A PIXEL ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE, DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD

• US 20170110086A1
• Filed: 08/13/2015
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Guo, Renwei, Dong, Xue
• Granted Patent: US 9,721,531 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/52 RGB geometrical arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0426 Layout of electrodes and connections
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0447 for multi-domain technique to improve the viewing angle in a liquid crystal display, such as multi-vertical alignment [MVA]
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0452 Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0242 Compensation of deficiencies in the appearance of colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2003 Display of colours specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/36 using liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/353 characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels

Abstract

The disclosure provides a pixel arrangement structure, a display device and a display method. The pixel arrangement structure comprises at least one pixel unit arranged in parallel along the longitudinal direction, each pixel unit comprising first pixels and second pixels arranged alternately along the horizontal direction; each first pixel comprising a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged in turn in a first row along the horizontal direction and a third sub-pixel in a second row along the horizontal direction; each second pixel comprising a third sub-pixel in the first row along the horizontal direction and a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged in turn in the second row along the horizontal direction, sub-pixels located in the first row inclining towards a first direction, sub-pixels located in the second row inclining towards a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are horizontally opposite.

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A pixel arrangement structure, comprising:

at least one pixel unit arranged in parallel along a longitudinal direction, each pixel unit comprising one or more first pixels and one or more second pixels arranged alternately along a horizontal direction;

wherein each first pixel comprises;

a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged in turn in a first row along the horizontal direction and a third sub-pixel in a second row along the horizontal direction; and

wherein each second pixel comprises a third sub-pixel in the first row along the horizontal direction and a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged in turn in the second row along the horizontal direction; and

wherein sub-pixels located in the first row incline towards a first direction, and sub-pixels located in the second row incline towards a second direction, the first direction and the second direction being horizontally opposite.

15. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 14, wherein

a shape of each sub-pixel located in the first row is a first parallelogram, and a shape of each sub-pixels located in the second row is a second parallelogram that is a mirror image of the first parallelogram.

16. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 15, wherein

longitudinal projections of two adjacent base edges of the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram do not coincide.

17. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 16, wherein,

in the two adjacent base edges of the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram, a longitudinal projection of an endpoint of the base edge of the first parallelogram is located at a midpoint of a longitudinal projection of the base edge of the second parallelogram.

18. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 14, wherein the pixel arrangement structure comprises a preset number of sub-pixels within a unit pixel area, wherein the preset number includes any one of:

2, 1.5 and 1.

19. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 14, wherein acute angles within the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram are between 70≃

and 90 degrees.

20. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 14, wherein acute angles within the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram are between 82≃

and 85 degrees.

21. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 14, wherein,

the first sub-pixels are red, the second sub-pixels are green, and the third sub-pixels are blue.

22. A display device, comprising a pixel arrangement structure, the pixel arrangement structure comprising:

at least one pixel unit arranged in parallel along a longitudinal direction, wherein each pixel unit comprises one or more first pixels and one or more second pixels arranged alternately along a horizontal direction;

wherein each first pixel comprises a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged in turn in a first row along the horizontal direction and a third sub-pixel in a second row along the horizontal direction, wherein each second pixel comprises a third sub-pixel in the first row along the horizontal direction and a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel arranged in turn in the second row along the horizontal direction; and

wherein sub-pixels located in the first row incline towards a first direction, sub-pixels located in the second row incline towards a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction are horizontally opposite.

23. The display device according to claim 22, wherein,

a shape of each sub-pixel located in the first row is a first parallelogram, a shape of each sub-pixel located in the second row is a second parallelogram that is a mirror image of the first parallelogram.

24. The display device according to claim 23, wherein

longitudinal projections of two adjacent base edges of the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram do not coincide.

25. The display device according to claim 24, wherein,

in the two adjacent base edges of the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram, a longitudinal projection of an endpoint of the base edge of the first parallelogram is located at a midpoint of a longitudinal projection of the base edge of the second parallelogram.

26. The display device according to claim 22, wherein the pixel arrangement structure comprises a preset number of sub-pixels within a unit pixel area, the preset number any one of:

2, 1.5 and 1.

27. The display device according to claim 22, wherein acute angles within the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram are between 70 and 90 degrees.

28. The display device according to claim 22, wherein acute angles within the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram are between 82 and 85 degrees.

29. The display device according to claim 22, wherein,

the first sub-pixels are red, the second sub-pixels are green, and the third sub-pixels are blue.

30. A display method for the display device according to claim 22, comprising:

receiving an image signal and performing data processing to the received image signal;

arranging at least one sampling area in the pixel arrangement structure of the display device based on the data processing result;

sharing at least one of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels to which the sampling areas correspond to output a pixel-shared display signal; and

displaying the image signal based on the pixel-shared display signal.

31. The method according to claim 30, wherein a shape of the sampling area is a diamond.

32. The method according to claim 31, wherein the sampling area comprises at least one part of at least one sub-pixel each of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels;

and wherein

the step of sharing at least one of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels, and the third sub-pixels to which the sampling areas correspond to output a pixel-shared display signal comprises;

outputting a main display signal through main sub-pixels of the sampling area, and outputting a shared display signal through auxiliary sub-pixels of the sampling area, wherein the main sub-pixels are sub-pixels in the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels that are entirely contained in the sampling area, the auxiliary sub-pixels are sub-pixels in the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels that are partly contained in the sampling area, and the shared display signal is a proportioning signal of the main display signal.

33. The method according to claim 32, wherein,

the main sub-pixels are red, and the auxiliary sub-pixels are green and blue;

or

the main sub-pixels are green, and the auxiliary sub-pixels are red and blue;

or

the main sub-pixels are blue, and the auxiliary sub-pixels are red and green.

34. The display device according to claim 24, wherein,

in the two adjacent base edges of the first parallelogram and the second parallelogram, a longitudinal projection of an endpoint of the base edge of the second parallelogram is located at a midpoint of a longitudinal projection of the base edge of the first parallelogram.