US 12,092,938 B2
Display device having visual angle control film
Youngtae Kim, Paju-si (KR); SeungCheol Oh, Paju-si (KR); and Woongjin Seo, Paju-si (KR)
Assigned to LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/475,960.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0185604 (KR), filed on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0206354 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
Int. Cl. G02F 1/17 (2019.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/17 (2013.01) [G02F 1/0102 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display panel having a front surface and one or more sides and including a plurality of pixels each having an area; and
a visual angle control film disposed on the display panel,
wherein the visual angle control film includes a plurality of light-shielding patterns configured to allow light emitted from the display panel to advance from the front surface of the display panel while the light is blocked from advancing from the one or more sides,
wherein each of the plurality of light-shielding patterns has a thickness and makes an angle with respect to a horizontal width of the visual angle control film,
wherein the thickness is contained within a range of 8% to 25% of the area of each of the plurality of pixels,
wherein the angle is within a range of 95° to 105° or 75° to 85°,
wherein an interval between two adjacent ones of the plurality of light-shielding patterns is within a range of 33% to 39% of the area of each of the plurality of pixels, and
wherein the visual angle control film is aligned with the one or more sides of the display panel, and at least one of thicknesses, intervals or heights of the plurality of light-shielding patterns is set differently in accordance with a position on the display panel considering a position of a viewer to which a visual angle control mode is applied.