The present invention relates to a pixel array, and more particularly to a non-rectangular pixel array.
As display apparatuses become increasingly lightweight and thin, display apparatuses are gradually applied in an increasingly large variety of electronic products, to display related information that is to be presented to a user by the electronic products. However, to adapt to applications whose diversity grows on a daily basis, for example, for display apparatuses that are applied to electronic products such as wearable apparatuses, touch apparatuses or home appliances, emission mode, grayscale display, and power consumption of the display apparatuses all undergo substantial changes. By comparison, pixel array included in most display apparatuses have relatively small changes. Under the limitations of various outer frames having different shapes of different electronic products, in most display apparatuses, a square or rectangular pixel is still used as a basic unit of a pixel array, and square or rectangular pixels are combined and used for coverage to fill a display shape of a display surface defined by an outer frame, so that a larger pixel area can be covered, and a relatively simple control circuit can be used to control a display status of a pixel.
Certainly, a pixel array in which a square or a rectangle is used as a basic unit can efficiently cover central parts of outer frames having different shapes. However, even if the resolution of square or rectangular basic units is increased, edge areas of outer frames of most display apparatuses still cannot be efficiently covered. Furthermore, in a case in which the increase of the resolution of a basic unit for a pixel has an upper limit, the performance of the basic unit is limited further. Therefore, in an edge area of an outer frame of a non-rectangular display apparatus, the color of a sub-pixel may be not able to be completely displayed because the sub-pixel is blocked by the outer frame, and as a result, the color of a pixel in the edge area cannot be normally displayed because of abnormal mixing of colors. In addition, if pixels in edge areas are discarded and boundaries of pixel sets are shrunk or if pixels that have abnormal mixing of colors are enable to display a color, sawtooth shapes may appear at edges of display areas of outer frames and result in an uneven appearance. As can be seen, in the foregoing existing architecture, apparently inconvenience and defects still exist, and further development needs to be made, so that display areas of display modules having different shapes can be efficiently filled by a pixel array. To solve the foregoing problem, a solution is sought for eagerly in the related art. However, no suitable manner has been developed and completed for a long time. Therefore, how to effectively solve the foregoing problem is one of the important development subjects at present, and also becomes an objective for which improvements need to be made in the related art at present.
A technical aspect of the present invention relates to pixel sets in a pixel array. A pixel set is formed of two hexagonal pixels, and the pixel sets are combined by using such a pixel set as a basic unit of the pixel array, so as to cover to the greatest extent display shapes of display surfaces defined by outer frames of various different display apparatuses, so that the pixel sets can more efficiently fill space inside the outer frames having different shapes, especially an area near an edge of an outer frame. In addition, by configuring a manner of dividing a pixel into sub-pixels, for the pixel set of the present invention, a relatively simple control circuit can still be used to control a display status of a pixel. In this way, the pixel array can cover display surfaces defined by outer frames of display apparatuses having different shapes more desirably and more efficiently without increasing the complexity of a control circuit, so as to reduce or avoid relatively undesirable effects of color emission and relatively undesirable image effects that occur in edge areas of the outer frames of the display apparatuses.
The present invention provides a pixel array, including a plurality of pixel sets. The plurality of pixel sets is adjacent to each other. Each pixel set separately includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel have a quadrilateral shape. Two adjacent edges of any one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel adjoin the other two of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel, respectively, so that the first pixel has a hexagonal shape. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel have different colors. The second pixel includes a fourth sub-pixel, a fifth sub-pixel, and a sixth sub-pixel. The fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have a quadrilateral shape. Two adjacent edges of any one of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin the other two of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel, respectively, so that the second pixel has a hexagonal shape. The fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have different colors. After a rotation by 180 degrees, shapes of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel are substantially the same as shapes of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel of the second pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel corresponds to the first sub-pixel. The fourth sub-pixel of the second pixel adjoins the first sub-pixel of the first pixel.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel have different colors.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the colors of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel are red, blue or green, respectively.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the colors of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel are yellow, cyan or magenta, respectively.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have a parallelogram shape.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel have a rhombic shape. The second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have a parallelogram shape.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are rhombuses having a edge lengths equal to those of the first sub-pixel, so that the first pixel has a regular hexagonal shape. The fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel are rhombuses having a edge lengths equal to those of the fourth sub-pixel, so that the second pixel has a regular hexagonal shape.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, an edge where the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel adjoin each other is parallel to a first direction, and an edge where the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other is parallel to the first direction.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the first sub-pixels and the fourth sub-pixels substantially adjoin each other in sequence in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels substantially adjoin each other alternately along the second direction. The fifth sub-pixels and the sixth sub-pixels substantially adjoin each other alternately along the second direction.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the second sub-pixel of any pixel set adjoins the sixth sub-pixel of a second pixel set in the first direction, and the third sub-pixel of the any pixel set adjoins the fifth sub-pixel of a third pixel set in the first direction.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, an arrangement manner of the plurality of pixel sets is a honeycomb-like arrangement.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, a first edge of the first sub-pixel and a first edge of the second sub-pixel adjoin each other, a second edge of the first sub-pixel and a first edge of the third sub-pixel adjoin each other, and a second edge of the second sub-pixel and a second edge of the third sub-pixel adjoin each other. The first edge and the second edge of the first sub-pixel are connected, the first edge and the second edge of the second sub-pixel are connected, the first edge and the second edge of the third sub-pixel are connected, and a third edge and a fourth edge of the first sub-pixel, a third edge and a fourth edge of the second sub-pixel, and a third edge and a fourth edge of the third sub-pixel are sequentially connected and are served as six edges of a hexagon and combined to form the first pixel. A first edge of the fourth sub-pixel and a first edge of the fifth sub-pixel adjoin each other, a second edge of the fourth sub-pixel and a first edge of the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other, and a second edge of the fifth sub-pixel and a second edge of the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other. The first edge and the second edge of the fourth sub-pixel are connected, the first edge and the second edge of the fifth sub-pixel are connected, the first edge and the second edge of the sixth sub-pixel are connected, and a third edge and a fourth edge of the fourth sub-pixel, a third edge and a fourth edge of the fifth sub-pixel, and a third edge and a fourth edge of the sixth sub-pixel are sequentially connected and are served as six edges of a hexagon and combined to form the second pixel.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the pixel array further includes a plurality of data line sets and a plurality of scan lines. Each data line set includes a first data line, a second data line, and a third data line. The first data line extends along the first edges and the second edge of the fourth sub-pixels of a plurality of adjacent pixel sets. The second data line extends along the first edge and the second edge of the first sub-pixels of the plurality of adjacent pixel sets. The third data line extends along the fourth edges of the second sub-pixels and the third edges of the third sub-pixels of the plurality of adjacent pixel sets. The plurality of scan lines is disposed parallel to each other. The scan lines are electrically connected to the first data lines, the second data lines, and the third data lines, respectively by using the first data line, the second data line, and the third data line.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, each of the first data lines, the second data lines, and the third data lines has a plurality of bending points, wherein the scan lines intersect with the first data lines, the second data lines, and the third data lines at the bending points, respectively.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, an edge where the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel adjoin each other is parallel to a first direction, and a plurality of scan lines substantially extends in the first direction, and traverses a plurality of first sub-pixels and a plurality of fourth sub-pixels, respectively.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the scan lines and one of the first data lines control the first sub-pixel or the fourth sub-pixel traversed by the scan line.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the second data line and the scan lines control the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel, and the third data line and the scan lines control the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the pixel array further includes a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines. A plurality of the scan lines extends along the first edges and the second edges of the fourth sub-pixels, respectively. Another plurality of the scan lines extends along the first edges and the second edges of the first sub-pixel, respectively. Another plurality of the scan lines extend along the fourth edges of the second sub-pixels and the third edges of the third sub-pixels, respectively. The data lines are disposed parallel to each other. The data lines are electrically connected to the scan lines by using the scan lines, respectively.
In one or more embodiments of the present invention, the pixel array further includes a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, and a plurality of transistors. Each first signal line has a plurality of bending points. One of the first signal lines extends along an edge where the first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel adjoin each other and an edge where the first sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel adjoin each other. One of the first signal lines extends along an edge where the fourth sub-pixel and the fifth sub-pixel adjoin each other and an edge where the fourth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other. One of the first signal lines extends along an edge where the second sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other and an edge where the third sub-pixel and the fifth sub-pixel adjoin each other. The plurality of second signal lines is disposed parallel to each other and intersect with the plurality of first signal lines at the bending points, respectively. One of the second signal lines extends along an edge where the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel adjoin each other and an edge where the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other and traverses the plurality of first sub-pixels. One of the second signal lines extends along an edge where the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel adjoin each other and an edge where the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other and traverses the plurality of fourth sub-pixels. The plurality of transistors is used to control the sub-pixels of the corresponding pixel sets. The transistors are located at positions of intersections of the first signal lines and the second signal lines, respectively, and are electrically connected to one of the corresponding first signal lines and one of the corresponding second signal lines, respectively.
To make the foregoing and other objectives, features, and advantages of the present invention and the embodiments more comprehensible, the accompanying drawings are described as follows.
Unless otherwise indicated, a same number or symbol in different drawings is usually regarded as a corresponding part. The drawings are used to clearly express correlations between the embodiments rather than to show actual sizes.
A plurality of embodiments of the present invention is disclosed below with reference to the accompanying drawings. For clear description, many details in practice will be described together in the following description. However, it should be understood that these details in practice should not be used to limit the present invention. That is, in some of the embodiments of the present invention, these details in practice are not essential. In addition, to simplify the accompanying drawings, some conventional structures and components are shown in a simple schematic manner in the accompanying drawings.
Herein, it may be understood that words such as first, second and third are used to describe various elements, components, areas, layers and/or blocks. However, these elements, components, areas, layers and/or blocks should not be limited by these terms. These words are only used for distinguishing between single elements, components, areas, layers and/or blocks. Therefore, a first element, component, area, layer and/or block hereinafter may also be referred to as a second element, component, area, layer and/or block without departing from the concept of the present invention.
Because the pixel array 100 is formed by using a hexagonal pixel such as the first pixel 140 and the second pixel 160 as a basic unit, as compared with a rectangular or square pixel, after hexagonal pixels are combined, space in display shapes defined by the outer frames 200 having various different shapes, especially, an area relatively near an edge of the outer frame 200, may be covered more efficiently to the greatest extent. For example, in some of the embodiments, for the circular outer frame 200 shown in
In addition, as compared with an included angle of 90 degrees that is formed between two edges, an included angle formed between two edges of a hexagon is usually an obtuse angle greater than 90 degrees, so that outer edges formed by two adjacent hexagons do not have a step form, and instead has a relatively gentle slope. Meanwhile, edges between two adjacent hexagons are not aligned as in a matrix formed of square or rectangular pixels. Therefore, hexagons located at the outermost portion of the pixel array 100 can slightly mitigate a visual effect of saw-tooth shaped edges as compared with saw-tooth shaped edges of a pixel array in which a rectangle or square is used as a basic unit.
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It should be noted that, the configuration manner of the colors of the first pixel 140 and the second pixel 160 discussed herein and the area configuration of the sub-pixels are merely exemplary and are not used to limit the present invention. It should be understood that a person of ordinary skill in the art may make a moderate change or replacement according to an actual need without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, as long as a combination of the first sub-pixel 142, the second sub-pixel 144, and the third sub-pixel 146 and a combination of the fourth sub-pixel 162, the fifth sub-pixel 164, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 can have three different colors, respectively, and when the first pixels 140 and the second pixels 160 work together, color mixing of the pixel set 120 is uniform.
In multiple embodiments, the colors of the first sub-pixel 142, the second sub-pixel 144, the third sub-pixel 146, the fourth sub-pixel 162, the fifth sub-pixel 164, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 are red, blue or green, respectively. For example, the colors of the first sub-pixel 142, the second sub-pixel 144, and the third sub-pixel 146 may be red, green, and blue, respectively, and the colors of the fourth sub-pixel 162, the fifth sub-pixel 164, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 may be blue, green, and red, respectively. It should be understood that, the color configuration of the first sub-pixel 142, the second sub-pixel 144, the third sub-pixel 146, the fourth sub-pixel 162, the fifth sub-pixel 164, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 discussed herein merely exemplary, and is not used to limit the present disclosure. In addition, in multiple other embodiments, the colors of the first sub-pixel 142, the second sub-pixel 144, the third sub-pixel 146, the fourth sub-pixel 162, the fifth sub-pixel 164, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 may also be one of yellow, cyan and magenta.
In this embodiment, the first sub-pixel 142, the second sub-pixel 144, the third sub-pixel 146, the fourth sub-pixel 162, the fifth sub-pixel 164, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 may have a parallelogram shape. In other multiple embodiments, the first sub-pixel 142, the second sub-pixel 144, the third sub-pixel 146, the fourth sub-pixel 162, the fifth sub-pixel 164, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 may also have an irregular quadrilateral shape. In multiple embodiments, areas that the first sub-pixel 142, the second sub-pixel 144, and the third sub-pixel 146 have respectively may be different. In multiple embodiments, areas that the fourth sub-pixel 162, the fifth sub-pixel 164, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 respectively have may be different.
In this embodiment, a first edge 142a of the first sub-pixel 142 and a first edge 144a of the second sub-pixel 144 adjoin each other, a second edge 142b of the first sub-pixel 142 and a first edge 146a of the third sub-pixel 146 adjoin each other, and a second edge 144b of the second sub-pixel 144 and a second edge 146b of the third sub-pixel 146 adjoin each other. The first edge 142a and the second edge 142b of the first sub-pixel 142 are connected, and a first angle θ1 is included between the first edge 142a and the second edge 142b. The first edge 144a and the second edge 144b of the second sub-pixel 144 are connected, and a second angle θ2 is included between the first edge 144a and the second edge 144b. The first edge 146a and the second edge 146b of the third sub-pixel 146 are connected, and a third angle θ3 is included between the first edge 146a and the second edge 146b. The first sub-pixel 142 further has a third edge 142c and a fourth edge 142d, the second sub-pixel 144 further has a third edge 144c and a fourth edge 144d, and the third sub-pixel 146 further has a third edge 146c and a fourth edge 146d, where these edges are used as six edges of a hexagon and combined sequentially to form first pixel 140 having a hexagonal shape. When the first angle θ1, the second angle θ2, and the third angle θ3 are substantially equal and the edge lengths of the foregoing six edges are substantially equal, the first pixel 140 has a regular hexagonal shape. In this embodiment, a first edge 162a of the fourth sub-pixel 162 and a first edge 164a of the fifth sub-pixel 164 adjoin each other, a second edge 162b of the fourth sub-pixel 162 and a first edge 166a of the sixth sub-pixel 166 adjoin each other, and a second edge 164b of the fifth sub-pixel 164 and a second edge 166b of the sixth sub-pixel 166 adjoin each other, where the first edge 162a and the second edge 162b of the fourth sub-pixel 162 are connected, a fourth angle θ4 is included between the first edge 162a and the second edge 162b, the first edge 164a and the second edge 164b of the fifth sub-pixel 164 are connected, a fifth angle θ5 is included between the first edge 164a and the second edge 164b, the first edge 166a and the second edge 166b of the sixth sub-pixel 166 are connected, and a sixth angle θ6 is included between the first edge 166a and the second edge 166b. The fourth sub-pixel 162 further has a third edge 162c and a fourth edge 162d, the fifth sub-pixel 164 further has a third edge 164c and a fourth edge 164d, and the sixth sub-pixel 166 further has a third edge 166c and a fourth edge 166d; these edges are used as six edges of a hexagon and sequentially combined to form the second pixel 160 having a hexagonal shape. When the fourth angle θ4, the fifth angle θ5, and the sixth angle θ6 are substantially equal and the edge lengths of the foregoing six edges are substantially equal, the second pixel 160 has a regular hexagonal shape. In this embodiment, the third edge 142c or the fourth edge 142d of the first sub-pixel 142 of the first pixel 140 adjoins the third edge 162c or the fourth edge 162d of the fourth sub-pixel 162 of the second pixel 160, so as to form the pixel set 120. It should be noted that, the regular hexagonal shape shown herein is merely exemplary, and the hexagonal shape of the present invention is not limited to only a regular hexagonal shape.
As discussed above, the second sub-pixel 144 adjoins the third sub-pixel 146 via the second edge 144b. In this embodiment, an extending direction of the second edge 144b of the second sub-pixel 144 and the second edge 146b of the third sub-pixel 146 is substantially parallel to a first direction X, for example, a horizontal direction. Similarly, the fifth sub-pixel 164 adjoins the sixth sub-pixel 166 via the second edge 164b. In this embodiment, an extending direction of the second edge 164b of the fifth sub-pixel 164 and the second edge 166b of the sixth sub-pixel 166 is substantially parallel to the first direction X. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the second edge 164b of the fifth sub-pixel 164 may also extend in a direction different from that of the second edge 144b of the second sub-pixel 144, and the pixel set 120 discussed herein is only one of the implementation examples, and is not used to limit the present invention. It should be understood that a person of ordinary skill in the art may make a moderate change or replacement according to an actual need without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
In this embodiment, the second sub-pixel 144 of a pixel set 120 adjoins the sixth sub-pixel 166 of another pixel set 120 in the first direction X, and the third sub-pixel 146 of a pixel set 120 adjoins the fifth sub-pixel 164 of another pixel set 120 in the first direction X. It should be noted that, the adjoining relationship shown herein is merely exemplary, and is not used to limit the present invention. Even if the second sub-pixel 144 and the third sub-pixel 146 are switched and the adjoining relationship between the second sub-pixel 144 and the third sub-pixel 146 is changed, the case still fall within the protection scope of the present invention. A person of ordinary skill in the art may make a moderate change or replacement according to an actual need without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.
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It should be noted that, the configuration manner of pixels and the configuration of pixels relative to an outer frame that are discussed herein are merely exemplary, and are not used to limit the present invention. It should be understood that a person of ordinary skill in the art may make a moderate change or replacement according to an actual need without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, as long as a desirable balance can be achieved between a coverage area and color mixing of pixels at edges.
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In multiple embodiments, the first data lines 182, the second data lines 184, and the third data lines 186 have a saw-tooth shape or a Zigzag shape, and have a plurality of bending points 190, respectively, and the bending points 190 are respectively located at positions where the first data lines 182, the second data lines 184, and the third data lines 186 bend. In other words, because the first data lines 182, the second data lines 184, and the third data lines 186 extend along different edges of sub-pixels in a pixel set 120, respectively, the so-called bending points 190 actually may spatially overlap endpoints of the sub-pixels. The plurality of scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 intersects with the first data lines 182, the second data lines 184, and the third data lines 186 at the multiple different bending points 190, respectively.
Because the data line sets 180 and the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 included in the pixel array 700 have substantially a same scanning manner and a same control manner as conventional data lines and scan lines that are arranged in a crisscross manner, for control of driving of a chip, the pixel array 700 may continue to use a conventional driving manner for data lines and scan lines that are arranged in a crisscross manner, and the driving manner can still work. Therefore, for the pixel array 700 of the present disclosure, not only a visual defect of saw-tooth shapes in an area near an edge of an outer frame can be eliminated, a relatively simple control manner can also be used.
In multiple embodiments, an edge where the second sub-pixel 144 and the third sub-pixel 146 adjoin each other is parallel to the first direction X, a plurality of scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 substantially may extend along the first direction X, traverse a plurality of the first sub-pixels 142 and a plurality of fourth sub-pixels 162, respectively, and divide the first sub-pixel 142 and the fourth sub-pixel 162 into two parts, for example, the first sub-pixel 142e, the first sub-pixel 142f, the fourth sub-pixel 162e, and the fourth sub-pixel 162f. In multiple embodiments, the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 may work together with the first data line 182 respectively to control the first sub-pixels 142 or the fourth sub-pixels 162 traversed by the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4. For example, the scan line Gate2 may work together with the first data line 182 to control the fourth sub-pixel 162e. For example, the scan line Gate3 work together with the first data line 182 to control the first sub-pixel 142e. For example, a scan line Gate4 may work together with the first data line 182 to control the fourth sub-pixel 162f. For example, the scan line Gate3 may work together with the first data line 182 of another data line set to control the first sub-pixel 142f.
In multiple embodiments, the second data line 184 works together with the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 to control the second sub-pixel 144s and the third sub-pixels 146. In multiple embodiments, the third data line 186 and the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 work together to control the fifth sub-pixels 164 and the sixth sub-pixels 166. For example, the scan line Gate2 may work together with the third data line 186 to control the fifth sub-pixel 164e. For example, the scan line Gate4 may work together with the third data line 186 to control the fifth sub-pixel 164f. For example, the scan line Gate1 may work together with the third data line 186 to control the sixth sub-pixel 166e. For example, the scan line Gate3 may work together with the third data line 186 to control the sixth sub-pixel 166f.
It should be noted that, the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 shown herein are merely exemplary, and are not used to limit the present invention. In multiple embodiments, the pixel array 800 may include another plurality of scan lines, and the scan lines may extend along the first edges 142a and the second edges 142b of the first sub-pixels 142 of the plurality of adjacent pixel sets 120, respectively, extend along the first edges 162a and the second edges 162b of the fourth sub-pixels 162 of the plurality of adjacent pixel sets 120, and extend along the fourth edges 144d of the second sub-pixels 144 and the third edges 146c of the third sub-pixels 146 of the plurality of adjacent pixel sets 120. The data lines, for example, the first data line 182, the second data line 184, and the third data line 186, in the data line set 180 intersect with the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 respectively, and are electrically connected to transistors, respectively.
It should be understood that a manner in which the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 and the first data line 182, the second data line 184, the third data line 186 in the pixel array 700 and the pixel array 800 discussed herein work together to perform control is merely exemplary, but is not used to limit the present invention. For example, in other multiple embodiments, the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 may also work together with the second data line 184 respectively to control the first sub-pixel 142 or the fourth sub-pixel 162 traversed by the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4. It should be understood that a person of ordinary skill in the art may make a moderate change or replacement according to an actual need without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, as long as the data line set 180 can work together with the scan lines Gate1, Gate2, Gate3, and Gate4 to control display statuses of sub-pixels in the pixel set 120.
In conclusion, the pixel array provided by the present invention includes a plurality of pixel sets. The plurality of pixel sets is adjacent to each other. Each pixel set respectively includes a first pixel and a second pixel. The first pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel have a quadrilateral shape. Two adjacent edges of any one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel adjoin the other two of, respectively, so that the first pixel has a hexagonal shape. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel have different colors. The second pixel includes a fourth sub-pixel, a fifth sub-pixel, and a sixth sub-pixel. The fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have a quadrilateral shape. Two adjacent edges of any one of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin the other two of, respectively, so that the second pixel has a hexagonal shape. The fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have different colors. After a rotation by 180 degrees, shapes of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel are substantially the same as shapes of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel of the second pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel corresponds to the first sub-pixel. The fourth sub-pixel of the second pixel adjoins the first sub-pixel of the first pixel. Pixel sets formed of hexagonal pixels may relatively cover display shapes of display surfaces defined by outer frames of various different display apparatuses to the greatest extent, so that such pixel sets can more efficiently fill space inside the outer frames having different shapes, especially an area near an edge of an outer frame. In addition, by configuring a manner of dividing a pixel into sub-pixels, for the pixel set of the present invention, a relatively simple control circuit can still be used to control a display status of a pixel. In this way, the pixel array can cover display surfaces defined by outer frames of display apparatuses having different shapes more desirably and more efficiently without increasing the complexity of a control circuit, so as to reduce or avoid relatively undesirable effects of color emission and relatively undesirable image effects that occur in edge areas of the outer frames of the display apparatuses.
Although the present invention has been disclosed above by using the embodiments, the embodiments are not used to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art may make various variations and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, and therefore the protection scope of the present invention should be as defined by the appended claims.
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105112843 | Apr 2016 | TW | national |