KR20240050137A - Display apparatus with lighting - Google Patents

Abstract

A display device equipped with lighting, comprising a display panel for displaying an image, a lighting unit provided in one area of the display panel, including one or more optical fibers that emit light and a light source that supplies light to the one or more optical fibers, and It may include a finishing panel that accommodates the display panel.

Description

Display device having lighting {DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH LIGHTING}

The present invention relates to a display device equipped with lighting, and more specifically, to a display device capable of producing various lighting effects on a display device using optical fibers.

As the information society develops, the demand for display devices that display images is increasing in various forms. Recently, various flat panel display devices such as liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light display (OLED), and plasma display panel device (PDP) have been used.

Such display devices commonly include a display panel that implements an image as an essential component, and have a structure in which a frame surrounds the display panel. The display panel constitutes an image area, and the frame at the edge surrounding the display panel constitutes a non-image area.

Recently, display devices are used not only to simply display images, but also to decorate interiors. For example, a decoration technology is being applied to the frame portion, which is the non-image area of a display device, by plating extruded aluminum with nickel chrome to give it gloss to decorate the frame portion. However, decoration using nickel plating has the disadvantage of increasing manufacturing costs due to the plating process.

In addition, Korea Public Utility Model No. 20-2013-0004250 introduces a technology for decorating the frame by placing light sources such as LED elements on the back of the frame of a display device to emit light.

The display device in the prior literature has a disadvantage in that the display device must be designed taking into account the space of the printed circuit board (PCB) for mounting the light source of the LED device on the back of the frame.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problem, and seeks to provide a display device equipped with lighting that can produce various lighting effects on the display device using optical fibers.

The technical problem to be achieved in the present invention is not limited to the technical problem mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned can be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. There will be.

As a means to achieve the above-described technical problem, a display device equipped with lighting according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display panel that displays an image, one or more provided in one area of the display panel, and emitting light. It may include a lighting unit including an optical fiber and a light source that supplies light to the one or more optical fibers, and a finishing panel accommodating the display panel.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, the light source may be either an LED device or a laser.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, the display panel may further include a light control module that is provided on the back of the display panel and adjusts the illuminance of light emitted from the one or more optical fibers.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, the one or more optical fibers may be side-emitting optical fibers that emit a portion of the light supplied to one end through the light source to the side before reaching the other end.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, the one or more optical fibers may have a strip shape surrounding an outer edge of the display panel.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, the circumferential length of the one or more optical fibers may be equal to or smaller than the outer circumferential length of the display panel.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, one end and the other end of the one or more optical fibers may be disposed on one side of the display panel with a predetermined width and spaced apart from each other.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, the finishing panel may fixedly couple the one or more optical fibers and the display panel so that the one or more optical fibers and the display panel are positioned on the same plane.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, the finishing panel may be a light-transmissive material that transmits light emitted from the one or more optical fibers to the outside.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, the finishing panel may be a touch panel that generates a touch signal when touched.

According to a display device equipped with lighting according to various embodiments of the present invention, various lighting effects can be created in the display device using optical fibers.

Additionally, according to the present invention, the cost for decorating the display device can be reduced.

Additionally, according to the present invention, visual attention can be focused by installing optical fibers in the display device.

1A and 1B are front and rear views, respectively, of a display device equipped with lighting using optical fibers according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a diagram showing an exploded perspective view of a display device equipped with lighting using optical fibers according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a state of use of a display device equipped with lighting using an optical fiber according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an optical fiber is installed on the back of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, various embodiments are described in detail with reference to the attached drawings.

Regardless of the reference numerals, identical or similar components are assigned the same reference numbers and duplicate descriptions thereof may be omitted.

The suffixes 'module' or 'part' for the components used in the following description are given or used interchangeably only considering the ease of writing the specification, and do not have a distinct meaning or role in themselves. Additionally, 'module' or 'unit' refers to software or hardware components such as FPGA (field programmable gate array) or ASIC (application specific integrated circuit), but is not limited to software or hardware. A 'part' or 'module' may be configured to reside on an addressable storage medium and may be configured to run on one or more processors. Therefore, as an example, 'part' or 'module' refers to components such as software components, object-oriented software components, class components and task components, processes, functions, properties, May include procedures, subroutines, segments of program code, drivers, firmware, microcode, circuitry, data, databases, data structures, tables, arrays, and variables. The functionality provided within one component, 'part' or 'module' may be combined into a smaller number of components and 'parts' or 'modules' or may be combined into additional components and 'parts' or 'modules'. can be further separated into

The steps of the method or algorithm described in connection with some embodiments of the invention may be implemented directly in hardware, software modules, or a combination of the two executed by a processor. Software modules may reside in RAM memory, flash memory, ROM memory, EPROM memory, EEPROM memory, registers, hard disk, removable disk, CD-ROM, or any other form of recording medium known in the art. An exemplary recording medium is coupled to a processor, which can read information from the recording medium and write information to the storage medium. Alternatively, the recording medium may be integrated with the processor. The processor and recording medium may reside within an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC). The ASIC may reside within the user terminal.

Terms containing ordinal numbers, such as first, second, etc., may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms. The above terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another.

When a component is said to be 'connected' or 'connected' to another component, it is understood that it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but that other components may exist in between. It should be. On the other hand, when a component is mentioned as being 'directly connected' or 'directly connected' to another component, it should be understood that there are no other components in between.

1A, 1B, and 2 are diagrams showing a front view, a rear view, and an exploded perspective view, respectively, of a display device 100 equipped with lighting using an optical fiber according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1A to 2, the display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display panel 110, a lighting unit, and a finishing panel 130.

The display panel 110 displays images and is available in various types such as a liquid crystal display panel, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel, and an electroluminescent display panel. It can be implemented.

According to one embodiment, when the display panel 110 is implemented as an LCD, the display panel 110 may further include a backlight unit that provides light to display the image clearly, and the display panel 110 may further include a backlight unit that provides light to display the image clearly. It may take the form of an assembly accommodated together by a panel case with the backlight unit located at the rear.

According to one embodiment, the display panel 110 may include a display area that displays an image and a non-display area that does not display an image. The display area may be defined as a central portion of the display panel 110, and the non-display area may be defined as an edge portion of the display panel 110 to surround the display area.

According to one embodiment, the width of the non-display areas at the top and bottom of the display panel 110 may be wider than the width of the non-display areas at both left and right ends of the display panel 110. However, this is an example and is not limited thereto.

The lighting unit is provided in one area of the display panel 110 and may include one or more optical fibers 120 that emit light to the outside and a light source 121 that supplies light to the one or more optical fibers 120.

The light source 121 is implemented as an LED device or a laser that displays various colors, and is provided at one end of the optical fiber 120 to supply light. The optical fiber 120 can transmit light incident on one end through the light source 121 to the other end. In this case, a plurality of light reflection grooves 123 may be formed on one side of the optical fiber 120 along the longitudinal direction of the optical fiber 120. The light reflection groove 123 may have a V-shape that reflects light incident on one end of the optical fiber 120 or totally reflected from the optical fiber 120 diagonally based on a normal line perpendicular to the optical fiber 120. That is, the light incident into the optical fiber 120 through the light source 121 is reflected in the light reflection groove 123 and is emitted toward the side (or outward direction) of the optical fiber 120. That is, the decoration effect of the display device 100 can be obtained by emitting side light using one or more optical fibers 120.

According to one embodiment, the optical fiber 120 may be formed in a strip shape surrounding the outer edge of the display panel 110. In this case, the length of the optical fiber 120 may be equal to the outer circumference length of the display panel 110 or may be smaller than the outer circumference length of the display panel 110.

For example, the optical fiber 120 may be formed to surround an area excluding a portion of the outer edge of the display panel 110. The area excluding a portion of the outer edge of the display panel 110 may be an area where one end and the other end of the optical fiber 120 are located, as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B.

That is, the length of the optical fiber 120 is formed to be equal to or smaller than the outer circumferential length of the display panel 110, so that one end and the other end of the optical fiber 120 are in one area of the outer edge of the display panel 110. They can be placed spaced apart with a certain width.

In addition, the area of the display panel 110 for installing the optical fiber 120 is not necessarily limited to this, and the optical fiber 120 is modified and assembled into various shapes according to the concept of the display device 100 to form the display panel 110. ) can be installed in one area. For example, by placing the optical fiber 120 on the back of the display panel 110 (for example, see FIG. 4) or in a non-display area that does not display images, visual attention is focused on the display device 100. You can also do it.

The finishing panel 130 can protect the display panel 110 while the display panel 110 is accommodated therein. According to one embodiment, the finishing panel 130 is made of glass or a light-transmissive material so that the image displayed on the display panel 110 can be viewed from the outside, or the light emitted from the optical fiber 120 can be transmitted. can be formed. For example, the finishing panel 130 may be made of a material such as polycarbonate (PC) or ABS resin, which has excellent molding processability, mechanical properties, and thermal stability.

Additionally, according to one embodiment, when the finishing panel 130 is formed so that the optical fiber 120 surrounds the outer edge of the display panel 110, the optical fiber 120 and the display panel 110 are positioned on the same plane. The optical fiber 120 and the display panel 110 can be fixed and combined to do so. That is, the display panel 110 and one or more optical fibers 120 may be sequentially stacked and integrated by the finishing panel 130.

According to another embodiment, the finishing panel 130 may be a touch panel that generates a touch signal according to the touched coordinates when touched. The touch panel may be in the form of a touch sheet overlapping the finishing panel 130, and the touch sheet may be implemented as a capacitive or pressure-sensitive touch sheet. When the finishing panel 130 is implemented as a touch panel, operations may be performed according to the image displayed on the display panel 110 by inputting touch coordinates. Hereinafter, the display device 100 having a dual display panel 110 will be described.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are diagrams illustrating a state of use of a display device 100 equipped with lighting using an optical fiber according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 3A and 3B will describe a display device 100 having a dual display structure for displaying first and second images.

The display device 100 having a dual display structure may include a first display panel 111 that displays a first image and a second display panel 112 that displays a second image. As shown in FIG. 3A, one or more optical fibers 120 may be installed around the first and second display panels 111 and 112 to emit light.

According to one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3B, the light control module 122 for controlling the illuminance of the light emitted from the optical fiber 120 is connected to the first display panel 111 and/or the second display panel 112. ) can be provided on the back of the.

The light control module 122 controls the brightness and color of the light source 121, enabling various visual presentations for the optical fiber 120 and adding glamor to the first and second display panels 111 and 112. At the same time, it can provide the effect of focusing attention on the first and second images displayed on the first and second display panels 111 and 112. That is, the light control module 122 can improve the user's immersion in the first and second images by appropriately controlling the illuminance of the light emitted from the optical fiber 120.

Figure 4 is a diagram illustrating a state in which an optical fiber is installed on the back of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the optical fiber 120 may be installed on the back of the display panel 110 according to the concept of the display device 100. For example, the optical fiber 120 may be arranged on the back of the display panel 110 in various shapes, and depending on the arrangement of the optical fiber 120, it may attract the attention of the user using the display device 100 and other users. You can.

As described above, according to the display device 100 equipped with lighting according to various embodiments of the present invention, various lighting effects can be created on the display device 100 using optical fibers.

Meanwhile, various embodiments described in this specification may be implemented by hardware, middleware, microcode, software, and/or a combination thereof. For example, various embodiments may include one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). ), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions presented herein, or a combination thereof.

Additionally, for example, various embodiments may be encoded or embodied in a computer-readable medium containing instructions. Instructions contained or encoded in a computer-readable medium may cause a programmable processor or other processor to perform a method, for example, when the instructions are executed. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media, which may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. For example, such computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage media, magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices.

Such hardware, software, firmware, etc. may be implemented within the same device or within individual devices to support the various operations and functions described herein. Additionally, components, units, modules, components, etc. described as “~” in the present invention may be implemented together or individually as separate but interoperable logic devices. The description of different features for modules, units, etc. is intended to highlight different functional embodiments and does not necessarily imply that they must be realized by individual hardware or software components. Rather, functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware or software components or may be integrated within common or separate hardware or software components.

Although operations are shown in the drawings in a particular order, it should not be understood that these operations are performed in the particular order shown, or in sequential order, or that all depicted operations need to be performed to achieve the desired results. . In some environments, multitasking and parallel processing can be advantageous. Moreover, the distinction of various components in the above-described embodiments should not be construed as requiring such a distinction in all embodiments, and the described components are generally integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products. It must be understood that it can be done.

As described above, the optimal embodiments are disclosed in the drawings and specifications. Although specific terms are used here, they are used only for the purpose of explaining the present invention and are not used to limit the meaning or scope of the present invention described in the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and other equivalent embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical spirit of the attached patent claims.

100: display device 110: display panel
120: optical fiber 130: finishing panel
111: first display panel 112: second display panel
121: light source 122: light control module
123: Light reflection groove

Claims (10)

A display panel that displays images;
a lighting unit provided in one area of the display panel and including one or more optical fibers that emit light and a light source that supplies light to the one or more optical fibers; and
Includes a finishing panel that accommodates the display panel,
A display device in which a V-shaped light reflection groove is formed on one side of the optical fiber.
According to paragraph 1,
A display device wherein the light source is either an LED element or a laser.
According to paragraph 1,
The display device further includes a light control module provided on a rear surface of the display panel and configured to adjust the illuminance of light emitted from the one or more optical fibers.
According to paragraph 1,
The light reflection groove reflects part of the light incident on one end of the optical fiber through the light source toward the side of the optical fiber before reaching the other end of the optical fiber.
According to paragraph 1,
The one or more optical fibers have a band shape surrounding an outer edge of the display panel.
According to clause 5,
A display device wherein the circumferential length of the one or more optical fibers is equal to or smaller than an outer circumferential length of the display panel.
According to clause 5,
A display device, wherein one end and the other end of the one or more optical fibers have a predetermined width and are spaced apart from each other and disposed on one side of the display panel.
According to clause 5,
The display device wherein the finishing panel fixedly couples the one or more optical fibers and the display panel so that the one or more optical fibers and the display panel are positioned on the same plane.
According to paragraph 1,
The finishing panel is a display device made of a light-transmissive material that transmits light emitted from the one or more optical fibers to the outside.
According to paragraph 1,
The finishing panel is a display device that is a touch panel that generates a touch signal when touched.

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