阅读说明：本技术 一种显示装置 (Display device ) 是由 潘仁浩 董栗明 于 2021-08-31 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请实施例提供了一种显示装置,用以提高球面显示效果。本申请实施例提供的一种球形显示装置包括：球形支撑部,柔性显示面板,驱动单元；多个柔性显示面板拉伸成弧面拼接覆盖于球形支撑部的外表面；柔性显示面板包括：五边形柔性显示面板以及六边形柔性显示面板；每一五边形柔性显示面板的周围围绕五个六边形柔性显示面板；每一六边形柔性显示面板的周围围绕六个所述柔性显示面板,六个所述柔性显示面板包括间隔排布的六边形柔性显示面板和五边形柔性显示面板；驱动单元在背离柔性显示面板出光面一侧与柔性显示面板一一对应绑定；球形支撑部包括多个容纳驱动单元的凹槽；球形支撑部包括多个电性连接接口；电性连接接口与驱动单元电连接。(The embodiment of the application provides a display device for improving a spherical display effect. The embodiment of the application provides a spherical display device includes: the display device comprises a spherical supporting part, a flexible display panel and a driving unit; the plurality of flexible display panels are stretched into cambered surfaces and are spliced to cover the outer surface of the spherical supporting part; the flexible display panel includes: the display panel comprises a pentagonal flexible display panel and a hexagonal flexible display panel; the periphery of each pentagonal flexible display panel surrounds five hexagonal flexible display panels; six flexible display panels are surrounded around each hexagonal flexible display panel, and the six flexible display panels comprise hexagonal flexible display panels and pentagonal flexible display panels which are arranged at intervals; the driving units are correspondingly bound with the flexible display panel on the side departing from the light-emitting surface of the flexible display panel one by one; the spherical support part comprises a plurality of grooves for accommodating the driving unit; the spherical supporting part comprises a plurality of electrical connection interfaces; the electrical connection interface is electrically connected with the driving unit.)

1. A spherical display device, characterized in that the spherical display device comprises: a spherical support part, a plurality of flexible display panels and a plurality of driving units; the flexible display panels are stretched into cambered surfaces to be spliced and cover the outer surface of the spherical supporting part;

a plurality of the flexible display panels include: a plurality of pentagonal flexible display panels and a plurality of hexagonal flexible display panels; the periphery of each pentagonal flexible display panel is spliced around the five hexagonal flexible display panels; six flexible display panels are surrounded around each hexagonal flexible display panel, and the six flexible display panels comprise the hexagonal flexible display panels and the pentagonal flexible display panels which are arranged at intervals;

the driving units are correspondingly bound with the flexible display panels on the side, away from the light emitting surface of the flexible display panel, one to one;

the spherical support portion includes a plurality of recesses for receiving the driving units;

the spherical supporting part comprises a plurality of electrical connection interfaces;

the electric connection interface is electrically connected with the driving unit.

2. The spherical display device according to claim 1, wherein the pentagonal flexible display panel is shaped as a regular pentagon and the hexagonal flexible display panel is shaped as a regular hexagon.

3. The spherical display device according to claim 2, wherein the side length of the pentagonal flexible display panel is equal to the side length of the hexagonal flexible display panel.

4. The spherical display device according to any of claims 1 to 3, wherein each of the flexible display panels comprises: the display device comprises a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area;

the display area includes: a plurality of pixel island regions and a bridge region connecting adjacent pixel island regions;

each pixel island region comprises a plurality of sub-pixel units; the bridge region includes a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the sub-pixel units.

5. The spherical display device according to claim 4, wherein each of said bridge regions has a curved extension in a direction in which said bridge region extends.

6. The spherical display device according to claim 4, wherein the flexible display panel comprises in particular: the flexible substrate comprises a flexible substrate and a driving circuit layer arranged on the front surface of the flexible substrate; the drive circuit layer includes the signal line;

the flexible substrate base plate includes: the display area, the peripheral area, the binding area and the bending area; the bending area is positioned between the peripheral area and the binding area; the bending area is bent along a direction parallel to the edge of the flexible display panel as a bending axis so as to bend the binding area to the back of the flexible substrate;

part of the signal lines extend from the display area to the binding area through the peripheral area and the bending area;

the driving unit includes: and the driving chip is bound with the binding region on the back surface of the flexible substrate.

7. The spherical display device according to claim 6, wherein the driving unit further comprises: the flexible substrate comprises a chip on film circuit board bound with the binding region on the back of the flexible substrate, and a flexible circuit board bound with the chip on film circuit board on the back of the flexible substrate;

the driving chip is bound with the chip on film circuit board or the flexible circuit board.

8. The spherical display device according to claim 7, wherein the electrical connection interface is electrically connected to the flexible circuit board.

9. The spherical display device according to any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the flexible display panel further comprises: the light-emitting device layer is located on one side, away from the flexible substrate, of the driving circuit layer and is electrically connected with the driving circuit layer, the packaging layer is located on one side, away from the driving circuit layer, of the light-emitting device layer, and the cover plate is located on one side, away from the light-emitting device layer, of the packaging layer.

10. The spherical display device according to any of claims 1 to 3 and 5 to 8, wherein the flexible display panel is connected to the spherical support part by one or a combination of the following means: gluing, welding, buckling and screwing.

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of display, in particular to a display device.

Background

At present, the sphere display technology in a strict meaning does not appear in the market, and most of sphere display devices are connected to a large-scale sphere jig through a plane display screen with a small area, so that the sphere display can reduce the visual effect, and the optical effect is poor.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a display device for improving a spherical display effect.

The spherical display device that this application embodiment provided, spherical display device includes: a spherical support part, a plurality of flexible display panels and a plurality of driving units; the plurality of flexible display panels are stretched into cambered surfaces and are spliced to cover the outer surface of the spherical supporting part;

the plurality of flexible display panels includes: a plurality of pentagonal flexible display panels and a plurality of hexagonal flexible display panels; the periphery of each pentagonal flexible display panel is spliced around the five hexagonal flexible display panels; six flexible display panels are surrounded around each hexagonal flexible display panel, and the six flexible display panels comprise hexagonal flexible display panels and pentagonal flexible display panels which are arranged at intervals and are spliced;

the driving units are correspondingly bound with the flexible display panels on the side departing from the light-emitting surface of the flexible display panel one by one;

the spherical support part comprises a plurality of grooves for accommodating the driving unit;

the spherical supporting part comprises a plurality of electrical connection interfaces;

the electrical connection interface is electrically connected with the driving unit.

In some embodiments, the pentagonal flexible display panel is shaped as a regular pentagon and the hexagonal flexible display panel is shaped as a regular hexagon.

In some embodiments, the side length of the pentagonal flexible display panel is equal to the side length of the hexagonal flexible display panel.

In some embodiments, each flexible display panel comprises: a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area;

the display area includes: a plurality of pixel islands and a bridge region connecting adjacent pixel islands;

each pixel island region comprises a plurality of sub-pixel units; the bridge region includes a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to the sub-pixel units.

In some embodiments, each of the signal lines extends in a curved manner in the extending direction of the bridge region.

In some embodiments, the flexible display panel specifically comprises: the flexible substrate comprises a flexible substrate and a driving circuit layer arranged on the front surface of the flexible substrate; the drive circuit layer includes a signal line;

the flexible substrate includes: the display device comprises a display area, a peripheral area, a binding area and a bending area; the bending area is positioned between the peripheral area and the binding area; the bending area is bent along the direction parallel to the edge of the flexible display panel as a bending axis so as to bend the binding area to the back of the flexible substrate;

part of the signal lines extend from the display area to the binding area through the peripheral area and the bending area;

the drive unit includes: and the driving chip is bound with the binding region on the back surface of the flexible substrate.

In some embodiments, the driving unit further comprises: the flexible substrate comprises a chip on film circuit board bound with the binding area on the back of the flexible substrate and a flexible circuit board bound with the chip on film circuit board on the back of the flexible substrate;

the driving chip is bound with the chip on film circuit board or the flexible circuit board.

In some embodiments, the electrical connection interface is electrically connected to the flexible circuit board.

In some embodiments, the flexible display panel further comprises: the light-emitting device layer is located on one side, away from the flexible substrate, of the driving circuit layer and is electrically connected with the driving circuit layer, the packaging layer is located on one side, away from the driving circuit layer, of the light-emitting device layer, and the cover plate is located on one side, away from the light-emitting device layer, of the packaging layer.

In some embodiments, the flexible display panel is connected to the ball support by one or a combination of: gluing, welding, buckling and screwing.

The embodiment of the application provides a spherical display device, the flexible display panel of ball pentagon and the flexible display panel of hexagon stretch bending into the cambered surface concatenation and cover in spherical supporting part's surface, and the flexible display panel of pentagon and the flexible display panel of hexagon form spherical surface display panel at spherical supporting part's surface concatenation promptly to can obtain the spherical surface display panel in the stricter meaning, can improve the visual effect and the optical effect that the sphere shows, improve user experience. And the spherical supporting part is provided with a groove for accommodating the driving unit, so that the effect of attaching the flexible display panel to the surface of the spherical supporting part can be improved, and spherical display with a smooth curved surface is realized. The electric connection interface of spherical supporting portion is connected with the drive unit electricity, and the spherical display device that this application embodiment provided provides the signal of telecommunication through setting up in the electric connection interface of spherical supporting portion to the drive unit to make the spherical display panel of concatenation realize showing the function.

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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a spherical display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a spherical display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view of a spherical display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a pentagonal flexible display panel in a spherical display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a hexagonal flexible display panel in a spherical display device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a flexible display panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of signal lines in a flexible display panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 8 is a schematic view of a flexible substrate and a driving unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view along AA' of FIG. 6 according to an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application. It should be apparent that the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. And the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the described embodiments of the application without any inventive step, are within the scope of protection of the application.

Unless defined otherwise, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this application belongs. As used in this application, the terms "first," "second," and the like do not denote any order, quantity, or importance, but rather are used to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect.

It should be noted that the sizes and shapes of the figures in the drawings are not to be considered true scale, but are merely intended to schematically illustrate the present disclosure. And the same or similar reference numerals denote the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout.

An embodiment of the present application provides a spherical display device, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, and fig. 5, the spherical display device includes: a spherical support part 1, a plurality of flexible display panels 2, and a plurality of driving units 3; the plurality of flexible display panels 2 are stretched into cambered surfaces to be spliced and cover the outer surface of the spherical supporting part 1;

the plurality of flexible display panels 2 include: a plurality of pentagonal flexible display panels 5 and a plurality of hexagonal flexible display panels 6; the periphery of each pentagonal flexible display panel 5 is spliced around five hexagonal flexible display panels 6; six flexible display panels 2 are surrounded around each hexagonal flexible display panel 6, and the six flexible display panels 2 comprise the hexagonal flexible display panels 6 which are arranged at intervals and the pentagonal flexible display panels 5 which are spliced;

the driving units 3 are correspondingly bound with the flexible display panels 2 one by one on the side departing from the light emergent surface of the flexible display panel 2;

the spherical support 1 comprises a plurality of recesses 7 accommodating the drive unit 3;

the spherical support part 7 comprises a plurality of electrical connection interfaces 8;

the electrical connection interface 8 is electrically connected with the driving unit 3.

In addition, in the spherical display device provided in the embodiment of the present application, each flexible display panel is a stretchable display panel, so that the flexible display panel can be stretched into an arc surface to cover the outer surface of the spherical supporting portion, so that the flexible display panel is attached to the outer surface of the spherical supporting portion.

The embodiment of the application provides a spherical display device, pentagon flexible display panel and the flexible display panel of hexagon stretch bending into the cambered surface concatenation and cover in spherical supporting portion's surface, pentagon flexible display panel and the flexible display panel of hexagon form spherical surface display panel at spherical supporting portion's surface concatenation promptly to can obtain the spherical surface display panel in the strictest, can improve the visual effect and the optical effect that the sphere shows, improve user experience. And the spherical supporting part is provided with a groove for accommodating the driving unit, so that the covering effect of the flexible display panel on the outer surface of the spherical supporting part can be improved, and spherical display with a smooth curved surface is realized. The electric connection interface of spherical supporting portion is connected with the drive unit electricity, and the spherical display device that this application embodiment provided provides the signal of telecommunication through setting up in spherical supporting portion's electric connection interface to the drive unit can provide drive signal to flexible display panel, so that the spherical display panel of concatenation realizes showing the function promptly.

It should be noted that fig. 1 only shows a spherical display panel formed by splicing a pentagonal flexible display panel and a hexagonal flexible display panel. The drive unit is not shown in fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a partial area of a spherical display device. Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a single pentagonal flexible display panel. Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a single hexagonal flexible display panel.

In particular, in this embodiment, the spherical display device includes 12 pentagonal flexible display panels and 20 hexagonal flexible display panels.

It should be noted that, in the spherical display device provided in the embodiment of the present application, the flexible display panel is a stretchable display panel, and in the specific implementation, a plurality of flat flexible display panels may be separately manufactured, and when the flexible display panel is connected to the surface of the spherical supporting portion, the flexible display panel may be stretched to form an arc surface.

In some embodiments, the pentagonal flexible display panel is shaped as a regular pentagon and the hexagonal flexible display panel is shaped as a regular hexagon.

In some embodiments, the side length of the pentagonal flexible display panel is equal to the side length of the hexagonal flexible display panel.

Therefore, the pentagonal flexible display panel and the hexagonal flexible display panel can be spliced to form the spherical display panel.

In some embodiments, each flexible display panel comprises: a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area;

as shown in fig. 6, the display area includes: a plurality of pixel islands S1 and a bridge region S2 connecting adjacent pixel islands S1;

each pixel island S1 includes a plurality of sub-pixel units 10; bridge region S2 includes a plurality of signal lines electrically connected to sub-pixel cell 10.

In specific implementation, as shown in fig. 6, the display device further includes a plurality of opening regions S3. The opening region S3 is located between adjacent pixel islands S1.

When the flexible display panel is specifically implemented, the opening area is arranged on the flexible display panel, and the signal line is arranged in the bridge area, so that the signal line can avoid the opening area, the stretching amount of the flexible display panel can be increased, the stretching performance of the flexible display panel can be improved, and the flexible display panel can be attached to the cambered surface of the outer surface of the spherical supporting part. Therefore, the spherical display panel in a strict sense can be obtained, the visual effect and the optical effect of spherical display can be improved, and the user experience is improved.

In particular implementation, as shown in FIG. 6, pixel island S1 has at least one pixel, each pixel including three sub-pixel regions 10. Specifically, each pixel may include a red sub-pixel region, a green sub-pixel region, and a blue sub-pixel region. The bridge region S2 has signal lines (not shown) connecting pixels in the adjacent pixel island region S1, and the signal lines may be specifically gate lines, data lines, power supply lines, or the like; specifically, the pixel island region S1 may have a rectangular shape, the opening region S3 may have a stripe shape, and the stripe-shaped opening region S3 may be located at a gap between two adjacent pixel island regions S1 and may extend in the same direction as the extending direction of the side of the pixel island region S1. In particular implementations, each pixel island may include 4 pixel pixels, as shown in FIG. 6. Of course, the number of pixels included in each pixel island region may be selected according to actual needs, and the application is not limited thereto.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7, each bridge region S2 has a curved extension of each signal line 11 in the extending direction of the bridge region S2.

Note that fig. 7 illustrates the bridge region S2 extending along the first direction X, and only one signal line 11 in the bridge region S2 is shown in fig. 7.

In the embodiment of the application, each signal line is crooked to extend in the extending direction of bridge region to can obtain the signal line that has the form of high deflection, further improve signal line ductility, can further improve flexible display panel's tensile volume, improve flexible display panel tensile property, thereby realize that flexible display panel and the cambered surface of spherical supporting part surface are laminated. Therefore, the spherical display panel in a strict sense can be obtained, the visual effect and the optical effect of spherical display can be improved, and the user experience is improved.

In particular implementations, the signal line may include a high ductility metal or alloy, including, for example: titanium, aluminum, silver, gold.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8 and 3, the flexible display panel specifically includes: a flexible substrate 12, a drive circuit layer 13 provided on the front surface of the flexible substrate 12; the drive circuit layer 13 includes the signal line 11;

the flexible substrate 12 includes: a display panel area 14, a binding area 15, and a bending area 16; the display panel region 14 includes a display region 17 and a peripheral region 18; the bending area 16 is positioned between the peripheral area 18 and the binding area 15; the bending area 16 is bent along a direction parallel to the edge of the flexible display panel as a bending axis, so that the binding area 15 is bent to the back side of the flexible substrate base plate 12;

part of the signal lines 11 extend from the display region 17 to the bonding region 15 through the peripheral region 18 and the bending region 16;

the drive unit 3 includes: and a driver chip IC bonded to the bonding region 15 on the back surface of the flexible substrate 12.

In practical implementation, the display panel area corresponds to the display area and the peripheral area. In specific implementation, the back surface of the flexible substrate is the side of the flexible substrate deviating from the light-emitting surface of the flexible display panel in the display panel area.

It should be noted that fig. 8 illustrates a pentagonal flexible display panel as an example, and for convenience of clearly illustrating the binding relationship between the driving unit and the display panel, fig. 8 illustrates a state where the binding region is not bent to the back surface of the flexible substrate as an example. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the bonding region after bending to the back side of the flexible substrate.

In a specific implementation, the shape of the display panel area of the flexible substrate is the same as the shape of the flexible display panel. In specific implementation, both the pentagonal flexible display panel and the hexagonal display panel can be bound with the driving unit on one side of the edge of the display panel area.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the flexible display panel 2 further comprises: the light-emitting device comprises a light-emitting device layer 19, an encapsulation layer 20 and a cover plate 9, wherein the light-emitting device layer 19 is located on one side, away from the flexible substrate 12, of the driving circuit layer 13 and is electrically connected with the driving circuit layer 13, the encapsulation layer 20 is located on one side, away from the driving circuit layer 13, of the light-emitting device layer 19, and the cover plate 9 is located on one side, away from the light-emitting device layer 19, of the encapsulation layer 20.

In a specific implementation, the cover plate may be attached to the encapsulation layer by, for example, an optical adhesive.

In a specific implementation, the light emitting device layer includes, for example, an electroluminescent device, that is, the flexible display panel provided in the embodiments of the present application may be, for example, an electroluminescent display panel. The electroluminescent display panel may be, for example, an organic light emitting diode display panel or an inorganic micro light emitting diode display panel or a quantum dot light emitting diode display panel. The organic light emitting diode display panel may be, for example, an Active organic electroluminescent diode (AMOLED) or a Passive organic electroluminescent diode (PMOLED).

In a specific implementation, the driving circuit layer further includes a pixel driving circuit corresponding to the sub-pixel, and the pixel driving circuit includes, for example, a thin film transistor and a capacitor. The electroluminescent device is electrically connected to the pixel driving circuit.

In specific implementation, as shown in fig. 9, the flexible display panel further includes: and a buffer layer 21 provided on the front surface of the flexible substrate 12. The driving circuit layer 13 specifically includes: an active layer 28 on the side of the buffer layer 21 facing away from the flexible substrate 12, a first gate insulating layer 22 on the side of the active layer 28 facing away from the buffer layer 21, a first conductive layer 29 on the side of the first gate insulating layer 22 facing away from the active layer 28, a second gate insulating layer 23 on the side of the first conductive layer 29 facing away from the first gate insulating layer 22, a second conductive layer 30 on the side of the second gate insulating layer 23 facing away from the first conductive layer 29, an interlayer insulating layer 24 on the side of the second conductive layer 30 facing away from the second gate insulating layer 23, a third conductive layer 31 on the side of the interlayer insulating layer 24 facing away from the second conductive layer 30, a passivation layer 25 on the side of the third conductive layer 31 facing away from the interlayer insulating layer 24, a fourth conductive layer 32 on the side of the passivation layer 25 facing away from the third conductive layer 31, and a planarization layer 26 on the side of the fourth conductive layer 32 facing away from the passivation layer 25. In a specific implementation, the active layer 28 includes an active layer of a thin film transistor, the first conductive layer 29 includes a gate electrode G of the thin film transistor and a first electrode c1 of a capacitor, the second conductive layer 30 includes a second electrode c2 of the capacitor, the third conductive layer 31 includes a source electrode S and a drain electrode D of the thin film transistor, and the fourth conductive layer 32 includes a connection electrode 33. Wherein the connection electrode 33 is electrically connected to the drain electrode of the thin film transistor through a via hole penetrating the passivation layer 25. The light emitting device layer 19 includes: an anode 34, a light-emitting functional layer 35, and a cathode 36. The anode 34 is electrically connected to the connection electrode 33 through a via hole penetrating the planarization layer 26. The flexible display panel further comprises a pixel defining layer 27 arranged spaced apart from the anode 34. In this embodiment, the hole region S3 can be used to remove the flexible substrate 12 and the insulating layers thereon, for example.

Fig. 9 may be a cross-sectional view along AA' in fig. 6, for example.

In specific implementation, the encapsulation layer 20 includes, for example, an inorganic encapsulation layer, an organic encapsulation layer, and an inorganic encapsulation layer, which are stacked.

In fig. 3, a single-layer wiring of the signal line 11 is illustrated as an example. In particular, the signal lines may be wired in two layers or more. The signal line may be provided in any of the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, the third conductive layer, the fourth conductive layer, the anode, and the cathode, for example. In specific implementation, the signal line of the bridge region can be directly manufactured on the flexible substrate. Alternatively, the bridge region may include an insulating layer corresponding to the pixel island region, and the conductive layers corresponding to the bridge signal line and the pixel island region are provided on the same insulating layer. In specific implementation, the signal line in the bridge region may be formed by patterning through evaporation or etching.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8 and 3, the driving unit 3 further includes: a chip on film circuit board cof bonded to the bonding region 15 on the back side of the flexible substrate 12, and a flexible circuit board fpc bonded to the chip on film circuit board cof on the back side of the flexible substrate 12.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8 and 3, the driver IC is bonded to the chip on film circuit board cof.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, the driver chip IC is bonded to the flexible circuit board fpc.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the electrical connection interface 8 is electrically connected to the flexible circuit board fpc.

In a specific implementation, the material of the flexible substrate includes, for example, Polyimide (PI).

In some embodiments, the flexible display panel is connected to the ball support by one or a combination of: gluing, welding, buckling and screwing.

When the flexible display panel is connected with the spherical supporting part through gluing, the surface of the spherical supporting part or the back of the flexible display panel can be coated with glue, and then the flexible display panel is attached to the surface of the spherical supporting part.

In a specific implementation, when the flexible display panel and the ball-shaped support portion are connected by a welding process, a metal or other thermoplastic material may be disposed on a welding area on the back surface of the flexible display panel and/or the surface of the ball-shaped support portion, and the flexible display panel and the ball-shaped support portion may be connected by a welding energy source at the welding area. In particular implementations, the welding energy source may be, for example, a gas flame, an electric arc, a laser, an electron beam, an ultrasonic wave, or the like.

In specific implementation, when the flexible display panel is connected with the spherical supporting portion through the buckle, the matched buckles can be respectively arranged on the back surface of the flexible display panel and the surface of the spherical supporting portion.

In an embodiment, when the flexible display panel is screwed to the spherical support portion, for example, the flexible display panel and the spherical support portion may be provided with a threaded portion, and the flexible display panel and the spherical support portion may be connected to each other at the threaded portion by a nut matching with the thread.

The spherical display device provided by the embodiment of the application is applied to any product or component with a display function. Other essential components of the spherical display device are understood by those skilled in the art, and are not described herein nor should they be construed as limiting the present application.

To sum up, the spherical display device that this application embodiment provided, pentagon flexible display panel and the flexible display panel in hexagon are tensile crooked become the cambered surface concatenation and are covered in spherical supporting portion's surface, and pentagon flexible display panel and the flexible display panel in hexagon form spherical display panel at spherical supporting portion's surface concatenation promptly to can obtain the spherical display panel in the stricter meaning, can improve the visual effect and the optical effect that the sphere shows, improve user experience. And the spherical supporting part is provided with a groove for accommodating the driving unit, so that the effect of attaching the flexible display panel to the surface of the spherical supporting part can be improved, and spherical display with a smooth curved surface is realized. The electric connection interface of spherical supporting portion is connected with the drive unit electricity, and the spherical display device that this application embodiment provided provides the signal of telecommunication through setting up in the electric connection interface of spherical supporting portion to the drive unit to make the spherical display panel of concatenation realize showing the function.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made in the present application without departing from the spirit and scope of the application. Thus, if such modifications and variations of the present application fall within the scope of the claims of the present application and their equivalents, the present application is intended to include such modifications and variations as well.