TILED DISPLAY WITH OVERLAPPING FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES
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1. A tiled display apparatus, comprising:
- at least five functionally identical transparent partially-overlapped display tiles arranged in two dimensions, each display tile including pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, and the display tiles being disposed so that light emitted by pixels located beneath a neighboring display tile at the edge of the pixel array passes through the neighboring display tile.
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Abstract
A tiled display apparatus includes at least five functionally identical transparent partially-overlapped display tiles arranged in two dimensions, each display tile including pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, and the display tiles being disposed so that light emitted by pixels located beneath a neighboring display tile at the edge of the pixel array passes through the neighboring display tile.
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20 Claims
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1. A tiled display apparatus, comprising:
- at least five functionally identical transparent partially-overlapped display tiles arranged in two dimensions, each display tile including pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array, and the display tiles being disposed so that light emitted by pixels located beneath a neighboring display tile at the edge of the pixel array passes through the neighboring display tile.
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2. A tiled electro-luminescent display apparatus, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of display tiles arranged in a regular two-dimensional array, each display tile including; i) a transparent flexible substrate and a transparent flexible cover affixed to the transparent flexible substrate; ii) a first electrode formed over the transparent flexible substrate, one or more layers of light-emitting material formed over the first electrode, and a second electrode formed over the one or more layers of light-emitting material; iii) wherein the first or second electrode forms independently-controllable light-emitting pixels arranged in rows and columns of a regular, two-dimensional, four-sided pixel array defining a display area, the pixel array having first edge pixels located on the edge of a first side of the pixel array, second edge pixels located on the edge of a second side of the pixel array opposite the first side, third edge pixels located on the edge of a third side of the pixel array adjacent to the first and second sides, and fourth edge pixels located on the edge of a fourth side of the pixel array opposite the third side and adjacent to the first and second sides, each pixel separated from a neighboring pixel by a respective inter-pixel distance in each of the two dimensions; iv) wherein the transparent flexible substrate or transparent flexible cover extends beyond the pixel array on all four sides of the pixel array a distance greater than the inter-pixel distance in the respective dimensions, the transparent flexible substrate or transparent flexible cover extensions defining a first transparent tile area on the first side of the pixel array, a second tile area on the second side of the pixel array opposite the first side, a third transparent tile area on the third side of the pixel array adjacent to the first and second sides, a fourth tile area on the fourth side of the pixel array opposite the third side and adjacent to the first and second sides; and v) wherein the first, second, third and fourth tile areas do not include pixels; and (b) wherein the display tiles are arranged so that; i) the first transparent tile area of each display tile is disposed above the second tile area of a first neighboring display tile so that light emitted from the second edge pixels of the first neighboring display tile is transmitted through the first transparent tile area, ii) the second tile area of each display tile is disposed below the first tile area of a second neighboring display tile so that light emitted from the second edge pixels is transmitted through the first transparent tile area of the second neighboring tile; iii) the third transparent tile area of each display tile is disposed above the fourth tile area of a third neighboring display tile so that light emitted from the fourth edge pixels of the third neighboring display tile is transmitted through the third transparent tile area; and iv) the fourth tile area of each display tile is disposed below the third transparent tile area of a fourth neighboring display tile so that light emitted from the fourth edge pixels is transmitted through the third transparent tile area of the fourth neighboring tile; and v) wherein the pixels in the pixel arrays of each display tile and the neighboring display tiles do not overlap, form a regular, two-dimensional pixel array, and are separated by the respective inter-pixel distances in each of the dimensions.
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