IP Library Granted Patent US 11,195,479
Granted Patent B2
US 11,195,479 · App. 16/763,762 · Granted Dec 7, 2021

Display device and method for driving the same, driving apparatus and computer-readable medium

Inventors: Yanhui Xi (Beijing, CN); Xiaomang Zhang (Beijing, CN); Yan Sun (Beijing, CN); Zhihua Ji (Beijing, CN); Yuxin Bi (Beijing, CN); Tiankuo Shi (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G09G3/3426G09G5/10G09G3/3607G09G2320/0271
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,195,479
App. No.
16/763,762
Filed
May 13, 2020
Granted
Dec 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2694
USPC
345/204
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method for driving a display device, a driving apparatus, a display device, and a computer-readable medium. The display device includes a backlight module, which includes a plurality of backlight regions. The method includes: determining a first backlight signal value of each of the plurality of backlight regions according to input grayscale values of pixels in an image to be displayed; determining a second backlight signal value of each of the plurality of backlight regions according to the first backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions and a preset backlight diffusion function; and driving each of the plurality of backlight regions to emit light using the second backlight signal value of the backlight region.

Claims (50)

1. A method for driving a display device comprising a backlight module, the backlight module comprising a plurality of backlight regions, and the method comprising:

determining a first backlight signal value of each of the plurality of backlight regions according to input grayscale values of pixels in an image to be displayed;

determining a second backlight signal value of each of the plurality of backlight regions according to the first backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions and a preset backlight diffusion function; and

driving each of the plurality of backlight regions to emit light using the second backlight signal value of the backlight region, wherein

determining a second backlight signal value of each of the plurality of backlight regions according to the first backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions and a preset backlight diffusion function comprises: obtaining the second backlight signal value of each of the plurality of backlight regions through an iterative operation based on the first backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions and the preset backlight diffusion function, wherein

the iterative operation comprises: performing the iterative operation using the following formula:

F k=1 =F k +β·( G−H*F k )

wherein F k is a set of second backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions obtained in a k th iteration, F k+1 is a set of second backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions obtained in a (k+1) th iteration, k is an integer greater than or equal to 0, β is a preset constant, G is a set of first backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions, and H is the preset backlight diffusion function which is a g×g Gaussian function matrix, wherein g is equal to (2×j+1), and j is a natural number.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the second backlight signal value by using an iterative operation comprises: in a condition where

F

k

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1

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F

k

F

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is satisfied, using the set F k+1 of second backlight signal values obtained in the (k+1) th iteration as the obtained set of second backlight signal values: otherwise, incrementing k by 1 and repeating the iterative operation, wherein ε is a preset constant.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein 0<ε<0.1.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein 0<β<1 and 0<ε<0.1.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining the first backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions comprises: for each of the plurality of backlight regions,

calculating statistical information of input grayscale values of pixels in a sub-display region for the backlight region; and

determining a first backlight signal value of the backlight region according to the statistical information.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the statistical information comprises one of a maximum value, a mean value, or a histogram distribution value of the input grayscale values of the pixels in the sub-display region.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein F 0 =β×G.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein 0<β<1.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein determining the first backlight signal values of the plurality of backlight regions comprises: for each of the plurality of backlight regions,

calculating statistical information of input grayscale values of pixels in a sub-display region for the backlight region; and

determining a first backlight signal value of the backlight region according to the statistical information.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the statistical information comprises one of a maximum value, a mean value, or a histogram distribution value of the input grayscale values of the pixels in the sub-display region.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

determining actual backlight values of the pixels in the image to be displayed according to the determined second backlight signal values and the preset backlight diffusion function;

determining output grayscale values of the pixels according to the actual backlight values of the pixels and the input grayscale values of the pixels; and

driving a display panel to display the image to be displayed using the determined output grayscale values of the pixels.

12. A driving apparatus, comprising:

a memory configured to have instructions stored therein; and

a processor configured to:

execute the instructions stored in the memory to implement the method according to claim 1 .

13. A display device, comprising:

a display panel comprising a plurality of sub-display regions;

a backlight module comprising a plurality of backlight regions; and

the driving apparatus according to claim 12 .

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions which are configured to, when executed by at least one processor, implement the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2022
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060826/0252 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2020
From: XI, YANHUI; ZHANG, XIAOMANG; SUN, YAN; JI, ZHIHUA; BI, YUXIN; SHI, TIANKUO
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052651/0016 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811336651.2 · Nov 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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