DISPLAYING DEVICE ENABLING A DAY-AND-NIGHT DISPLAY
20210398481 · 2021-12-23
Inventors
Cpc classification
G09G2320/046
PHYSICS
H10K59/351
ELECTRICITY
International classification
G09G3/20
PHYSICS
Abstract
Displaying device comprising an emissive display and at least one controller configured to control said Mrs display, said display comprising a matrix array (100) of light-emitting pixels deposited on a substrate, each pixel (101) being formed, at least in one portion of said emissive display, of a plurality of elementary emitting zones Z, said elementary emitting zones Z comprising at least one elementary emitting zone Z.sub.A of a first group A and at least one elementary emitting zone Z.sub.B of a second group B, said device being characterised in that the ratio S of the sum S.sub.B of the areas of the elementary emitting zones Z.sub.B of the second group B and of the sum S.sub.A of the areas of the elementary emitting zones Z.sub.A of the first group A, which is defined by S=S.sub.B/S.sub.A, is
Claims
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15. A displaying device, comprising: at least one controller; and an emissive display, controlled by the at least one controller, said emissive display including a pixel matrix array of light-emitting pixels deposited on a substrate, each light-emitting pixel in the light-emitting pixels being formed, at least on one portion of said emissive display, of a plurality of elementary emitting zones that include at least one elementary emitting zone of a first group and at least one elementary emitting zone of a second group, wherein: a ratio of a sum of areas of the elementary emitting zones of the second group and of a sum of areas of the elementary emitting zones of the first group is less than 0.05, and a maximum brightness emitted by activated elementary emitting zones of the first group is at least 1000 times greater than a maximum brightness emitted by activated emitting zones of the second group.
16. The displaying device of claim 15, wherein the emissive display is selected from a group consisting of: displays, light-emitting diode (LED) displays, and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.
17. The displaying device of claim 15, wherein: the elementary emitting zones of the first group generate a monochrome display, and the elementary emitting zones of the second group generate a monochrome display of the same or of another color, said colors being optionally obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and a user of the displaying device.
18. The displaying device of claim 15, wherein: the elementary emitting zones of the first group generate a white monochrome display, and the elementary emitting zones of the second group generate a color display, said colors being optionally obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and a user of the displaying device.
19. The displaying device of claim 15, wherein: the elementary emitting zones of the second group generate a white monochrome display, and the elementary emitting zones of the first group generate a color display, said colors being optionally obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and a user of the displaying device.
20. The displaying device of claim 15, wherein: the elementary emitting zones of the second group generate a white color display, and the elementary emitting zones of the first group generate a color display, said colors being optionally obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and the user of the device.
21. The displaying device of claim 15, wherein the at least one controller is configured to control said emissive display via: a first control block to control a graphic data stream and/or alphanumeric data stream to be displayed on said pixel matrix array, and a second control block to control a video data stream to be displayed on said pixel matrix array.
22. The displaying device of claim 21, wherein the at least one controller is configured to control said emissive display such that: said first control block to cause a display of said graphic data stream or said alphanumeric data stream on the elementary emitting zones of the first group, and said second control block is to cause a display of said video data stream on the elementary emitting zones of the second group.
23. The displaying device of claim 22, wherein a refresh rate of said video data stream is greater than a refresh rate of said graphic data steam or said alphanumeric data stream.
24. The displaying device of claim 15, wherein the elementary zones of the first group and the elementary zones of the second group do not emit at the same time.
25. The displaying device of claim 15, wherein the elementary zones of the first group emit only when an ambient brightness is greater than a first threshold value.
26. The displaying device of claim 25, wherein the elementary zones of the second group emit only when the ambient brightness is less than a second threshold value.
27. The displaying device of claim 26, wherein said first threshold value is greater than or equal to said second threshold value.
28. The displaying device of claim 27, further comprising a sensing device to: detect whether the ambient brightness is greater or less than said first threshold value and/or said second threshold value, and activate and/or deactivate the elementary zones of the group which are to emit or not to emit.
29. A displaying device, comprising: at least one controller; and an emissive display, controlled by the at least one controller, said emissive display including a pixel matrix array of light-emitting pixels, each light-emitting pixel in the light-emitting pixels being formed of at least one elementary emitting zone of a first group and at least one elementary emitting zone of a second group; wherein: a ratio of a sum of areas of the elementary emitting zones of the second group and of a sum of areas of the elementary emitting zones of the first group is less than 0.05, and a maximum brightness emitted by activated elementary emitting zones of the first group is at least 1000 times greater than a maximum brightness emitted by activated emitting zones of the second group.
30. The displaying device of claim 29, wherein: the elementary emitting zones of the first group generate a monochrome display, and the elementary emitting zones of the second group generate a monochrome display of the same or of another color, said colors being optionally obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and a user of the displaying device.
31. The displaying device of claim 29, wherein: the elementary emitting zones of the first group generate a white monochrome display, and the elementary emitting zones of the second group generate a color display, said colors being optionally obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and a user of the displaying device.
32. The displaying device of claim 29, wherein: the elementary emitting zones of the second group generate a white monochrome display, and the elementary emitting zones of the first group generate a color display, said colors being optionally obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and a user of the displaying device.
33. The displaying device of claim 29, wherein: the elementary emitting zones of the second group generate a white color display, and the elementary emitting zones of the first group generate a color display, said colors being optionally obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and the user of the device.
34. The displaying device of claim 29, wherein the at least one controller is configured to control said emissive display via: a first control block to control a graphic data stream and/or alphanumeric data stream to be displayed on said pixel matrix array, and a second control block to control a video data stream to be displayed on said pixel matrix array.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0040] The invention will be explained here with reference to an OLED type pixel matrix array, but can also be implemented with a light-emitting pixel matrix array using inorganic semiconductors or light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
[0041] Hereinafter, the high-brightness display mode is referred to as “day” mode and the low-brightness display mode as “night” mode.
[0042] According to the prior art, for a pixel matrix array of a monochrome light-emitting screen, each elementary emitting zone corresponds generally to one pixel; for a color screen, each pixel is broken down into several subpixels with individual addressing, and these subpixels then correspond to the elementary emitting zones.
[0043] Such a display is normally controlled such that the current density through the light-emitting diode is very different in day mode and in night mode. This explains the substantial aging of the pixel in day mode, as seen in
[0044] The invention will be described firstly for a monochrome display embodiment, which represents the simplest case.
[0045] According to the invention, the display is configured such that the first 11 and second 12 elementary emitting zone of the pixel 10 can be addressed separately from one another, and such that the first elementary emitting zone 11 of area S.sub.A is used for displaying in day mode and the second elementary emitting zone 12 of area S.sub.B is used for displaying in night mode. Preferably, the area S.sub.A is used only for displaying in day mode, and the area S.sub.B is used only in night mode. Given that in night mode the brightness of the display which is required for the display to be clearly visible by the user can be much lower than in day mode, the ratio of the areas S=S.sub.B/S.sub.A can be less than 1.
[0046] Dividing the monochrome pixel 10 into two subpixels 11,12 of area S.sub.A and S.sub.B which can be addressed completely separately makes it possible to prevent the remanence problem generated by day mode and visible essentially in night mode. In this way, the remanence effect does not occur. Compared to the monochrome pixel of the prior art in
[0047] On the other hand, the aging of the subpixel 12 of area S.sub.B (typically used in night mode) of the display according to the invention is very low compared to the aging of the subpixel 11 of area S.sub.A (typically used in day mode). The area S.sub.B of the pixel used in night display mode may be very small with respect to the area S.sub.A of the pixel used in day display mode. Preferably, S=S.sub.B/S.sub.A is less than 0.20, more preferably less than 0.10, and even more preferably less than 0.05. In an advantageous embodiment, the ratio of areas S=S.sub.B/S.sub.A is selected such that the current densities and therefore the aging curves in day and night mode are closer.
[0048] The electrical isolation zone 14 which separates the zones SA and SB can have a width j of about 2i. This distance can optionally be reduced as there is not necessarily a need for optical or electrical isolation between the areas SA and SB compared to the isolation between two pixels; this reduction in the optically inactive zones of the pixel matrix array makes it possible to improve the quality of the display, as well as the lifetime thereof. Indeed, when the width of the electrical isolation zone increases, the current density seen by the OLED layer must be increased, which lowers the lifetime thereof. In practice, i is typically of the order of 0.5 μm, according to the CMOS technologies currently available. Preferably, the width j of the inactive zone 14 does not exceed 2i; it can be between i and 2 i.
[0049] If several different elementary emitting zones (typically of different color) are used to form the subpixel intended for day display, and examples will be given hereinafter, that which has been stated above in respect of the area ratio S is valid for the sum of the elementary emitting zones intended for day display. The equivalent observation applies in the case where several different elementary emitting zones (typically of different color) are used to form the subpixel intended for night display: the area ratio S is applied to the sum of the elementary emitting zones intended for night display.
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[0051] This monochrome display according to the invention can be embodied according to several alternative embodiments. In a first alternative embodiment (not shown in the figures), the pixel does not have a square shape but a rectangular or other shape. In a second alternative embodiment of the invention, the second elementary emitting zone of the pixel does not have a square shape but a rectangular or other shape. These two alternative embodiments can be combined, as shown in
[0052] We now describe a color display screen pixel matrix array according to the invention. In a known manner, all the elementary emitting zones can emit white light and said colors can be obtained using filters located between said elementary emitting zones and the user of the device. Alternatively, the elementary emitting zones can be designed to emit light of the desired spectral color directly.
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[0056] The embodiment of a pixel 40 shown in
[0057] Obviously, in the embodiment in
[0058] As stated above with reference to
[0059] The device according to the invention can comprise a top emission matrix array display. It can be formed on an opaque substrate (typically a silicon wafer) or on a transparent substrate, typically a glass wafer coated with a transparent conductive oxide; the light is emitted by the top (i.e., via the face opposite the substrate). Alternatively, the device according to the invention can comprise a matrix array display in bottom emission mode.
[0060] In a very preferred embodiment of the invention, all the elementary emitting zones emit white light, and the display color for each elementary emitting zone is generated by a color filter.
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[0063] By way of example, in an embodiment of said video stream, which is a digital data stream, is sent to a column driver 120 which comprises successively a horizontal shift register demultiplexer, a digital comparator (which generates an analog data stream) and a sampling and holding circuit, which sends the signal to the vertical gates of the pixel matrix array 100.
[0064] The row driver 130 (typically a vertical shift register or a demultiplexer) gives the orders on the horizontal rows of the pixel matrix array 100. In an embodiment, it comprises a sequencer and a vertical shift register; the latter receives from the sequencer the orders to display the information on the rows of pixels.
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[0066] We now describe the use of pixel matrix arrays according to the invention in so-called day mode and night mode.
[0067] The device according to the invention can comprise a first control block configured to control a graphic and/or alphanumeric data stream capable of being displayed on said pixel matrix array, and a second control block configured to control a video data stream capable of being displayed on said pixel matrix array. Said first control block can be configured to display said graphic or alphanumeric data stream on the elementary emitting zones of the first group A, and said second control block is configured to display said video data stream on the elementary emitting zones of the second group B.
[0068] Alternatively, the device according to the invention can comprise a single control block configured to control both the video data stream and the graphic and/or alphanumeric data stream.
[0069] Advantageously, the elementary zones of the first group emit in “day” mode and the elementary zones of the second group emit in “night” mode.
[0070] It is possible to configure that the elementary zones of the first group emit when the ambient brightness is greater than a first threshold value, and preferably only in this case. It is possible to configure that the elementary zones of the second group emit when the ambient brightness is less than a second threshold value, and preferably only in this case. Said first threshold value is greater than or equal to said second threshold value.
[0071] Switching between day mode and night mode can be manual or automatic; by way of example, the device can comprise means for detecting whether the ambient brightness is greater than or less than said first and/or said second threshold value, and for activating and/or deactivating the elementary zones of the group which are to emit or not to emit. These means can thus adjust the brightness of the display in day mode and/or in night mode to the ambient brightness.
[0072] By reference to the terminology introduced with reference to
[0073] In a first alterative embodiment, a graphic or alphanumeric channel controls the display of the data on the elementary emitting zones of the first group (circuits C.sup.A.sub.1, C.sup.A.sub.2, . . . , C.sup.A.sub.M); the display on the elementary emitting zones of the second group (circuits C.sup.B.sub.1, C.sup.B.sub.2, . . . , C.sup.B.sub.M)) being controlled for example by a video channel.
[0074] In a second alternative embodiment, a first video channel controls the display of the data on the elementary emitting zones of the first group (circuits C.sup.A.sub.1, C.sup.A.sub.2, . . . , C.sup.A.sub.M) and a second video channel controls the display on the elementary emitting zones of the second group (circuits C.sup.B.sub.1, C.sup.B.sub.2, . . . , C.sup.B.sub.M).
[0075] In a third alternative embodiment, the data displayed on the elementary emitting zones of the first group (circuits C.sup.A.sub.1, C.sup.A.sub.2, . . . , C.sup.A.sub.M) are alphanumeric or graphic data from a computer, and the data displayed on the elementary emitting zones of the second group (circuits C.sup.B.sub.1, C.sup.B.sub.2, . . . , C.sup.B.sub.M) are from a night vision camera.
[0076] In a fourth alternative embodiment, the elementary zones of the first group are broken down into subgroups by color, for example the circuit C.sup.A.sub.1 is broken down into two, three (or four) circuits C.sup.A1.sub.1, C.sup.A2.sub.1, C.sup.A3.sub.1, C.sup.A4.sub.1 making it possible to each display a different color (typically red, green, blue, white), this color being capable of being generated indirectly by a colored filter placed on the display wherein all the elementary emitting zones emit a white light, or by a suitable choice of the emitting layer (OLED layer for example) of each of the elementary emitting zones.
[0077] In a fifth alternative embodiment, the elementary zones of the second group are broken down into subgroups by color, for example the circuit C.sup.B.sub.1 is broken down into two, three (or four) circuits C.sup.B1.sub.1, C.sup.B2.sub.1, C.sup.B3.sub.1, C.sup.B4.sub.1 making it possible to each display a different color (typically red, green, blue, white), this color being capable of being generated indirectly by a colored filter placed on the display wherein all the elementary emitting zones emit a white light, or by a suitable choice of the emitting layer (OLED layer for example) of each of the elementary emitting zones.
[0078] The device according to the invention can be configured such that the maximum brightness LA emitted by the activated elementary emitting zones of the first group A is at least 10 times, preferably at least 100 times, and even more preferably at least 1000 times greater than the maximum brightness emitted by the activated emitting zones of the second group B. The brightness can be controlled by different means. In particular, it is typically dependent on the following factors: the area of the emitting zone; the intrinsic characteristic of emitting zones of the matrix array of light-emitting pixels (for example the nature of the emitting layers in the case of an OLED); the characteristics of any filters used; the current or voltage programming of the emitting zone (which can be determined by the electrical diagram thereof and/or be dependent on external programming, for example by varying a control current or voltage.
LIST OF REFERENCE SYMBOLS
[0079] The following reference numbers are used in the present description and in the figures: [0080] 1 Monochrome pixel (prior art) [0081] 2 Electrical isolation zone [0082] 3 Elementary emitting zone [0083] 10 Monochrome pixel (invention) [0084] 11 First elementary emitting zone [0085] 12 Second elementary emitting zone [0086] 13, 14 Electrical isolation zone [0087] 20, 30 Color pixel (invention) [0088] 21, 31, 41 Red elementary emitting zone [0089] 22, 32, 42 Green elementary emitting zone [0090] 23, 33, 43 Blue elementary emitting zone [0091] 24 White elementary emitting zone [0092] 25, 35, 44 Monochrome or white elementary emitting zone [0093] 40 Color pixel (invention) [0094] 26,27,36 Electrical isolation zone [0095] 100 Pixel matrix array [0096] 101 Pixel [0097] 102 First elementary emitting zone [0098] 103 Second elementary emitting zone [0099] 110 Control block [0100] 120 Column driver [0101] 130 Row driver