This application claims priority to the Chinese patent application No. 201811457073.8, filed on Nov. 30, 2018, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the display technology field, and, in particular, to a texture recognition device and a display panel.
In the optical fingerprint recognition, in the case where a distance between a finger and an optical sensor is large, after light is reflected by the finger or other object, the light may be scattered, which generates a blurred fingerprint image and further causes that texture information acquired according to light received by an optical sensor is not accurate.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a texture recognition device. The texture recognition device includes a substrate, an optical sensing layer, and a light-blocking structure.
The optical sensing layer and the light-blocking structure are stacked on the substrate.
The light-blocking structure includes a plurality of light transmission hole groups. At least one of the plurality of light transmission hole groups includes C2 light transmission holes, where C is a positive integer.
The optical sensing layer includes multiple optical sensing groups.
The plurality of optical sensing groups corresponds to the plurality of light transmission hole groups respectively. An orthogonal projection of one optical sensing group of the plurality of optical sensing groups on the substrate completely covers an orthogonal projection of a corresponding light transmission hole group of the plurality of light transmission hole groups on the substrate. An orthogonal projection of a center of the optical sensing group on the substrate coincides with an orthogonal projection of a center of the corresponding light transmission hole group on the substrate.
In some embodiments, C satisfies:
d denotes an aperture size of each of the C2 transmission holes, h denotes a distance between the light-blocking structure and the optical sensing layer, θ denotes a light convergence angle, s denotes a distance between centers of two adjacent light transmission holes of the C2 light transmission holes, p denotes a distance between centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups of the plurality of optical sensing groups, and K is a constant and denotes a minimum distance between the centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups in a case where there is a plurality of optical sensing elements per inch and each optical sensing group includes at least one optical sensing element.
In some embodiments, a distance s between centers of two adjacent light transmission holes of the C2 light transmission holes satisfies:
where p denotes a distance between centers of two optical sensing groups.
In some embodiments, a aperture size d of each of the C2 light transmission holes satisfies:
where h denotes a distance between the light-blocking structure and the optical sensing layer, and θ denotes a light convergence angle.
In some embodiments, at least one of the plurality of optical sensing groups includes one optical sensing element.
In some embodiments, the optical sensing layer and the light-blocking structure are arranged on a same side of the substrate.
In some embodiments, the light-blocking structure is between the optical sensing layer and the substrate, or the optical sensing layer is between the light-blocking structure and the substrate.
In some embodiments, the optical sensing layer is arranged on a first side of the substrate and the light-blocking structure is arranged on a second side of the substrate, where the first side and the second side are arranged opposite to each other.
In some embodiments, in a direction from the light-blocking structure to the optical sensing layer, the light-blocking structure includes at least three light-blocking layers and light transmission layers each disposed between adjacent light-blocking layers of the at least three light-blocking layers. Each of the C2 light transmission holes runs through the at least three light-blocking layers.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel. The display panel includes any one of the texture recognition devices above and a luminescent device.
The luminescent device includes a light emission side and a backlight side arranged opposite to the light emission side. The texture recognition device is arranged on the backlight side of the luminescent device, and the light-blocking structure is arranged at a side of the optical sensing layer close to the luminescent device.
In some embodiments,
d denotes an aperture size of each of the C2 transmission holes, h denotes a distance between the light-blocking structure and the optical sensing layer, θ denotes a light convergence angle, s denotes a distance between centers of two adjacent light transmission holes of the C2 light transmission holes, p denotes a distance between centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups of the plurality of optical sensing groups, and K is a constant and denotes a minimum distance between the centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups in a case where there is a plurality of optical sensing elements per inch and each optical sensing group includes at least one optical sensing element.
In some embodiments, the distance s between centers of two adjacent light transmission holes of the C2 light transmission holes satisfies:
where p denotes a distance between centers of two optical sensing groups of the plurality of optical sensing groups.
In some embodiments, an aperture size d of each of the C2 light transmission holes satisfies:
where h denotes a distance between the light-blocking structure and the optical sensing layer, and θ denotes a light convergence angle.
In some embodiments, at least one of the plurality of optical sensing groups includes one optical sensing element.
In some embodiments, the optical sensing layer and the light-blocking structure are both arranged on a side of the substrate away from the luminescent device.
In some embodiments, in a direction from the light-blocking structure to the optical sensing layer, the light-blocking structure includes at least three light-blocking layers and light transmission layers each disposed between adjacent light-blocking layers of the at least three light-blocking layers. Each of the C2 light transmission holes runs through the at least three light-blocking layers.
In some embodiments, the display panel further includes a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate. A drain of the thin film transistor is electrically connected to an anode layer of the luminescent device.
In some embodiments, the optical sensing layer and the light-blocking structure are both arranged on a side of the thin film transistor away from the luminescent device.
In some embodiments, the display panel is an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel or a quantum dot display panel.
To more clearly describe technical solutions in embodiments of the present disclosure or in the related art, accompanying drawings for describing the embodiments or the related art are briefly described below. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, other drawings can be obtained according to these accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art without creative effort.
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure are clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely a part of embodiments of the present disclosure, not all of the embodiments. Other embodiments obtained by persons of ordinary skills in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without creative efforts fall within the scope of the present disclosure.
In the related art, a light-blocking structure including a plurality of light transmission holes is provided between optical sensing groups and a finger for fingerprint recognition so as to improve the accuracy of the fingerprint recognition.
However, in a case where the light transmission holes and the optical sensing groups are not arranged at proper positions, as shown in
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a texture recognition device. As shown in
Light that is reflected by an object to be detected having texture passes through the light transmission hole groups 121, and then is irradiated on the optical sensing groups 111. In this way, texture recognition is performed.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the object to be detected having texture may be a finger or a palm. Hereafter, the description is made with the object to be detected being a finger.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In an exemplary embodiment, the number of optical sensing elements 1111 in one optical sensing group 111 is determined according to the number of light transmission holes 1211 in one light transmission hole group 121 (namely, C2) and a distance between the light-blocking structure 12 and the optical sensing layer 11. In the texture recognition device provided by the present disclosure, lights transmitted through a plurality of light transmission hole groups 121 irradiating to one optical sensing group 111 is avoid.
Exemplarily, in an instance where the number of light transmission holes 1211 in one light transmission hole group 121 and the distance between the light-blocking structure 12 and the optical sensing layer 11 are determined, the number of optical sensing elements 1111 in one optical sensing group 111 is determined according to a size of the optical sensing element 1111 and a distance between centers of two adjacent optical sensing elements 1111, leading that the orthogonal projection of the optical sensing group 111 on the substrate 10 completely covers the orthogonal projection of the corresponding light transmission hole group 121 on the substrate 10, and one optical sensing group 111 is irradiated by light from only one light transmission hole group 121 (as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the number of light transmission holes 1211 in one light transmission hole group 121 is related to the size of one optical sensing group 111 and the distance between the light-blocking structure 12 and the optical sensing layer 11. Based on this, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, lights transmitted through a plurality of light transmission hole groups 121 irradiating to one optical sensing group 111 is avoid.
Exemplarily, in an instance where the size of one optical sensing group 111 and the distance between the light-blocking structure 12 and the optical sensing layer 11, the number of light transmission holes 1211 in one light transmission hole group 121 is determined according to the size of one light transmission hole 1211 and a distance between centers of two adjacent light transmission holes 1211, leading that the orthogonal projection of the optical sensing group 111 on the substrate 10 completely covers the orthogonal projection of the corresponding light transmission hole group 121 on the substrate 10, and one optical sensing group 111 is irradiated by light from only one light transmission hole group 121 (as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the optical sensing group 111 is configured to convert a light signal to an electronic signal. For example, the optical sensing group 111 is a photosensitive sensor or a photosensor.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In other embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape of the light transmission hole 1211 is a circle, a rectangle or a polygon.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the optical sensing layer 11 and the light-blocking structure 12 are stacked on the substrate 10. For example, as shown in
In other embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
The first side of the substrate 10 and the second side of the substrate 10 are arranged opposite to each other.
In some other embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
The positions of the optical sensing layer 11, the light-blocking structure 12 and the substrate 10 may be adjusted as long as the light reflected by the finger passes through the light transmission hole group 121 and then is irradiated on the optical sensing group 111.
The light-blocking structure 12 is configured to block ambient light so as to solve the problem of the blurring texture recognition image.
Exemplarily, the light-blocking structure 12 is a light-blocking layer including a plurality of light transmission holes 1211. For another example, as shown in
In the texture recognition device provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the optical sensing groups 111 corresponds to the light transmission hole groups 121, the orthogonal projection of the optical sensing group 111 on the substrate 10 completely covers the orthogonal projection of the corresponding light transmission hole group 121 on the substrate 10, and the orthogonal projection of the center of the optical sensing group 111 on the substrate 10 coincides with the orthogonal projection of the center of the light transmission hole group 121 corresponding to the optical sensing group 111 on the substrate 10. With the above configuration, light passing through one light transmission hole group 121 is irradiated on only one optical sensing group 111, thereby improving the utilization of the optical sensing groups 111 and the valley-ridge contrast and the accuracy of the fingerprint recognition.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, p is a product of C and the distance s between centers of two adjacent light transmission holes 1211, p=C×s,
As shown in
For example, as shown in
where the horizontal length or vertical length is equal to a length of a straight line whose start point and end point are on a boundary of the light irradiation area, and centers of C neighboring circles are on the line.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape of the light transmission hole 1211 is circle and d denotes the diameter of the circle.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape of the light transmission hole 1211 is rectangle and d denotes a length of the diagonal line of the rectangle.
Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, p is greater than or equal to the horizontal length or vertical length D of the light irradiation area irradiated by the lights passing through one light transmission hole group 121, that is,
With the configuration that p is greater than or equal to D, the light passing through one light transmission hole group 121 is only irradiated on the optical sensing group 111 corresponding to the light transmission hole group 121 and is not irradiated on other optical sensing groups 111.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the optical sensing elements 1111 are arranged in a high pixel per inch (PPI) manner. However, the number of optical sensing elements 1111 per inch is limited due to limitation of process condition of the fabrication of the optical sensing layer 11, and the optical sensing group 111 includes at least one optical sensing element 1111. The number of optical sensing groups 111 per inch is determined based on the sizes of the optical sensing element 1111, the distance between adjacent optical sensing elements 1111, and the number of the optical sensing elements 1111 in the optical sensing group 111, and thus is also limited. Therefore, the distance between the centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups 111 has a minimum value K. In view of above, C×s. In a condition where C×s=K, the texture recognition has a maximum accuracy.
With the high PPI configuration of the optical sensing elements 1111, the accuracy of the texture recognition is improved.
In an exemplary example, there are 200 optical sensing elements 1111 per inch, that is, the optical sensing elements 1111 are configured in 200 PPI, K=25.4÷200=0.127 mm.
In view of the above,
In embodiments of the present disclosure, the distance p between the centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups 111 is determined according to the distance s between the centers of the adjacent light transmission holes 1211 and the number C2 of light transmission holes 1211 in one light transmission hole group 121. The distance p between the centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups 111 is configured to be greater than or equal to the horizontal length or vertical length D of the light irradiation area irradiated by the lights passing through one light transmission hole group 121, such that the light passing through one light transmission hole group 121 only irradiates on the optical sensing group 111 corresponding to the light transmission hole group 121 and does not irradiate on other optical sensing groups 111, thereby improving the utilization of the optical sensing groups 111 and the valley-ridge contrast and the accuracy of the fingerprint recognition.
In some embodiments, as shown in
and the aperture sized of the light transmission hole 1211 satisfies
p denotes the distance between the centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups 111, h denotes the distance between the light-blocking structure 12 and the optical sensing layer 11, and θ denotes a light convergence angle.
For example, as shown in
where the horizontal length or vertical length is equal to a length of a straight line whose start point and end point are on the boundary of the light irradiation area, and centers of C neighboring circles are on the line.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape of the light transmission hole 1211 is circle and d denotes the diameter of the circle.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape of the light transmission hole 1211 is rectangle and d denotes the length of the diagonal line of the rectangle.
Exemplarily, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, when p is greater than or equal to a horizontal length or vertical length D of the light irradiation area irradiated by lights passing through one light transmission hole group 121, p satisfies:
In the above embodiments of the present disclosure, in a case where p is of a certain value, the distance s between the centers of the adjacent light transmission holes 1211 is determined according to the number C2 of light transmission holes 1211 in one light transmission hole group 121. The distance s between the centers of the adjacent light transmission holes group 121 and the number C2 of light transmission holes 1211 in one light transmission hole group 121 are utilized to make p between the centers of two adjacent optical sensing groups 111 to be equal to the horizontal length or vertical length D of the irradiation area irradiated by lights from one light transmission hole group 121, such that the light from one light transmission hole group 121 only irradiates on the optical sensing group 111 corresponding to the light transmission hole group 121 and does not irradiate on other optical sensing groups 111, thereby improving the utilization of the optical sensing groups 111 and the valley-ridge contrast and the accuracy of the fingerprint recognition.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the light-blocking layers 21 each are made of insulation material or metal material. The light-blocking layers 21 except the light transmission holes 1211 have light blocking function.
The more the number of the light-blocking layers 21, the more ambient light the light-blocking structure 12 can block. However, the number of the light-blocking layers 21 is also associated with the thickness of the texture recognition device. The number of the light-blocking layers 21 is determined according to actual needs.
In an exemplary example, the light-blocking structure 12 includes three light-blocking layers 21 and two light transmission layers 22. In another exemplary example, the light-blocking structure 12 includes four light-blocking layers 21 and three light transmission layers 22. In yet another exemplary example, the light-blocking structure 12 includes ten light-blocking layers 21 and nine light transmission layers 22.
In the above embodiments of the present disclosure, the light-blocking structure 12 includes at least three light-blocking layers 21 and light transmission layers 22 each being arranged between two adjacent light-blocking layers 21, the light transmission layer 22 is used for adjusting the distance between adjacent light-blocking layers 21, which obtains a desired width-depth ratio of the light transmission hole 1211 and further realizes a desired light convergence angle.
Compared with the scheme that one light-blocking structure consists of one light-blocking layer including a plurality of light transmission holes, the light-blocking structure 12 provided by the present disclosure improves the accuracy of the fingerprint recognition.
Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide a display panel. As shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the display panel is a self-luminous display panel, and the luminescent device 30 is a self-luminous device.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the luminescent device 30 includes an anode layer 31, a light emitting layer 32 and a cathode layer 33, which are stacked in order.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the luminescent device 30 is in a top emission structure.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the display panel further includes an encapsulation layer 50.
In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the display panel is an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel. In one or more embodiments of the present disclosure, the display panel is a quantum dot display panel.
The display panel provided by the above embodiments of the present disclosure includes the texture recognition device, one optical sensing groups 111 corresponds to one light transmission hole group 121, the orthogonal projection of the optical sensing group 111 on the substrate 10 completely covers the orthogonal projection of a corresponding light transmission hole group 121, and the orthogonal projection of the center of the optical sensing group 111 on the substrate 10 coincides with the orthogonal projection of the center of the light transmission hole group 121 corresponding to the optical sensing group 111 on the substrate 10, such that light from one light transmission hole groups 121 is irradiated on only one optical sensing group 111, thereby improving the utilization of the optical sensing groups 111 and the valley-ridge contrast and the accuracy of the fingerprint recognition.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the thin film transistor 40 further includes a gate 41, a gate insulation layer 42, an active layer 43, and a source 44.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the thin film transistor 40 is a top gate thin film transistor.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the thin film transistor 40 is a double gate thin film transistor.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the active layer 43 is made of amorphous silicon. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the active layer 43 is made of oxide semiconductor. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the active layer 43 is made of organic material.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the thin film transistor 40 is of a back channel etched (BCE) structure, or is of an etching stop (ESL) structure. The type of the thin film transistor 40 is determined according to the material of the active layer 43 and the process of forming the source 44 and the drain 45.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the substrate 10 of the texture recognition device further serves as the base substrate of an array substrate of the display panel. The substrate 10 has a firs side close to the luminescent device 30 and a second side away from the luminescent device 30. As shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the light-blocking structure 12 is arranged on a side of the thin film transistor 40 away from the luminescent device 30.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
With the above structure configurations, the thin film transistor 40 is insulated from the light-blocking structure 12, and the thin film transistor 40 is insulated from the optical sensing layer 11, and the texture recognition is not affected by the thin film transistor 40.
In the above embodiments of the present disclosure, the substrate 10 of the texture recognition device is multiplexed as the base substrate of the array substrate of the display panel, which reducing the thickness of the display panel and facilitating the thinning design of the display panel.
The above is merely exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, but the scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any other changes or substitutions easily conceived within the technical scope of the present disclosure by those skilled in the art fall into the scope of the disclosure. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present disclosure should be determined by the scope of the claims.
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