Patent ID: 9594286
Date: 2017-03-14
CPC Classifications: G02F,H01L

Claim:
1. A transparent display apparatus, comprising: a transparent display unit having an emissive area for display of an image and a transmissive area for transmitting at least a portion of external light incident on the transparent display apparatus; at least one control device to identify an object in the image and control adjustment of the portion of the external light transmitted through the transmissive area of the transparent display unit in an object area corresponding to the object; and a light control unit overlapping with the transparent display unit, the light control unit having an adjustable transmittance to the external light, wherein the control device controls adjustment of the portion of the external light transmitted through the transmissive area of the transparent display unit by controlling adjustment of the adjustable transmittance of the light control unit in the object area corresponding to the object, and wherein the transparent display unit comprises a plurality of first pixels that include the emissive area and the transmissive area and wherein the light control unit comprises a plurality of second pixels.