| US 7,531,951 B2 | ||
| Display device | ||
| Shigetsugu Yamanaka, Nara (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 19, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/254,085. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-307701 (JP), filed on Oct. 22, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0087227 A1, Apr. 27, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G09G 5/02 (2006.01); G09G 3/32 (2006.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01); H05B 33/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 313—461 [348/790; 348/800; 349/95] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A display device comprising:
a plurality of pixels each including at least three light emitting regions including a first light emitting region, a second
light emitting region and a third light emitting region; wherein
at least two of said at least three light emitting regions are different in area from each other;
said at least three light emitting regions are substantially rectangular;
said at least three light emitting regions are surrounded by a virtual rectangle and a first side of the virtual rectangle
is in contact with a portion of a boundary of the first light emitting region;
a second side of the virtual rectangle that is parallel or substantially parallel to the first side is in contact with portions
of boundaries of the second and third light emitting regions;
a third side of the virtual rectangle that is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first side is in contact
with portions of boundaries of the first and second light emitting regions;
a fourth side of the virtual rectangle that is parallel or substantially parallel to the third side is in contact with portions
of boundaries of the first and third light emitting regions;
the second and third light emitting regions have the same width in a direction of extension of the third side; and
the plurality of pixels are misaligned with each other by one half of the width of the pixels.
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