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Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,897 · App. 18/682,116 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Display device

Inventor: Noriko Watanabe (Kameyama City, JP)
Assignee: Sharp Display Technology Corporation
H10K59/875G02B1/118H10K77/111H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,598,897
App. No.
18/682,116
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The relative positions of a first low-reflection layer and a second low-reflection layer are variable in a bendable portion. A main low-reflection structure has, on a surface facing a secondary low-reflection structure, an asperity pattern and a moth-eye structure. The asperity pattern has a sine-wave shaped surface in a sectional view. A single period of a sine wave constituting the sine-wave shaped surface is equal to an integral multiple of the width of a single pixel of a display device in a direction where the asperity pattern is arranged.

Claims (18)

1 . A display device including a bendable portion that is bendable, comprising:

a display device body having a display surface, and having a first low-reflection layer constituting the display surface; and

a cover member covering the display surface, and having a second low-reflection layer facing the first low-reflection layer,

wherein relative positions of the first low-reflection layer and the second low-reflection layer are variable in the bendable portion,

a main low-reflection structure has, on a surface facing a secondary low-reflection structure, a first asperity pattern and a first moth-eye structure provided on a surface of the first asperity pattern, the main low-reflection structure being one of the first low-reflection layer and the second low-reflection layer, the secondary low-reflection structure being another of the first low-reflection layer and the second low-reflection layer,

the first asperity pattern has a first sine-wave shaped surface in a sectional view, and

a single period of a sine wave constituting the first sine-wave shaped surface is equal to an integral multiple of a width of a single pixel of the display device in a direction where the first asperity pattern is arranged.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the main low-reflection structure has a surface reflectance of 0.3% or less per surface.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first moth-eye structure is formed in a moth-eye film attached to the first asperity pattern.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display device includes a hard-to-bend portion that is hard to bend,

the first asperity pattern is provided in the bendable portion, and

heights of a plurality of protrusions constituting the first asperity pattern decrease along with approach to the hard-to-bend portion.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first asperity pattern is not provided in the hard-to-bend portion.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the secondary low-reflection structure has, on a surface facing the main low-reflection structure, a second asperity pattern and a second moth-eye structure provided on a surface of the second asperity pattern,

the second asperity pattern has a second sine-wave shaped surface in a sectional view, and

a single period of a sine wave constituting the second sine-wave shaped surface is equal to an integral multiple of a width of a single pixel of the display device in a direction where the second asperity pattern is arranged.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2024
From: WATANABE, NORIKO
To: SHARP DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066412/0443 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240373723A1 · Nov 7, 2024
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