# US 2017/0256232 A1 · Pixel structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0256232 A1 - Document ID: US20170256232A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/908,543 - Filed: 2015-12-23 - Published: 2017-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-13 - Assignees: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Liang Xu; Chiying Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170256232A1 ## CPC - G09G 5/02: characterised by the way in which colour is displayed {(details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} - G02F 1/134336: {Matrix} - G09F 9/302: characterised by the form or geometrical disposition of the individual elements - 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} - G09G 5/10: Intensity circuits - G09G 2300/0452: Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components - 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) - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract The present invention provides a pixel structure, which includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in the form of a point lattice exhibiting a honeycomb configuration comprising honeycomb cells each showing a regular hexagon having edges that have a length a; for two rows of the sub-pixels that are adjacent to each other in an up-down direction, the sub-pixels of one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of a and 2a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel (1), while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a second color sub-pixel (2); and, the sub-pixels of the other one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of 2a and a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel (1), while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a third color sub-pixel (3); for each column of the sub-pixels, multiple ones of the sub-pixels having the same color are arranged in a straight line in a vertical direction. Such a pixel structure achieves an effect of mimicking a high resolution with a low resolution and also reduces the design difficulty of a drive circuit thereby helping simplify the manufacturing process and lower down costs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pixel structure, comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of sub-pixels being arranged in the form of a point lattice exhibiting a honeycomb configuration comprising honeycomb cells each showing a regular hexagon having edges that have a length a, the sub-pixels being respectively located at vertices of the plurality of regular hexagons; the plurality of sub-pixels comprising a plurality of first color sub-pixels, a plurality of second color sub-pixels, and a plurality of third color sub-pixels; wherein for two rows of the sub-pixels that are adjacent to each other in an up-down direction, the sub-pixels of one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of a and 2a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel, while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a second color sub-pixel; and, the sub-pixels of the other one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of 2a and a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel, while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a third color sub-pixel; and for each column of the sub-pixels, multiple ones of the sub-pixels having the same color are arranged in a straight line in a vertical direction, while two columns that are adjacent to each other in a left-right direction comprise sub-pixels of different colors. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple first color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple second color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple first color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, and a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple third color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction are arranged, in such an order, from left to right. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first color sub-pixels each have a surface area that is ½ of a surface area of one second color sub-pixel and the surface area of each of the second color sub-pixels is identical to a surface area of one third color sub-pixel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of the first color sub-pixels and three other sub-pixels that are arranged with the first color sub-pixel as a center and are spaced from the first color sub-pixel by a distance a in different directions of edges of a hexagon collectively form a pixel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 4, wherein the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel, the third color sub-pixel is one of combinations of a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 5, wherein the first color sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel; the second color sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel; and the third color sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 6, wherein a ratio among numbers of green sub-pixels, red sub-pixels, and blue sub-pixels contained in each of the pixels is 1:1:2 or 1:2:1. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 7, wherein when the pixel of which the ratio of the numbers of the green sub-pixels, the red sub-pixels, and the blue sub-pixels is 1:1:2 display white color, the green sub-pixels and the red sub-pixels show brightness that is set at 100%, while the blue sub-pixels show brightness that is set at 50%; and when pixel of which the ratio of the numbers of the green sub-pixels, the red sub-pixels, and the blue sub-pixels is 1:2:1 display white color, the green sub-pixels and the blue sub-pixels show brightness that is set at 100%, while the red sub-pixels show brightness that is set at 50%. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein multiple scan lines that are respectively connected to the rows of the sub-pixels are arranged from top to bottom with identical spacing distances therebetween and multiple data lines that are respectively connected to the columns of the sub-pixels are arranged from left to right with alternate spacing distances of a/2 and a therebetween. ### Claim 10 A pixel structure, comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of sub-pixels being arranged in the form of a point lattice exhibiting a honeycomb configuration comprising honeycomb cells each showing a regular hexagon having edges that have a length a, the sub-pixels being respectively located at vertices of the plurality of regular hexagons; the plurality of sub-pixels comprising a plurality of first color sub-pixels, a plurality of second color sub-pixels, and a plurality of third color sub-pixels; wherein for two rows of the sub-pixels that are adjacent to each other in an up-down direction, the sub-pixels of one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of a and 2a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel, while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a second color sub-pixel; and, the sub-pixels of the other one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of 2a and a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel, while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a third color sub-pixel; and for each column of the sub-pixels, multiple ones of the sub-pixels having the same color are arranged in a straight line in a vertical direction, while two columns that are adjacent to each other in a left-right direction comprise sub-pixels of different colors; wherein a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple first color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple second color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple first color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, and a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple third color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction are arranged, in such an order, from left to right; wherein the first color sub-pixels each have a surface area that is ½ of a surface area of one second color sub-pixel and the surface area of each of the second color sub-pixels is identical to a surface area of one third color sub-pixel; and wherein multiple scan lines that are respectively connected to the rows of the sub-pixels are arranged from top to bottom with identical spacing distances therebetween and multiple data lines that are respectively connected to the columns of the sub-pixels are arranged from left to right with alternate spacing distances of a/2 and a therebetween. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 10, wherein each of the first color sub-pixels and three other sub-pixels that are arranged with the first color sub-pixel as a center and are spaced from the first color sub-pixel by a distance a in different directions of edges of a hexagon collectively form a pixel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 11, wherein the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel, the third color sub-pixel is one of combinations of a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 12, wherein the first color sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel; the second color sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel; and the third color sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 13, wherein a ratio among numbers of green sub-pixels, red sub-pixels, and blue sub-pixels contained in each of the pixels is 1:1:2 or 1:2:1. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The pixel structure as claimed in claim 14, wherein when the pixel of which the ratio of the numbers of the green sub-pixels, the red sub-pixels, and the blue sub-pixels is 1:1:2 display white color, the green sub-pixels and the red sub-pixels show brightness that is set at 100%, while the blue sub-pixels show brightness that is set at 50%; and when pixel of which the ratio of the numbers of the green sub-pixels, the red sub-pixels, and the blue sub-pixels is 1:2:1 display white color, the green sub-pixels and the blue sub-pixels show brightness that is set at 100%, while the red sub-pixels show brightness that is set at 50%.