US 12,189,233 B2
Display system and method for operating a display system
Torsten Lahr, Zornheim (DE); Ulrich Kabatek, Babenhausen (DE); Markus Weber, Mainz (DE); and Steffen Wildner, Dieburg (DE)
Assigned to Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover (DE)
Appl. No. 17/769,453
Filed by Continental Automotive GmbH, Hannover (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/078569
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/074061, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 215 869.2 (DE), filed on Oct. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0126118 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/1333 (2006.01); G02F 1/13357 (2006.01); G09G 3/32 (2016.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01)
CPC G02F 1/133603 (2013.01) [G02F 1/133388 (2021.01); G09G 3/32 (2013.01); G09G 3/3426 (2013.01); G09G 3/36 (2013.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 2360/349 (2024.01); G09G 2300/0469 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display system, comprising:
a display configured for displaying data, wherein the display comprises an inactive display edge not configured for displaying, and an active display inner surface configured for displaying;
a backlighting module having luminous units, wherein the backlighting module is arranged directly or indirectly at a rear side of the display, such that the light emitted by the luminous units forms a backlight for the display, wherein the backlighting module comprises a backlighting edge corresponding to the display edge and a backlighting inner surface corresponding to the display inner surface, wherein a transition edge region extends from the backlighting edge over a portion of the backlighting inner surface, wherein a first number of individually drivable luminous units are arranged in the transition edge region, wherein the backlighting inner surface without the transition edge region comprises a second number of individually drivable luminous units, and wherein the first number is higher than the second number; and
a control system for driving the luminous units.