IP Library Granted Patent US 9,363,506
Granted Patent B2
US 9,363,506 · App. 13/089,447 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Method of processing image data, method of displaying image using the same and display apparatus performing the method of displaying image

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Patent No.
US 9,363,506
App. No.
13/089,447
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of processing image data comprises storing image frame data in a first memory, repetitively reading the image frame data stored in the first memory to output high frequency image frame data and correcting the high frequency image frame data based on previous frame data.

Claims (90)

1. A method of processing image data, the method comprising:

read-outing first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a memory during a first sub period of a horizontal period in which first line data of an n-th frame is input;

read-outing first line data of an (n−2)-th frame in the memory during a second sub period of the horizontal period;

read-outing second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a third sub period of the horizontal period;

read-outing second line data of the (n−2)-th frame in the memory during a fourth sub period of the horizontal period;

writing first line data of the n-th frame in the memory during a fifth sub period of the horizontal period;

correcting the first line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period based on the first line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the second sub period; and

correcting the second line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the third sub period based on the second line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the fourth sub period,

wherein corrected first and second line data of the (n−1)-th frame are outputted during the horizontal period.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

compressing line data of a frame to store in the memory.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

read-outing first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a memory during the first sub period;

read-outing compressed first line data of an (n−2)-th frame in the memory during the second sub period of the horizontal period;

read-outing second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during the third sub period of the horizontal period;

read-outing compressed second line data of the (n−2)-th frame in the memory during the fourth sub period of the horizontal period,

writing first line data of the n-th frame in the memory during the fifth sub period of the horizontal period;

correcting the first line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period based on restored first line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the second sub period; and

correcting the second line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the third sub period based on restored second line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the fourth sub period.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the frame included a left-eye frame including left-eye image data and a left-eye frame including left-eye image data.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

displaying a first left-eye image frame, a second left-eye image frame, a first right-eye image frame and a second right-eye image frame on the display panel with the high frequency.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

displaying a first left-eye image frame, a first black image frame, a first right-eye image frame and a second black image frame on the display panel with the high frequency.

7. A method of processing image data, the method comprising:

read-outing first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a first memory during a first sub period of a first control period corresponding to a horizontal period in which first line data of an n-th frame is input;

read-outing second line data of an (n−2)-th frame in the first memory during a second sub period of the first control period;

writing first line data of the n-th frame in the first memory during a third sub period of the first control period;

compressing the first and second line data of an (n−1)-th frame read-out in a first memory to store in a second memory;

read-outing compressed first line data of an (n−2)-th frame in the second memory during a first sub period of a second control period corresponding to the horizontal period;

writing compressed first line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the second memory during a second sub period of the second control period,

read-outing compressed second line data of the (n−2)-th frame in the second memory during a third sub period of the second control period;

writing compressed second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the second memory during a fourth sub period of the second control period;

correcting the first line of data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period based on restored first line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the second sub period; and

restoring the compressed second line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the fourth sub period.

8. A method of processing image data, the method comprising:

read-outing first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a memory during a first sub period of a horizontal period in which first line data of an n-th frame is input;

read-outing corrected first line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a second sub period of the horizontal period;

read-outing corrected second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a third sub period of the horizontal period;

writing first line data of an n-th frame in the memory during a fourth sub period of the horizontal period;

correcting the first line data of the n-th frame based on the first line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period; and

writing corrected first line data of the n-th frame in the memory during a fifth sub period of the horizontal period,

wherein corrected first and second line data of the (n−1)-th frame are outputted during the horizontal period.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

compressing line data of a frame to store in the memory.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising: read-outing compressed first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a memory during a first sub period of a horizontal period in which first line data of an n-th frame is input;

read-outing corrected first line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a second sub period of the horizontal period;

read-outing corrected second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a third sub period of the horizontal period;

writing compressed first line data of an n-th frame in the memory during a fourth sub period of the horizontal period,

correcting the first line data of the n-th frame based on restored first line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period; and

writing corrected first line data of the n-th frame in the memory during a fifth sub period of the horizontal period.

11. The method of claim 6 , wherein the frame includes a left-eye frame including left-eye image data and a left-eye frame including left-eye image data.

12. A method of processing image data, the method comprising:

compressing line data of an n-th frame;

read-outing compressed first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a first memory during a first sub period of a first control period corresponding to a horizontal period in which first line data of an n-th frame is input;

writing compressed first line data of the n-th frame in the first memory during a second sub period of the first control period;

correcting first line data of the n-th frame based on restored first line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period;

read-outing corrected first line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a second sub period of the horizontal period;

storing corrected line data in a second memory;

read-outing corrected first line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the second memory during a first sub period of a second control period corresponding to the horizontal period;

read-outing corrected second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the second memory during a second sub period of the second control period; and

writing corrected first line data of the n-th frame in the second memory during a third sub period of the second control period.

13. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel which displays an image;

a memory which stores line data of a frame with a low frequency;

a memory controlling part which controls the memory

a frame doubling part which repetitively outputs the line data of the frame with a high frequency;

a data correcting part which corrects the line data of the frame; and

a panel driving part which displays an image frame based on frame data on the display panel with the high frequency,

wherein the memory controlling part read-outs first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a memory during a first sub period of a horizontal period in which first line data of an n-th frame is input, read-outs first line data of an (n−2)-th frame in the memory during a second sub period of the horizontal period, read-outs second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a third sub period of the horizontal period, read-outs second line data of the (n−2)-th frame in the memory during a fourth sub period of the horizontal period and writes first line data of the n-th frame in the memory during a fifth sub period of the horizontal period, and

the data correcting part corrects the first line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period based on the first line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the second sub period, and corrects the second line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the third sub period based on the second line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the fourth sub period.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the frame includes a left-eye frame including left-eye image data and a left-eye frame including left-eye image data,

wherein the panel driving part which displays a first left-eye image frame, a second left-eye image frame, a first right-eye image frame and a second right-eye image frame on the display panel.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:

a black inserting part which inserts a black image frame between a left-eye image frame and a right-eye image frame, and

the panel driving part which displays the left-eye image frame, the black image frame, the right-eye image frame and the black image frame on the display panel.

16. The display apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising:

a compressing part which compresses the line data of the frame to store in the memory,

wherein the memory controlling part read-outs first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a memory during the first sub period, read-outs compressed first line data of an (n−2)-th frame in the memory during the second sub period of the horizontal period, read-outs second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during the third sub period of the horizontal period, read-outs compressed second line data of the (n−2)-th frame in the memory during the fourth sub period of the horizontal period and writes first line data of the n-th frame in the memory during the fifth sub period of the horizontal period, and

the data correcting part corrects the first line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period based on restored first line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the second sub period, and corrects the second line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the third sub period based on restored second line data of the (n−2)-th frame read-out during the fourth sub period.

17. A display apparatus comprising:

a first memory which stores line data of a frame with a low frequency;

a frame doubling part which repetitively outputs the line data of the frame with a high frequency;

a data correcting part which corrects the line data of the frame;

a panel driving part which displays an image frame based on the line data of the frame with the high frequency;

a second memory; and

a compressing/controlling part which compresses the line data of the frame to store in the second memory,

wherein the first memory controlling part read-outs first line data of an (n−1)-th frame in a memory during a first sub period of a horizontal period in which first line data of an n-th frame is input, read-outs corrected first line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a second sub period of the horizontal period, read-outs corrected second line data of the (n−1)-th frame in the memory during a third sub period of the horizontal period and writes first line data of an n-th frame in the memory during a fourth sub period of the horizontal period,

the data correcting part corrects the first line data of the n-th frame based on the first line data of the (n−1)-th frame read-out during the first sub period, and

the compressing/controlling part writes corrected first line data of the n-th frame in the memory during a fifth sub period of the horizontal period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029151/0055 →