DISPLAY APPARATUS

• US 20160125816A1
• Filed: 04/14/2015
• Published: 05/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Chong, Jongho, Lee, Seungbae
• Application Number:
  US14/686,703
• Publication Number:
  US 20160125816A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/068 for control of viewing angle adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a display unit including a plurality of pixels; a connection part on the display unit; a plurality of shape-variable parts on the connection part and configured to deform according to a physical quantity applied thereto; and adjustors configured to vary the physical quantity applied to the shape-variable parts to control refraction of light by the shape-variable parts while the light emitted from the pixels passes therethrough.

Claims

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit comprising a plurality of pixels;

a connection part on the display unit;

a plurality of shape-variable parts on the connection part and configured to deform according to a physical quantity applied thereto; and

a plurality of adjustors configured to vary the physical quantity applied to the shape-variable parts to control an amount by which the shape variable parts refract light emitted from the pixels.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the shape-variable parts are on the connection part at positions corresponding to positions of the pixels.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the shape-variable parts is configured to deform to be flat, convex, or concave according to a value of the physical quantity.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein, when the shape-variable parts are convex, the light emitted from the pixels converges while passing through the shape-variable parts.

5. The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein, when the shape-variable parts are concave, the light emitted from the pixels diverges while passing through the shape-variable parts.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the adjustors comprise temperature adjustors configured to adjust temperatures of the shape-variable parts to deform the shape-variable parts.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the temperature adjustors each comprise:

a heating element configured to apply heat to the shape-variable parts or to the connection part; and

a current supply coupled to the heating elements and configured to supply current to each of the heating elements.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the shape-variable parts comprises a conductor, and

the adjustors comprise current adjustors configured to control an amount of current flowing through the conductors of the shape-variable parts.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of the shape-variable parts comprises two electrodes, and

in each of the shape-variable parts, the current adjustor is configured to control an electric potential between the two electrodes to adjust an amount of current flowing through the conductor between the two electrodes.

10. The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein each of the conductors comprises carbon nanotubes.

11. The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a controller configured to output control signals and image data;

a gate driver configured to output a scan signal based on the control signals; and

a source driver configured to output a data signal based on the image data in synchronization with the scan signal,

wherein the display unit is configured to output the data signal to the pixels in synchronization with the scan signal.

12. A display apparatus comprising:

a display unit comprising a plurality of pixels;

a shape-variable part on the display unit and configured to deform according to a physical quantity applied thereto; and

an adjustor configured to vary the physical quantity applied to the shape-variable part to control an amount by which the shape-variable part refracts light emitted from the pixels.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein a plurality of convex regions and/or a plurality of concave regions are formed on a surface of the shape-variable part according to values of the physical quantity.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the convex regions and/or the concave regions are formed at positions corresponding to positions of the pixels.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the light emitted from the pixels converges while passing through the convex regions or diverges while passing through the concave regions.

16. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the adjustor comprises a temperature adjustor configured to adjust a temperature of the shape-variable part to change a shape of the shape-variable part.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the temperature adjustor comprises:

a heating element configured to apply heat to the shape-variable part; and

a current supply coupled to the heating element and configured to supply current to the heating element.

18. The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the shape-variable part comprises a conductor, and

the adjustor comprises a current adjustor configured to control an amount of current flowing through the conductor of the shape-variable part.

19. The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the shape-variable part comprises first and second electrodes,

the current adjustor is configured to control an electric potential between the first and second electrodes to adjust an amount of current flowing through the conductor between the first and second electrodes, and

the conductor comprises carbon nanotubes.

20. The display apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

a controller configured to output control signals and image data;

a gate driver configured to output a scan signal based on the control signals; and

a source driver configured to output a data signal based on the image data in synchronization with the scan signal,

wherein the display unit is configured to output the data signal to the pixels in synchronization with the scan signal.