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- This invention relates generally to emissive displays including organic light emitting device (OLED) displays, light emitting diode (LED) displays and electro luminescence (EL) displays.
- OLED organic light emitting device
- LED light emitting diode
- EL electro luminescence
- Emissive displays generally include a cover glass or transparent sheet over the light emissive elements.
- the transparent sheet generally is substantially transparent to light emissions. The thinner the glass sheet, normally the less its optical effects.
- gaps may exist between adjacent tiles. The thicker the glass that is utilized, the more apparent are these gaps to viewers of such displays.
- thin cover glasses While the use of thin cover glasses has many advantages, it also has concomitant cost disadvantages. Thinner glass generally breaks more easily. In addition, manufacturing equipment is designed for certain minimum glass thicknesses. Using thinner glass may result in cost penalties or require the development of specialized equipment for handling glass processing.
- the thicker the cover glass that is utilized the more apparent are any gaps between adjacent tiles.
- the composite image of a large area display is the result of the images contributed by each of the tiles making up the large area display. To the extent that the individual tiles may be delineated because of the inter-tile gaps, the overall seamless effect of the display is lessened. Therefore, it is desirable to produce large area displays in which the individual tiles making up the displays are as invisible and undiscernible as possible.
- tile displays such as video walls
- these mullions are discernible to the user, they are objectionable because they break the continuity of the image.
- black lines Another structure commonly found in non-tiled displays is a pattern of black lines.
- the black lines like a mullion, produce inter-pixel black lines.
- a black line is put between the pixels to absorb ambient light in those areas in order to increase the display contrast.
- Black lines are found in non-modular displays such as cathode ray tubes and liquid crystal displays. With these displays, the black lines are smaller than the mullions. They are placed in the plane of the pixels, located between the pixels. Because the pattern of black lines is periodic and placed between pixels, it does not break the continuity of the image.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic depiction of one embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of yet another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention.
- a pair of adjacent display tiles 10 and 12 may combine to create a portion of an overall large area display made up of a plurality of tiles 10 and 12 .
- the region between display tiles 10 and 12 is described herein as the gap.
- the gap A includes an upper surface which is closest to the viewer and a gap region that proceeds along the entire thickness of the tiles 10 and 12 .
- differences in surface reflection such as the angle of reflection and its intensity, are most important.
- the differences in refraction, reflection and absorption are important if they are different in the region of the tiles between the pixels that are not straddling a gap.
- Two rays emanating from the lower surface of the gap A and extending upwardly at an angle Oc called the critical angle.
- Oc an angle
- a ray is refracted to an angle parallel to the top surface of each layer 10 or 12 .
- Light reaching the surface with angles less than the critical angle exits the layers 10 and 12 and light reaching the surface with angles larger than the critical angle is totally internally reflected.
- the strip 14 width is less than 2d c but wider than the width of the top of the gap A, then it will completely hide the top of the gap A and a portion of a gap region near the top of the gap A.
- the strip 14 makes the top of the gap A and part or all of the underlying gap region invisible to a user.
- the black strip 14 may be slightly wider to account for any finite width of the gap A and for any tolerance for the mis-positioning of the black strip 14 directly over the gap A.
- a black strip 14 that is wide enough to hide the entire gap A top and gap region makes the gap A substantially invisible. If mullions (not shown) are used around the edges of the display, a visual discontinuity may result because of the difference in widths of the mullions versus the black strips 14 . Making the black strips 14 identical to the mullions may make this discontinuity less noticeable. Also the use of the strips 14 may increase the contrast of the displayed image. In some embodiments, the same techniques may be used over the regions between pixels that are used between the layers 10 and 12 to provide greater uniformity.
- a pair of transparent layers 10 and 12 may be abutted together to form part of an overall large area display.
- the gap A may be defined between the layers 10 and 12 .
- Each of the layers 10 and 12 may have coated on its lower surface one or more light emitting elements 15 .
- a set of three light emitting elements 15 are provided, one for each color of a tricolor color space such as red, green, blue (RGB) color space.
- Each of the light emitting elements 15 closest to the gap A emits light having a ray most adjacent to the gap A and indicated by the letters B and C.
- a space D may be defined over the strip 14 that is not impacted by any emitted light.
- the strip 14 may be sized so that it obscures the gap A while refraining from blocking substantial light emitted by the light emitting elements 15 .
- the light emitting elements 15 may be any emissive elements including an organic light emitting device (OLED), a light emitting diode (LED), or an electroluminescent display (EL), to mention a few examples.
- OLED organic light emitting device
- LED light emitting diode
- EL electroluminescent display
- the other display technologies may be utilized including liquid crystal display technologies in some embodiments.
- each layer 10 and 12 is overlaid by a layer 16 .
- the layers 10 and 12 may be formed of glass.
- the layer 16 may be formed of glass or plastic that is, at least in part, transparent.
- the layer 16 may include transparent regions 20 positioned more directly over the light emitting elements 15 and non-transparent regions 18 intermediate between adjacent regions 20 .
- the layers 10 and 12 may be integrated to a layer 16 for example by conventional bonding techniques including heat welding and adhesive bonding as two examples.
- the non-transparent regions 18 may be rectangular or square and may be black in color throughout their thickness.
- the sides 19 of the region 18 may be coated to make them more reflective. This may be done by providing a mirrored or white surface as two examples. As a result, the rays B and C described in connection with FIG. 2 may be reflected from the sides 19 as indicated at E and F. In this way, light may still not be blocked, as was the case in FIG. 2 , but a gap blocking, non-transparent region 18 of greater vertical dimensions may be provided.
- the gap A may be more effectively hidden. Also, in some cases the layers 10 and 12 , reinforced by the layer 16 , may be thinner.
- the layer 16 may be abutted against an adjacent layer 16 producing gaps between adjacent layers 16 . These gaps may be obscured in some cases by using an overlying sheet 40 .
- This overlying sheet 40 which may be called an optical integrating plate, may be utilized to assemble the various tiles that include the layers 10 and 12 .
- the plate 40 may include mullions 42 to cover the gaps A. Those tiles together form the composite image of a large area display.
- an optical integrating plate may provide a diffusing effect to obscure any gaps between layers 16 in some cases.
- the layer 16 may be formed in a variety of different fashions. It may be possible to diffuse a non-transparent material into the regions 18 while masking the transparent regions 20 . However, as another embodiment, a lithography process may be used to etch a plurality of holes in the layer 16 .
- the layer 16 may be transparent in general. Each of those holes may then be coated with a suitably reflective layer to form the sides 19 . The remaining holes may then be filled with a dark or black material to form the regions 18 .
- black material 22 is formed in the layer 16 a in a triangular shape.
- the sides 23 of the black material 22 may be oriented at an angle so as not to block the emitted rays B and C.
- the sides 23 need not be made reflective, as was the case in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 .
- the sides 23 of the triangular black material 22 may still be possible for some light to impact the sides 23 of the triangular black material 22 .
- reflective sides 26 may be provided on a black triangular material 24 in a sheet 16 b .
- the resulting reflected rays E and F reduce the loss of light which might otherwise occur.
- the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 may be advantageous, particularly in situations where relatively thick layers 10 and 12 are utilized.
- an optical integrating plate 40 may be used as described in connection with FIG. 3 .
- embodiments of the type shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 may exhibit less contrast improvement for the overall display compared to those of the type shown in FIG. 7 because of reflections off of the tapered sides 26 or 23 .
- embodiments of the type shown in FIG. 3 may be preferable.
- embodiments of the type shown in FIG. 4 may be preferable.
- an optical structure may be provided that improves the optical separation between pixels.
- This structure may be made as a vertically laminated or multilayer structure, as shown in FIG. 6 , or may be formed from a single layer.
- Each of the layers 10 and 12 may be associated with one or more hemispherical lenses 20 a that may be described as microlenses.
- the lenses 20 a may be formed of glass, plastic or other transparent materials.
- the lenses 20 a provide a means of concentrating emitted light from a pixel light emitting element 15 into the viewing space, providing a brighter display. Lenses 20 a may also reduce the internally reflected light by waveguiding the light outwardly from the display. This is because the lenses 20 a may increase the critical angle of the outbound light in some embodiments.
- Each lens 20 a may be either one or two dimensional. In the case of linear lenses or one dimensional lenses, the lens 20 a may be oriented horizontally so as to concentrate the light into a smaller vertical viewing zone.
- a dark region 28 may be formed for example by deposition.
- the dark region 28 obscures the underlying gap A as was the case in previously described embodiments.
- the lateral extension of the region 28 may avoid obscuring the outbound light from the light emitting elements 15 .
- the effect of the lenses 20 a is indicated by the rays B and C, which are the rays most adjacent to gap A.
- the rays B and C are refracted, as indicated at G and H, towards the center of each lens 20 a , effectively concentrating the resulting outbound light.
- lenses 20 b (with a greater aspect ratio than those shown in FIG. 6 ) is illustrated in FIG. 7 .
- the lenses 20 b may use refraction as well as internal reflection as indicated by the arrows E and F in FIG. 7 .
- a reflective coating may be applied to the external sides 30 of the lenses 20 b .
- total internal reflection may be utilized.
- a black matrix material 28 a is situated between adjacent lenses 20 b . In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7 , the matrix material 28 a may cover the sides 30 of the lenses 20 b because of the use of internal reflection.
- the use of a unitary cover plate 32 is shown in FIG. 8 .
- the plate 32 may replace both the layers 10 and 12 and any overlying layer such as the layer 20 .
- This may be possible because the plate 32 may be formed with integral optical elements 38 .
- the plate 32 may be molded to the shape that is desired using plastic as one example. In other cases, the desired shape may be formed by grinding, sawing, abrasive jets, etching or other formation techniques.
- the elements 38 defined in the plate 32 may be triangular in one embodiment of the present invention. The triangular elements 38 reflect incoming light and obscure underlying gaps.
- the elements 38 may be coated or filled with black or reflective materials to make optics that isolate or concentrate light from the pixels defined by elements 15 .
- a filler 40 is used in place of the open spaces ( FIG. 8 ) that may make up part of the elements 38 .
- the remaining opening area 34 may be utilized to locate electrodes, connections and other features.
- a contact 36 may be provided to metal or other conductive lines to reach the light emitting layer 15 in one embodiment.
- the elements 38 may be open spaces with air which has a relatively low index of refraction. This may create, in some embodiments, total internal reflection without the need for a coating. Gaps may be defined between adjacent plates 32 .
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A display may be formed of a plurality of abutted tiles, each tile contributing a portion of the overall displayed image. Optical elements may be selectively situated between pixels to improve the optical performance of the display. In some embodiments, these optical elements may facilitate the use of relatively thicker cover glasses over the display tiles.
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- This invention relates generally to emissive displays including organic light emitting device (OLED) displays, light emitting diode (LED) displays and electro luminescence (EL) displays.
- Emissive displays generally include a cover glass or transparent sheet over the light emissive elements. The transparent sheet generally is substantially transparent to light emissions. The thinner the glass sheet, normally the less its optical effects.
- In displays made by combining a plurality of tiles, each including a cover glass, gaps may exist between adjacent tiles. The thicker the glass that is utilized, the more apparent are these gaps to viewers of such displays.
- While the use of thin cover glasses has many advantages, it also has concomitant cost disadvantages. Thinner glass generally breaks more easily. In addition, manufacturing equipment is designed for certain minimum glass thicknesses. Using thinner glass may result in cost penalties or require the development of specialized equipment for handling glass processing.
- Thus, the thicker the cover glass that is utilized, the more apparent are any gaps between adjacent tiles. The composite image of a large area display is the result of the images contributed by each of the tiles making up the large area display. To the extent that the individual tiles may be delineated because of the inter-tile gaps, the overall seamless effect of the display is lessened. Therefore, it is desirable to produce large area displays in which the individual tiles making up the displays are as invisible and undiscernible as possible.
- Thus, while using thicker glass has many practical advantages, it may also increase the likelihood that seams between adjacent tiles become visible. Therefore, there is a need for a way to make the gaps between adjacent tiles less visible in large area displays.
- State of the art tile displays, such as video walls, use mullions between individual tiles to hide the physical gap. However, if these mullions are discernible to the user, they are objectionable because they break the continuity of the image.
- Another structure commonly found in non-tiled displays is a pattern of black lines. The black lines, like a mullion, produce inter-pixel black lines. A black line is put between the pixels to absorb ambient light in those areas in order to increase the display contrast. Black lines are found in non-modular displays such as cathode ray tubes and liquid crystal displays. With these displays, the black lines are smaller than the mullions. They are placed in the plane of the pixels, located between the pixels. Because the pattern of black lines is periodic and placed between pixels, it does not break the continuity of the image.
- Thus, there is a need for ways to make the seams of large area displays less visible.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic depiction of one embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 4 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 5 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of still another embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 6 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of yet another embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 7 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 8 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 9 is a partial, enlarged cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the present invention. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , a pair ofadjacent display tiles tiles display tiles tiles - Two rays are shown emanating from the lower surface of the gap A and extending upwardly at an angle Oc called the critical angle. At the critical angle, a ray is refracted to an angle parallel to the top surface of each
layer layers - Because of the critical angle, light emitted from a point within the
layers layers black strip 14 of width Wm equal to 2dc over the gap A. Because of the symmetry of the relevant optics, this sameblack strip 14 also blocks any external rays (not shown) from detecting the gap A. - If the
strip 14 width is less than 2dc but wider than the width of the top of the gap A, then it will completely hide the top of the gap A and a portion of a gap region near the top of the gap A. Thus, thestrip 14 makes the top of the gap A and part or all of the underlying gap region invisible to a user. In practice, theblack strip 14 may be slightly wider to account for any finite width of the gap A and for any tolerance for the mis-positioning of theblack strip 14 directly over the gap A. - Using a
black strip 14 that is wide enough to hide the entire gap A top and gap region makes the gap A substantially invisible. If mullions (not shown) are used around the edges of the display, a visual discontinuity may result because of the difference in widths of the mullions versus theblack strips 14. Making theblack strips 14 identical to the mullions may make this discontinuity less noticeable. Also the use of thestrips 14 may increase the contrast of the displayed image. In some embodiments, the same techniques may be used over the regions between pixels that are used between thelayers - Referring to
FIG. 2 , a pair oftransparent layers layers layers light emitting elements 15. In the case shown inFIG. 2 , a set of threelight emitting elements 15 are provided, one for each color of a tricolor color space such as red, green, blue (RGB) color space. - Each of the
light emitting elements 15 closest to the gap A emits light having a ray most adjacent to the gap A and indicated by the letters B and C. As a result, a space D may be defined over thestrip 14 that is not impacted by any emitted light. In particular, thestrip 14 may be sized so that it obscures the gap A while refraining from blocking substantial light emitted by thelight emitting elements 15. - In some embodiments of the present invention, the
light emitting elements 15 may be any emissive elements including an organic light emitting device (OLED), a light emitting diode (LED), or an electroluminescent display (EL), to mention a few examples. However, the other display technologies may be utilized including liquid crystal display technologies in some embodiments. - In
FIG. 3 , eachlayer layer 16. In some embodiments, thelayers layer 16 may be formed of glass or plastic that is, at least in part, transparent. In particular, thelayer 16 may includetransparent regions 20 positioned more directly over thelight emitting elements 15 andnon-transparent regions 18 intermediate betweenadjacent regions 20. Thelayers layer 16 for example by conventional bonding techniques including heat welding and adhesive bonding as two examples. - In some embodiments, the
non-transparent regions 18 may be rectangular or square and may be black in color throughout their thickness. Thesides 19 of theregion 18 may be coated to make them more reflective. This may be done by providing a mirrored or white surface as two examples. As a result, the rays B and C described in connection withFIG. 2 may be reflected from thesides 19 as indicated at E and F. In this way, light may still not be blocked, as was the case inFIG. 2 , but a gap blocking,non-transparent region 18 of greater vertical dimensions may be provided. - Because of the imposition of the
region 18 close to thelight emitting elements 15, the gap A may be more effectively hidden. Also, in some cases thelayers layer 16, may be thinner. - In some cases, the
layer 16 may be abutted against anadjacent layer 16 producing gaps betweenadjacent layers 16. These gaps may be obscured in some cases by using anoverlying sheet 40. This overlyingsheet 40, which may be called an optical integrating plate, may be utilized to assemble the various tiles that include thelayers plate 40 may includemullions 42 to cover the gaps A. Those tiles together form the composite image of a large area display. In addition, an optical integrating plate may provide a diffusing effect to obscure any gaps betweenlayers 16 in some cases. - The
layer 16 may be formed in a variety of different fashions. It may be possible to diffuse a non-transparent material into theregions 18 while masking thetransparent regions 20. However, as another embodiment, a lithography process may be used to etch a plurality of holes in thelayer 16. Thelayer 16 may be transparent in general. Each of those holes may then be coated with a suitably reflective layer to form thesides 19. The remaining holes may then be filled with a dark or black material to form theregions 18. - Turning next to
FIG. 4 , in this case,black material 22 is formed in thelayer 16 a in a triangular shape. Thesides 23 of theblack material 22 may be oriented at an angle so as not to block the emitted rays B and C. Thus, in some cases, thesides 23 need not be made reflective, as was the case in the embodiment shown inFIG. 3 . - However, in some cases, it may still be possible for some light to impact the
sides 23 of the triangularblack material 22. In such cases, it may still be desirable to make thesides 23 reflective. For example, as shown inFIG. 5 ,reflective sides 26 may be provided on a blacktriangular material 24 in asheet 16 b. The resulting reflected rays E and F reduce the loss of light which might otherwise occur. The embodiment shown inFIG. 5 may be advantageous, particularly in situations where relativelythick layers FIGS. 4 and 5 , an optical integratingplate 40 may be used as described in connection withFIG. 3 . - In some cases, if the index of refraction of the
material 24 is sufficiently lower than the index of refraction of thesurrounding region 20, it may not be necessary to make thesides 26 reflective. Instead, the rays may be reflected due to the differences in indices of refraction between the material 24 and theregion 20. In some cases, embodiments of the type shown inFIGS. 4 and 5 may exhibit less contrast improvement for the overall display compared to those of the type shown inFIG. 7 because of reflections off of the taperedsides FIG. 3 may be preferable. In cases where the redistribution of the light may become a problem, embodiments of the type shown inFIG. 4 may be preferable. - Referring next to
FIG. 6 , an optical structure may be provided that improves the optical separation between pixels. This structure may be made as a vertically laminated or multilayer structure, as shown inFIG. 6 , or may be formed from a single layer. Each of thelayers hemispherical lenses 20 a that may be described as microlenses. Thelenses 20 a may be formed of glass, plastic or other transparent materials. - The
lenses 20 a provide a means of concentrating emitted light from a pixellight emitting element 15 into the viewing space, providing a brighter display.Lenses 20 a may also reduce the internally reflected light by waveguiding the light outwardly from the display. This is because thelenses 20 a may increase the critical angle of the outbound light in some embodiments. Eachlens 20 a may be either one or two dimensional. In the case of linear lenses or one dimensional lenses, thelens 20 a may be oriented horizontally so as to concentrate the light into a smaller vertical viewing zone. - Between each
adjacent layer dark region 28 may be formed for example by deposition. Thedark region 28 obscures the underlying gap A as was the case in previously described embodiments. In this case, the lateral extension of theregion 28 may avoid obscuring the outbound light from thelight emitting elements 15. The effect of thelenses 20 a is indicated by the rays B and C, which are the rays most adjacent to gap A. The rays B and C are refracted, as indicated at G and H, towards the center of eachlens 20 a, effectively concentrating the resulting outbound light. - The use of
lenses 20 b (with a greater aspect ratio than those shown inFIG. 6 ) is illustrated inFIG. 7 . In some cases, thelenses 20 b may use refraction as well as internal reflection as indicated by the arrows E and F inFIG. 7 . In some cases, a reflective coating may be applied to theexternal sides 30 of thelenses 20 b. In other cases, total internal reflection may be utilized. Ablack matrix material 28 a is situated betweenadjacent lenses 20 b. In the embodiment shown inFIG. 7 , thematrix material 28 a may cover thesides 30 of thelenses 20 b because of the use of internal reflection. - The use of a
unitary cover plate 32 is shown inFIG. 8 . In this example, theplate 32 may replace both thelayers layer 20. This may be possible because theplate 32 may be formed with integraloptical elements 38. Theplate 32 may be molded to the shape that is desired using plastic as one example. In other cases, the desired shape may be formed by grinding, sawing, abrasive jets, etching or other formation techniques. Theelements 38 defined in theplate 32 may be triangular in one embodiment of the present invention. Thetriangular elements 38 reflect incoming light and obscure underlying gaps. - The
elements 38 may be coated or filled with black or reflective materials to make optics that isolate or concentrate light from the pixels defined byelements 15. Thus, as shown inFIG. 9 , afiller 40 is used in place of the open spaces (FIG. 8 ) that may make up part of theelements 38. - Where a coating is utilized as indicated at 38 in
FIG. 8 , the remainingopening area 34 may be utilized to locate electrodes, connections and other features. Thus, acontact 36 may be provided to metal or other conductive lines to reach thelight emitting layer 15 in one embodiment. - The
elements 38 may be open spaces with air which has a relatively low index of refraction. This may create, in some embodiments, total internal reflection without the need for a coating. Gaps may be defined betweenadjacent plates 32. - While the present invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, those skilled in the art will appreciate numerous modifications and variations therefrom. It is intended that the appended claims cover all such modifications and variations as fall within the true spirit and scope of this present invention.
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1-24. (canceled)
25. A display comprising:
a sheet including upper and lower sides;
a plurality of light emitting elements positioned on said lower side; and
a plurality of slots formed in the lower side of said sheet between adjacent light emitting elements.
26. The display of claim 25 wherein said slots are coated to make them reflective.
27. The display of claim 25 including conductors extending through said slots to contact said light emitting elements.
28. The display of claim 25 where said slots are filled with a black material.
29. The display of claim 25 wherein the indices of reflection between the material in said slots and said plate are sufficiently different to cause reflections to occur along the surface of said slots.
30. The display of claim 25 wherein said slots are Vee shaped.
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