The present application is the U.S. national phase entry of the international application PCT/CN2017/084696, with an international filing date of May 17, 2017, which claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 201610425514.0, filed on Jun. 15, 2016, the entire disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to the field of display technology, and particularly to a virtual curved surface display panel and a display device.
Curved surface display can meet people's visual experience well. By applying curved surface display, the user can be provided with comfortable visual experience, realistic sense of immediacy, and good immersion effect.
The embodiments of the present invention provide a virtual curved surface display panel and a display device.
An embodiment of the invention provides a virtual curved surface display panel. The virtual curved surface display panel comprises: a flat display panel having a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, and a concave lens array arranged on a display surface of the flat display panel for making images of the plurality of pixels form a curved surface. The concave lens array comprises a plurality of concave lenses arranged in an array. The focal lengths of the plurality of concave lenses are symmetrically distributed with respect to a vertical symmetry axis of a display surface of the flat display panel. In the concave lenses on the same side of the symmetry axis, the focal lengths of the respective concave lenses having the same distance from the vertical symmetry axis are the same, and the focal lengths of the respective concave lenses having different distances from the vertical symmetry axis are different from each other.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the curved surface is a curved surface protruding toward the flat display panel.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a focal length of each concave lens gradually decreases as a distance between the concave lens and the vertical symmetry axis increases.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, at least one pixel in the flat display panel corresponds to a concave lens in the concave lens array.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a sub-pixel in the flat display panel corresponds to at least one concave lens in the concave lens array.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a sub-pixel in the flat display panel corresponds to a plurality of concave lenses with the same focal length in the concave lens array.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of concave lenses are biconcave lenses or liquid crystal lenses.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of concave lenses are plano concave lenses.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, a concave surface of the plano concave lens is arranged on a side of the plano concave lens departing away from a display surface of the flat display panel, alternatively, a concave surface of the plano concave lens is arranged on a side of the plano concave lens facing a display surface of the flat display panel.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of concave lenses are cylindrical concave lenses.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of concave lenses are spherical concave lenses.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the spherical concave lenses have the same aperture.
Optionally, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the flat display panel is any one of a liquid crystal display panel, an electroluminescent display panel, a plasma display panel, or an electronic paper.
An embodiment of the invention further provides a display device comprising the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the above described embodiments.
The following drawings are merely examples for illustrative purposes according to various disclosed embodiments and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
In the following, with reference to the accompanying drawings, the implementation of the virtual curved surface display panel and the display device provided by the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.
The shape and size of the components in the drawings do not reflect the true proportions of the virtual curved surface display panel, the purpose of which is merely illustrative of the present invention.
In the prior art, in order to realize curved surface display, a curved surface display panel is usually formed by performing a physical mechanical bending process to a flat display panel. However, this method for realizing curved surface display may cause problems such as light leakage and abnormal color display on the display panel due to deformation of the edge portion.
In addition, in order to achieve curved surface display, in the prior art, many modules within the display panel should be designed with flexibility. Therefore, the product yield is low, and the cost of the product is relatively high accordingly.
An embodiment of the invention provides a virtual curved surface display panel. As shown in
In the virtual curved surface display panel and display device provided by the embodiments of the present invention, by using the imaging principle of the concave lens 210 and setting the focal lengths of the concave lenses 210, the image distances of the pixels in the flat display panel 100 are different so that the images of the plurality of pixels constitute a curved surface. A visual effect of virtual curved surface can thus be realized by applying a flat display panel, thereby enhancing the visual impact effect.
Specifically, the imaging principle of concave lens is shown in
The basic formulas of the optical system are given below.
Object-image relationship:
Focal length of plano concave lens:
Focal length of biconcave lens:
Arch height of plano concave lens:
Paraxial magnification:
In the above basic formulas of the optical system, a represents the object distance, b represents the image distance, f represents the focal length of the concave lens, r represents the curvature radius of the concave lens, n represents the refractive index of the concave lens, h represents the arch height of the concave lens, d represents the thickness of the thinnest portion of the concave lens, and p represents the aperture of the concave lens (i.e., the diameter of the cross section of the concave lens).
In an implementation, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in
From the above basic formulas of the optical system, it can be seen that when the object distance a is constant, the concave lenses with different focal lengths f can correspond to different image distances b. Based on this property, the focal lengths f of the concave lenses 210 in the concave lens array 200 can be set as shown in
In an implementation, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, two modes can be applied for setting the relationship between the concave lenses 210 in the concave lens array 200 and the pixels in the flat display panel 100. In the first mode, at least one pixel RGB in the flat display panel 100 corresponds to a concave lens 210 in the concave lens array 200. As shown in
In an implementation, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the concave lens 210 in the concave lens array 200 can be a biconcave lens (i.e., a lens having two concave surfaces, as shown in
When the concave lens array 200 is composed of biconcave lenses, the effect of aberration such as spherical aberration and distortion is smaller than that of the plano concave lens, so that it has a better display image effect. However, the implementation process of the biconcave lens realizing curved surface display is complicated than that of the plano concave lens. Either a biconcave lens or a plano concave lens can be manufactured with organic materials such as PMMA and resin, of which the refractive index is generally controlled at 1.4-1.8. The specific manufacturing process can apply but is not limited to exposure development, nanoimprint, laser direct writing or electron beam direct writing and so on.
Further, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, in order to facilitate the fabrication of the concave lens array 200, as shown in
Further, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the plano concave lens can be an aspherical concave lens such as a cylindrical concave lens, or can be a spherical concave lens. In particular, the imaging effect is better when a spherical concave lens is used.
Further, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, according to the above formula (2), it can be understood that different curvature radii r correspond to different focal lengths f. In order to make the spherical concave lenses have different focal lengths f, it is necessary to set the curvature radii of the spherical concave lenses. Specifically, the arch heights of the spherical concave lenses are set to a certain value, and the apertures of the spherical concave lenses can be set to different values, thereby achieving the effect of adjusting the curvature radii. Alternatively, the apertures of the spherical concave lenses are set to a certain value, and the arch heights of the spherical concave lenses are set to different values, thereby achieving the effect of adjusting the curvature radii. In an implementation, in order to facilitate the production, generally the apertures of the spherical concave lenses are set to be the same, and the curvature radii can be adjusted by adjusting the arch heights of the spherical concave lenses.
For example: the size of the pixel is 70 μm, the aperture of the spherical concave lens is 70 μm, the refractive index of the spherical concave lens n=1.5, then the above formula can be applied to calculate the design parameters of the concave lenses corresponding to different bending states. Taking 1000 pixels as an example, table 1 and table 2 list the design parameters of the concave lenses corresponding to these 1000 pixels. The left and right are symmetrical.
In an implementation, in the virtual curved surface display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the flat display panel 100 can be any one of a liquid crystal display panel, an electroluminescent display panel, a plasma display panel, or an electronic paper. In
Based on the same inventive concept, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a display device including the above mentioned virtual curved surface display panel. The display device can be any product or component with display function, such as mobile phone, tablet computer, TV, display, notebook computer, digital photo frame, navigator and so on. The implementation of the display device can refer to the embodiments of the above mentioned virtual curved surface display panel, which will not be repeated herein.
In the virtual curved surface display panel and display device provided by the embodiments of the present invention, by using the imaging principle of the concave lens, the concave lens array is provided on the display surface of the flat display panel, and the focal lengths of the concave lenses are designed to be symmetrically distributed with respect to a vertical symmetry axis of the display surface. In the concave lenses on the same side of the symmetry axis, the focal lengths of the respective concave lenses having the same distance from the vertical symmetry axis are the same, and the focal lengths of the respective concave lenses having different distances from the vertical symmetry axis are different from each other. By setting the focal lengths of the concave lenses, the image distances of the pixels in the flat display panel are different so that the images of the plurality of pixels constitute a curved surface. A visual effect of virtual curved surface can thus be realized by applying a flat display panel, thereby enhancing the visual impact effect.
Apparently, the person skilled in the art may make various alterations and variations to the invention without departing the spirit and scope of the invention. As such, provided that these modifications and variations of the invention pertain to the scope of the claims of the invention and their equivalents, the invention is intended to embrace these alterations and variations.
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