# US 12,601,899 B2 · Display device

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- Number: US 12,601,899 B2
- Document ID: US12601899B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/135,462
- Filed: 2023-04-17
- Published: 2023-08-10
- Granted: 2026-04-14
- Earliest claimed: 2022-10-31
- Assignees: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.; Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
- Applicants: Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd.; Wuhan Tianma Microelectronics Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch
- Inventors: Yanhua Liu; Mingyan Huang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601899B2

## CPC

- G02B 13/0065: {having a beam-folding prism or mirror}
- H04N 23/53: of electronic viewfinders, e.g. rotatable or detachable
- H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

Provided is a display device. The display device includes a primary display screen, a secondary display screen, an image acquisition unit, a primary display region, and a secondary display region. The primary display region is connected to the secondary display region. The primary display screen is disposed in the primary display region. The secondary display screen is disposed in the secondary display region. In a first display state, a gap exists between the primary display screen and the secondary display screen in a first direction. The length of a section line segment of a light receiving surface of the image acquisition unit on a first plane is L2. The length L1 of the gap between the primary display screen and the secondary display screen in the first direction satisfies that L1<L2.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device for imaging and displaying, comprising:
a primary display screen, a secondary display screen, an image acquisition unit, a primary display region, and a secondary display region, wherein
the primary display screen is used for main displaying, and the secondary display screen is used for imaging and auxiliary displaying;
the primary display region is connected to the secondary display region;
the primary display screen is disposed in the primary display region, the secondary display screen is disposed in the secondary display region, and in a first display state, a gap exists between the primary display screen and the secondary display screen in a first direction, wherein the first direction is a light emission direction of the secondary display screen, and the first direction is perpendicular to a front surface of the primary display screen;
a width of a light receiving surface of the image acquisition unit is L2; and
a length L1 of the gap between the primary display screen and the secondary display screen in the first direction satisfies that L1<L2.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a transflective mirror located in the secondary display region and on a light emission side of the secondary display screen, wherein
the transflective mirror comprises a first reflective surface facing away from the secondary display screen, and an orientation of the first reflective surface is inclined from the first direction toward the primary display screen so that external reflected light is at least reflected toward the gap between the primary display screen and the secondary display screen, wherein the external reflected light is reflected light of external incident light on the first reflective surface.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The display device according to claim 2, wherein
the transflective mirror comprises a first side edge and a second side edge that are opposite to each other;
the first side edge is attached to a side edge of the secondary display screen facing the primary display region;
a projection of the second side edge in a second direction coincides with a back surface of the primary display screen, and the second direction is a direction of the secondary display region facing the primary display region; and
a vertical projection of the second side edge on a plane where the secondary display screen is located coincides with a side edge of the secondary display region facing away from the primary display region.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The display device according to claim 2, wherein an included angle θ between at least a partial region of the first reflective surface and a plane where the secondary display screen is located satisfies that θ<45°.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The display device according to claim 4, further comprising:
at least one reflective mirror disposed on a back surface of the primary display screen and located on an optical path of the external reflected light, wherein
on the optical path of the external reflected light, the image acquisition unit is located after the at least one reflective mirror;
the at least one reflective mirror comprises a first reflective mirror, and a side edge of the first reflective mirror is attached to a side edge of the primary display screen facing the secondary display region; and
an included angle α between at least a partial region of the first reflective mirror and a plane where the primary display screen is located satisfies that 0≤α≤θ.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the light receiving surface of the image acquisition unit is parallel to a light emission surface of the secondary display screen and faces the primary display screen.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The display device according to claim 6, wherein the image acquisition unit is located on a side of a plane where the secondary display screen is located facing away from the primary display screen.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The display device according to claim 6, wherein a vertical projection of the light receiving surface of the image acquisition unit on a plane where the secondary display screen is located is connected to the secondary display screen.

### Claim 9 (depends on 4)

The display device according to claim 4, wherein the first reflective surface is a plane, and the included angle θ further satisfies that θ≥θmin, wherein θmin satisfies that L3*tan θmin=L2*tan θmin+L2*tan (π/2−2*θmin), and L3 denotes a width of the secondary display screen.

### Claim 10 (depends on 3)

The display device according to claim 3, wherein
the secondary display region comprises at least a first transflective region and a second transflective region, and the first transflective region is located on a side of the second transflective region facing away from the primary display region in the second direction; and
a propagation direction of external reflected light formed by the first reflective surface in the first transflective region is different from a propagation direction of external reflected light formed by the first reflective surface in the second transflective region.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The display device according to claim 10, wherein at least one prism structure is disposed on the first reflective surface in the first transflective region.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The display device according to claim 10, wherein an included angle between the first reflective surface in the first transflective region and the plane where the secondary display screen is located is unequal to an included angle between the first reflective surface in the second transflective region and the plane where the secondary display screen is located.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The display device according to claim 12, wherein the included angle between the first reflective surface in the first transflective region and the plane where the secondary display screen is located is θ1, and the included angle between the first reflective surface in the second transflective region and the plane where the secondary display screen is located is θ2, and θ1 and θ2 satisfy that θ1>θ2.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The display device according to claim 12, wherein a first reflective mirror comprises at least a first reflective region and a second reflective region, the first reflective mirror in the first reflective region is parallel to the transflective mirror in the first transflective region, and a second reflective mirror in the second reflective region is parallel to the transflective mirror in the second transflective region.

### Claim 15 (depends on 10)

The display device according to claim 10, wherein a plurality of transflective sub-mirrors is disposed on the first reflective surface in the first transflective region, and an included angle θ1′ between a plane where each of the plurality of transflective sub-mirrors is located and the plane where the secondary display screen is located and an included angle θ2 between the first reflective surface in the second transflective region and the plane where the secondary display screen is located satisfy that θ1′>θ2.

### Claim 16 (depends on 3)

The display device according to claim 3, wherein the transflective mirror is a negative cylindrical mirror, an axial meridian of the transflective mirror is parallel to a plane where the secondary display region is located, and an included angle θ between a chord surface of the transflective mirror and the plane where the secondary display screen is located satisfies that θ<45°;
wherein a first reflective mirror is a negative cylindrical mirror, an axial meridian of the first reflective mirror is parallel to the plane where the secondary display region is located, and a chord surface of the first reflective mirror is parallel to the chord surface of the transflective mirror; and
wherein the first reflective mirror and the transflective mirror satisfy a following condition: R1=R2=D, wherein R1 denotes a focal length of the transflective mirror, R2 denotes a focal length of the first reflective mirror, and D denotes a distance between a center point of the first reflective mirror and a center point of the transflective mirror.

### Claim 17 (depends on 11)

The display device according to claim 11, wherein rays of reflected light formed by the external reflected light on a first reflective mirror are parallel to each other.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The display device according to claim 17, wherein
projections of the external reflected light on the first reflective mirror are consecutive; and
the width of the light receiving surface of the image acquisition unit is equal to a width of the secondary display screen.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a magnifier located in the secondary display region and on a light emission side of the secondary display screen, wherein the magnifier and the primary display screen are located in a same plane.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The display device according to claim 1, wherein the front surface of the primary display screen is parallel to a light emission surface of the secondary display screen.