CN105957877A - Display panel, pixel and display device - Google Patents

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CN105957877A
CN105957877A CN201610530091.9A CN201610530091A CN105957877A CN 105957877 A CN105957877 A CN 105957877A CN 201610530091 A CN201610530091 A CN 201610530091A CN 105957877 A CN105957877 A CN 105957877A
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The invention discloses a display panel, a pixel and a display device, and belongs to the technical field of display. The display panel comprises a substrate and a plurality of pixels, wherein the pixels are arranged on the substrate; each pixel comprises brightness strengthened sub-pixels as well as first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels and third sub-pixels with different colors, and each sub-pixel is in the shape of a hexagon; and in the pixels, the sub-pixels arranged along any linear direction comprises sub-pixels with at least two colors arranged at intervals. The display panel solves the problems that a display device has a display edge error, is low aperture opening ratio and relatively low in brightness, and influences a display effect. The display panel is used for image display.

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Display floater, pixel and display device
Technical field
The present invention relates to Display Technique field, particularly to a kind of display floater, pixel and display device.
Background technology
Organic Light Emitting Diode is (English: Organic Light-Emitting Diode;It is called for short: OLED) display Device is a kind of display device with autonomous lighting function.Along with the progress of Display Technique, OLED shows dress The application put is more and more extensive.
OLED display generally includes display base plate, and display base plate is formed multiple pixel, each pixel Three sub pixels of strip can be included, this three sub pixel can be red sub-pixel, green sub-pixels and Blue subpixels.In conventional art, three sub pixel array arrangements are on display base plate, and this three seeds picture The length direction of element is parallel, and width conllinear, illustratively, green sub-pixels is positioned at red sub-pixel and indigo plant Between sub-pixels, and red sub-pixel, green sub-pixels are parallel with the length direction of blue subpixels, wide Degree direction conllinear.
During realizing the present invention, inventor finds that prior art at least there is problems in that
The pixel of traditional array arrangement, the sub-pixel that there is a kind of color is positioned at same rectilinear direction (generally For vertical direction) on phenomenon, cause the image demonstrated to there is marginal error, indentation on oblique line Display, color homogeneity is poor, simultaneously because rectangle is low to the utilization rate of area, causes opening of display device Mouth rate is low, and due to the characteristics of luminescence of red sub-pixel, green sub-pixels and blue subpixels self, leads The luminosity causing display device is relatively low, affects display effect.
Summary of the invention
The problem poor in order to solve the display effect of display device, embodiments provides a kind of display Panel, pixel and display device.Described technical scheme is as follows:
On the one hand, it is provided that a kind of display floater, including:
Underlay substrate;
Multiple pixels of array arrangement on described underlay substrate, each described pixel includes: brightness strengthening Pixel, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the 3rd sub-pixel that color is different, each described sub-picture Plain is shaped as hexagon;
In the plurality of pixel, in arbitrary rectilinear direction, the sub-pixel of arrangement includes spaced at least two Plant the sub-pixel of color.
Optionally, described first sub-pixel, described second sub-pixel and described 3rd sub-pixel are positioned at described bright Degree strengthening sub-pixel around, described brightness strengthening sub-pixel be shaped as regular hexagon, and described first sub-picture The shape congruence of the second sub-pixel plain, described and described 3rd sub-pixel, and it is the anon-normal six of 120 ° of interior angle Limit shape.
Optionally, the sub-pixel that any two is adjacent shares an adjacent side.
Optionally, described brightness strengthening sub-pixel is white sub-pixels or yellow sub-pixel, described first sub-picture Element is blue subpixels, and described second sub-pixel is red sub-pixel, and described 3rd sub-pixel is green sub-picture Element.
Optionally, the plurality of pixel includes: the first pixel of array arrangement, the second pixel of array arrangement With the 3rd pixel of array arrangement, described first pixel, described second pixel and the array of described 3rd pixel Arragement direction is parallel;
Wherein, each described pixel includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, and sub with described brightness strengthening respectively 2 the first sub-pixels, 2 the second sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels that pixel is adjacent, wherein, each two The sub-pixel 102 that color is identical is symmetricly set on both sides up and down or the left and right sides of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, And in described first pixel, described second pixel and described 3rd pixel in addition to described brightness strengthening sub-pixel, The sub-pixel that color is identical is different from the relative position of described brightness strengthening sub-pixel, arranges along arbitrary described array The pixel that each two on cloth direction is adjacent shares two sub-pixels;
The plurality of pixel is filled with brightness on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of arbitrary neighborhood strong Beggar's pixel.
Optionally, each described pixel includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, strengthens sub-picture with described brightness respectively 2 the first sub-pixels, 2 the second sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels that element is adjacent, described 2 first sons Pixel, described 2 the second sub-pixels and described 2 the 3rd sub-pixels are successively set on described brightness strengthening Around pixel;
The plurality of pixel is filled with brightness on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of arbitrary neighborhood strong Beggar's pixel.
Optionally, each described pixel includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, strengthens sub-picture with described brightness respectively 3 sub-pixel groups that element is adjacent,
Each described sub-pixel group includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, adjacent with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 2 the first sub-pixels connect, 2 the second sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels, wherein, 2 the first sub-pictures Element one group of opposite side with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively adjoins, 2 the second sub-pixels respectively with described brightness One group of opposite side of strengthening sub-pixel adjoins, 2 the 3rd sub-pixels respectively with one group of described brightness strengthening sub-pixel Opposite side adjoins, and in described 3 sub-pixel groups in addition to described brightness strengthening sub-pixel, the son that color is identical Pixel is different from the relative position of described brightness strengthening sub-pixel;
The plurality of pixel is filled with brightness on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of arbitrary neighborhood strong Beggar's pixel.
Optionally, each described pixel includes: the first sub-pixel group and the second sub-pixel group,
Described first sub-pixel group includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, adjacent with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 2 the first sub-pixels connect, 2 the second sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels, wherein, 2 the first sub-pictures Element one group of opposite side with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively adjoins, 2 the second sub-pixels respectively with described brightness One group of opposite side of strengthening sub-pixel adjoins, 2 the 3rd sub-pixels respectively with one group of described brightness strengthening sub-pixel Opposite side adjoins;
Described second sub-pixel group includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, adjacent with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 2 the first sub-pixels connect;
2 the first sub-pixels of described second sub-pixel group respectively with 1 second of described first sub-pixel group Sub-pixel and 1 the 3rd sub-pixel adjoin;
The plurality of pixel is filled with brightness on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of arbitrary neighborhood strong Beggar's pixel.
Optionally, described brightness strengthening sub-pixel is blue subpixels, and described first sub-pixel is blue sub-picture Element, described second sub-pixel is red sub-pixel, and described 3rd sub-pixel is green sub-pixels.
On the other hand, it is provided that a kind of pixel, including:
Brightness strengthening sub-pixel, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the 3rd sub-pixel that color is different, Each described sub-pixel be shaped as hexagon.
Optionally, described first sub-pixel, described second sub-pixel and described 3rd sub-pixel are positioned at described bright Around degree strengthening sub-pixel;
Described brightness strengthening sub-pixel be shaped as regular hexagon, described first sub-pixel, described second sub-picture The shape congruence of plain and described 3rd sub-pixel, and it is the non-regular hexagonal of 120 ° of interior angle, any two phase Adjacent sub-pixel shares an adjacent side.
Optionally, described brightness strengthening sub-pixel is white sub-pixels or yellow sub-pixel, described first sub-picture Element is red sub-pixel, and described second sub-pixel is green sub-pixels, and described 3rd sub-pixel is blue sub-picture Element;
Or, described brightness strengthening sub-pixel is blue subpixels, and described first sub-pixel is blue subpixels, Described second sub-pixel is red sub-pixel, and described 3rd sub-pixel is green sub-pixels.
Another aspect, it is provided that a kind of display device, including: the display floater described in any of the above.
The display floater that the embodiment of the present invention provides, is shaped as hexagon due to each sub-pixel so that aobvious Showing in multiple pixels of panel, in arbitrary rectilinear direction, the sub-pixel of arrangement includes spaced at least two Plant the sub-pixel of color, thus the sub-pixel avoiding same color be positioned at the phenomenon in same rectilinear direction, Improve the uniformity of display image, especially sub-pixel shape is hexagon so that sub-pixel is along oblique line side To can be regularly arranged, it is to avoid show the jagged edge error that solid color produces, and six on oblique line The utilization rate of area is promoted by limit shape compared with rectangle, is effectively improved the aperture opening ratio of display device, further, by In adding brightness strengthening sub-pixel, improve display brightness, therefore effectively improve display effect.
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For the technical scheme being illustrated more clearly that in the embodiment of the present invention, institute in embodiment being described below The accompanying drawing used is needed to be briefly described, it should be apparent that, the accompanying drawing in describing below is only the present invention Some embodiments, for those of ordinary skill in the art, on the premise of not paying creative work, Other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of display floater that the present invention one illustrative examples provides;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the another kind of display floater that the present invention one illustrative examples provides;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation of another display floater that the present invention one illustrative examples provides;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of another display floater that the present invention one illustrative examples provides;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of a kind of display floater that another illustrative examples of the present invention provides;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of the another kind of display floater that another illustrative examples of the present invention provides;
Fig. 7 is the structural representation of a kind of pixel that another illustrative examples of the present invention provides.
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For making the object, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing to the present invention Embodiment is described in further detail.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of display floater, as it is shown in figure 1, include:
Underlay substrate 1;
Multiple pixels 10 of array arrangement on underlay substrate 1, each pixel 10 includes: sub-picture is strengthened in brightness Element 101, and the first sub-pixel the 102, second sub-pixel 103 and the 3rd sub-pixel 104 that color is different, Each sub-pixel be shaped as hexagon.This brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 can be with other in same pixel The color of sub-pixel is identical can also be different.
In multiple pixels 10, in arbitrary rectilinear direction, the sub-pixel of arrangement includes spaced at least two The sub-pixel of color.This arbitrary rectilinear direction can be x, y or the h in Fig. 1.Such as, linearly The sub-pixel of x arrangement includes spaced first sub-pixel 102 and the second sub-pixel 103, in this straight line side On x, second sub-pixel 103 is set between each two the first sub-pixel 102;The most such as, the most linearly The sub-pixel of direction y arrangement includes spaced brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 and the second sub-pixel 103, In this rectilinear direction y, between each two brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, two the second sub-pixels 103 are set.With Schematically illustrating of the upper simply embodiment of the present invention, in actual application, the son of arrangement in arbitrary rectilinear direction In pixel, the mode of the sub-pixel that interval arranges at least two color can have multiple, and the present invention does not do superfluous at this State.
The display floater that the embodiment of the present invention provides, is shaped as hexagon due to each sub-pixel so that aobvious Showing in multiple pixels of panel, in arbitrary rectilinear direction, the sub-pixel of arrangement includes spaced at least two Plant the sub-pixel of color, thus the sub-pixel avoiding same color be positioned at the phenomenon in same rectilinear direction, Improve the uniformity of display image, and owing to adding brightness strengthening sub-pixel, improve display simultaneously Brightness, therefore effectively improves display effect.
As it is shown in figure 1, first sub-pixel the 102, second sub-pixel 103 and the 3rd sub-pixel 104 may be located at Around brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101.
Optionally, brightness strengthening sub-pixel the 101, first sub-pixel the 102, second sub-pixel 103 and the 3rd son The shape of pixel 104 can be the regular hexagon of congruence, so when the entire area needing pixel 10 becomes big, The length of side of the brightness strengthening sub-pixel of centre can be positioned at so that the length of side phase of sub-pixel around by adjustment Should adjust, that is to say, be increased the length of side of the sub-pixel of surrounding by the length of side increasing brightness strengthening sub-pixel, Or the reduction of the sub-pixel of surrounding is increased by the length of side reducing brightness strengthening sub-pixel.Due to for just Hexagon, the length of side and area are positively related, therefore, and the change of the area of brightness strengthening sub-pixel and surrounding The area change positive correlation of sub-pixel.
But in actual application, it is possible that the change of the area of brightness strengthening sub-pixel and the sub-pixel of surrounding The demand such as area change nonlinear correlation.Therefore, in embodiments of the present invention, brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 Be shaped as regular hexagon, and the first sub-pixel the 102, second sub-pixel 103 and shape of the 3rd sub-pixel 104 Shape congruence, and it is the non-regular hexagonal of 120 ° of interior angle.So can first pass through adjustment brightness strengthening sub-pixel The length of side of 101 adjusts the first sub-pixel the 102, second sub-pixel 103 and area of the 3rd sub-pixel 104, Meanwhile, then by the length of side adjusting other limits of the sub-pixel around brightness strengthening sub-pixel adjust around this The area of sub-pixel.That is to say, when increasing the area of brightness strengthening sub-pixel, the face of sub-pixel around Amassing and not necessarily increase, when reducing the area of brightness strengthening sub-pixel, the area of sub-pixel around not necessarily subtracts Little so that this pixel is applicable to the different requirements of different display floaters, such as to colourity, brightness, The requirement of light emission rate, increases the adjustability of its shape, and reduces technology difficulty.Such as, brightness strengthening The area of pixel can be designed according to the brightness demand of display floater, reduces the area of brightness strengthening sub-pixel While, sub-pixel area around can increase.
Further, in embodiments of the present invention, the sub-pixel that any two is adjacent can share an adjacent side, So there is not gap between each sub-pixel, owing to there is not gap between sub-pixel, pixel can be improved Aperture opening ratio.
In embodiments of the present invention, the structure of pixel can have multiple, and the embodiment of the present invention with following two is Example illustrates:
The first: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 is white sub-pixels or yellow sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel 102 For blue subpixels, the second sub-pixel 103 is red sub-pixel, and the 3rd sub-pixel 104 is green sub-pixels.
In traditional pixel, typically only include the sub-pixel of three kinds of colors of red, green, blue, and the present invention implements In example, increase white or yellow sub-pixel, light efficiency and color rendering properties can be improved, and improve the reduction of color Ability.
The second: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 is blue subpixels, and the first sub-pixel 102 is blue sub-picture Element, the second sub-pixel 103 is red sub-pixel, and the 3rd sub-pixel 104 is green sub-pixels.
In traditional pixel, typically only include the sub-pixel of three kinds of colors of red, green, blue, and three's number Equal, and owing to blue light luminous efficiency is relatively low, therefore, the blue light accounting going out light in whole pixel is relatively low, Corresponding light emission rate is relatively low, and in the embodiment of the present invention, owing to brightness enhancer pixel is blue subpixels, The number making blue subpixels is more, improves the blue light accounting going out light in whole pixel, thus increases The big light emission rate of blue light.
Use the first dot structure above-mentioned time, the sub-pixel in each pixel be specifically placed with multiple can Implementation, the embodiment of the present invention can illustrate as a example by implementation by following five kinds, use these five kinds can Implementation sub-pixel on substrate arrangement more uniform, improve the uniformity that image shows.
The first can implementation:
As in figure 2 it is shown, multiple pixels 10 include: the first pixel 00 of array arrangement, the second of array arrangement Pixel 01 and the 3rd pixel 02 of array arrangement, the first pixel the 00, second pixel 01 and the 3rd pixel 02 Array arrangement direction parallel, as in figure 2 it is shown, all parallel directions x, in actual application, direction x is permissible For grid line scanning direction, first pixel the 00, second pixel 01 and the 3rd pixel 02 are in data wire scanning direction Upper adjacent.
Wherein, in first pixel the 00, second pixel 01 and the 3rd pixel 02, each pixel includes: brightness is strong Beggar's pixel 101, and 2 the first sub-pixels 102,2 adjoined with brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 respectively Individual second sub-pixel 103 and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104, wherein, the sub-pixel 102 that each two color is identical It is symmetricly set on both sides up and down or the left and right sides of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, and the first pixel 00, second In pixel 01 and the 3rd pixel 02 in addition to brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, the identical sub-pixel of color is with bright The relative position of degree strengthening sub-pixel 101 is different, (that is to say parallel x along any of the above-described array arrangement direction The direction in direction) on the adjacent pixel of each two share two sub-pixels;Arbitrary neighborhood in multiple pixels 10 Pixel between regular hexagon interval region on be filled with brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101.Fill brightness strengthening Pixel 101 1 aspect can improve the light efficiency on display floater and color rendering properties, on the other hand can avoid pixel Between gap printing opacity, improve display floater integral finish rate.
Such as, in the first pixel 00,2 the first sub-pixels 102 are symmetricly set on brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 The left and right sides, 2 the second sub-pixels 103 are symmetricly set on the both sides up and down of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104 are symmetricly set on the left and right sides of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, go up phase in the x-direction Two adjacent the first pixels 00 share first pixel 102 and the 3rd pixel 104.
In second pixel 01,2 the first sub-pixels 102 are symmetricly set on a left side for brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 Right both sides, 2 the second sub-pixels 103 are symmetricly set on the left and right sides of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101,2 3rd sub-pixel 104 is symmetricly set on the both sides up and down of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, goes up adjacent in the x-direction Two the second pixels 01 share first pixel 102 and second pixel 103.
In 3rd pixel 02,2 the first sub-pixels 102 are symmetricly set on the upper of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 Lower both sides, 2 the second sub-pixels 103 are symmetricly set on the left and right sides of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101,2 3rd sub-pixel 104 is symmetricly set on the left and right sides of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, goes up adjacent in the x-direction Two the 3rd pixels 02 share second pixel 103 and the 3rd pixel 104.
In first pixel the 00, second pixel 01 and the 3rd pixel 02 in addition to brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, The sub-pixel that color is identical is different from the relative position of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, such as, and the first sub-pixel 102 lower left corner being positioned at brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 in the first pixel 00 and the lower right corner, in the second pixel It is positioned at the upper left corner and the upper right corner of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 in 01, in the 3rd pixel 02, is positioned at brightness strong The upper side and lower side of beggar's pixel 101.
The second can implementation:
As it is shown on figure 3, each pixel 10 includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, respectively with brightness strengthening Pixel 101 adjacent 102,2 the second sub-pixels 103 of 2 the first sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104, 102,2 the second sub-pixels 103 of 2 the first sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104 are successively set on bright Degree strengthening sub-pixel 101 around, can be arrangement clockwise, it is also possible to being arrangement counterclockwise, Fig. 3 is Arrange clockwise with 102,2 the second sub-pixels 103 of 2 the first sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104 The explanation carried out as a example by around brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101.The pixel of arbitrary neighborhood in multiple pixels 10 Between regular hexagon interval region on be filled with brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101.
As it is shown on figure 3, for effectively linking and sub-pixel row on underlay substrate between each pixel Cloth is uniform, and the pixel of every adjacent rows mutually staggers, a pixel 10 and be positioned at this pixel 10 lower left and Bottom-right pixel can form a delta structure.
The third can implementation:
As shown in Figure 4, each pixel 10 includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, respectively with brightness strengthening 3 adjacent sub-pixel groups 03 of pixel 101.The structure of each pixel 10 can be considered as the isosceles triangle knot tilted Structure.
Each sub-pixel group 03 includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, strengthens sub-pixel 101 with brightness respectively Adjacent 102,2 the second sub-pixels 103 of 2 the first sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104, wherein, 2 the first sub-pixels 102 are adjacent with one group of opposite side of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 respectively, 2 the second sub-pictures Element 103 one group of opposite side with brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 respectively adjoin, 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104 respectively with One group of opposite side of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 adjoins, and strengthens sub-pixel 101 except brightness in 3 sub-pixel groups Outside, the sub-pixel that color is identical is different from the relative position of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101;Multiple pixels 10 Brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 it is filled with on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of middle arbitrary neighborhood.
Such as, as shown in Figure 4, in the sub-pixel group 03 on the left of pixel 10,2 the first sub-pixels 102 Adjoin with the upper left of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 and the opposite side of bottom right respectively;2 the second sub-pixels 103 are respectively Adjoin with the bottom and upper segment of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101;2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104 are strengthened with brightness respectively The lower-left of sub-pixel 101 and the opposite side of upper right adjoin.
In the sub-pixel group 03 of pixel 10 upper right side, 2 the first sub-pixels 102 are sub with brightness strengthening respectively The lower-left of pixel 101 and the opposite side of upper right adjoin;2 the second sub-pixels 103 strengthen sub-pixel with brightness respectively The upper left of 101 and the opposite side of bottom right adjoin;2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104 strengthen sub-pixel 101 with brightness respectively Bottom and upper segment adjoin.
In the sub-pixel group 03 of pixel 10 lower right side, 2 the first sub-pixels 102 are sub with brightness strengthening respectively The bottom and upper segment of pixel 101 adjoins;2 the second sub-pixels 103 strengthen sub-pixel 101 with brightness respectively The opposite side of lower-left and upper right adjoins;2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104 strengthen the upper left of sub-pixel 101 with brightness respectively Adjoin with the opposite side of bottom right.
In 3 sub-pixel groups in addition to brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, the sub-pixel that color is identical is strengthened with brightness The relative position of sub-pixel 101 is different, such as, and first sub-pixel 102 sub-pixel group on the left of pixel 10 The upper left corner and the lower right corner of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 it is positioned at, in the sub-pixel group of pixel 10 upper right side in 03 The lower left corner and the upper right corner of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 it is positioned at, in the sub-pixel group of pixel 10 lower right side in 03 The upper side and lower side of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 it is positioned in 03.
4th kind can implementation:
As it is shown in figure 5, each pixel 10 includes: the first sub-pixel group 04 and the second sub-pixel group 05.The One sub-pixel group 04 includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, adjacent with brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 2 First sub-pixel 102,2 the second sub-pixel 103 and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104, wherein, 2 first Sub-pixel 102 one group of opposite side with brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 respectively adjoins, 2 the second sub-pixels 103 points Other and brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 one group of opposite side adjoins, 2 the 3rd sub-pixel difference 104 and brightness strengthening One group of opposite side of sub-pixel 101 adjoins.
Second sub-pixel group 05 includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, adjoins with brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 2 first sub-pixels 102 of 101;2 the first sub-pixels 102 of the second sub-pixel group 05 are respectively with 1 the second sub-pixel 103 and 1 the 3rd sub-pixel 104 of one sub-pixel group 04 adjoin;Multiple pixels 10 Brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 it is filled with on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of middle arbitrary neighborhood.
5th kind can implementation:
As shown in Figure 6, each pixel 10 includes: the 3rd sub-pixel group 06 and the 4th sub-pixel group 07.
3rd sub-pixel group 06 includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, adjoins with brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 102,2 the second sub-pixels 103 of 2 the first sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104, wherein, 2 Individual first sub-pixel 102 is symmetricly set on the left and right sides of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101,2 the second sub-pixels 103 both sides up and down being symmetricly set on brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101,2 the 3rd sub-pixels 104 are symmetrical arranged The left and right sides at brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101.
4th sub-pixel group 07 includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, strengthens sub-pixel 101 with brightness respectively 2 adjacent the second sub-pixels 103;2 the second sub-pixels 103 of the 4th sub-pixel group 07 are respectively with 1 the second sub-pixel 103 and 1 the 3rd sub-pixel 104 of three sub-pixel groups 06 adjoin;Multiple pixels 10 Brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 it is filled with on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of middle arbitrary neighborhood.
It should be noted that above-mentioned five kinds can implementation be merely illustrative, can realize based on above-mentioned five kinds Mode can carry out the deformation that letter answers obtain new can implementation, any technology people being familiar with the art Member, in the technical scope that the invention discloses, can readily occur in the obtained structure of change, should contain Within protection scope of the present invention, therefore repeat no more.
The display floater that the embodiment of the present invention provides, can use the driving method of existing display floater to carry out Driving method, owing to each pixel is rectangular arrangement, each sub-pixel is also arranged in rectangular, Ke Yiyan Data wire scanning direction carries out the progressive scan of sub-pixel, and often row sub-pixel refers to arrange along grid line scanning direction The sub-pixel of cloth.Its concrete scanning process is referred to correlation technique, and this is not repeated by the embodiment of the present invention.
In sum, the display floater that the embodiment of the present invention provides, it is shaped as six limits due to each sub-pixel Shape so that in multiple pixels of display floater, in arbitrary rectilinear direction, the sub-pixel of arrangement includes that interval sets The sub-pixel of at least two color put, thus the sub-pixel avoiding same color is positioned at same straight line side Phenomenon upwards, improves the uniformity of display image, and especially sub-pixel shape is hexagon so that son Pixel can be regularly arranged along oblique line directions, it is to avoid shows the zigzag limit that solid color produces on oblique line Edge error (that is to say, without the display of solid color on oblique line, and sub-pixel is hexagon, thus not There is jagged edge error), and the utilization rate of area promotes by hexagon compared with rectangle, is effectively improved display dress The aperture opening ratio put, further, owing to adding brightness strengthening sub-pixel, improves display brightness simultaneously, Therefore display effect is effectively improved.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of pixel 10, as it is shown in fig. 7, comprises:
Brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, and first sub-pixel the 102, second sub-pixel 103 and that color is different 3rd sub-pixel 104, each sub-pixel be shaped as hexagon.
The pixel that the embodiment of the present invention provides is a kind of new dot structure, enriches the kind of dot structure, And owing to adding brightness strengthening sub-pixel, improve display brightness simultaneously, therefore effectively improve display Effect.
Example, this pixel 10 can be shown in the pixel 10 in figure as arbitrary in Fig. 1 to 6, the first sub-pixel 102, the second sub-pixel 103 and the 3rd sub-pixel 104 are positioned at around brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101;Brightness is strong Beggar's pixel 101 be shaped as regular hexagon, the first sub-pixel the 102, second sub-pixel 103 and the 3rd sub-picture The shape congruence of element 104, and it is the non-regular hexagonal of 120 ° of interior angle, the sub-pixel that any two is adjacent is total to With an adjacent side.
Further, brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 can be white sub-pixels or yellow sub-pixel, the first son Pixel is red sub-pixel, and the second sub-pixel 103 is green sub-pixels, and the 3rd sub-pixel is blue subpixels; Or, brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101 can be blue subpixels, and the first sub-pixel is blue subpixels, the Two sub-pixels 103 are red sub-pixel, and the 3rd sub-pixel is green sub-pixels.
Those skilled in the art is it can be understood that arrive, for convenience and simplicity of description, and foregoing description The detailed process of pixel, be referred to the corresponding process in aforementioned display floater embodiment, the most superfluous at this State.
In sum, the pixel that the embodiment of the present invention provides is a kind of new dot structure, enriches pixel knot The kind of structure, and owing to adding brightness strengthening sub-pixel, improve display brightness, the most simultaneously Improve display effect.
The embodiment of the present invention provides a kind of display device, arbitrary described the showing provided including the embodiment of the present invention Show panel.Described display device can be: liquid crystal panel, Electronic Paper, oled panel, mobile phone, flat board electricity Brain, television set, display, notebook computer, DPF, navigator etc. are any has display function Product or parts.
One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or part of step realizing above-described embodiment can be passed through Hardware completes, it is also possible to instructing relevant hardware by program and complete, described program can be stored in In a kind of computer-readable recording medium, storage medium mentioned above can be read only memory, disk or CD etc..
The foregoing is only presently preferred embodiments of the present invention, not in order to limit the present invention, all the present invention's Within spirit and principle, any modification, equivalent substitution and improvement etc. made, should be included in the present invention's Within protection domain.

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1. a display floater, it is characterised in that including:
Underlay substrate;
Multiple pixels of array arrangement on described underlay substrate, each described pixel includes: brightness strengthening Pixel, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the 3rd sub-pixel that color is different, each described sub-picture Plain is shaped as hexagon;
In the plurality of pixel, in arbitrary rectilinear direction, the sub-pixel of arrangement includes spaced at least two Plant the sub-pixel of color.
Display floater the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that
Described first sub-pixel, described second sub-pixel and described 3rd sub-pixel are positioned at described brightness strengthening Around pixel, described brightness strengthening sub-pixel be shaped as regular hexagon, and described first sub-pixel, described The shape congruence of the second sub-pixel and described 3rd sub-pixel, and it is the non-regular hexagonal of 120 ° of interior angle.
Display floater the most according to claim 2, it is characterised in that the sub-pixel that any two is adjacent Share an adjacent side.
4. according to the display floater described in Claims 2 or 3, it is characterised in that sub-picture is strengthened in described brightness Element is white sub-pixels or yellow sub-pixel, and described first sub-pixel is blue subpixels, described second sub-picture Element is red sub-pixel, and described 3rd sub-pixel is green sub-pixels.
Display floater the most according to claim 4, it is characterised in that
The plurality of pixel includes: the first pixel of array arrangement, the second pixel of array arrangement and array row 3rd pixel of cloth, described first pixel, described second pixel and the array arrangement direction of described 3rd pixel Parallel;
Wherein, each described pixel includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, and sub with described brightness strengthening respectively 2 the first sub-pixels, 2 the second sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels that pixel is adjacent, wherein, each two The sub-pixel 102 that color is identical is symmetricly set on both sides up and down or the left and right sides of brightness strengthening sub-pixel 101, And in described first pixel, described second pixel and described 3rd pixel in addition to described brightness strengthening sub-pixel, The sub-pixel that color is identical is different from the relative position of described brightness strengthening sub-pixel, arranges along arbitrary described array The pixel that each two on cloth direction is adjacent shares two sub-pixels;
The plurality of pixel is filled with brightness on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of arbitrary neighborhood strong Beggar's pixel.
Display floater the most according to claim 4, it is characterised in that
Each described pixel includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, 2 adjoined with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively Individual first sub-pixel, 2 the second sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels, described 2 the first sub-pixels, described 2 the second sub-pixels and described 2 the 3rd sub-pixels are successively set on around described brightness strengthening sub-pixel;
The plurality of pixel is filled with brightness on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of arbitrary neighborhood strong Beggar's pixel.
Display floater the most according to claim 4, it is characterised in that
Each described pixel includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, 3 adjoined with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively Individual sub-pixel groups,
Each described sub-pixel group includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, adjacent with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 2 the first sub-pixels connect, 2 the second sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels, wherein, 2 the first sub-pictures Element one group of opposite side with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively adjoins, 2 the second sub-pixels respectively with described brightness One group of opposite side of strengthening sub-pixel adjoins, 2 the 3rd sub-pixels respectively with one group of described brightness strengthening sub-pixel Opposite side adjoins, and in described 3 sub-pixel groups in addition to described brightness strengthening sub-pixel, the son that color is identical Pixel is different from the relative position of described brightness strengthening sub-pixel;
The plurality of pixel is filled with brightness on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of arbitrary neighborhood strong Beggar's pixel.
Display floater the most according to claim 4, it is characterised in that
Each described pixel includes: the first sub-pixel group and the second sub-pixel group,
Described first sub-pixel group includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, adjacent with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 2 the first sub-pixels connect, 2 the second sub-pixels and 2 the 3rd sub-pixels, wherein, 2 the first sub-pictures Element one group of opposite side with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively adjoins, 2 the second sub-pixels respectively with described brightness One group of opposite side of strengthening sub-pixel adjoins, 2 the 3rd sub-pixels respectively with one group of described brightness strengthening sub-pixel Opposite side adjoins;
Described second sub-pixel group includes: brightness strengthening sub-pixel, adjacent with described brightness strengthening sub-pixel respectively 2 the first sub-pixels connect;
2 the first sub-pixels of described second sub-pixel group respectively with 1 second of described first sub-pixel group Sub-pixel and 1 the 3rd sub-pixel adjoin;
The plurality of pixel is filled with brightness on regular hexagon interval region between the pixel of arbitrary neighborhood strong Beggar's pixel.
9. according to the display floater described in Claims 2 or 3, it is characterised in that sub-picture is strengthened in described brightness Element is blue subpixels, and described first sub-pixel is blue subpixels, and described second sub-pixel is red sub-picture Element, described 3rd sub-pixel is green sub-pixels.
10. a pixel, it is characterised in that including:
Brightness strengthening sub-pixel, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the 3rd sub-pixel that color is different, Each described sub-pixel be shaped as hexagon.
11. display floaters according to claim 10, it is characterised in that
Described first sub-pixel, described second sub-pixel and described 3rd sub-pixel are positioned at described brightness strengthening Around pixel;
Described brightness strengthening sub-pixel be shaped as regular hexagon, described first sub-pixel, described second sub-picture The shape congruence of plain and described 3rd sub-pixel, and it is the non-regular hexagonal of 120 ° of interior angle, any two phase Adjacent sub-pixel shares an adjacent side.
12. display floaters according to claim 11, it is characterised in that described brightness strengthening sub-pixel For white sub-pixels or yellow sub-pixel, described first sub-pixel is red sub-pixel, described second sub-pixel For green sub-pixels, described 3rd sub-pixel is blue subpixels;
Or, described brightness strengthening sub-pixel is blue subpixels, and described first sub-pixel is blue subpixels, Described second sub-pixel is red sub-pixel, and described 3rd sub-pixel is green sub-pixels.
13. 1 kinds of display devices, it is characterised in that including: the arbitrary described display of claim 1 to 9 Panel.
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