US 12,106,705 B2
Sparse led array applications
Brendan Jude Moran, San Jose, CA (US); and Johannes Willem Herman Sillevis Smitt, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Lumileds LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Lumileds LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/210,073.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/420,872, filed on Oct. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/352,517, filed on Jun. 15, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0410727 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/32 (2016.01); B60K 35/00 (2024.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 3/00 (2006.01); G09G 3/20 (2006.01); H01L 25/075 (2006.01); H01L 25/16 (2023.01); H01L 33/52 (2010.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01)
CPC G09G 3/32 (2013.01) [B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); G06F 3/1446 (2013.01); G09G 3/035 (2020.08); G09G 3/2003 (2013.01); H01L 25/0753 (2013.01); H01L 25/167 (2013.01); H01L 33/52 (2013.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); B60K 35/22 (2024.01); B60K 2360/332 (2024.01); G09G 2300/02 (2013.01); G09G 2300/026 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0426 (2013.01); G09G 2300/0491 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0233 (2013.01); G09G 2320/028 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2320/066 (2013.01); G09G 2320/068 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/06 (2013.01); G09G 2380/02 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sparse display, comprising:
at least one tile configured to display information, the at least one tile disposed at at least one location within an indoor substantially transparent material, each of the at least one tile including:
a substantially transparent flexible substrate;
a sparse array of light-emitting diodes (microLEDs) disposed on the substantially transparent flexible substrate, a distance between microLEDs of the sparse array configured to display at least one of alphanumeric and image information while providing visibility through the substantially transparent material, a surface area of light-producing areas of the microLEDs being at most about 1% of a surface area of the sparse array;
a substantially transparent rigid substrate adhered to the substantially transparent flexible substrate via an adhesive layer in which the sparse array of microLEDs is encapsulated; and
at least one driver disposed on an edge of the tile and configured to drive the microLEDs of the tile.