CN108519698B - Display panel and display device - Google Patents

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CN108519698B
CN108519698B CN201810481281.5A CN201810481281A CN108519698B CN 108519698 B CN108519698 B CN 108519698B CN 201810481281 A CN201810481281 A CN 201810481281A CN 108519698 B CN108519698 B CN 108519698B
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The invention discloses a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a display area having a shaped boundary; the display area comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, the sub-pixels are arranged along a first direction to form pixel rows, the sub-pixels are arranged along a second direction to form pixel columns, the first direction is crossed with the second direction, the display area is divided into a plurality of pixel units, one pixel unit comprises three sub-pixels with different colors, the plurality of pixel units comprise first pixel units adjacent to the special-shaped boundary, and the arrangement modes of the sub-pixels in the first pixel units in the direction extending along the special-shaped boundary are the same; and in a plurality of pixel rows adjacent to the same special-shaped boundary: at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, one pixel row in any two adjacent pixel rows is retracted by n sub-pixels relative to the other pixel row, wherein n is a positive integer and is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2. The invention can reduce the saw-tooth feeling during display and improve the display effect.

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Display panel and display device
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of display technologies, and in particular, to a display panel and a display device.
Background
With the application of display technology in intelligent wearing and other portable electronic devices, the appearance of the display panel has diversified requirements, and a special-shaped display panel appears.
Compared with the conventional display panel, the special-shaped display panel is mainly characterized in that the display area of the special-shaped display panel is in a non-rectangular special shape, such as a circle, a ring, a diamond and the like, and the pixels in the display panel are mostly in a rectangular structure or other more regular structures.
Therefore, it is an urgent need in the art to provide a display panel and a display device that can improve the display area jaggy phenomenon.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention provides a display panel and a display device, which solve the technical problem of improving the sawtooth phenomenon in the display area.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a display panel, including: a display area having a shaped boundary;
the display area comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, the sub-pixels are arranged along a first direction to form pixel rows, the sub-pixels are arranged along a second direction to form pixel columns, the first direction is crossed with the second direction, the display area is divided into a plurality of pixel units, one pixel unit comprises three sub-pixels with different colors, the plurality of pixel units comprise first pixel units adjacent to the special-shaped boundary, and the arrangement modes of the sub-pixels in the first pixel units in the direction extending along the special-shaped boundary are the same;
and in a plurality of pixel rows adjacent to the same special-shaped boundary: at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, one pixel row in any two adjacent pixel rows is retracted by n sub-pixels relative to the other pixel row, wherein n is an integer and is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2.
Further, in order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides a display device including any one of the display panels.
Compared with the prior art, the display panel and the display device provided by the invention have the beneficial effects that:
in the display panel provided by the invention, the display area is divided into a plurality of pixel units, wherein one pixel unit comprises three sub-pixels with different colors, and all the pixel units in the display area can realize different gray scale display. The pixel units comprise first pixel units adjacent to the special-shaped boundary, the arrangement modes of sub-pixels in each first pixel unit are the same along the extending direction of the special-shaped boundary, and at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, one pixel row in any two adjacent pixel rows is retracted by n sub-pixels (n is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2) relative to the other pixel row, namely the length of a step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows is less than or equal to the width of the two sub-pixels, the length of the step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows can be obviously reduced, the size of the step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows at the side close to the special-shaped boundary can be reduced, the sawtooth feeling during display can be reduced, and the display effect is improved.
Other features of the present invention and advantages thereof will become apparent from the following detailed description of exemplary embodiments thereof, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a partial schematic view of a display panel in the related art;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a partial schematic view of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an alternative embodiment of a pixel unit in a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another alternative implementation of a pixel unit in a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating another embodiment of a pixel group in a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 8 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 9 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 10 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 11 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of another alternative implementation of a pixel unit in a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 13 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 14 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 15 is a schematic view of a display device according to an embodiment of the invention.
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Various exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that: the relative arrangement of the components and steps, the numerical expressions and numerical values set forth in these embodiments do not limit the scope of the present invention unless specifically stated otherwise.
The following description of at least one exemplary embodiment is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the invention, its application, or uses.
Techniques, methods, and apparatus known to those of ordinary skill in the relevant art may not be discussed in detail but are intended to be part of the specification where appropriate.
In all examples shown and discussed herein, any particular value should be construed as merely illustrative, and not limiting. Thus, other examples of the exemplary embodiments may have different values.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, further discussion thereof is not required in subsequent figures.
Fig. 1 is a partial schematic view of a display panel in the related art. As shown in fig. 1, the display area of the display panel has an irregular boundary Y ', at a position close to the irregular boundary Y', the pixel rows pH 'are retracted with respect to the adjacent pixel rows pH', that is, the number of the pixels p 'disposed in the two adjacent pixel rows pH' is unequal, so that the display area forms a plurality of steps T 'close to the irregular boundary Y', and the display panel has a zigzag shape at the edge of the display area during displaying, which affects the display effect. In order to realize normal display of a color picture, the pixels retracted in the display panel are generally complete pixel units (each pixel unit may include a plurality of sub-pixels with different colors, for example) capable of realizing display of different gray scales, one or more pixel units are different between two adjacent pixel rows on the side close to the special-shaped boundary, the two adjacent pixel rows form a larger step, and the jaggy feeling is very obvious during display. In order to solve the above problem, the inventors propose a display panel and a display device, which are provided at an edge near an irregular boundary, and if a part of sub-pixels in two adjacent pixel rows, one pixel row being shifted by one pixel relative to the other pixel row, can be 0 to 2 sub-pixels, the size of a step formed by two adjacent pixel rows near the irregular boundary can be reduced, and the edge jaggy feeling during display can be reduced.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an alternative implementation of the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is a partial schematic view of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention.
As shown in fig. 2, the display panel includes: the display area AA has an irregular boundary Y, wherein the irregular boundary Y is generally formed by the display area AA to adapt to the shape of the non-display area BA (i.e. the display panel frame) of the display panel, and fig. 2 is only a schematic representation, and the display area AA of the display panel provided by the present invention may also have a plurality of irregular boundaries Y, for example, the corners of the display panel are all arc-shaped corners, or the display area AA of the display panel has arc-shaped notches, etc.
Fig. 3 is a partial schematic view of a display panel, as shown in fig. 3, a display area includes a plurality of sub-pixels sp arranged along a first direction a to form a pixel row pH, a plurality of sub-pixels sp arranged along a second direction b to form a pixel column pL, the first direction a intersects the second direction b, and a display area AA includes a plurality of pixel units py, where the pixel units py of the display area in the present invention are all complete pixel units capable of displaying different gray scales, and one pixel unit py includes three sub-pixels sp with different colors, which can refer to sub-pixels sp1, sp2, and sp3 in fig. 3. The plurality of pixel units py include first pixel units py1 adjacent to the irregular boundary Y, the arrangement of the sub-pixels sp in each first pixel unit py1 in the direction in which the irregular boundary Y extends is the same, the arrangement of the first pixel units py1 in fig. 3 is only schematically shown and is not a limitation of the present invention, two sub-pixels sp may be adjacent to the irregular boundary in one first pixel unit py1, or only one sub-pixel sp may be adjacent to the irregular boundary Y in one first pixel unit py1 as shown in fig. 3, and the sub-pixels sp adjacent to the irregular boundary Y in the pixel arrangement shown in fig. 3 are all sub-pixels sp 1; in a plurality of pixel rows pH adjacent to the same irregular boundary Y: at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary Y, one pH value of any two adjacent pixel rows is retracted by n sub-pixels relative to the other pH value of the pixel rows, wherein n is an integer and is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2. At the edge near the profiled boundary Y, two adjacent pixel rows pH may be level with each other in the second direction b, or one pixel row pH is recessed by 1 or 2 sub-pixels sp with respect to the other adjacent pixel row pH.
In the display panel provided by the invention, the display area comprises a plurality of pixel units, wherein one pixel unit comprises three sub-pixels with different colors, and all the pixel units in the display area can realize different gray scale display. The pixel units comprise first pixel units adjacent to the special-shaped boundary, the arrangement modes of sub-pixels in each first pixel unit are the same along the extending direction of the special-shaped boundary, and in the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, one pixel row in any two adjacent pixel rows is retracted by n sub-pixels relative to the other pixel row (n is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2). The length (d in fig. 3) of the step T formed by two adjacent pixel rows is less than or equal to the width of two sub-pixels, and compared with the related art, the length of the step formed by two adjacent pixel rows can be obviously reduced, that is, the size of the step formed by two adjacent pixel rows on the side close to the special-shaped boundary can be reduced, so that the jaggy feeling during display can be reduced, and the display effect can be improved.
The display panel may be, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, and in the case of the liquid crystal display panel, the display panel includes an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate. The array substrate comprises a substrate, and a thin film transistor, a common electrode, a pixel electrode, a gate line, a data line and the like which are formed on the substrate, wherein the thin film transistor is used as a switching device of a sub-pixel in the display panel. The grid electrode of the thin film transistor is connected with the grid line of the display panel and is connected with the grid scanning circuit through the grid line, the source electrode of the thin film transistor is connected with the data line and is connected with an integrated circuit chip (IC) through the data line, the drain electrode of the thin film transistor is connected with the pixel electrode, voltage is loaded to the pixel electrode through the data line, an electric field is formed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, and then liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer deflect in the electric field, so that whether light is emitted or not is controlled, and display of the display panel is achieved.
In the display panel provided by the present invention, the arrangement of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the pixel unit includes various situations, for example, the three sub-pixels may be sequentially arranged along a certain direction, or the three sub-pixels may be arranged in an "L" shape or an "inverted L" shape.
In an alternative embodiment, the pixel unit includes one main sub-pixel and two sub-pixels, and in the pixel unit, the main sub-pixel and one sub-pixel are located in the same pixel row and the other sub-pixel are located in the same pixel column. Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an alternative implementation of a pixel unit in a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of another alternative implementation of a pixel unit in a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, and referring to fig. 4 and fig. 5, in a pixel unit py, a main sub-pixel spz is located in the same pixel row pH as one sub-pixel spf, and is located in the same pixel column pL as another sub-pixel spf. The three sub-pixels with different colors in the pixel unit may be, for example, a red sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a green sub-pixel, wherein the color of the main sub-pixel spz is not limited in the present invention, and may be any one of the red sub-pixel, the blue sub-pixel, or the green sub-pixel. It is to be understood that the shape of the pixel unit in this embodiment is not limited to that shown in fig. 4 and 5, and may be, for example, a shape symmetrical to the pixel unit shape shown in fig. 4 in the direction extending along the pixel row, or a shape symmetrical to the pixel unit shape shown in fig. 5 in the direction extending along the pixel row.
Fig. 6 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of the display panel according to the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 6, in the first pixel unit py1, two sub-pixels spf are both adjacent to the shaped boundary Y, and the arrangement of the sub-pixels sp in each first pixel unit py1 along the extending direction of the shaped boundary Y is the same; the pixel row pH includes adjacent xth1Pixel line pHX1And x1+1 pixel line pHX1+1At the edge near the special-shaped boundary Y, the x-th1Pixel line pHX1Relative to the x-th1+1 pixel line pHX1+1Shrinking in 1 sub-pixel sp, where x1Is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. In this embodiment, in the pixel rows adjacent to the special-shaped boundary Y, at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, the two adjacent pixel rows differ by one sub-pixel, that is, the length d of the step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows is only the width of one sub-pixel, so that compared with the related art, the length of the step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows can be obviously reduced, the jaggy feeling during display can be reduced, and the display effect can be improved.
Further, with continued reference to fig. 6, the plurality of pixel units further includes a second pixel unit py2, the second pixel unit py2 is located on a side of the first pixel unit py1 away from the shaped boundary Y, the display area includes a plurality of pixel groups pZ, the pixel groups pZ include two second pixel units py2, and the sub-pixels in each pixel group pZ are arranged in an array of "2 rows x 3 columns"; in a plurality of pixel rows adjacent to the shaped boundary Y: the first pixel cell py1 is adjacent to one pixel group pZ, and a plurality of identical pixel groups pZ are arranged in the first direction a. It should be noted that the arrangement of the sub-pixels in the second pixel unit py2 may be completely the same as the arrangement of the sub-pixels in the first pixel unit py1, or may be different from the arrangement of the sub-pixels in the first pixel unit py 1.
The arrangement of the sub-pixels in the pixel group in the display panel provided by the present invention may be as shown in fig. 6, or may have other arrangements, and fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of another implementation of the pixel group in the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 7, a pixel group pZ includes two second pixel cells py2, and sub-pixels sp are arranged in an array of "2 rows by 3 columns" in the pixel group pZ. In the display area of the display panel, which is not adjacent to the irregular boundary, the arrangement of the sub-pixels in the pixel group may be the same or different.
Further, fig. 8 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 8, in some alternative embodiments, the display panel includes a plurality of pixel rows pH adjacent to two special-shaped boundaries Y at the same time, and in an actual product, the arrangement manner of the pixel units adjacent to the special-shaped boundaries may be adaptively adjusted according to specific design requirements. By reasonably designing the arrangement mode of the pixel units in the display area, the number of the sub-pixels with the phase difference between two adjacent pixel rows is less than or equal to 2 at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, so that the saw tooth feeling of the display panel during display is reduced. Fig. 9 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of the display panel according to the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 9, in the first pixel unit py1, the main sub-pixel spz and one sub-pixel spf are both adjacent to the special-shaped boundary Y, and the arrangement of the sub-pixels sp in each first pixel unit py1 along the extending direction of the special-shaped boundary Y is the same; the sub-pixel sp adjacent to the irregular boundary Y in the pixel row pH including the adjacent xth sub-pixel Bsp2Pixel line pHX2X th2+1 pixel line pHX2+1And x2+2 pixel line pHX2+2At the same end of the pixel line pH, the xth2Pixel line pHX2The edge sub-pixel Bsp and the x2+1 pixel line pHX2+1Is level with the edge sub-pixel Bsp, x2+1 pixel line pHX2+1Relative to the x-th2+2 pixel line pHX2+2Retracting 1 sub-pixel sp; wherein x is22m-1, m is a positive integer of 1 or more. In the embodiment, in the pixel rows adjacent to the special-shaped boundary, two adjacent pixel rows forming the step have a difference of one sub-pixel at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, and the length d of the step is only the width of one sub-pixelAnd the display effect is improved.
FIG. 10 is a partial schematic view of another alternative embodiment of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention, as shown in FIG. 10, at the same end of the pixel row pH, at the xth position2Pixel line pHX2The edge sub-pixel Bsp and the x2+1 pixel line pHX2+1Is level with the edge sub-pixel Bsp, x2+1 pixel line pHX2+1Relative to the x-th2+2 pixel line pH X2+22 subpixels are retracted. In the embodiment, in the pixel rows adjacent to the special-shaped boundary, the difference between two adjacent pixel rows forming the step is 2 sub-pixels near the edge of the special-shaped boundary, and the length d of the step is the width of 2 sub-pixels.
Further, with continued reference to fig. 9, the plurality of pixel units further includes a second pixel unit py2, the second pixel unit py2 is located on a side of the first pixel unit py1 away from the shaped boundary Y, the display area includes a plurality of pixel groups pZ, one pixel group pZ includes two second pixel units py2 in the display area away from the shaped boundary Y, the sub-pixels in each pixel group pZ are arranged in an array of "2 rows x 3 columns", wherein the sub-pixels spf adjacent and having the same color are located in the same column; wherein the first pixel cell py1 constitutes one pixel group pZ with one second pixel cell py2 adjacent in the first direction a.
Further, fig. 11 is a partial schematic view of another alternative implementation of the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 11, in some alternative implementations, the display panel includes a plurality of pixel rows pH simultaneously adjacent to two special-shaped boundaries Y, and in an actual product, the arrangement manner of the pixel units adjacent to the special-shaped boundaries may be adaptively adjusted according to specific design requirements. By reasonably designing the arrangement mode of the pixel units in the display area, the number of the sub-pixels with the phase difference between two adjacent pixel rows is less than or equal to 2 at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, so that the saw tooth feeling of the display panel during display is reduced.
In an alternative implementation manner, fig. 12 is a schematic diagram of another alternative implementation manner of a pixel unit in a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in fig. 12, three sub-pixels sp with different colors are arranged in a first direction a in a pixel unit py. The three sub-pixels with different colors in the pixel unit are a red sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a green sub-pixel. The arrangement mode may be that the red sub-pixel, the blue sub-pixel and the green sub-pixel are arranged in sequence, the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel are arranged in sequence, or the blue sub-pixel, the red sub-pixel and the green sub-pixel are arranged in sequence, and the invention is not limited to a specific arrangement mode. In this embodiment, in a plurality of pixel rows adjacent to the same irregular boundary: at the edge near the shaped boundary, one pixel row in any two adjacent pixel rows is shrunk by 1 or 2 sub-pixels relative to the other pixel row.
Fig. 13 is a partial schematic view of another alternative implementation of the display panel according to the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 13, the shaped boundary Y includes a first shaped boundary Y1 and a second shaped boundary Y2, and the pixel row adjacent to the shaped boundary includes a first end D1 and a second end D2 opposite to each other along the first direction a; the first special-shaped boundary Y1 is adjacent to the first end D1, the second special-shaped boundary Y2 is adjacent to the second end D2, and arrangement modes of sub-pixels sp in each first pixel unit py1 in the extending direction of the special-shaped boundary Y are the same; the pixel row pH includes adjacent xth3Pixel line pHX3And x3+1 pixel line pHX3+1At the first end D1, x3Pixel line pHX3Relative to the x-th3+1 pixel line pHX3+1Retracting 1 sub-pixel sp; at the second end D2, x3Pixel line pHX3Relative to the x-th3+1 pixel line pH X3+12 subpixels sp are shrunk; wherein x is3Is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.
This embodiment provides a display panel including a plurality of pixel rows adjacent to two shaped boundaries (a first shaped boundary and a second shaped boundary). At a first end adjacent to the first special-shaped boundary, two adjacent pixel rows are relatively retracted by 1 sub-pixel, and the length of a step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows is 1 sub-pixel width; at a second end adjacent to the second special-shaped boundary, two adjacent pixel rows relatively retract by 2 sub-pixels, the length of a step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows is the width of 2 sub-pixels, and the lengths of the steps formed at two ends of the two adjacent pixel rows on the two special-shaped boundaries are smaller, so that the sawtooth feeling during display can be reduced, and the display effect is improved.
Fig. 14 is a partial schematic view of another alternative implementation of the display panel according to the embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 14, the shaped boundary Y includes a first shaped boundary Y1 and a second shaped boundary Y2, and the pixel row adjacent to the shaped boundary includes a first end D1 and a second end D2 opposite to each other along the first direction a; the first special-shaped boundary Y1 is adjacent to the first end D1, the second special-shaped boundary Y2 is adjacent to the second end D2, and arrangement modes of sub-pixels sp in each first pixel unit py1 in the extending direction of the special-shaped boundary Y are the same; the pixel rows comprise adjacent xth4-1 pixel line pHX4-1X th4Pixel line pHX4And x4+1 pixel line pHX4+1At the first end D1, x4-1 pixel line pHX4-1Relative to the x-th4 Pixel line pH X42 sub-pixels sp, xth4Pixel line pHX4Relative to the x-th4+1 pixel line pHX4+1Retracting 1 sub-pixel sp; at the second end D2, x4-1 pixel line pHX4-1Relative to the x-th4Pixel line pHX4Shrinking in 1 sub-pixel sp, xth4Pixel line pHX4Relative to the x-th4+1 pixel line pH X4+12 subpixels sp are shrunk; wherein x is4Is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.
This embodiment provides a display panel including a plurality of pixel rows adjacent to two shaped boundaries (a first shaped boundary and a second shaped boundary). At least three adjacent pixel rows are included in a group, and in the three adjacent pixel rows: at a first end adjacent to the first shaped boundary, the xth 41 pixel row relative to the x-th pixel4Shrinking the pixel row by 2 sub-pixels sp at a second end adjacent to the second special-shaped boundary4-1 likeElement row relative to x4Shrinking the pixel row by 1 sub-pixel sp; at a first end adjacent to the first shaped boundary, the xth4Pixel row relative to the x-th4A 1 st sub-pixel sp within the +1 pixel row at a second end adjacent to the second special-shaped boundary, the xth sub-pixel sp4Pixel row relative to the x-th4The +1 pixel row is scaled by 2 sub-pixels sp. The length of the steps formed at the two ends of the two adjacent pixel rows is smaller, so that the sawtooth feeling during display can be reduced, and the display effect is improved.
Optionally, in the display panel provided by the present invention, the arrangement modes of sub-pixels in all pixel units in the display area are the same. For example, in the display panel shown in fig. 13 or fig. 14, the subpixels in all the pixel units in the display area may be arranged in sequence along the first direction a, and may be a red subpixel, a green subpixel, and a blue subpixel. The sub-pixels in the display area are regularly arranged, which is beneficial to the design and arrangement of the driving circuit in the display panel.
It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the irregular boundary is schematically represented by a straight line, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and the irregular boundary may also be an arc line with a certain radius of curvature.
Further, the present invention also provides a display device, and fig. 15 is a schematic view of the display device according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 15, the display device includes any one of the display panels 100 provided in the embodiments of the present invention. The display device provided by the embodiment of the invention can be any electronic product with a display function, including but not limited to the following categories: the mobile terminal comprises a television, a notebook computer, a desktop display, a tablet computer, a digital camera, a mobile phone, an intelligent bracelet, intelligent glasses, a vehicle-mounted display, medical equipment, industrial control equipment, a touch interaction terminal and the like.
According to the embodiment, the display panel and the display device of the invention have the following beneficial effects:
in the display panel provided by the invention, the display area is divided into a plurality of pixel units, wherein one pixel unit comprises three sub-pixels with different colors, and all the pixel units in the display area can realize different gray scale display. The pixel units comprise first pixel units adjacent to the special-shaped boundary, the arrangement modes of sub-pixels in each first pixel unit are the same along the extending direction of the special-shaped boundary, and at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, one pixel row in any two adjacent pixel rows is retracted by n sub-pixels (n is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2) relative to the other pixel row, namely the length of a step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows is less than or equal to the width of the two sub-pixels, the length of the step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows can be obviously reduced, the size of the step formed by the two adjacent pixel rows at the side close to the special-shaped boundary can be reduced, the sawtooth feeling during display can be reduced, and the display effect is improved.
Although some specific embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail by way of examples, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the above examples are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the above embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims.

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1. A display panel, comprising: a display area having a shaped boundary;
the display area comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, the sub-pixels are arranged along a first direction to form pixel rows, the sub-pixels are arranged along a second direction to form pixel columns, the first direction is crossed with the second direction, the display area is divided into a plurality of pixel units, one pixel unit comprises three sub-pixels with different colors, the plurality of pixel units comprise first pixel units adjacent to the special-shaped boundary, and the arrangement mode of the sub-pixels in each first pixel unit in the direction extending along the special-shaped boundary is the same;
the pixel unit comprises a main sub-pixel and two auxiliary sub-pixels, and in the pixel unit, the main sub-pixel and one auxiliary sub-pixel are positioned in the same pixel row and the other auxiliary sub-pixel are positioned in the same pixel column;
in a plurality of said pixel rows adjacent to the same said shaped boundary: at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, one pixel row in any two adjacent pixel rows is retracted by n sub-pixels relative to the other pixel row, wherein n is an integer and is more than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 2.
2. The display panel according to claim 1,
in the first pixel unit, two sub-pixels are adjacent to the special-shaped boundary; the pixel row comprises adjacent xth1Pixel row and xth1+1 pixel row at the edge near the shaped boundary, the xth pixel row1Pixel row with respect to the x-th1Retracting 1 said sub-pixel in +1 pixel row, wherein x1Is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.
3. The display panel according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of pixel units further comprises a second pixel unit located on a side of the first pixel unit away from the shaped boundary;
the display region comprises a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group comprises two second pixel units, and the sub-pixels are arranged in an array of 2 rows by 3 columns in each pixel group;
in a plurality of the pixel rows adjacent to the shaped boundary: the first pixel unit is adjacent to one of the pixel groups, and a plurality of the same pixel groups are arranged along the first direction.
4. The display panel according to claim 1,
in the first pixel unit, the main sub-pixel and one of the sub-pixels are adjacent to the special-shaped boundary;
the sub-pixels in the pixel row adjacent to the shaped boundary are edge sub-pixels,
the pixel rows comprise adjacentX th2Pixel row, xth2+1 pixel row and xth pixel row2+2 pixel rows at the same end of the pixel row, the xth pixel row2Edge sub-pixel and x-th sub-pixel of pixel row2The edge sub-pixels of the +1 pixel row are flush, the x-th pixel row2+1 pixel row relative to the xth pixel row2Retracting 1 or 2 of the sub-pixels in the +2 pixel row;
wherein x is22m-1, m is a positive integer of 1 or more.
5. The display panel according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of pixel units further comprises a second pixel unit located on a side of the first pixel unit away from the shaped boundary;
the display area comprises a plurality of pixel groups, each pixel group comprises two second pixel units on one side far away from the special-shaped boundary, and in each pixel group, the sub-pixels are arranged in an array of 2 rows by 3 columns, wherein the sub-pixels which are adjacent and have the same color are positioned in the same column;
wherein the first pixel unit and one of the second pixel units adjacent in the first direction constitute one of the pixel groups.
6. The display panel according to claim 1,
the color of the main sub-pixel is any one of red, blue and green.
7. The display panel according to claim 1,
in the first pixel unit, three sub-pixels with different colors are arranged along the first direction;
in a plurality of said pixel rows adjacent to the same said shaped boundary: and at the edge close to the special-shaped boundary, one pixel row in any two adjacent pixel rows is retracted by 1 or 2 sub-pixels relative to the other pixel row.
8. The display panel according to claim 7,
the arrangement modes of the sub-pixels in all the first pixel units are the same.
9. The display panel according to claim 7,
the shaped boundaries include a first shaped boundary and a second shaped boundary, the row of pixels adjacent to the shaped boundary includes a first end and a second end opposite along the first direction; wherein the first shaped boundary is adjacent the first end and the second shaped boundary is adjacent the second end;
the pixel row comprises adjacent xth3Pixel row and xth3+1 pixel row at the first end, the x-th pixel row3Pixel row with respect to the x-th3Retracting 1 said sub-pixel in +1 pixel row; at the second end, the x-th3Pixel row with respect to the x-th32 said sub-pixels are shrunk in +1 pixel row;
wherein x is3Is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.
10. The display panel according to claim 7,
the shaped boundaries include a first shaped boundary and a second shaped boundary, the row of pixels adjacent to the shaped boundary includes a first end and a second end opposite along the first direction; wherein the first shaped boundary is adjacent the first end and the second shaped boundary is adjacent the second end;
the pixel row comprises adjacent xth4-1 pixel row, x4Pixel row and xth4+1 pixel row at the first end, the x-th pixel row4-1 pixel row relative to the xth4Shrinking the pixel row by 2 sub-pixels, the xth4Pixel row with respect to the x-th4Retracting 1 said sub-pixel in +1 pixel row; at the second end, the x-th4-1 pixel rowRelative to the x-th4Shrinking the pixel row by 1 sub-pixel, the x-th4Pixel row with respect to the x-th42 said sub-pixels are shrunk in +1 pixel row;
wherein x is4Is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.
11. A display device characterized by comprising the display panel according to any one of claims 1 to 10.
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