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Display device having an image pickup function and a two-way communication system

AssigneeSemiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.

InventorKeisuke Miyagawa

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Abstract

A two-way communication device having a display device of novel structure and an image pickup device is provided. More particularly, a two-way communication system having a display device and an image pickup device is provided. The display device having an image pickup function includes an image pickup unit and a display panel in which light emitting elements which can transmit visible light at least and be controlled by voltage or current are arranged. A compact and lightweight device can be achieved without using a complicated optical system or an optical system having a long light path, whereby two parties can communicate while catching each other's eyes.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A display device comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of pixels having transmittancy;
and
an image pickup device disposed over one side of the display panel,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a light-emitting element and a thin film transistor,
wherein the light-emitting element includes a first electrode, an EL layer, and a second electrode,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels has a first region in which the first electrode, the EL layer and the second electrode are provided, and a second region in which the second electrode is provided and in which the first electrode is not provided, the second region being transmissive to visible light,
wherein an interlayer film is provided between the thin film transistor and the light-emitting element, the interlayer film being in contact with the first electrode in the first region, and the interlayer film being in contact with the second electrode in the second region,
wherein a bank is provided over the interlayer film,
wherein a passivation film is provided over the second electrode, the passivation film being in contact with the second electrode, and
wherein the image pickup device takes an image of an object by receiving visible light from the object through the second regions of the plurality of pixels included in the display panel.

7 more elements

A display device comprising:

a display panel including light-emitting elements which transmit visible light and emit light to at least one side of the display panel, with the light-emitting elements being formed over a light-transmissive substrate;
and
an image pickup device disposed over the other side of the display panel,
wherein the display panel includes a plurality of pixels formed over the light-transmissive substrate,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes one of the light-emitting elements and a thin film transistor,
wherein each of the light-emitting elements includes a first electrode, an EL layer, and a second electrode,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels has a first region in which the first electrode, the EL layer and the second electrode are provided, and a second region in which the second electrode is provided and in which the first electrode is not provided, the second region being transmissive to visible light,
wherein an interlayer film is provided between the thin film transistor and the light-emitting elements, the interlayer film being in contact with the first electrode in the first region, and the interlayer film being in contact with the second electrode in the second region,
wherein a bank is provided over the interlayer film, and
wherein a passivation film is provided over the second electrode, the passivation film being in contact with the second electrode.

7 more elements

A two-way communication system comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of pixels having transmittancy;
and
an image pickup device disposed over one side of the display panel,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a light-emitting element and a thin film transistor,
wherein the light-emitting element includes a first electrode, an EL layer, and a second electrode,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels has a first region in which the first electrode, the EL layer and the second electrode are provided, and a second region in which the second electrode is provided and in which the first electrode is not provided, the second region being transmissive to visible light,
wherein an interlayer film is provided between the thin film transistor and the light-emitting element, the interlayer film being in contact with the first electrode in the first region, and the interlayer film being in contact with the second electrode in the second region,
wherein a bank is provided over the interlayer film,
wherein a passivation film is provided over the second electrode, the passivation film being in contact with the second electrode, and
wherein the image pickup device takes a first image of a first user by receiving visible light from the first user through the second regions of the plurality of pixels included in the display panel while a second image of a second user is displayed on the display panel at the same time.

7 more elements

A two-way communication system comprising:

a display panel including light-emitting elements formed over a light-transmissive substrate;
and
an image pickup device disposed over one side of the display panel,
wherein the display panel includes a plurality of pixels formed over the light-transmissive substrate,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a thin film transistor and one of the light-emitting elements,
wherein each of the light-emitting elements includes a first electrode, an EL layer, and a second electrode,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels has a first region in which the first electrode, the EL layer and the second electrode are provided, and a second region in which the second electrode is provided and in which the first electrode is not provided, the second region being transmissive to visible light,
wherein an interlayer film is provided between the thin film transistor and the light-emitting elements, the interlayer film being in contact with the first electrode in the first region, and the interlayer film being in contact with the second electrode in the second region,
wherein a bank is provided over the interlayer film,
wherein a passivation film is provided over the second electrode, the passivation film being in contact with the second electrode, and
wherein the image pickup device takes a first image of a first user by receiving visible light from the first user through the second regions of the plurality of pixels included in the display panel while a second image of a second user is displayed on the display panel at the same time.

8 more elements

A two-way communication system comprising:

a display panel including light-emitting elements which transmit visible light and emit light to at least one side of the display panel, with the light-emitting elements being formed over a light-transmissive substrate;
and
an image pickup device disposed over the other side of the display panel,
wherein the display panel includes a plurality of pixels formed over the light-transmissive substrate,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes one of the light-emitting elements and a thin film transistor,
wherein each of the light-emitting elements includes a first electrode, an EL layer, and a second electrode,
wherein each of the plurality of pixels has a first region in which the first electrode, the EL layer and the second electrode are provided, and a second region in which the second electrode is provided and in which the first electrode is not provided, the second region being transmissive to visible light,
wherein an interlayer film is provided between the thin film transistor and the light-emitting elements, the interlayer film being in contact with the first electrode in the first region, and the interlayer film being in contact with the second electrode in the second region,
wherein a bank is provided over the interlayer film,
wherein a passivation film is provided over the second electrode, the passivation film being in contact with the second electrode, and
wherein the image pickup device takes a first image of a first user by receiving visible light from the first user through the second regions of the plurality of pixels included in the display panel while a second image of a second user is displayed on the display panel at the same time.

8 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/866,108Filed 14 Jun 2004
Priority: JP 2003-17247717 Jun 2003
Published: US 2004/0257473 A123 Dec 2004
Granted: 27 Oct 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification3 codes

H04N 7/144
Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display: camera and display on the same optical axis,…
H04N 2007/145
Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display: handheld terminals
H04N
Pictorial communication

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