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Sony patents display that uses light to activate a grid of glowing dots

Patent drawing
Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony describes a display device that uses a sheet of material covered with a grid of tiny glowing particles called phosphors. Instead of using electricity to power each dot individually, a light source scans across the surface to activate the phosphors and create an image.

Why it mattersThis approach could lead to displays with different brightness or power characteristics compared to standard screens, though the filing does not specify if it is intended for consumer products.

In the filing’s own words

A display device according to the present technology includes a display unit on which a plurality of phosphors is two-dimensionally arrayed on a base material, and a light irradiation unit that two-dimensionally scans and irradiates a display surface that is a surface of the display unit on which the phosphors are arrayed with light.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A display device, comprising: a display unit on which a plurality of phosphors is two-dimensionally arrayed on a base material; and a light irradiation unit that two-dimensionally scans and irradiates a display surface that is a surface of the display unit on which the phosphors are arrayed with light.

Facts

Company
Sony (SONY GROUP CORPORATION)
Official title
DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHOD
Publication number
US20260319349A1
Application number
19481133
Filed
May 21, 2024
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
13

Classified under

G03B 21/204 Physics & computingH04N 5/74 Electricity & electronics
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