US 12,202,333 B2
Display device for vehicle and automobile including the same
Eun Jeong Cho, Busan (KR); Eun Sup Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Hyang Yul Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/070,166.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0030156 (KR), filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0284023 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/40 (2024.01); B60K 35/50 (2024.01)
CPC B60K 35/00 (2013.01) [B60K 35/50 (2024.01); B60K 35/23 (2024.01); B60K 35/415 (2024.01); B60K 35/425 (2024.01); B60K 2360/28 (2024.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device, comprising:
a display panel including pixels arranged along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction;
a window disposed on the display panel;
a first light control layer disposed between the display panel and the window and including first photochromic lines; and
a first light source disposed at a same vertical level and on a side of the first light control layer and providing an ultraviolet light to the first photochromic lines,
wherein the first photochromic lines extend in the first direction, are arranged along and separated from each other in the second direction, and include a photochromic material,
wherein the first light control layer includes a transparent base with a plurality of grooves that extend from a top surface of the first light control layer to a level above a bottom surface of the transparent base, wherein each of the first photochromic lines is disposed within a corresponding groove of the plurality of grooves, respectively.