DISPLAY PANEL, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20180149917A1
• Filed: 09/09/2016
• Published: 05/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Xinxing, Yao, Jikai, Huang, Hua
• Granted Patent: US 10,409,106 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0055 Reflecting element, sheet or layer
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0056 for producing polarisation effects, e.g. by a surface with polarizing properties or by an additional polarizing elements
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0088 of the light guide or other optical sheets in the package
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0091 of the light source relative to the light guide G02B6/0021 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0095 Light guides as housings, housing portions, shelves, doors, tiles, windows, or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133512 Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix G02F1/136209 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133536 Reflective polarizers G02F1/13362 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 1/133565 inside the LC elements, i.e. between the cell substrates
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2201/30 grating
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2203/02 reflective
• CPC Class Codes: G02F 2203/64 Normally black display, i.e. the off state being black

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display panel, an operating method thereof and a display device. The display panel includes first substrate and second substrate disposed opposite to each other, liquid crystal layer disposed between first substrate and second substrate, orthogonal polarization layer disposed on a side of first substrate facing towards liquid crystal layer, and first absorbent layer disposed on a side of first substrate facing away from liquid crystal layer. When no electric field is loaded, both liquid crystal layer and orthogonal polarization layer transmit light with first polarization direction. When electric field is loaded, liquid crystal layer converts incident light with first polarization direction into emergent light with second polarization direction which is orthogonal to first polarization direction, and the orthogonal polarization layer reflects the light with the second polarization direction. The first absorbent layer absorbs the light incident thereon.

Claims

1. A display panel comprising a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, an orthogonal polarization layer provided on a side of the first substrate facing towards the liquid crystal layer, and a first absorbent layer provided on a side of the first substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer,

wherein, the liquid crystal layer is configured to transmit light with a first polarization direction when no electric field is loaded and to convert incident light with the first polarization direction into emergent light with a second polarization direction which is orthogonal to the first polarization direction when an electric field is loaded, and

wherein, the orthogonal polarization layer is configured to transmit the light with the first polarization direction and reflect the light with the second polarization direction, and the first absorbent layer is configured to absorb light incident on the first absorbent layer.

2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein, the orthogonal polarization layer comprises a plurality of grating elements which are disposed parallel to each other to form a grating element array.

3. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein, the first absorbent layer is formed from black ink.

4. A display device comprising a backlight module and the display panel according to claim 1, wherein, the backlight module is disposed at a side of the second substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer and configured to provide backlight when an ambient light intensity is lower than a predefined light intensity.

5. The display device according to claim 4, wherein, the backlight module comprises a light source and a light guide plate, the light guide plate being disposed at the side of the second substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer, and the light source being disposed at a light incident side of the light guide plate.

6. The display device according to claim 4, further comprising a cover plate which is rotatably connected to the display panel through a first rotary shaft, the cover plate comprising a first face and a second face disposed opposite each other.

7. The display device according to claim 6, wherein, the first absorbent layer is disposed on the first face of the cover plate, and the second face of the cover plate is provided with a second absorbent layer which is configured to absorb light incident on the second absorbent layer.

8. The display device according to claim 7, wherein, the second absorbent layer is formed from black ink.

9. The display device according to claim 6, wherein, the cover plate comprises a first cover sub-plate and a second cover sub-plate disposed opposite to each other, and

wherein, a control circuit board is provided between the first cover sub-plate and the second cover sub-plate and connected to the display panel through a binding member.

10. The display device according to claim 9, wherein, a surface of the first cover sub-plate facing away from the control circuit board is the first face of the cover plate and a surface of the second cover sub-plate facing away from the control circuit board is the second face of the cover plate.

12. The display panel according to claim 1, further comprising a polarizer disposed on a side of the second substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer, wherein the polarizer is configured to convert light transmitted thought it into the light with the first polarization direction.

13. A display device comprising a backlight module and the display panel according to claim 2, wherein, the backlight module is disposed at a side of the second substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer and configured to provide backlight when an ambient light intensity is lower than a predefined light intensity.

14. A display device comprising a backlight module and the display panel according to claim 3, wherein, the backlight module is disposed at a side of the second substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer and configured to provide backlight when an ambient light intensity is lower than a predefined light intensity.

15. The display device according to claim 5, further comprising a polarizer disposed on the side of the second substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer and disposed between the second substrate and the light guide plate, wherein the polarizer is configured to convert light transmitted thought it into the light with the first polarization direction.

16. An operating method of the display device according to claim 15, comprising:

when no electric field is loaded, transmitting ambient light and/or light emitted from the light source through the light guide plate and the polarizer to form light with a first polarization direction, transmitting the light with the first polarization direction by both the liquid crystal layer and the orthogonal polarization layer, and absorbing the light with the first polarization direction by the first absorbent layer when the light with the first polarization direction is incident on the first absorbent layer so as to present a normally black state; and

when an electric field is loaded, transmitting ambient light and/or light emitted from the light source through the light guide plate and the polarizer to form the light with the first polarization direction, converting an incident light with the first polarization direction into an emergent light with a second polarization direction by the liquid crystal layer, reflecting the light with the second polarization direction by the orthogonal polarization layer, then converting an incident light with the second polarization direction into an emergent light with the first polarization direction by the liquid crystal layer, and transmitting the light with the first polarization direction through the light guide plate and the polarizer so as to realize a display function.

17. The display device according to claim 6, wherein, the cove plate is rotatable about the first rotary shaft to the side of the first substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer such that the first face of the cover plate is opposite to the first substrate and the first face of the cover plate is closer to the liquid crystal layer than the second face of the cover plate, and

wherein, the cove plate is also rotatable about the first rotary shaft to the side of the second substrate of the display panel facing away from the liquid crystal layer such that the second face of the cover plate is opposite to the second substrate and the second face of the cover plate is closer to the liquid crystal layer than the first face of the cover plate.

11. An operating method of a display panel, wherein, the display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to each other, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, an orthogonal polarization layer provided on a side of the first substrate facing towards the liquid crystal layer, and a first absorbent layer provided on a side of the first substrate facing away from the liquid crystal layer,

wherein, the operating method comprises:

transmitting light with a first polarization direction through both the liquid crystal layer and the orthogonal polarization layer when no electric field is loaded;

when an electric field is loaded, converting an incident light with the first polarization direction into an emergent light with a second polarization direction which is orthogonal to the first polarization layer by the liquid crystal layer, reflecting the light with the second polarization direction by the orthogonal polarization layer, then converting an incident light with the second polarization direction into an emergent light with the first polarization direction by the liquid crystal layer; and

absorbing light incident on the first absorbent layer by the first absorbent layer.