DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH PIXEL-OBSCURING MICRO-WIRES
A display apparatus with micro-wires includes a display having an arrangement of pixels. A touch screen including substantially opaque micro-wires is arranged over the pixels so that the micro-wires occlude substantially equal amounts of light from each pixel.
1 . A display apparatus with micro-wires, comprising:
a display having an arrangement of pixels; and
a touch screen including substantially opaque micro-wires arranged over the pixels so that the micro-wires substantially occlude substantially equal amounts of light from each pixel.
2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the micro-wires are arranged to form one or more first electrodes extending in a first electrode direction and one or more second electrodes electrically isolated from the first electrodes extending in a second electrode direction different from the first electrode direction, the first electrodes separated by first electrode gaps and the second electrodes separated by second electrode gaps.
3 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the pixels are arranged in rows extending in a row direction and columns extending in a column direction, the rows are separated by row gaps and the columns are separated by column gaps, and wherein the first electrode gaps are located in the row gaps and the second electrode gaps are located in the column gaps.
4 . The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the micro-wires of the first electrode are located over more than one row of pixels or the micro-wires of the first electrode are located over more than one column of pixels.
5 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the micro-wires of the first electrode are substantially 180 degrees spatially out of phase with the micro-wires of the second electrode.
6 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the micro-wires of the first electrode include a first array of first micro-wires extending in a first micro-wire direction and a second array of second micro-wires extending in a second micro-wire direction different from the first micro-wire direction, the first micro-wires and the second micro-wires forming an electrically connected mesh of micro-wires.
7 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the micro-wires of the second electrode include a first array of first micro-wires extending in the first micro-wire direction and a second array of second micro-wires extending in the second micro-wire direction, the first micro-wires and the second micro-wires forming an electrically connected mesh of micro-wires.
8 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein at least some of the micro-wires are arranged to form one or more dummy electrodes located between two first electrodes and electrically isolated from the first electrodes, the micro-wires of the dummy electrodes and the micro-wires of the first electrodes occluding equal amounts of light from each pixel.
9 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the micro-wires of the first electrode are formed in a common plane with the micro-wires of the second electrode.
10 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the micro-wires first electrode are formed in a separate plane with the micro-wires of the second electrode.
11 . A display apparatus with micro-wires, comprising:
a display having an arrangement of pixels, each pixel including two or more sub-pixels, each sub-pixel in the pixel controlling light of a color different from the color of light controlled by any other sub-pixel in the pixel; and
a touch screen including substantially opaque micro-wires arranged over the sub-pixels so that the micro-wires occlude substantially equal amounts of light from each sub-pixel.
12 . The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein at least some of the micro-wires are arranged to form one or more first electrodes extending in a first electrode direction and one or more second electrodes electrically isolated from the first electrodes extending in a second electrode direction different from the first electrode direction, the first electrodes separated by first electrode gaps and the second electrodes separated by second electrode gaps.
13 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the sub-pixels are arranged in rows extending in a row direction and columns extending in a column direction, the rows are separated by row gaps and the columns are separated by column gaps, and wherein the first electrode gaps are located in the row gaps and the second electrode gaps are located in the column gaps.
14 . The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the micro-wires of the first electrode are located over more than one row of sub-pixels or the micro-wires of the first electrode are located over more than one column of sub-pixels.
15 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the micro-wires of the first electrode are substantially 180 degrees out of phase with the micro-wires of the second electrode.
16 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the micro-wires of the first electrode include a first array of first micro-wires extending in a first micro-wire direction and a second array of second micro-wires extending in a second micro-wire direction different from the first micro-wire direction, the first micro-wires and the second micro-wires forming an electrically connected mesh of micro-wires.
17 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the micro-wires of the second electrode include a first array of first micro-wires extending in the first micro-wire direction and a second array of second micro-wires extending in the second micro-wire direction, the first micro-wires and the second micro-wires forming an electrically connected mesh of micro-wires.
18 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein at least some of the micro-wires are arranged to form one or more dummy electrodes located between two first electrodes and electrically isolated from the first electrodes, the micro-wires of the dummy electrodes and the micro-wires of the first electrodes occluding equal amounts of light from each sub-pixel.
19 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the micro-wires first electrode are formed in a common plane with the micro-wires of the second electrode.
20 . The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the micro-wires first electrode are formed in a separate plane from the micro-wires of the second electrode.