Samsung patents modular displays with staggered pixel timing
Samsung describes a system that combines multiple display panels into a single modular unit. It uses separate timing processors to control different groups of pixels so they update at slightly different times within the same frame.
In the filing’s own words
Provided is a modular display device including a plurality of display devices, and a plurality of timing processors configured to control a plurality of driver integrated circuits (ICs) included in the plurality of display devices to perform pulse width modulation (PWM) driving on pixels included in the plurality of display devices, wherein the pixels are configured to be driven in a plurality of sub-frame intervals within a frame interval, and wherein at least one timing processor among the plurality of timing processors is configured to control at least one driver IC configured to drive first pixels among the pixels included in the plurality of display devices such that a plurality of sub-frame intervals for the first pixels is different from a plurality of sub-frame intervals for second pixels.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A modular display device comprising: a plurality of display devices; and a plurality of timing processors configured to control a plurality of driver integrated circuits (ICs) included in the plurality of display devices to perform pulse width modulation (PWM) driving on pixels included in the plurality of display devices, wherein the pixels are configured to be driven in a plurality of sub-frame intervals within a frame interval, and wherein at least one timing processor among the plurality of timing processors is configured to control at least one driver IC configured to drive first pixels among the pixels included in the plurality of display devices such that a plurality of sub-frame intervals for the first pixels is different from a plurality of sub-frame intervals for second pixels.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- MODULAR DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME
- Publication number
- US20260321195A1
- Application number
- 19467032
- Filed
- Feb 2, 2026
- Published
- Oct 15, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
G09G 3/32 Physics & computingG09G 3/2092 Physics & computingG09G 2300/026 Physics & computingG09G 2310/08 Physics & computingG09G 2340/0435 Physics & computingMore from Samsung in AR, VR & displays
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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