Pixel border for improved viewability of a display device
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1. A display unit comprising:
- a matrix of independently controllable pixels comprising m rows and n columns of discrete pixels, said matrix for generating an image therein by light modulation and wherein said image is representative of information stored in a frame buffer memory; and
a pixel border having a predetermined width, wherein said predetermined width is two pixels, said pixel border surrounding said matrix of independently controllable discrete pixels and comprising dummy pixels, wherein each dummy pixel is analogous to a pixel of said matrix but without containing an active element and that remain fixed and open to always let light through.
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Abstract
A display device having a display matrix including a pixel border of width x and located around the edge locations of the matrix for improved viewability. The pixels of the border are “dummy pixels” each containing a red, a green and a blue subpixel. Each subpixel has a color filter and is manufactured with a “dummy” transistor which operates to fix open the subpixels thereby allowing a predetermined amount of “white” color brightness through the dummy pixels. The pixel border is useful for increasing viewability of characters that are displayed along the edge of the LCD matrix area in which images are generated from a frame buffer memory.
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1. A display unit comprising:
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a matrix of independently controllable pixels comprising m rows and n columns of discrete pixels, said matrix for generating an image therein by light modulation and wherein said image is representative of information stored in a frame buffer memory; and a pixel border having a predetermined width, wherein said predetermined width is two pixels, said pixel border surrounding said matrix of independently controllable discrete pixels and comprising dummy pixels, wherein each dummy pixel is analogous to a pixel of said matrix but without containing an active element and that remain fixed and open to always let light through. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A portable electronic device comprising:
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a processor coupled to a bus; a memory unit coupled to said bus; a user input device coupled to said bus; and a display unit coupled to said bus and comprising; a matrix of independently controllable pixels comprising m rows and n columns of discrete pixels, said matrix for generating an image therein by light modulation and wherein said image is representative of information stored in a frame buffer memory; and a pixel border having a predetermined width, wherein said predetermined width is two pixels, said pixel border surrounding said matrix of independently controllable discrete pixels and comprising dummy pixels, wherein each dummy pixel is analogous to a pixel of said matrix but without containing an active element and that remain fixed and open to always let light through. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A display unit comprising:
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a matrix of independently controllable pixels comprising m rows and n columns of discrete pixels, said matrix for generating an image therein by light modulation and wherein said image is representative of information stored in a frame buffer memory and wherein each pixel of said matrix comprises a respective active element and respective filter elements; a pixel border having a predetermined width, wherein said predetermined width is two pixels, said pixel border surrounding said matrix of independently controllable discrete pixels and comprising dummy pixels that remain fixed and open to always let light through, wherein each dummy pixel comprises respective filter elements without an active element; and a back lighting element for illuminating said matrix and said pixel border. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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