# US 12,604,645 B2 · Display panel and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,645 B2 - Document ID: US12604645B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/260,561 - Filed: 2022-04-12 - Published: 2024-11-21 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-04-12 - Assignees: Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Bo Shi; Xiaoxue Wen; Rui Zhou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604645B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/879: {comprising refractive means, e.g. lenses} - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes} - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - H10K 59/873: {Encapsulations} - G06F 2203/04111: Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate - G06F 2203/04112: Electrode mesh in capacitive digitiser: electrode for touch sensing is formed of a mesh of very fine, normally metallic, interconnected lines that are almost invisible to see. This provides a quite large but transparent electrode surface, without need for ITO or similar transparent conductive material - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A display panel includes a driving backplane, a light-emitting layer, a lens layer, and a cover plate. The light-emitting layer is arranged on a side of the driving backplane and includes a plurality of light-emitting devices. The lens layer is arranged on a side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving backplane and includes a plurality of lens groups. One lens group is arranged corresponding to at least one light-emitting device. The lens group includes a central lens and a peripheral lens surrounding the central lens. The central lens and the peripheral lens include an inner light-transmissive area and an outer light-transmissive area surrounding the inner light-transmissive area. The refractive index of the inner light-transmissive area is greater than that of the outer light-transmissive area in the same lens group. The cover plate is arranged on a side of the lens layer away from the driving backplane. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel, comprising: a driving backplane; a light-emitting layer, arranged on a side of the driving backplane, and comprising a plurality of light-emitting devices arranged in an array; a lens layer, arranged on a side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving backplane, and comprising a plurality of lens groups arranged in an array, wherein one of the lens groups is arranged corresponding to at least one of the light-emitting devices, wherein the lens group comprises a central lens and at least one peripheral lens surrounding the central lens, wherein each of the central lens and the at least one peripheral lens comprises an inner light-transmissive area and an outer light-transmissive area fitting the inner light-transmissive area and surrounding the inner light-transmissive area, and wherein in a same lens group, a refractive index of the inner light-transmissive area is greater than a refractive index of the outer light-transmissive area; and a cover plate, arranged on a side of the lens layer away from the driving backplane. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises: a touch electrode layer, arranged on the side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving backplane, wherein the lens layer covers the touch electrode layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display panel according to claim 2, wherein the touch electrode layer is a mesh structure having a plurality of mesh holes and formed by connecting a plurality of channel lines; an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of at least one of the lens groups is located within an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of one of the mesh holes; and an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of one of the light-emitting devices is located within an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of one of the lens groups. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display panel according to claim 3, wherein a width of the channel line is smaller than a distance between two adjacent ones of the lens groups, and an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the channel line is located outside of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the lens group. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The display panel according to claim 2, wherein the display panel further comprises: an encapsulation layer, covering the light-emitting layer; a buffer layer, covering the encapsulation layer; a transfer layer, arranged on a surface of the buffer layer away from the driving backplane, and comprising a plurality of transfer bridges; and an isolation layer, covering the transfer layer, wherein the touch electrode layer is arranged on a surface of the isolation layer away from the driving backplane, the touch electrode layer comprises a plurality of first electrode blocks and a plurality of second electrode blocks, and the first electrode blocks are connected by the transfer bridges to form a plurality of first touch electrodes, and the second electrode blocks are connected to form a plurality of second touch electrodes intersecting with the first touch electrodes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the lens layer further comprises: a spacer, arranged on a same layer as each lens group and used for separating each lens group, wherein one of the inner light-transmissive area and the outer light-transmissive area is made of a same material as the spacer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display panel according to claim 6, wherein the lens layer further comprises: a cover layer, covering the lens groups and the spacer, wherein the cover layer, the spacer, and the inner light-transmissive area are integrally structured. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The display panel according to claim 6, wherein the lens layer further comprises: a cover layer, covering the lens groups and the spacer, wherein the cover layer, the spacer, and the outer light-transmissive area are integrally structured. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein a boundary of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the light-emitting device coincides with an inner boundary of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the outer light-transmissive area of a respective central lens. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein orthographic projections on the driving backplane of the light-emitting device and the inner light-transmissive area and the outer light-transmissive area of a respective lens group are in a same shape. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display panel according to claim 10, wherein, among one of the light-emitting devices and a respective lens group, a boundary of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the light-emitting device is in a shape of polygon, a boundary of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the inner light-transmissive area of the central lens is in a shape of polygon, and an outer boundary of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the inner light-transmissive area of the peripheral lens is in a shape of polygon; each side of the boundary of the orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the light-emitting device is parallel to or coincides with a respective side of the inner boundary of the orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the outer light-transmissive area of the central lens; and each side of the boundary of the orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the light-emitting device is parallel to a respective side of the outer boundary of the orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the inner light-transmissive area of the peripheral lens. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the display panel further comprises: a color filter layer, arranged on a side of the lens layer away from the driving backplane, and comprising color resists each corresponding to a respective one of the light-emitting devices. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein an inner peripheral surface of each of the outer light-transmissive areas is a slope surface expanding in a direction away from the driving backplane. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display panel according to claim 13, wherein a width between an inner boundary and an outer boundary of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the outer light-transmissive area is greater than or equal to 2 μm and less than or equal to 3 μm. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The display panel according to claim 13, wherein a slope angle of the slope surface is greater than or equal to 50° and less than or equal to 90°. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display panel according to claim 1, wherein a refractive index of the inner light-transmissive area is greater than or equal to 1.6 and less than or equal to 1.75; and a refractive index of the outer light-transmissive area is greater than or equal to 1.4 and less than or equal to 1.55. ### Claim 17 A display device, comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises: a driving backplane; a light-emitting layer, arranged on a side of the driving backplane, and comprising a plurality of light-emitting devices arranged in an array; a lens layer, arranged on a side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving backplane, and comprising a plurality of lens groups arranged in an array, wherein one of the lens groups is arranged corresponding to at least one of the light-emitting devices, wherein the lens group comprises a central lens and at least one peripheral lens surrounding the central lens, wherein each of the central lens and the at least one peripheral lens comprises an inner light-transmissive area and an outer light-transmissive area fitting the inner light-transmissive area and surrounding the inner light-transmissive area, and wherein in a same lens group, a refractive index of the inner light-transmissive area is greater than a refractive index of the outer light-transmissive area; and a cover plate, arranged on a side of the lens layer away from the driving backplane. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, wherein the display panel further comprises: a touch electrode layer, arranged on the side of the light-emitting layer away from the driving backplane, wherein the lens layer covers the touch electrode layer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, wherein the lens layer further comprises: a spacer, arranged on a same layer as each lens group and used for separating each lens group, wherein one of the inner light-transmissive area and the outer light-transmissive area is made of a same material as the spacer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, wherein a boundary of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the light-emitting device coincides with an inner boundary of an orthographic projection on the driving backplane of the outer light-transmissive area of a respective central lens.