# US 2018/0027228 A1 · Display Module, Display Device and Driving Method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0027228 A1 - Document ID: US20180027228A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/505,164 - Filed: 2016-06-29 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-01-04 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xiaochen Niu; Xue Dong; Xiaochuan Chen; Wenqing Zhao; Pengcheng Lu; Ming Yang; Qian Wang; Rui Xu; Lei Wang; Jian Gao - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180027228A1 ## CPC - H04N 13/315: the parallax barriers being time-variant - G02B 30/34: Stereoscopes providing a stereoscopic pair of separated images corresponding to parallactically displaced views of the same object, e.g. three-dimensional [3D] slide viewers - G02F 1/133621: {providing coloured light (G02F1/133617, G02F1/133533 take precedence)} - G09G 3/003: {to produce spatial visual effects} - G09G 3/04: for presentation of a single character by selection from a plurality of characters, or by composing the character by combination of individual elements, e.g. segments {using a combination of such display devices for composing words, rows or the like, in a frame with fixed character positions} - H04N 13/324: Colour aspects - H04N 13/356: having separate monoscopic and stereoscopic modes - H04N 13/359: Switching between monoscopic and stereoscopic modes - H10K 59/50: OLEDs integrated with light modulating elements, e.g. with electrochromic elements, photochromic elements or liquid crystal elements - G02F 1/1368: in which the switching element is a three-electrode device {(G02F1/136277 takes precedence)} - G02F 2201/44: Arrangements combining different electro-active layers, e.g. electrochromic, liquid crystal or electroluminescent layers - G02F 2203/34: Colour display without the use of colour mosaic filters - G09G 2300/0452: Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components - H10K 59/12: Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - 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 - 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) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display module capable of achieving a conversion between 2D display and 3D display, comprises a display panel and a light modulating component. The display panel comprises a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises three first sub-pixels arranged in a triangular pattern. All of the first sub-pixels are arranged in a plurality of rows in a first direction and in a plurality of rows in a second direction which is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the first sub-pixels in each row are arranged at intervals. The light modulating component comprises a first light modulating unit configured to adjust transmittance of light emitted to the left eye by the respective first sub-pixels of the display panel and a second light modulating unit configured to adjust transmittance of light emitted to the right eye by the respective first sub-pixels of the display panel. A display device and a driving method thereof are further disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display module, comprising a display panel and a light modulating component, wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of pixels, each of which comprises three first sub-pixels arranged in a triangular pattern, wherein all of the first sub-pixels are arranged in a plurality of rows in a first direction and in a plurality of rows in a second direction, and the first sub-pixels in each row are arranged at intervals, the first direction being substantially perpendicular to the second direction; and the light modulating component comprises a first light modulating unit configured to adjust transmittance of light emitted to the left eye by the respective first sub-pixels of the display panel and a second light modulating unit configured to adjust transmittance of light emitted to the right eye by the respective first sub-pixels of the display panel. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein two of the first sub-pixels in any one of the pixels are arranged in the first direction and the interval between two adjacent first sub-pixels in each row along the first direction is substantially equal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein along the second direction, the colors of light emitted by the first sub-pixels in each row are the same, and for any three adjacent rows, the colors of light emitted by the first sub-pixels in different rows are different. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein the first sub-pixels in each row are separated by black matrixes. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein the first sub-pixels in each row are separated by black sub-pixels. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display module according to claim 1, wherein the light modulating component is a liquid crystal display panel which comprises a plurality of second sub-pixels; and the first light modulating unit and the second light modulating unit each comprise at least one of the second sub-pixels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display module according to claim 7, wherein the liquid crystal display panel does not comprise a color film. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) The display module according to claim 2, wherein two of the first sub-pixels in any one of the pixels are arranged in the first direction and the interval between two adjacent first sub-pixels in each row along the first direction is substantially larger than a length of the first sub-pixel along the first direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The display module according to claim 2, wherein two of the first sub-pixels in any one of the pixels are arranged in the first direction and the interval between two adjacent first sub-pixels in each row along the first direction is substantially equal to a length of the first sub-pixel along the first direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The display module according to claim 7, wherein each of the second sub-pixels in the light modulating component has a size smaller than that of each of the first sub-pixels in the display panel. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A display device, comprising: the display module according to claim 1; a first processing unit connected with the display panel in the display module; and a second processing unit connected with the light modulating component in the display module, wherein the first processing unit is configured to control the first sub-pixels in each pixel of the display panel to emit light of three primary colors; and the second processing unit is configured to control the light transmittances of the first light modulating unit and the second light modulating unit in the light modulating component, so that the respective first sub-pixels in the display module output the left-eye image through the first light modulating unit and output the right-eye image through the second light modulating unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device according to claim 12, further comprising: a 2D/3D switching control unit connected with the second processing unit, wherein the 2D/3D switching control unit is configured to control the light transmittances of the first light modulating unit and the second light modulating unit through the second processing unit in 2D display, so that the left-eye image output by the respective first sub-pixels through the first light modulating unit and the right-eye image output by the respective first sub-pixels through the second light modulating unit are identical; and the 2D/3D switching control unit is configured to control the light transmittances of the first light modulating unit and the second light modulating unit through the second processing unit in 3D display, so that the left-eye image output by the respective first sub-pixels through the first light modulating unit and the right-eye image output by the respective first sub-pixels through the second light modulating unit are different. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A driving method of the display device according to claim 12, comprising: controlling the first sub-pixels within each pixel in the display panel to emit light of three primary colors; and controlling the light transmittances of the first light modulating unit and the second light modulating unit in the light modulating component, so that the respective first sub-pixels output a left-eye image through the first light modulating unit and output a right-eye image through the second light modulating unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The driving method according to claim 14, wherein, in 2D display, controlling the light transmittances of the first light modulating unit and the second light modulating unit, so that the left-eye image output by the respective first sub-pixels through the first light modulating unit and the right-eye image output by the respective first sub-pixels through the second light modulating unit are identical, and in 3D display, controlling the light transmittances of the first light modulating unit and the second light modulating unit, so that the left-eye image output by the respective first sub-pixels through the first light modulating unit and the right-eye image output by the respective first sub-pixels through the second light modulating unit are different. ### Claim 16 (depends on 2) The display module according to claim 2, wherein along the second direction, the colors of light emitted by the first sub-pixels in each row are the same, and for any three adjacent rows, the colors of light emitted by the first sub-pixels in different rows are different. ### Claim 17 (depends on 2) The display module according to claim 2, wherein the first sub-pixels in each row are separated by black matrixes. ### Claim 18 (depends on 2) The display module according to claim 2, wherein the first sub-pixels in each row are separated by black sub-pixels. ### Claim 19 (depends on 2) The display module according to claim 2, wherein the display panel is an OLED display panel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 2) The display module according to claim 2, wherein the light modulating component is a liquid crystal display panel which comprises a plurality of second sub-pixels; and the first light modulating unit and the second light modulating unit each comprise at least one of the second sub-pixels.