MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514070904 A) filed by Lg Display Co. Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea, on July 25, 2025, for 'display device having switchable viewing angle.'
Inventor(s) include Han, Jaejung; and Lee, Semin.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A display device (100) having a switchable viewing angle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a display panel (110) comprising a display area (AA) and a non-display area (NA) around the display area (AA), the 5 display area (AA) including a viewing angle control area (PA) in which the display device (100) is operated to be switched between a viewing angle control mode and a share mode, a share area (SA) in which the display device (100) is operated in a share mode, and a boundary area (MA) disposed between the viewing angle control area (PA) and the share area (SA) in which the display device (100) is operated to be switched 10 between the viewing angle control mode and the share mode, a viewing angle control panel (120) disposed below the display panel (110) for selectively controlling the operating mode of the display device (100) by controlling the polarized light transmitting into the display area (AA), wherein, in an area of the viewing angle control panel (120) corresponding to the boundary area (MA), the viewing angle control panel 15 (120) is configured so that the amount of the polarized light from a light source of the display device (100) blocked by the viewing angle control panel (120) gradually decreases in a direction from the viewing angle control area (PA) to the share area (SA) thereby reducing the visual inconsistency caused by a difference in viewing angle between the viewing angle control area (PA) and the share area (SA)."
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