equal to a sum of areas of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit,

wherein the second display sub-region is in a circular shape, and the first display sub-region is formed to surround the second display sub-region,

wherein the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit disposed adjacently in the first display sub-region constitutes a first repeating unit, and the first repeating unit is configured to be driven in a sub-pixel borrowing manner,

the third pixel unit and the first transparent pixel disposed adjacently in the second display sub-region constitutes a second repeating unit, and the second repeating unit is configured to be driven in a manner in which no sub-pixel is borrowed,

the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit have substantially the same first shape, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit have substantially the same second shape, and

the first shape is different from the second shape.

15. The full-screen display device of claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first shape or the second shape is a substantially regular shape.

16. The full-screen display device of claim 15 , wherein the first shape is substantially a rectangular shape, the rectangular shape has a long side and a short side, and a sum of short sides of two of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit is less than or equal to the long side of the remaining one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel in the third pixel unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2023
From: WANG, YANYAN; HUANGFU, LUJIANG; TAN, WENJING
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (3)
CN 201810638716.2 · Jun 20, 2018 · national
CN 201810639832.6 · Jun 20, 2018 · national
CN 201810714668.0 · Jun 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17578175 · Jan 18, 2022
Continuation 16644791
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