CN106200083B - Display panel, control method thereof, and display device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a display panel, a control method thereof and a display device, and belongs to the technical field of display. The display panel includes: the device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, an intermediate substrate and a control assembly, wherein the intermediate substrate is positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate; a plurality of display chambers arranged in an array are formed between the first substrate and the middle substrate, and a display electric control affinity and hydrophobicity conversion graph is formed on the middle substrate in any display chamber; a plurality of liquid storage cavities which are arranged in an array mode are formed between the middle substrate and the second substrate, a first electric control affinity-hydrophobicity conversion graph is arranged in any one of the liquid storage cavities, and first solution is stored in any one of the liquid storage cavities. According to the invention, the first solution is controlled to enter the display chamber through the electric control paternity-sparsity transformation graph, so that the color of the first solution is displayed in the area of the display chamber of the display panel, and the problem of lower color purity of the display panel in the related art is solved. The effect that the color displayed by the display panel is purer is achieved.

Description

Display panel, control method thereof, and display device

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of display technology, and in particular, to a display panel, a control method thereof, and a display device.

Background technique

A display panel is a device used for display. With the development of technology, display panels are used in more and more devices, such as mobile phones, tablet computers, smart watches and smart bracelets.

There is a display panel in the related art. The display panel includes a color filter substrate, an array substrate, and a liquid crystal layer formed between the two substrates. It enters the array substrate, and is controlled by the liquid crystal layer to be emitted to the color filter substrate. Each pixel on the color filter substrate contains three colors of red, green and blue color filters (can also contain more colors of color filters), The liquid crystal layer controls the light to be directed to different color filters, so that the display panel can display different colors.

In the process of realizing the present invention, the inventor found that the related art has at least the following problems: the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer is unstable, and the phenomenon of light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, which makes the color purity displayed by the display panel relatively high. Low.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In order to solve the problem of instability in the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer in the related art, light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, and the color purity displayed by the display panel is low, the embodiment of the present invention provides a display A panel, a control method thereof, and a display device. The technical solution is as follows:

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display panel, the display panel comprising:

a first substrate, a second substrate, an intermediate substrate and a control assembly, the intermediate substrate is located between the first substrate and the second substrate;

A plurality of display chambers arranged in an array are formed between the first substrate and the intermediate substrate, and a display cell is formed on the intermediate substrate in any one of the plurality of display chambers arranged in an array. Control affinity and distance conversion graphics;

A plurality of liquid storage chambers arranged in an array are formed between the intermediate substrate and the second substrate, and any liquid storage chamber in the plurality of liquid storage chambers is provided with a first electronically controlled affinity-dislike conversion pattern , the any one of the liquid storage chambers stores a first solution, the first solution is an oily or aqueous opaque solution, and the any of the liquid storage chambers is communicated with the any of the display chambers;

Wherein, the display electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern and the first electronically-controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern can have hydrophilic-oleophobic or lipophilic-hydrophobicity under the control of the control component, and the first electronically-controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern repels For the first solution, when the display electronically controlled affinity-dislike conversion pattern is affinity for the first solution, the first solution flows into any of the display chambers, where the any of the display chambers on the display panel is located. Areas are shown in the color of the first solution.

Optionally, the first solution is an oily opaque solution, a second electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern is further provided in any of the liquid storage chambers, and any of the liquid storage chambers also stores an aqueous opaque solution. the second solution;

Wherein, the second electronically controlled hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern can have hydrophilic-oleophobic or lipophilic-hydrophobicity under the control of the control component.

Optionally, the display electronically controlled affinity conversion graphic is composed of a transparent material,

In any one of the liquid storage chambers, a color resist layer is also formed between the display electronically controlled affinity-to-phobic conversion pattern and the intermediate substrate.

Optionally, in any of the liquid storage chambers, the first electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics or the second electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics includes multiple sub-electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics, and the multiple sub-electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics The graphics can all have hydrophilic and oleophobic or lipophilic and hydrophobic properties under the control of the control assembly.

Optionally, each of the sub-electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion patterns is formed in a strip shape, and the plurality of sub-electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion patterns are arranged in parallel in any one of the liquid storage chambers.

Optionally, the first solution is a black light-shielding ink, and the second solution is a white reflective emulsion.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control method of a display panel for controlling a control assembly of a display panel, the display panel comprising: a first substrate, a second substrate, an intermediate substrate and the control assembly, the The intermediate substrate is located between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of display cavities arranged in an array are formed between the first substrate and the intermediate substrate, and the plurality of display cavities arranged in an array A display electronically controlled affinity-to-phobic conversion pattern is formed on the intermediate substrate in any display chamber in the chamber, and a plurality of liquid storage chambers arranged in an array are formed between the intermediate substrate and the second substrate. Any one of the liquid storage chambers is provided with a first electronically controlled affinity-phobic conversion pattern, and any one of the liquid storage chambers stores a first solution, and the first solution is an oily or aqueous opaque solution, The any liquid storage chamber is communicated with any of the display chambers, and the display electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion graphic and the first electronically-controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion graphic can have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties under the control of the control assembly or lipophilic hydrophobicity, the method comprises:

acquiring first control information, where the first control information is used to instruct the display panel to display the color of the first solution in an area where any one of the display chambers is located;

According to the first control information, the first electronically controlled affinity-thinning conversion pattern is controlled to repel the first solution, and the display electronically-controlled affinity-thinning conversion pattern is affinity for the first solution, so that the first solution flows into the arbitrary solution. A display chamber.

Optionally, the first solution is an oily opaque solution, a second electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern is also arranged in any of the liquid storage chambers, and any of the liquid storage chambers also stores an aqueous opaque solution. The second solution, the second electrically controlled hydrophilic-hydrophobic switching pattern can have hydrophilic-oleophobic or lipophilic-hydrophobicity under the control of the control component,

The control of the first electronically controlled affinity-thin conversion pattern to repel the first solution according to the first control information, and the display of the electronically-controlled affinity-thin conversion pattern to be affinity with the first solution, so that the first solution flows into the solution. Any of the display chambers described above, including:

Control the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern and the second electronically-controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern to both have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, and the display electronically-controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern has lipophilic-hydrophobicity, so that the first solution enters the Either display chamber.

Optionally, the method further includes:

acquiring second control information, where the second control information is used to instruct the display panel to display the color of the second solution in the area where the any display chamber is located;

According to the second control information, both the first electronically controlled affinity-phobic conversion pattern and the second electronically-controlled affinity-phobic conversion pattern are controlled to have lipophilic and hydrophobic properties, and the display electronically controlled affinity-to-phobic conversion pattern has hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that all The second solution enters into any of the display chambers.

Optionally, the display electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern is made of a transparent material, and in any of the liquid storage chambers, a color resistance layer is also formed between the display electronically controlled affinity/phobic conversion pattern and the intermediate substrate, so The method also includes:

acquiring third control information, where the third control information is used to instruct the display panel to display the color of the color resist layer in the area where any one of the display chambers is located;

According to the third control information, the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern is controlled to have lipophilic-hydrophobicity, and the second electronically-controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern is controlled to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that the first solution is located in the first electrical On the control affinity-thin conversion figure, the second solution is located on the second electronically-controlled affinity-thin conversion figure.

Optionally, in any of the liquid storage chambers, the first electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics or the second electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics includes multiple sub-electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics, and the multiple sub-electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics All graphics can have hydrophilic and oleophobic or lipophilic and hydrophobic properties under the control of the control assembly,

The method also includes:

acquiring fourth control information, where the fourth control information is used to instruct the area where any one of the display chambers is located on the display panel to display the color mixed with the color resist layer and the first solution;

According to the fourth control information, control a predetermined number of sub-electronically controlled affinity conversion graphics in the first affinity conversion graphics to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, and the display affinity conversion graphics to have lipophilic and hydrophobic properties, so that a predetermined amount of the The first solution enters either of the display chambers.

Optionally, the control of the first electronically controlled affinity-phobic conversion graphics and the second electronically-controlled affinity-phobic conversion graphics are both hydrophilic and oleophobic, and the display electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion graphics are lipophilic and hydrophobic, so that the Before the first solution enters any one of the display chambers, the method further includes:

Controlling the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have lipophilic-hydrophobicity, and the second affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have hydrophilicity-oleophobicity, so that the first solution and the second solution in any of the liquid storage chambers are controlled The solutions are separated, and the first solution is located on the first electronically controlled affinity-thin conversion pattern, and the second solution is located on the second electrically-controlled affinity-thin conversion pattern.

According to a third aspect of the embodiments of the present invention, a display device is provided, and the display device includes the display panel provided in the first aspect.

The beneficial effects brought by the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention are:

The first solution is controlled to enter the display chamber through the electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern, so that the area of the display chamber of the display panel displays the color of the first solution, which solves the instability of the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer in the related art. Light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, resulting in a problem of low color purity displayed by the display panel. It achieves the effect that the color displayed by the display panel is relatively pure.

Description of drawings

In order to illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings used in the description of the embodiments. Obviously, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings can also be obtained from these drawings without creative effort.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2-1 is a schematic structural diagram of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2-2 is a schematic structural diagram of any liquid storage chamber in the display panel shown in Fig. 2-1;

Fig. 2-3 is a top view of the liquid storage chamber shown in Fig. 2-1;

2-4 are schematic structural diagrams of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

2-5 are schematic structural diagrams of another display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

3-1 is a flowchart of a control method of a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3-2 is a schematic structural diagram of the display panel in the embodiment shown in FIG. 3-1;

4-1 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4-2 is a schematic structural diagram of the display panel in the embodiment shown in Fig. 4-1;

5-1 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 5-2 is a schematic structural diagram of the display panel in the embodiment shown in Fig. 5-1;

6 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

7-1 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7-2 is a schematic structural diagram of the display panel in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7-1;

FIG. 7-3 is a schematic structural diagram of the display panel in the embodiment shown in FIG. 7-1.

By the above-mentioned drawings, there have been shown specific embodiments of the invention, which will be described in more detail hereinafter. These drawings and written descriptions are not intended to limit the scope of the inventive concept in any way, but to illustrate the inventive concept to those skilled in the art by referring to specific embodiments.

Detailed ways

In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the embodiments of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention. The display panel may include:

The first substrate 11 , the second substrate 12 , the intermediate substrate 13 and the control assembly 14 , and the intermediate substrate 13 is located between the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12 .

A plurality of display chambers dc arranged in an array are formed between the first substrate 11 and the middle substrate 13, and a display electronic control panel 13 is formed on the middle substrate 13 of any display chamber dc in the plurality of display chambers arranged in an array. Affinity and distance conversion graphics dp.

A plurality of liquid storage chambers sc arranged in an array are formed between the intermediate substrate 13 and the second substrate 12, and any liquid storage chamber in the plurality of liquid storage chambers sc is provided with a first electronically controlled affinity-dislike conversion pattern fp, Any liquid storage chamber stores a first solution s1, the first solution s1 is an oily or aqueous opaque solution, and any liquid storage chamber communicates with any display chamber; in FIG. 1, each liquid storage chamber Both sc communicate with the display chamber dc through a hole in the intermediate substrate 13 .

Wherein, the electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion figure dp and the first electronically-controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion figure fp can have hydrophilic-oleophobic or lipophilic-hydrophobicity under the control of the control component 14, and the first electronically-controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion figure fp repels the first solution, When the electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern dp is displayed to have affinity with the first solution s1, the first solution s1 flows into the display chamber dc, and the area where the display chamber dc is located is displayed in the color of the first solution s1 on the display panel. The control assembly 14 can establish a connection with each electronically controlled affinity-distance conversion graphic (including the display electronically-controlled proximity-distance conversion graphic dp and the first electronically-controlled proximity-distance conversion graphic fp) in the display panel, and control the electronic control in the display panel through these connections. Affinity conversion graphics.

To sum up, in the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first solution is controlled to enter the display chamber through the electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern, so that the area of the display chamber of the display panel displays the color of the first solution, which solves the problem of related problems. In the technology, the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer is unstable, and light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, resulting in a problem of low color purity displayed by the display panel. It achieves the effect that the color displayed by the display panel is relatively pure.

Further, please refer to FIG. 2-1 , which shows a schematic structural diagram of another display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention. The array substrate adds more preferred components on the basis of the display panel shown in FIG. 1 , Therefore, the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention has better performance.

The first solution s1 is an oily opaque solution, any liquid storage chamber sc is further provided with a second electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic switching pattern sp, and any liquid storage chamber sc also stores an aqueous opaque second solution s2.

Wherein, the second electrically controlled hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity switching pattern sp can have hydrophilic-oleophobic or lipophilic-hydrophobicity under the control of the control component. The control component may include an integrated circuit (English: integrated circuit; abbreviation: IC) or a central processing unit (English: Central Processing Unit; abbreviation: CPU) and the like.

Any liquid storage chamber sc is communicated with the display chamber dc through a via hole h on the intermediate substrate 13 (the via hole h may be located at the edge of the display chamber to avoid affecting the display effect of the display panel). The display chamber dc may be composed of the display support wall w1 formed on the first substrate 11 , the first substrate 11 and the intermediate substrate 13 , and the liquid storage chamber sc may be composed of the second substrate 12 and the storage chamber formed on the second substrate 12 . The liquid supporting wall w2 and the intermediate substrate 13 are constituted. It should be noted that the via hole h can be provided with an affinity-to-thin conversion pattern, which is used to reduce the resistance of the first solution s1 or the second solution s2 entering the display chamber, and assist the first solution s1 or the second solution s2 to enter the display chamber. Exemplarily, when an oily solution is required to enter the display chamber, the hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern set by the via hole h can be controlled to be lipophilic, and when an aqueous solution is required to enter the display chamber, the hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern provided by the via hole h can be controlled to be hydrophilic. For the meanings of other symbols in Figure 2-1, reference may be made to Figure 1, which will not be repeated here.

The side of the intermediate substrate 13 close to the second substrate 12 may also be provided with a light-shielding and reflective layer b to prevent light from passing through the intermediate substrate 13 .

Optionally, the first solution s1 is a black light-shielding ink, and the second solution s2 is a white light-reflecting emulsion.

Fig. 2-2 is a schematic structural diagram of any liquid storage chamber in the display panel shown in Fig. 2-1. In the liquid storage chamber sc, the first electronically controlled affinity-distance conversion pattern fp or the second electronically controlled The affinity or distance conversion pattern sp includes a plurality of sub-electronically controlled affinity or distance conversion graphics (the first electronically controlled affinity or distance conversion graphics fp may include multiple sub-electronically controlled affinity or distance conversion graphics fp1, and the second electronically controlled affinity or distance conversion graphics sp may include multiple sub-electronically controlled affinity or distance conversion graphics sp1. ), a plurality of sub-electronically controlled hydrophilic-hydrophobic switching patterns can all have hydrophilic-oleophobic or lipophilic-hydrophobic properties under the control of the control component. Wherein, the control component can establish a connection with each sub-electronically controlled affinity-difficulty conversion pattern, and can individually control each sub-electronically-controlled affinity-difficulty conversion pattern, so that part of the first solution or part of the second solution can enter the display chamber, and then through the control The amount of the first solution or the second solution entering the display chamber can achieve the effect of displaying different colors.

The electronically controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics (displaying the electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics, the first electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics, and the second electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion graphics) in the display panel provided by the embodiments of the present invention can all be controlled by controlling the voltage applied to them. To control its lipophilic hydrophobic, hydrophilic oleophobic or neither lipophilic nor hydrophilic. The electronically-controlled affinity-thinning conversion pattern in the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be made of an electrowetting (English: Electrowetting; abbreviated: EW) material.

As shown in Fig. 2-3, which is a top view of the liquid storage chamber shown in Fig. 2-2, each sub-electronically controlled affinity-distance conversion pattern (fp1 and sp1) is in the shape of a strip, and a plurality of sub-electronically-controlled affinity-distance conversion patterns (fp1 and sp1) sp1) are arranged in parallel in either reservoir chamber.

In addition, the liquid storage chamber sc and the display chamber dc may also be filled with nitrogen gas or other stable gas that does not react with the first solution and the second solution.

Optionally, as shown in Figure 2-4, the display electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern dp is made of a transparent material, and in any liquid storage chamber, a colored resistance layer cr is also formed between the display electronically controlled affinity/distance conversion pattern and the intermediate substrate, For the meanings of other symbols in Figure 2-4, refer to Figure 2-1, which will not be repeated here. The color resist layer cr on the display panel can include three colors of red, green and blue, and the color resist layer cr can be a group of three color resist layers (each group includes three color resist layers of red, green and blue), and the color resist layer cr can be displayed in the display panel. Arrays on the panel. An insulating layer may be provided between the color-resistance layer cr and the display electronically controlled affinity-dislike conversion pattern dp to prevent the voltage applied to the display electronically-controlled affinity-dislike conversion pattern dp from flowing to the color-resistance layer cr.

As shown in FIGS. 2-5 , which are schematic structural diagrams of another display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention, in the display panel, there may be two via holes between each display chamber dc and the liquid storage chamber (The two via holes can be located at the edge of the display chamber to avoid affecting the display effect of the display panel) connected, the first solution s1 can enter the display chamber dc through the via hole h1, and the second solution s2 can enter the display chamber through the via hole h2. The chamber dc, optionally, the liquid storage chamber may also include two chambers sc1 and sc2, the first solution s1 may be located in the chamber sc1, and the second solution s2 may be located in the second chamber sc2. Refer to Figure 2-1 for the meanings of other symbols in Figure 2-5, which will not be repeated here.

It should be noted that each display panel provided in this embodiment of the present invention may be a reflective display panel, and the reflective display panel may include a lighting assembly or may not include an lighting assembly. When the lighting assembly is included, the lighting assembly may be disposed at The side of the first panel away from the intermediate substrate, the light emitted by the lighting assembly enters the first substrate from this side, and reflects the color light of the color resist layer, the first solution or the second solution. When the lighting assembly is not included, the display panel can be illuminated by external light (eg, light emitted by indoor lighting equipment or natural light).

To sum up, in the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first solution is controlled to enter the display chamber through the electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern, so that the area of the display chamber of the display panel displays the color of the first solution, which solves the problem of related problems. In the technology, the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer is unstable, and light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, resulting in a problem of low color purity displayed by the display panel. It achieves the effect that the color displayed by the display panel is relatively pure.

3-1 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to control a control component of the display panel shown in FIG. 1 , and the method includes:

Step 301: Acquire first control information, where the first control information is used to instruct the display panel to display the color of the first solution in an area where any display chamber is located.

Step 302 , controlling the first electronically controlled affinity-thinning conversion pattern to repel the first solution according to the first control information, displaying the electronically-controlled affinity-thinning conversion pattern to be affinity with the first solution, and causing the first solution to flow into any display chamber.

The control component can control the first electronically controlled affinity-thinning conversion pattern to repel the first solution according to the first control information, and control the display of the electrically-controlled affinity-thinning conversion pattern to affinity with the first solution according to the first control information, so that the first solution flows into any display cavity. room. At this time, the structure of the display panel can be shown in Figure 3-2. The first solution s1 originally located in the liquid storage chamber sc is sucked into the display chamber dc from the via hole h, and is adsorbed on the display electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern dp , and the meanings of other marks in Fig. 3-2 can be referred to Fig. 1, which will not be repeated here.

The control component may control each display chamber on the display panel to display the color of the first solution through steps 301 and 302 .

To sum up, the control method of the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention causes the first solution to enter the display chamber by controlling the electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern, so that the area of the display chamber of the display panel displays the color of the first solution , which solves the problem of instability in the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer in the related art, and light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, resulting in low color purity displayed by the display panel. It achieves the effect that the color displayed by the display panel is relatively pure.

FIG. 4-1 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to control the control components of the display panel shown in FIG. 2-1. The method includes:

Step 401: Control the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have lipophilic-hydrophobicity, and the second affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that the first solution and the second solution in any liquid storage chamber are separated, and the first solution The second solution is located on the first electronically controlled affinity-thin conversion figure, and the second solution is located on the second electronically-controlled affinity-thin conversion figure.

When using the control method of the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the control component can firstly control the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have lipophilic-hydrophobicity, and control the second affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have hydrophilicity and oleophobicity, so that any storage The first solution and the second solution in the liquid chamber are separated. At this time, the positions of the first solution and the second solution in the display panel may be as shown in FIG. 2-1, and step 401 may be an initialization step.

The first solution is an oily opaque solution, and the second solution is an aqueous opaque solution. Optionally, the first solution is a black light-shielding ink, and the second solution is a white light-reflecting emulsion.

Step 402: Acquire first control information, where the first control information is used to instruct the area where any display chamber is located on the display panel to display the color of the first solution.

After initialization, the control component can acquire first control information, where the first control information is used to instruct the display panel to display the color of the first solution in an area where any display chamber is located. The first control information may be sent by a controller in a display device where the display panel is located.

It should be noted that this embodiment of the present invention does not limit the execution order of step 401 and step 402, that is, step 402 may be executed first, then step 401, or step 401 and step 402 may be executed simultaneously.

Step 403: Control the first electronically controlled affinity-phobic conversion pattern and the second electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have both hydrophilic and oleophobic properties according to the first control information, and display that the electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern has lipophilic and hydrophobic properties, so that the first solution enters the arbitrary phase. A display chamber.

After the control component acquires the first control information, it can control the first electronically controlled affinity-to-thin conversion graphics and the second electronically controlled affinity-to-thin conversion graphics to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties according to the first control information, and control the display of the electronic control according to the first control information. The hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity conversion pattern has lipophilicity and hydrophobicity, so that the first solution enters any display chamber, so that the area where any display chamber is located displays the color of the first solution. At this time, the positions of the first solution and the second solution in the display panel can be as shown in Fig. 4-2. The second solution s2 is located on the second electronically controlled affinity-difficulty switching pattern sp in the storage chamber sc, and the first solution s1 passes through the hole. h is sucked into the display chamber dc, and is located on the display and display electronic control affinity conversion graph dp, the area where the display chamber sc is located will display the color of the first solution s1, the meaning of other marks in Figure 4-2 can refer to Figure 2- 1, which will not be repeated here.

The control component may control each display chamber in the display panel to display the color of the first solution or not to display the color of the first solution through the methods of steps 401 to 403 .

After step 403, if the display chamber is not required to display the color of the first solution, it is possible to control the display of the electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern to be hydrophilic and oleophobic, and to control the first electronically-controlled affinity-to-phobic conversion pattern to be lipophilic and hydrophobic, so that the first solution is lipophilic and hydrophobic. can be returned to the reservoir chamber.

To sum up, the control method of the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention causes the first solution to enter the display chamber by controlling the electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern, so that the area of the display chamber of the display panel displays the color of the first solution , which solves the problem of instability in the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer in the related art, and light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, resulting in low color purity displayed by the display panel. It achieves the effect that the color displayed by the display panel is relatively pure.

FIG. 5-1 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to control the control components of the display panel shown in FIG. 2-1. The method includes:

Step 501: Control the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern to have lipophilic and hydrophobic properties, and the second affinity-to-hydrophobic conversion pattern to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that the first solution and the second solution in any liquid storage chamber are separated, and the first solution is separated. The second solution is located on the first electronically controlled affinity-thin conversion figure, and the second solution is located on the second electronically-controlled affinity-thin conversion figure.

For this step, reference may be made to step 401 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4-1. The first solution is an oily opaque solution, and the second solution is an aqueous opaque solution. Optionally, the first solution is a black light-shielding ink, and the second solution is a white light-reflecting emulsion.

Step 502: Acquire second control information, where the second control information is used to instruct the area where any display chamber on the display panel is located to display the color of the second solution.

After initialization, the control component may acquire second control information, where the second control information is used to instruct the display panel to display the color of the second solution in an area where any display chamber is located. The second control information may be sent by a controller in a display device where the display panel is located.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention does not limit the execution order of step 501 and step 502, that is, step 502 may be executed first, then step 501, or step 501 and step 502 may be executed simultaneously.

Step 503: Control the first electronically controlled affinity-phobic conversion pattern and the second electronically controlled affinity-phobic conversion pattern to have both lipophilic and hydrophobic properties according to the second control information, and display that the electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern has hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that the second solution enters the arbitrary phase. A display chamber.

The control component can control according to the second control information that both the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern and the second electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern have lipophilic and hydrophobic properties, and control the display electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties according to the second control information, A second solution is passed into either display chamber. At this time, the positions of the first solution and the second solution in the display panel can be as shown in Fig. 5-2. The first solution s1 is located on the first electronically controlled affinity-to-thin conversion pattern fp in the storage chamber sc, and the second solution s2 passes through the hole. h is sucked into the display chamber dc, and is located on the display display electronically controlled affinity conversion graph dp, the area where the display chamber sc is located will display the color of the second solution s2, the meaning of other marks in Figure 5-2 can refer to Figure 2- 1, which will not be repeated here.

To sum up, the control method of the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention allows the second solution to enter the display chamber by controlling the electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern, so that the area of the display chamber of the display panel displays the color of the second solution , which solves the problem of instability in the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer in the related art, and light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, resulting in low color purity displayed by the display panel. It achieves the effect that the color displayed by the display panel is relatively pure.

The control component can make the display panel display the color of the first solution and the color of the second solution through the method shown in Figure 4-1 and the method shown in Figure 5-1, where the first solution is black shading ink, and the second solution is When the white reflective emulsion is used, the display panel can perform black and white display. Compared with the related art color liquid crystal screen performing black and white display, the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention has lower power consumption for black and white display.

6 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to control the control components of the display panel shown in FIGS. 2-4 , and the method includes:

Step 601: Obtain third control information, where the third control information is used to instruct the color of the color resist layer to be displayed in the area where any display chamber is located on the display panel.

The control component can acquire third control information, where the third control information is used to instruct the display panel to display the color of the color resist layer in an area where any display chamber is located. The third control information may be sent by a controller in a display device where the display panel is located.

Step 602: Control the first electronically controlled affinity-thin conversion pattern to have lipophilic and hydrophobic properties according to the third control information, and the second electrically-controlled affinity-to-thin conversion pattern to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that the first solution is located on the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern, and the third The second solution is located on the second electronically controlled affinity-to-thin switching figure.

The control component can control the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobic conversion pattern to have lipophilic and hydrophobic properties according to the third control information, and control the second electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties according to the third control information, so that the first solution is located in the first electricity. The second solution is located on the second electronically controlled affinity-to-thin conversion graph on the control affinity-difficulty conversion graph. The positions of the first solution and the second solution at this time can refer to Figures 2-4.

In this way, when the color resist layers in the display chamber on the display panel include three types of red, green and blue and are arranged in an array, the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention can perform color display.

To sum up, in the control method of the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention, the first solution and the second solution are both located in the liquid storage chamber by controlling the electronically controlled affinity-dislike conversion pattern, so that the liquid storage chamber in the display panel communicates with each other. The color of the color resist layer is displayed in the area of the display chamber, which solves the instability of the blocking of light by the liquid crystal layer in the related art, and the phenomenon of light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, so that the color purity displayed by the display panel is relatively high. low problem. It achieves the effect that the color displayed by the display panel is relatively pure.

7-1 is a flowchart of another method for controlling a display panel provided by an embodiment of the present invention, which is used to control the control components of the display panel shown in FIGS. 2-4. The method includes:

Step 701: Control the first electronically controlled affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have lipophilic-hydrophobicity, and the second affinity-hydrophobicity conversion pattern to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that the first solution and the second solution in any liquid storage chamber are separated, and the first solution The second solution is located on the first electronically controlled affinity-thin conversion figure, and the second solution is located on the second electronically-controlled affinity-thin conversion figure.

For this step, reference may be made to step 401 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4-1. The first solution is an oily opaque solution, and the second solution is an aqueous opaque solution. Optionally, the first solution is a black light-shielding ink, and the second solution is a white light-reflecting emulsion.

Step 702: Obtain fourth control information, where the fourth control information is used to instruct any region on the display panel where any display chamber is located to display the color mixed with the color resist layer and the first solution.

After initialization in step 701, the control component may acquire fourth control information, where the fourth control information is used to instruct any region of the display panel where any display chamber is located to display the color mixed with the color resist layer and the first solution. The fourth control information may be sent by a controller in a display device where the display panel is located.

Step 703: Control a predetermined number of sub-electronically controlled affinity-thin conversion graphics in the first affinity-thin conversion graphics to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties according to the fourth control information, and display that the affinity-thin conversion graphics have lipophilic-hydrophobicity, so that a predetermined amount of the first solution enters the Either display chamber.

The control component can control a predetermined number of sub-electronically controlled affinity-thin conversion graphics in the first affinity-thin conversion graphics to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties according to the fourth control information, and control and display the affinity-thin conversion graphics to have lipophilic-hydrophobicity according to the fourth control information, so that the predetermined An amount of the first solution enters either display chamber. At this time, the structure of the display panel can be as shown in Figure 7-2, wherein a predetermined amount of the first solution s1 enters the display chamber dc through the via h, and the area where the display chamber dc is located will display the first solution s1 and the color When the first solution s1 is black light-shielding ink, the control component can control the grayscale of the color resistance layer cr displayed in the display chamber by controlling the amount of the first solution s1 entering the display chamber dc. Refer to Figure 2-1 for the meanings of other marks in Figure 7-2.

Further, when the first solution is a black light-shielding ink, after the first solution enters the display chamber, the wetting angle (wetting angle) between the black light-shielding ink and the display electronically controlled affinity-phobic conversion layer can be controlled by displaying the electronically controlled affinity-phobic conversion layer. Refers to the angle between the liquid surface and the contact surface at the contact position of the liquid and the contact surface), and then controls the coverage of the black shading ink to form a more delicate continuous grayscale. chambers, can display colors with grayscale. As shown in Figure 7-3, in the three display chambers dc1, dc2 and dc3, the wetting angles of the first solution s1 in each display chamber are different from those of the display electronically controlled affinity-dissociation ring pattern dp, so that the first solution s1 covers the color resist layer to different degrees to form different grayscales. Refer to Figure 2-1 for the meanings of other marks in Figure 7-3.

To sum up, the control method of the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention allows a predetermined amount of the first solution to enter the display chamber by controlling the electronically controlled affinity conversion pattern, so that the area of the display chamber in the display panel displays color resistance The mixed color of the layer and the first solution solves the problem that the liquid crystal layer blocks light in the related art, and light leakage may occur between adjacent pixels, resulting in low color purity displayed by the display panel. It achieves the effect that the color displayed by the display panel is relatively pure.

It should be noted that, the display panel provided by the embodiment of the present invention may be controlled by at least one method provided in FIG. 3-1 , FIG. 4-1 , FIG. 5-1 , FIG. 6 , and FIG. 7-1 .

An embodiment of the present invention further provides a display device, where the display device includes the display panel shown in FIG. 1 , FIG. 2-1 or FIG. 2-4 .

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a method for manufacturing a display panel, which is used for manufacturing the display panel provided by the above embodiments. The method includes:

1. Obtain a first substrate and form a display support wall arranged in an array on the first substrate.

2. Acquiring a second substrate and forming an affinity-distance conversion pattern on the second substrate (the affinity-distance conversion pattern may include a first affinity-distance conversion pattern and a second affinity-distance conversion pattern) and a liquid storage support wall arranged in an array.

3. Obtain an intermediate substrate, form a black light-shielding layer on one side of the intermediate substrate close to the second substrate, and form a color-resisting layer on the other side (the color-resisting layer can include three color-resisting layers of red, green, and blue), and form a color-resisting layer on the intermediate substrate. Form vias.

4. Inject the first solution and the second solution into each space formed by the second substrate and the liquid storage support wall.

5. The first substrate, the intermediate substrate and the second substrate will be assembled in a nitrogen atmosphere.

6. Initialize the display panel through step 401 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 4-1.

The term "at least one of A and B" in the present invention is only an association relationship to describe related objects, indicating that there can be three kinds of relationships, for example, at least one of A and B can indicate that A exists alone, while There are three cases of A and B, and B alone. Similarly, "at least one of A, B, and C" means that there can be seven kinds of relationships, which can be expressed as: A alone exists, B alone exists, C alone exists, A and B exist simultaneously, A and C exist simultaneously, and both exist C and B, there are seven cases of A, B and C at the same time. Similarly, "at least one of A, B, C, and D" means that fifteen kinds of relationships can exist, which can mean: A alone exists, B alone exists, C alone exists, D alone exists, both A and B exist, and at the same time A and C exist, A and D exist simultaneously, C and B exist simultaneously, D and B exist simultaneously, C and D exist simultaneously, A, B, and C exist simultaneously, A, B, and D exist simultaneously, and A and C exist simultaneously and D, B, C, and D exist at the same time, and A, B, C, and D exist at the same time, these fifteen cases.

Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that all or part of the steps of implementing the above embodiments can be completed by hardware, or can be completed by instructing relevant hardware through a program, and the program can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. The storage medium mentioned may be a read-only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk, etc.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. Any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present invention shall be included in the protection of the present invention. within the range.

Claims (6)

1. A display panel, comprising:

the device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, an intermediate substrate and a control assembly, wherein the intermediate substrate is positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate;

a plurality of display chambers arranged in an array are formed between the first substrate and the middle substrate, and a display electric control affinity and hydrophobicity conversion graph is formed on the middle substrate in any one of the display chambers arranged in the array;

a plurality of liquid storage chambers arranged in an array are formed between the intermediate substrate and the second substrate, a first electronic control patency and sparsity conversion graph is arranged in any one of the liquid storage chambers, a first solution is stored in any one of the liquid storage chambers, the first solution is an oily or aqueous opaque solution, any one of the liquid storage chambers is communicated with any one of the display chambers through a through hole in the intermediate substrate, and the through hole is provided with a patency and sparsity conversion graph;

the display electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph and the first electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph can have hydrophilic oleophobicity or oleophobicity hydrophobicity under the control of the control assembly, the first electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph repels the first solution, when the display electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph is compatible with the first solution, the first solution flows into any one of the display chambers, and the area, where any one of the display chambers is located, on the display panel is displayed as the color of the first solution;

the first solution is an oily opaque solution, a second electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph is further arranged in any one of the liquid storage chambers, and an aqueous opaque second solution is further stored in any one of the liquid storage chambers;

wherein the second electrically controlled lyophilic-lyophobic conversion graphic is capable of having a hydrophilic oleophobic property or an oleophilic hydrophobic property under control of the control assembly;

the display electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph is made of transparent materials, a colored resistance layer is further formed between the display electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph and the middle substrate in any liquid storage cavity, the colored resistance layer comprises three colors of red, green and blue, and the colored resistance layer is formed by combining the three colored resistance layers;

an insulating layer is arranged between the color resistance layer and the display electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph;

the first solution is black shading ink, and the second solution is white reflective emulsion;

in any liquid storage chamber, the first electronic control lyophobicity conversion graph or the second electronic control lyophobicity conversion graph comprises a plurality of sub electronic control lyophobicity conversion graphs, the sub electronic control lyophobicity conversion graphs can have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties or oleophilic and hydrophobic properties under the control of the control assembly, the control assembly is connected with each sub electronic control lyophobicity conversion graph in the sub electronic control lyophobicity conversion graphs, and each sub electronic control lyophobicity conversion graph can be controlled independently.

2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the sub electrically controlled paternity transfer patterns is stripe-shaped, and the plurality of sub electrically controlled paternity transfer patterns are arranged in parallel in any of the liquid storage chambers.

3. A control method for a display panel, characterized by a control component for controlling the display panel, the display panel comprising: the display device comprises a first substrate, a second substrate, an intermediate substrate and the control assembly, wherein the intermediate substrate is positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate, a plurality of display chambers which are arranged in an array are formed between the first substrate and the intermediate substrate, a display electronic control paternity and hydrophobicity conversion pattern is formed on the intermediate substrate in any one of the display chambers which are arranged in the array, a plurality of liquid storage chambers which are arranged in the array are formed between the intermediate substrate and the second substrate, a first electronic control paternity and hydrophobicity conversion pattern is arranged in any one of the liquid storage chambers, a first solution is stored in any one of the liquid storage chambers, the first solution is an oily or aqueous opaque solution, the any one of the liquid storage chambers is communicated with the any one of the display chambers through a through hole on the intermediate substrate, and the through hole is provided with the paternity and hydrophobicity conversion pattern, the display electronically controlled lyophobicity transfer graphic and the first electronically controlled lyophobicity transfer graphic are capable of having a hydrophilic oleophobic property or an oleophilic hydrophobic property under control of the control assembly, the method comprising:

acquiring first control information, wherein the first control information is used for indicating the area of any display chamber on the display panel to display the color of the first solution;

controlling the first electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion pattern to repel the first solution according to the first control information, enabling the display electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion pattern to be compatible with the first solution, and enabling the first solution to flow into any display chamber;

the first solution is an oily opaque solution, a second electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph is further arranged in any liquid storage chamber, a waterborne opaque second solution is further stored in any liquid storage chamber, the second electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph can have hydrophilic lipophobicity or oleophilicity hydrophobicity under the control of the control assembly,

the controlling the first electrically controlled lyophilic-lyophobic conversion pattern to repel the first solution according to the first control information, and the displaying the electrically controlled lyophilic-lyophobic conversion pattern to be compatible with the first solution so that the first solution flows into any one of the display chambers includes:

controlling the first electric control lyophobicity conversion graph and the second electric control lyophobicity conversion graph to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, wherein the display electric control lyophobicity conversion graph has oleophilic and hydrophobic properties, so that the first solution enters any display chamber;

the display electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph is made of transparent materials, a colored resistance layer is further formed between the display electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph and the middle substrate in any liquid storage cavity, the colored resistance layer comprises three colors of red, green and blue, the colored resistance layer takes the three colored resistance layers as a group, and the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring third control information, wherein the third control information is used for indicating the area where any display cavity is located on the display panel to display the color of the color resistance layer;

controlling the first electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion graph to have oleophilic and hydrophobic properties according to the third control information, and controlling the second electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion graph to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that the first solution is positioned on the first electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion graph, and the second solution is positioned on the second electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion graph;

an insulating layer is arranged between the color resistance layer and the display electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph;

the first solution is black shading ink, and the second solution is white reflective emulsion;

acquiring second control information, wherein the second control information is used for indicating the area of any display chamber on the display panel to display the color of the second solution;

and controlling the first electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph and the second electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph to have lipophilicity and hydrophobicity according to the second control information, wherein the displayed electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph has hydrophilicity and lipophilicity, so that the second solution enters any display chamber, the control assembly is connected with each sub electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph in the plurality of sub electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graphs, and each sub electronic control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph can be controlled independently.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first electrically controlled lyophilic transfer pattern or the second electrically controlled lyophilic transfer pattern includes a plurality of sub-electrically controlled lyophilic transfer patterns, each of the plurality of sub-electrically controlled lyophilic transfer patterns being capable of having a hydrophilic oleophobic property or an oleophilic hydrophobic property under control of the control assembly,

the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring fourth control information, wherein the fourth control information is used for indicating an area where any one display chamber is located on the display panel to display the color of the mixture of the color resistance layer and the first solution;

and controlling a preset number of sub electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graphs in the first electric control hydrophilicity-hydrophobicity conversion graph to have hydrophilicity-lipophobicity according to the fourth control information, and controlling the display electric control hydrophilicity-lipophobicity conversion graph to have lipophobicity-hydrophobicity so that a preset amount of the first solution enters any one display chamber.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein said controlling said first electrically controlled lyophilic transfer graphic and said second electrically controlled lyophilic transfer graphic each have a hydrophilic-oleophobic property, and said displaying electrically controlled lyophilic transfer graphic has an oleophilic-hydrophobic property, before said first solution enters any of said display chambers, the method further comprising:

and controlling the first electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion graph to have oleophilic hydrophobicity, and controlling the second electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion graph to have hydrophilic and oleophobic properties, so that the first solution and the second solution in any liquid storage chamber are separated, the first solution is positioned on the first electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion graph, and the second solution is positioned on the second electric control lyophilic and lyophobic conversion graph.

6. A display device characterized by comprising the display panel according to any one of claims 1 to 2.

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