Dynamic polarity control method and polarity control circuit for driving LCD
View Patent ↗A dynamic polarity control method for driving an LCD is provided. Gray level information is obtained, which indicates gray levels of dots in an image to be displayed. The gray level information is applied to each of a plurality of polarity patterns to obtain a plurality of combined patterns, wherein each of the polarity patterns has an individual polarity distribution. The gray levels of each of the combined patterns are summed up. A final pattern is selected from the plurality of polarity patterns according to the summed results, to drive the LCD for displaying the image.
1. A dynamic polarity control method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
obtaining gray level information which indicates gray levels of dots in an image to be displayed;
applying the gray level information to each of a plurality of polarity patterns to obtain a plurality of combined patterns, wherein each of the polarity patterns has an individual polarity distribution;
summing up the gray levels of each of the combined patterns; and
selecting a final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to the summed results and at least one of a plurality of selectable selection rules, to drive the LCD for displaying the image.
2. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the final pattern corresponds to a combined pattern having a minimum summed result among the plurality of combined patterns.
3. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns further comprises:
setting a threshold value; and
selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to a specific rule among the plurality of selection rules when more than one summed result has an absolute value smaller than the threshold value.
4. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the final pattern is selected according to a previous final pattern.
5. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step of summing up the gray levels of each of the combined patterns further comprises:
summing up the gray levels of the dots located in a specific region of the plurality of combined patterns, respectively,
and the step of selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns further comprises:
selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to the summed results corresponding to the specific region in the plurality of combined patterns, to drive the LCD for displaying the image.
6. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the amount of the dots with a positive polarity and the amount of the dots with a negative polarity are the same in each of the polarity patterns.
7. A dynamic polarity control method for driving a liquid crystal display (LCD), comprising:
obtaining gray level information which indicates gray levels of dots in an image to be displayed; and
selecting a final pattern from a plurality of polarity patterns according to the gray level information and at least one of a plurality of selectable selection rules, to drive the LCD for displaying the image, wherein each polarity pattern has an individual polarity distribution.
8. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising:
applying the gray level information to each of the plurality of polarity patterns to obtain a plurality of combined patterns; and
summing up the gray levels of each of the combined patterns.
9. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the step of selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns further comprises:
selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to the summed results.
10. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the final pattern corresponds to a combined pattern having a minimum summed result among the plurality of combined patterns.
11. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the step of selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to the summed results further comprises:
setting a threshold value; and
selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to a specific rule among the plurality of selection rules when more than one summed result has an absolute value smaller than the threshold value.
12. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the final pattern is selected according to a previous final pattern.
13. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the step of summing up the gray levels of each of the combined patterns further comprises:
summing up the gray levels of the dots located in a specific region of the plurality of combined patterns, respectively,
and the step of selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns further comprises:
selecting the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to the summed results corresponding to the specific region in the plurality of combined patterns, to drive the LCD for displaying the image.
14. The dynamic polarity control method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the amount of the dots with a positive polarity and the amount of the dots with a negative polarity are the same in each of the polarity patterns.
15. A polarity control circuit for driving an LCD, comprising:
a combination unit, receiving gray levels of dots in an image and sequentially providing a gray level value with a polarity in response to the received gray level and a polarity control signal, wherein the polarity control signal is provided according to one of a plurality of polarity patterns and each polarity pattern has an individual polarity distribution;
an accumulator, receiving the gray level value provided by the combination unit and accumulating the received gray level value to generate an accumulation result corresponding to each of the plurality of polarity patterns; and
a selector, selecting a final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to the accumulation results and at least one of a plurality of selectable selection rules to drive the LCD for displaying the image.
16. The polarity control circuit as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:
a control signal generator, providing the polarity control signal in response to the gray level received by the combination unit according to the one of the plurality of polarity patterns.
17. The polarity control circuit as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the final pattern has a minimum accumulation result among the plurality of polarity patterns.
18. The polarity control circuit as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the selector selects the final pattern from the plurality of polarity patterns according to a specific rule among the plurality of selection rules when more than one accumulation result has an absolute value smaller than a threshold value.
19. The polarity control circuit as claimed in claim 15 , further comprising:
a bypass unit, replacing the gray level value provided by the combination unit with a zero value and providing the zero value to the accumulator when the gray level value provided by the combination unit is a gray level of a dot located outside of a specific region of the one of the plurality of polarity patterns.
20. The polarity control circuit as claimed in claim 15 , wherein each of the polarity patterns is divided into a plurality of parts, and the amount of the plurality of parts is even and each part comprises the dots with same polarity.