# US 2013/0155056 A1 · Display panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2013/0155056 A1 - Document ID: US20130155056A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/691,939 - Filed: 2012-12-03 - Published: 2013-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2011-12-15 - Assignees: Au Optronics Corporation - Inventors: Yan-Ciao CHEN; Yu-Sheng Huang; Chia-Lun Chiang; Meng-Ju Tsai - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130155056A1 ## CPC - G09G 5/026: {Control of mixing and/or overlay of colours in general (G09G5/022 and G09G5/024 take precedence)} - G09G 3/20: for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters} - H04N 13/00: Stereoscopic video systems; Multi-view video systems; Details thereof - H04N 13/315: the parallax barriers being time-variant - H04N 13/356: having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Pixel structural designs on a display panel are disclosed. Each pixel on the display panel includes a plurality of sub-pixels. The sub-pixels are arranged sequentially along a vertical direction and used for displaying different colors in a circle. The display panel in the disclosure can be switched between a two-dimensional mode and a three-dimensional mode. In the three-dimensional mode, parts of the sub-pixels are disabled for forming a shielding area. Other adjacent sub-pixels form a pixel displaying unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display panel, comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising at least a first sub-pixel, at least a second sub-pixel, at least a third sub-pixel and at least a fourth sub-pixel arranged sequentially and repeatedly along a vertical direction, wherein, under a two-dimensional displaying mode, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction are correspondingly configured to display a first color, a second color, a third color and a fourth color, so as to form a pixel displaying unit; and wherein, under a three-dimensional displaying mode, the fourth sub-pixel forms a shielding area, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction are configured to form a pixel displaying unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color are respectively red, green, blue and white. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first color, the second color and the third color are three different primary colors, and the fourth color is a color mixed by at least two colors among the three primary colors. ### Claim 4 A display panel, comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising at least a first sub-pixel, at least a second sub-pixel, at least a third sub-pixel and at least a fourth sub-pixel arranged sequentially and repeatedly along a vertical direction, wherein, under a two-dimensional displaying mode, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction are correspondingly configured to display a first color, a second color, a third color and a fourth color, so as to form a pixel displaying unit; and wherein, under a three-dimensional displaying mode, the sub-pixels on (M−4) rows among every M rows along the vertical direction form a shielding area, four adjacent sub-pixels other than the shielding area along the vertical direction are configured to form one pixel displaying unit, M is an integer equal to or larger than 5. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein, when M is equal to 5, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction, or the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel and the first sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction, or the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction, or the fourth sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction are configured to form a pixel displaying unit. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein, when M is equal to 6, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction, or the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction are configured to form a pixel displaying unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The display panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color are respectively red, green, blue and white. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The display panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first color, the second color and the third color are three different primary colors, and the fourth color is a color mixed by at least two colors among the three primary colors. ### Claim 9 A display panel, comprising: a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, the sub-pixels comprising at least a first sub-pixel, at least a second sub-pixel and at least a third sub-pixel arranged sequentially and repeatedly along a vertical direction; wherein, under two-dimensional displaying mode, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction are correspondingly configured to display a first color, a second color and a third color, so as to form one pixel displaying unit; wherein, under a three-dimensional displaying mode, the sub-pixels on (N−3) rows among every N rows along the vertical direction form a shielding area, three adjacent sub-pixels other than the shielding area along the vertical direction are configured to form one pixel displaying unit, N is an integer equal to or larger than 4. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display panel as claimed in claim 9, wherein, when N is equal to 4, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction, or the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the first sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction, or the third sub-pixel, the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel adjacent along the vertical direction are configured to form a pixel displaying unit. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The display panel as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first color, the second color and the third color are respectively red, green and blue. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The display panel as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first color, the second color and the third color are three different primary colors.