Luminaire utilizing a transparent organic light emitting device display
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1. A transparent display panel, comprising:
- (a) an array of display pixels configured on a same substrate, wherein the array has horizontal and vertical dimensions on the substrate and each respective display pixel of the array comprises;
a plurality of separately controllable organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), each of the OLEDs configured one upon another to form an OLED stack on the substrate, wherein each separately controllable OLED is constructed to emit visible light of a different respective one of three colors,a first of the plurality of OLEDs being stacked on a light emitting surface of a second of the plurality of OLEDs and the second of plurality of OLEDs being stacked on a light emitting surface of a third of the plurality of OLEDs so that;
light from a light emitting surface of the third OLED passes through the second and first OLEDs, light from a light emitting surface of the second OLED passes through the first OLED, and light emerging from a light emitting surface of the first OLED includes light emitted by the first OLED as well as light emitted by the second and third OLEDs; and
(b) a transparent region on the substrate adjacent to the OLED stack of the respective display pixel, wherein the transparent region is configured horizontally and vertically on the substrate in-between the OLED stack of the respective display pixel and the OLED stack of at least another adjacent display pixel in the array, and is formed from a transparent material.
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Abstract
The examples relate to various implementations of a software configurable luminaire and a transparent display device for use in such a luminaire. The luminaire is able to generate light sufficient to provide general illumination of a space in which the luminaire is installed and provide an image display. The general illumination is provided by additional light sources and/or improved display components of the transparent display device.
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1. A transparent display panel, comprising:
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(a) an array of display pixels configured on a same substrate, wherein the array has horizontal and vertical dimensions on the substrate and each respective display pixel of the array comprises; a plurality of separately controllable organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), each of the OLEDs configured one upon another to form an OLED stack on the substrate, wherein each separately controllable OLED is constructed to emit visible light of a different respective one of three colors, a first of the plurality of OLEDs being stacked on a light emitting surface of a second of the plurality of OLEDs and the second of plurality of OLEDs being stacked on a light emitting surface of a third of the plurality of OLEDs so that;
light from a light emitting surface of the third OLED passes through the second and first OLEDs, light from a light emitting surface of the second OLED passes through the first OLED, and light emerging from a light emitting surface of the first OLED includes light emitted by the first OLED as well as light emitted by the second and third OLEDs; and(b) a transparent region on the substrate adjacent to the OLED stack of the respective display pixel, wherein the transparent region is configured horizontally and vertically on the substrate in-between the OLED stack of the respective display pixel and the OLED stack of at least another adjacent display pixel in the array, and is formed from a transparent material. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A transparent display panel, comprising:
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(a) an array of display pixels configured on a same substrate, wherein the array has horizontal and vertical dimensions on the substrate and each respective display pixel of the array comprises three separately controllable organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs), each of the OLEDs being configured one upon another to form an OLED stack on the substrate and constructed to emit visible light of a different respective one of three colors; and (b) a transparent region on the substrate adjacent to the OLED stack of the respective display pixel, wherein the transparent region of the respective display panel is configured horizontally and vertically on the substrate in-between the OLED stack of the respective display pixel and the OLED stack of at least another adjacent display pixel in the array; wherein the display pixels are structured so that the transparent display panel exhibits an overall optical transmissivity with respect to at least the three colors of light of 50% or more. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A stacked light emitting device, comprising:
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a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; a first organic light emitting device (OLED) disposed over the substrate and electrically coupled to the first electrode; a second electrode disposed over the first OLED and electrically coupled to the first OLED; a second OLED disposed over the second electrode and electrically coupled to the second electrode; a third electrode disposed over the second OLED and electrically coupled to the second OLED; a third OLED disposed over the third electrode and electrically coupled to the third electrode; and a fourth electrode disposed over the third OLED and electrically coupled to the third OLED, wherein the first, second, and third OLEDs are configured to form an OLED stack on a same substrate, and each of the OLEDs emit light of one of three different colors, and wherein a transparent region, formed from a transparent material, is configured horizontally and vertically on the substrate in-between the OLED stack and at least another adjacent OLED stack on the substrate. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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