Bidirectional display device

• US 9,570,521 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2014
• Issued: 02/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Tae Hee, Ahn, Yi Joon, Yeo, Yong Suk
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Sang V
• Application Number:
  US14/566,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20160011442A1
• Time in Patent Office: 797 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/0063 for extracting light out both the major surfaces of the light guide
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1605 Multimedia displays, e.g. with integrated or attached speakers, cameras, microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/128 comprising two independent displays, e.g. for emitting information from two major sides of the display
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/873 Encapsulations

Abstract

A display device includes: a first display panel and a second display panel disposed to face each other; a backlight unit interposed between the first display panel and the second display panel; and a speaker unit including a first piezoelectric module and a second piezoelectric module sharing an enclosure and disposed to face each other, a first output unit configured to output sound produced from the first piezoelectric module, and a second output unit configured to output sound produced from the second piezoelectric module.

Claims

1. A display device comprising;

a first display panel and a second display panel disposed to face each other;

a backlight unit interposed between the first display panel and the second display panel; and

a speaker unit disposed on one side of the backlight unit, comprising a first piezoelectric module and a second piezoelectric module sharing an enclosure and disposed to face each other, a first output unit configured to output sound produced from the first piezoelectric module, and a second output unit configured to output sound produced from the second piezoelectric module;

wherein the first display panel and the first output unit face a first direction and the second display panel and the second output unit face a second direction different from the first direction, so as to output the sound respectively corresponding to the direction of each image displayed on the first and the second panels.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first display panel and the second display panel comprises:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; and

a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.

3. The display device of claim 1, wherein the backlight unit comprises:

a first optical sheet and a second optical sheet;

a light guide plate interposed between the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet; and

a light source disposed on one side of the light guide plate.

4. The display device of claim 3, wherein the first optical sheet and the second optical sheet comprise at least one of a diffusion sheet, a prism sheet, and a protective sheet, and

wherein the light source comprises at least one LED.

5. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first piezoelectric module and the second piezoelectric module each comprises:

a lower electrode;

an upper electrode disposed to face the lower electrode; and

a piezoelectric element disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode.

6. The display device of claim 5, wherein the first piezoelectric module and the second piezoelectric module are electrically connected to the first display panel and the second display panel, respectively, and

wherein each piezoelectric element vibrates according to voltage applied to each upper electrode and each lower electrode and produces a plurality of sounds.

7. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first output unit and the second output unit are disposed to face each other.

8. The display device of claim 7, wherein the first output unit and the second output unit are alternately disposed.

15. The display device of claim 1, wherein the first display panel displays an image toward a first direction and the first output unit outputs sound in the first direction.

16. The display device of claim 1, wherein the second display panel displays an image toward a second direction and the second output unit outputs sound in the second direction.

9. A display device comprising:

a first display panel and a second display panel disposed to face each other; and

a speaker unit disposed on one side of the first display panel, comprising a first piezoelectric module and a second piezoelectric module sharing an enclosure and disposed to face each other, a first output unit configured to output sound produced from the first piezoelectric module, and a second output unit configured to output sound produced from the second piezoelectric module;

wherein the first display panel and the first output unit face a first direction and the second display panel and the second output unit face a second direction different from the first direction, so as to output the sound respectively corresponding to the direction of each image displayed on the first and the second panels.

10. The display device of claim 9, wherein the first display panel and the second display panel comprise:

a substrate;

a display layer disposed on the substrate and comprising an organic light emitting diode; and

a thin film encapsulation layer disposed to cover the display layer.

11. The display device of claim 9, wherein the first piezoelectric module and the second piezoelectric module each comprises:

a lower electrode;

an upper electrode disposed to face the lower electrode; and

a piezoelectric element disposed between the lower electrode and the upper electrode.

12. The display device of claim 11, wherein the first piezoelectric module and the second piezoelectric module are electrically connected to the first display panel and the second display panel, respectively, and

wherein each piezoelectric element vibrates according to voltage applied to each upper electrode and each lower electrode and produces a plurality of sounds.

13. The display device of claim 9, wherein the first output unit and the second output unit are disposed to face each other.

14. The display device of claim 13, wherein the first output unit and the second output unit are alternately disposed.