CN109166460B - Display panel and display device - Google Patents
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Description
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of display technologies, and in particular, to a display panel and a display device.
Background
At present, the screen of a common display device, such as a monitor, a television, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, etc., is usually regular rectangular.
With the development of science and technology, the demand of people for the screen of the display device is more and more diversified. The shape of the display panel is often designed to be a shape other than a regular rectangle, such as a convex polygon, a concave polygon, a circle, a ring, etc., and such a display panel is generally called a special-shaped display panel. The shape design of the special-shaped display panel can avoid some functional modules in the display device, such as a camera module, a sensor module or a loudspeaker module, so that the screen occupation ratio of the display device is improved, and the display effect is more prominent. How to design a special-shaped display panel with excellent performance and continuously improve the use experience of users is an important technical problem to be solved urgently in the industry.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention provides a display panel, including: the display area, the non-display area surrounding the display area and the groove body; the display area includes: the pixel array comprises a plurality of data lines, a first edge and a plurality of pixel rows; data line and first edgeThe edges extend along the column direction, and a plurality of pixel rows are arranged along the column direction; the first edge is sunken towards the interior of the display area to form a groove body, the non-display area positioned on one side of the first edge comprises a first non-display area and a second non-display area, the first non-display area, the groove body and the second non-display area are arranged along the column direction, the display area comprises a first display area, a second display area and a third display area, the first display area, the second display area and the third display area are arranged along the column direction, the first non-display area and the first display area are arranged along the row direction, the groove body and the second display area are arranged along the row direction, the second non-display area and the third display area are arranged along the row direction, the row number of pixel rows in the first display area is X1, the row number of pixel rows in the second display area is X2, and the row number of pixel rows in the third display area is X3; the display panel comprises a plurality of driving units, the driving units drive pixel rows of the display area, each driving unit comprises a plurality of first driving units and a plurality of second driving units, the plurality of first driving units are located in the first non-display area, and the plurality of second driving units are located in the second non-display area; the total number of the driving units is R, and the total number of the driving units and the number of rows of the pixel rows meet the following requirements: r ═ X1+ X2+ X3, the number of first drive units is:
the number of the second driving units is as follows:
the invention also provides a display device comprising the display panel provided by the invention.
Compared with the prior art, the display panel and the display device provided by the invention at least realize the following beneficial effects:
according to the invention, the display panel comprises a first edge, the first non-display area, the groove body and the second non-display area are sequentially arranged along one side of the first edge, the first driving unit is positioned in the first non-display area, the second driving unit is positioned in the second non-display area, half of driving units for driving pixel rows in the second display area are distributed to the first non-display area, and the other half of driving units are distributed to the second non-display area, so that the driving units are not required to be arranged in the area where the groove body is positioned, the width of a frame of the area where the groove body of the display panel is positioned is reduced, meanwhile, as the driving units are arranged in the area outside the groove body, the saved space can be used for arranging the winding parts of data wires, the distance between the winding parts of the data wires is increased, the quality of the display panel is improved, and the quality of.
Of course, it is not necessary for any product in which the present invention is practiced to achieve all of the above-described technical effects simultaneously.
Other features of the present invention and advantages thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments thereof, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a display panel provided in the prior art;
fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a drive unit distribution according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic plan view of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a planar structure of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a planar structure of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a planar structure of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a planar structure of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a schematic view of an a-side three-dimensional structure of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a schematic B-side perspective view of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a display device in a planar state according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of an A-side structure of another display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 13 is a schematic B-side structure diagram of another display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 14 is a schematic structural diagram of a flat state of another display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 15 is a schematic cross-sectional view of another display device according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 16 is a structural diagram illustrating a first state of a foldable display device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 17 is a structural diagram of a foldable display device in a second state according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 18 is a schematic diagram of a flat-panel status structure of another foldable display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention unless specifically stated otherwise.
The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.
Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.
In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic plan view of a display panel provided in the prior art. As shown in fig. 1, the display panel includes aslot 01, a display area AA, and a non-display area BB, the display area AA includes awire 02, the non-display area BB includes ashift register 03, and a part of thewire 02 needs to be wound from a side of theslot 01 close to the display area AA, so that the non-display area BB at a side of the display panel needs a larger space to accommodate theshift register 03, which increases a width of a frame of an area where the slot of the display panel is located, and thewire 02 is wound relatively densely when passing through the area of theslot 01 close to the side of the display area AA, so that a coupling capacitance between the wound parts of thewire 02 is increased, and an electric signal transmitted by thewire 02 is affected.
In view of the above, please refer to fig. 2-3, fig. 2 is a schematic plan view of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 3 is a schematic distribution view of a driving unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 2 to 3, the present invention provides a display panel including: the display area A, the non-display area B surrounding the display area A and the trough body C; the display area a includes: a plurality of data lines 1, a first edge W1, a plurality ofpixel rows 2; the data line 1 and the first edge W1 each extend in the column direction F1, and the plurality ofpixel rows 2 are arranged in the column direction F1; the first edge W1 is recessed toward the inside of the display area a to form a gutter C, the non-display area on the side where the first edge W1 is located includes a first non-display area B1 and a second non-display area B2, the first non-display area B1, the gutter C, and the second non-display area B2 are arranged in the column direction F1, the display area a includes a first display area a1, a second display area a2, and a third display area A3, the first display area a1, the second display area a2, and the third display area A3 are arranged in the column direction F1, the first non-display area B1 and the first display area a1 are arranged in the row direction F2, the gutter C and the second display area a2 are arranged in the row direction F2, the second non-display area B2, and the third display area A3 are arranged in the row direction F2, the row number of pixels in the first display area is X53, the row number of pixels in the second area a 8427 is arranged in the row direction of the display area X2, and the row direction of the display area X862 is arranged inThe number of rows of pixels in row is X3; the display panel comprises a plurality of driving units, the driving units drive pixel rows of the display area, each driving unit comprises a plurality of first driving units and a plurality of second driving units, the plurality of first driving units are located in the first non-display area, and the plurality of second driving units are located in the second non-display area; the total number of the driving units is R, and the total number of the driving units and the number of rows of the pixel rows meet the following requirements: r ═ X1+ X2+ X3, the number offirst drive units 31 is:
the number of thesecond driving units 32 is:
specifically, as shown in fig. 2 to 3, assuming that the display panel is not provided with the slot C, the first edge W1 of the display panel includes a first non-display area B1, a second non-display area B2, and a virtual non-display area BC including the driving unit 3'. After the channel C is disposed, the display panel includes thefirst driving unit 31 and thesecond driving unit 32, thefirst driving unit 31 drives all thepixel rows 2 in the first display area a1 and half thepixel rows 2 in the second display area a2, and thesecond driving unit 32 drives the remaining half of thepixel rows 2 in the second display area a2 and all thepixel rows 2 in the third display area A3.
The following is an exemplary description taking specific numerical values as examples. In the case that the resolution of the display panel is 1080 × 1920, the number of rows of thepixel row 2 is 1920 rows, and a total of 1920 driving units are required to drive thepixel row 2. Assuming that there is no slot C, the first non-display area B1 originally includes 570 driving units, the second non-display area B2 originally includes 1140 driving units, and the virtual display area BC originally includes 210 driving units. When the display panel is provided with the slot C, since the driving unit is not provided at the side of the slot C close to the display area a, half of the driving units 3' originally provided in the virtual non-display area BC are allocated to the first non-display area B1, and the other half are allocated to the second non-display area B2, the number of thefirst driving units 31 is 675, and the number of thesecond driving units 32 is 1245.
In this embodiment, display panel includes first edge, first non-display area, cell body and second non-display area set gradually along first edge place one side, first drive unit is located first non-display area, second drive unit is located second non-display area, the drive unit who drives the pixel row in the second display area of half distributes first non-display area, second non-display area is distributed to second half drive unit, thereby make the cell body place region need not to set up drive unit, thereby reduce the width of the frame in display panel cell body place region, and simultaneously, because drive unit sets up the region outside the cell body, the space of saving can be used for setting up the wire winding part of data line, increased the distance between the data line wire winding part, improve display panel's quality, promote display panel's quality.
Alternatively, with continued reference to fig. 2, if X1< X3, the height of thefirst driving unit 31 along the column direction F1 is smaller than the height of thesecond driving unit 32 along the column direction F1.
Optionally, with continued reference to fig. 2, the width of thefirst driving unit 31 in the row direction F2 is greater than the width of thesecond driving unit 32 in the row direction F2.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 2, the number of rows ofpixel rows 2 in the first display area a1 is smaller than the number of rows ofpixel rows 2 in the third display area A3, the height of thefirst driving unit 31 is smaller than the height of thesecond driving unit 32 in the column direction F1, and the width of thefirst driving unit 31 is larger than the width of thesecond driving unit 32 in the row direction F2.
In this embodiment, the sizes of first drive unit and second drive unit along row direction and column direction are all inequality, but drive unit's total area tends to unanimity, can improve display panel's homogeneity to, the second drive unit width that contains in the second non-display area is less, can also be used for setting up other membranous layer structures of display panel with the space, improves display panel's space utilization, promotes display panel's display quality.
Optionally, referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic plan view of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 4, if X1> X3, the height of thefirst driving unit 31 in the column direction F1 is greater than the height of thesecond driving unit 32 in the column direction F1.
Optionally, with continued reference to fig. 4, the width of thefirst driving unit 31 in the row direction F2 is smaller than the width of thesecond driving unit 32 in the row direction F2.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 4, the number ofrows 2 of pixels in the first display area a1 is greater than the number ofrows 2 of pixels in the third display area A3, the height of thefirst driving unit 31 is greater than the height of thesecond driving unit 32 in the column direction F1, and the width of thefirst driving unit 31 is less than the width of thesecond driving unit 32 in the row direction F2.
In this embodiment, the sizes of first drive unit and second drive unit along row direction and column direction are all inequality, but drive unit's total area tends to unanimity, can improve display panel's homogeneity to, the first drive unit width that contains in the first non-display area is less, can also be used for setting up other membranous layer structures of display panel with the space, improves display panel's space utilization, promotes display panel's display quality.
Optionally, referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic plan view of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 5, if X1 is X3, the height of thefirst driving unit 31 in the column direction F1 is the same as the height of thesecond driving unit 32 in the column direction F1. In this embodiment, the number of rows of the pixel rows in the first display area and the third display area is the same, and the widths of the first driving unit and the second driving unit are the same along the row direction, and the heights of the first driving unit and the second driving unit are also the same along the column direction, so that the edge width of the display panel can be reduced, an additional manufacturing process is not required to be added, the manufacturing cost of the display panel is reduced, and the quality of the display panel is improved.
Optionally, referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a schematic plan view of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 6, the shape of the channel C includes at least one of a circle, a rectangle, and an ellipse.
It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, only a circular shape, a rectangular shape, and an oval shape are taken as examples for illustration, and other shapes may also be adopted, and the present invention does not specifically limit what shape of the groove body is adopted.
Optionally, referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 is a schematic plan view of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 7, the display panel includes a plurality of channels C on a side where the first edge W1 is located.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 7, the display panel provided in this embodiment includes a plurality of slots C, a driving unit is not disposed on one side of the slot C close to the display area a, and the driving unit is disposed only in the area of the first edge W1, so that the frame of the display panel can be reduced, the area of the display panel can be increased, the distance between the wires needing to be bypassed in the display area can be increased, the coupling capacitance between the bypassed wires can be reduced, and the display quality of the display panel can be improved.
It can be understood that, in the present embodiment, the display panel includes a plurality of slots, and half of the driving units are respectively allocated above and below the slots, for example, the display panel has two slots, and there are three non-display areas and the two slots arranged along the column direction, assuming that the driving units arranged along the column direction are: the driving units originally arranged in the area of the first trough body are respectively distributed with half to the first non-display area and the second non-display area, and the driving units originally arranged in the area of the second trough body are respectively distributed with half to the second non-display area and the third non-display area. It is understood that when the number of the grooves is larger than two, the grooves are distributed according to the same method, and the invention is not described in detail herein.
Optionally, please refer to fig. 8, where fig. 8 is a schematic plan view of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 8, the non-display region B includes a third non-display region B3, the third non-display region B3 and the first non-display region B1 being located at opposite sides of the first display region a 1; the third non-display area B3 includes a plurality ofthird driving units 33, the number of thethird driving units 33 is equal to the sum of the number of thefirst driving units 31 and the number of thesecond driving units 32, the size of thethird driving units 33 is larger than the size of thefirst driving units 31, and the size of thethird driving units 33 is larger than the size of thesecond driving units 32.
Optionally, with continued reference to fig. 8, the display panel further includes a plurality ofgate lines 4 extending along the row direction, and thegate lines 4 are electrically connected to the driving unit; one end of thegate line 4 is electrically connected to thefirst driving unit 31 or thesecond driving unit 32, and the other end of thegate line 4 is electrically connected to thethird driving unit 33.
The display panel provided in this embodiment adopts bilateral driving, which can improve the transmission speed of the gate signal of the display panel and improve the display quality of the display panel, and the size of the driving unit disposed at one side of the groove is smaller than that of the driving unit in the third non-display area, and the larger size of the driving unit in the third non-display area can make the driving signal more stable, thereby improving the display quality of the display panel.
The invention also provides a display device comprising the display panel provided by the invention. Specifically, referring to fig. 9 to 11, fig. 9 is a schematic perspective view of a side a of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 10 is a schematic perspective view of a side B of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a display device in a planar state according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The display device provided by the embodiment comprises: adisplay panel 1000 and animage pickup element 2000;
thedisplay panel 1000 includes:
display partition one AA1 and display partition twoAA 2;
display area one AA1 includesplanar area 100 andinflection area 200;
the first display subarea AA1 and the second display subarea AA2 are arranged along the first direction X, and theplane area 100 and the second display subarea AA2 are positioned on two opposite sides of thebending area 200 along the first direction X;
the maximum length of theplanar area 100 along the second direction Y is L1, the minimum length of the display sub-area two AA2 along the second direction Y is L2, and L2< L1;
wherein the first direction X and the second direction Y intersect;
the direction perpendicular to theplanar area 100 is the third direction Z;
bendingarea 200 is in a bending state, andplanar area 100 and display area two AA2 are overlapped along third direction Z; theimage pickup element 2000 and the display area two AA2 are located on the same side of theplanar area 100, and thelens 20A of theimage pickup element 2000 is located on the side of theimage pickup element 2000 away from theplanar area 100.
In the display device provided in this embodiment, the first display partition AA1 and the second display partition AA2 have a display function for displaying image information. For example, the display partition one AA1 and the display partition two AA2 may respectively include a plurality of pixels (not shown).
Display area AA1 includes aplanar area 100 and abending area 200, where theplanar area 100 is in a flat state and thebending area 200 has a bending function. Optionally, the display panel is made of a flexible material resistant to bending.
The lengths of theplanar area 100 and the display sub-area two AA2 are not exactly the same. Specifically, along the second direction Y, the maximum length L1 of theplanar area 100 is larger, and the minimum length of the display sub-area two AA2 is L2 smaller, and L2< L1. The present embodiment is described by taking theplanar area 100 and the display area two AA2 as an example. The display panel on the side of the display partition two AA2 has an edge a1 and an edge b1 which are opposite to each other, the display panel on the side of the display partition one AA1 has an edge c1 and an edge d1 which are opposite to each other, the edge a1 and the edge b1 are located on opposite sides of the display partition two AA2 along the second direction Y, and the edge c1 and the edge d1 are located on opposite sides of the display partition one AA1 along the second direction Y. Where edge a1 and edge c1 are not flush, and edge b1 and edge d1 are not flush.
Because the length of the second display partition AA2 is shorter, when the display panel provided by this embodiment is applied to a display device, the display panel on the side of the second display partition AA2 can avoid a space for theimage pickup device 2000, which is beneficial to highly integrating theimage pickup device 2000 and the display panel, and theimage pickup device 2000 in the display device does not occupy the space of the display panel on the side of theplanar area 100, so that the display device on the side of theplanar area 100 can achieve the technical effect of a full-screen.
The display device provided by the embodiment comprises the display panel provided by any one of the above embodiments of the invention. Fig. 9 to 11 illustrate the display device by taking a mobile phone as an example. The mobile phone provided by the embodiment has a double-sided display function, fig. 9 illustrates a side a of the mobile phone, fig. 10 illustrates a side B of the mobile phone, the side a of the mobile phone has a full-screen display effect, and the side B of the mobile phone integrates a camera element. The method and the device are used for using the A surface or the B surface according to specific use requirements and use scenes, so that diversified requirements of users are met, and use experience of the users is improved.
Optionally, a part of the display panel in the first display partition AA1 is an organic light emitting display panel, and at least a part of the display panel in the second display partition AA2 is an electrophoretic display panel. Since the power consumption of the electrophoretic display panel is low, the power consumption of the display device can be reduced when the user uses only the B-plane.
It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the display device provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be a computer or other double-sided display device with a display function, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The display device provided in the embodiment of the present invention has the beneficial effects of the display panel provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and specific reference may be made to the specific description of the display panel in each of the above embodiments, which is not repeated herein.
In some alternative embodiments, with continued reference to fig. 9 and 10, the display device includes a first mode and a second mode;
in the first mode, the display partition one AA1 is in a display state, and the display partition two AA2 is in a non-display state;
in the second mode, the display partition one AA1 is in a non-display state, and the display partition two AA2 is in a display state.
The present embodiment is described by taking a display device as a mobile phone as an example. In the first mode, the display section one AA1 is in a display state, and the user can view pictures, videos and the like displayed by the display section one AA1 by using the a-plane. Display partition two AA2 does not perform a display function.
In the second mode, the display section two AA2 is in a display state, and the user can view pictures, videos, and the like displayed in the display section two AA2 by using the B-plane. Display partition one AA1 does not perform a display function.
Optionally, the second mode is a photographing mode or a chat mode. When the display device enables theimage pickup element 2000 to perform a photographing function, the user can view the display section two AA2 to complete self-photographing.
When a user chats, the display partition two AA2 is in a display state to display simple text and image information, and the display partition one AA1 is in a non-display state, so that the power consumption of the display device can be saved. Optionally, a part of the display panel in the first display partition AA1 is an organic light emitting display panel, and at least a part of the display panel in the second display partition AA2 is an electrophoretic display panel.
In some optional embodiments, please refer to fig. 12 to 14, fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of an a-side structure of another display device provided in the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 13 is a schematic diagram of a B-side structure of another display device provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 14 is a schematic diagram of a planar state structure of another display device provided in the embodiment of the present invention.
The display panel comprises a special-shaped edge T, the display partition II AA2 comprises a plurality of data lines 1, and the data lines 1 and the special-shaped edge T both extend along the first direction X;
the special-shaped edge T is sunken towards the inside of the display partition II AA2 to form a first groove body CC 1;
theimage pickup element 2000 is located in the first groove CC 1.
In this embodiment, the display section two AA2 may be adapted to the shape of the first groove body CC1, a section of the edge t of the display section two AA2 is recessed inward, and the display section two AA2 is disposed to surround the first groove body CC 1. Since the edge t of the display section two AA2 is recessed inward, the minimum length L2 of the display section two AA2 is smaller than the maximum length L1 of theplanar area 100. Optionally, two sides of the bendingregion 200 along the second direction Y are respectively provided with a second groove CC2 and a third groove CC3, so that the bendingregion 200 is easier to bend.
In this embodiment, the display panel has the first slot CC1, and thecamera element 2000 in the display device may be disposed in the first slot CC1, which is beneficial to highly integrating thecamera element 2000 and thedisplay panel 1000 in the display device, and thecamera element 2000 in the display device does not occupy the space of the display panel on the side of theplanar area 100, so that the display device on the side of theplanar area 100 achieves the technical effect of a full-screen.
In some alternative embodiments, please refer to fig. 15, and fig. 15 is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram of another display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The display device comprises an integrally formedcover plate 3000, wherein the cross section of thecover plate 3000 is U-shaped;
thedisplay panel 1000 includes a light emitting surface S1 and a bottom surface S2 opposite to the light emitting surface S1, thecover plate 3000 is located on a side of the light emitting surface S1 away from the bottom surface S2, and thecover plate 3000 covers the light emitting surface S1.
Since the display device provided in this embodiment is a double-sided display device, thedisplay panel 1000 is in a bent state, and accordingly, the shape of thecover plate 3000 is adapted to the shape of thedisplay panel 1000 to protect the display panel. In the sectional view shown in fig. 15, thecover plate 3000 has a U-shaped cross section. Thecover plate 3000 is located on a side of the light emitting surface S1 away from the bottom surface S2. The light emitting surface S1 is a surface through which light enters the eyes of the user to allow the user to perceive images, the bottom surface S2 is a surface not used for displaying images, and the bottom surface S2 is normally free of light.
The display device provided in this embodiment is provided with acover plate 3000, and thecover plate 3000 is made of a transparent material and has a certain rigidity to protect thedisplay panel 1000. For example, the material ofmodification 3000 may be glass or a transparent resin material, and this embodiment is not particularly limited thereto. Thecover plate 3000 is integrally formed, and the integrally formed structure has good mechanical properties, so that the situation of low reliability caused by splicing manufacture can be avoided.
The embodiment of the invention also provides a foldable display device.
Referring to fig. 16 and 17 in combination, fig. 16 is a schematic view of a first state structure of a foldable display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 17 is a schematic view of a second state structure of the foldable display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The present embodiment provides a foldable display device including: adisplay panel 1000;
thedisplay panel 1000 includes:
display partition one AA1 and display partition twoAA 2;
display area one AA1 includesplanar area 100 andinflection area 200;
the first display subarea AA1 and the second display subarea AA2 are arranged along the first direction X, and theplane area 100 and the second display subarea AA2 are positioned on two opposite sides of thebending area 200 along the first direction X;
the maximum length of theplanar area 100 along the second direction Y is L1, the minimum length of the display sub-area two AA2 along the second direction Y is L2, and L2< L1;
wherein the first direction X and the second direction Y intersect;
the foldable display device comprises a first state and a second state;
referring to fig. 16, in the first state, the first display partition AA1 and the second display partition AA2 of thedisplay panel 1000 are located on the same plane;
referring to fig. 17, in the second state, the direction perpendicular to theplanar area 100 is the third direction Z, the bendingarea 200 is the bending state, and theplanar area 100 and the display area two AA2 are overlapped along the third direction Z.
The foldable display device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises the display panel provided by any one of the above embodiments of the invention.
It should be understood that the foldable display device provided in the embodiment of the present invention may be other foldable display devices with a display function, such as a computer, and the present invention is not limited thereto. The foldable display device provided in the embodiment of the present invention has the beneficial effects of the display panel provided in the embodiment of the present invention, and specific descriptions on the display panel in the above embodiments may be specifically referred to, and the detailed descriptions in this embodiment are not repeated herein.
The foldable display device provided by the embodiment can select the state of the display device according to different use scenes. Optionally, a part of the display panel in the first display partition AA1 is an organic light emitting display panel, and at least a part of the display panel in the second display partition AA2 is an electrophoretic display panel. Since the power consumption of the electrophoretic display panel is low, the power consumption of the display device can be reduced when the user uses only the B-plane.
In the first state, thedisplay panel 1000 is in a flat state, and the foldable display device is also in a flat state, so that a user can simultaneously view and use the first display partition AA1 and the second display partition AA2, thereby providing a large-screen display experience for the user.
In the second state, the bendingregion 200 of the display panel is in a bending state, and the foldable display device is in a folding state. The user can respectively view the use display partition one AA1 and the display partition two AA2 according to different use scenes. Moreover, the folded display device is more portable, and is convenient for a user to put into a pocket or a bag for storage.
In some alternative embodiments, continuing to refer to fig. 16 and 17, the foldable display device includes a first mode and a second mode;
in the first mode, the display partition one AA1 is in a display state, and the display partition two AA2 is in a non-display state;
in the second mode, the display partition one AA1 is in a non-display state, and the display partition two AA2 is in a display state.
The present embodiment is described by taking the foldable display device as a mobile phone as an example. In the first mode, the display section one AA1 is in a display state, and a user can view pictures, videos and the like displayed by the display section one AA 1. Display partition two AA2 does not perform a display function.
In the second mode, the display partition two AA2 is in a display state, and the user can view pictures, videos and the like displayed by the display partition twoAA 2. Display partition one AA1 does not perform a display function.
Optionally, the second mode is a photographing mode or a chat mode. When the foldable display device enables theimage pickup element 2000 to perform a photographing function, the user can view the display section two AA2 to complete a self-photographing. When a user chats, the display partition two AA2 is in a display state to display simple text and image information, and the display partition one AA1 is in a non-display state, so that the power consumption of the display device can be saved.
In some alternative embodiments, please refer to fig. 18, fig. 18 is a schematic diagram illustrating a flat-panel status structure of another foldable display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In this embodiment, thedisplay panel 1000 includes a special-shaped edge T, the display partition two AA2 includes a plurality of data lines 1, and the data lines 1 and the special-shaped edge T both extend along the first direction X;
the special-shaped edge T is sunken towards the inside of the display partition II AA2 to form a first groove body CC 1;
the foldable display device includes acamera element 2000, and thecamera element 2000 is located in the first channel CC 1.
In this embodiment, the display section two AA2 may be adapted to the shape of the first groove body CC1, a section of the edge t of the display section two AA2 is recessed inward, and the display section two AA2 is disposed to surround the first groove body CC 1. Since the edge t of the display section two AA2 is recessed inward, the minimum length L2 of the display section two AA2 is smaller than the maximum length L1 of theplanar area 100. In this embodiment, the display panel has the first slot CC1, and thecamera element 2000 in the display device may be disposed in the first slot CC1, which is beneficial to highly integrating thecamera element 2000 and thedisplay panel 1000 in the display device, and thecamera element 2000 in the display device does not occupy the space of the display panel on the side of theplanar area 100, so that the display device on the side of theplanar area 100 achieves the technical effect of a full-screen.
As can be seen from the above embodiments, the display panel and the display device provided by the present invention at least achieve the following beneficial effects:
according to the invention, the display panel comprises a first edge, the first non-display area, the groove body and the second non-display area are sequentially arranged along one side of the first edge, the first driving unit is positioned in the first non-display area, the second driving unit is positioned in the second non-display area, half of driving units for driving pixel rows in the second display area are distributed to the first non-display area, and the other half of driving units are distributed to the second non-display area, so that the driving units are not required to be arranged in the area where the groove body is positioned, the width of a frame of the area where the groove body of the display panel is positioned is reduced, meanwhile, as the driving units are arranged in the area outside the groove body, the saved space can be used for arranging the winding parts of data wires, the distance between the winding parts of the data wires is increased, the quality of the display panel is improved, and the quality of.
Although some specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail by way of examples, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the above embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.
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1. A display panel, comprising:
the display panel includes: the display area, the non-display area surrounding the display area and the groove body;
the display area includes: the pixel array comprises a plurality of data lines, a first edge and a plurality of pixel rows; the data line and the first edge both extend in a column direction, and the plurality of pixel rows are arranged in the column direction;
the first edge is sunken towards the interior of the display area to form the groove body, the non-display area positioned on one side of the first edge comprises a first non-display area and a second non-display area, the first non-display area, the groove body and the second non-display area are arranged along the row direction, the display area comprises a first display area, a second display area and a third display area, and the first display area, the second display area and the third display area are arranged along the row direction,
the first non-display area and the first display area are arranged along a row direction, the trough body and the second display area are arranged along the row direction, the second non-display area and the third display area are arranged along the row direction, the number of rows of the pixel rows in the first display area is X1, the number of rows of the pixel rows in the second display area is X2, and the number of rows of the pixel rows in the third display area is X3;
the display panel comprises a plurality of driving units, the driving units drive the pixel rows of the display area, and the driving units comprise a plurality of first driving units and a plurality of second driving unitsA plurality of first driving units located in the first non-display area and a plurality of second driving units located in the second non-display area; the total number of the driving units is R, and the total number of the driving units and the number of rows of the pixel rows meet the following requirements: r ═ X1+ X2+ X3, the number of the first driving units is:
the number of the second driving units is as follows:
2. the display panel according to claim 1,
if X1< X3, the height of the first drive unit in the column direction is less than the height of the second drive unit in the column direction.
3. The display panel according to claim 2,
the width of the first driving unit in the row direction is greater than the width of the second driving unit in the row direction.
4. The display panel according to claim 1,
if X1> X3, the height of the first driving unit in the column direction is greater than the height of the second driving unit in the column direction.
5. The display panel according to claim 4,
the width of the first driving unit in the row direction is smaller than the width of the second driving unit in the row direction.
6. The display panel according to claim 1,
if X1 is X3, the height of the first driving unit in the column direction is the same as the height of the second driving unit in the column direction.
7. The display panel according to claim 1,
the shape of the groove body at least comprises one of a circle, a rectangle and an ellipse.
8. The display panel according to claim 1,
the display panel comprises a plurality of groove bodies, and the groove bodies are located on one side where the first edge is located.
9. The display panel according to claim 1,
the non-display area comprises a third non-display area, and the third non-display area and the first non-display area are positioned on two opposite sides of the first display area;
the third non-display area comprises a plurality of third driving units, the number of the third driving units is equal to the sum of the number of the first driving units and the number of the second driving units, the size of the third driving units is larger than that of the first driving units, and the size of the third driving units is larger than that of the second driving units.
10. The display panel according to claim 9,
the display panel further includes a plurality of gate lines extending in a row direction, the gate lines being electrically connected to the driving unit;
one end of the gate line is electrically connected with the first driving unit or the second driving unit, and the other end of the gate line is electrically connected with the third driving unit.
11. A display device characterized by comprising the display panel according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
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