IP Library Granted Patent US 11,205,393
Granted Patent B2
US 11,205,393 · App. 17/043,093 · Granted Dec 21, 2021

Display device and driving method therefor

Inventor: Chih Tsung Kang (Chongqing, CN)
Assignees: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED; CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3413G09G3/3426G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0247G09G2320/0646G09G2360/16
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Patent No.
US 11,205,393
App. No.
17/043,093
Granted
Dec 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device, wherein a drive circuit thereof is used to display each frame of image by means of two sub-frames; and determining, according to an average drive voltage of sub-pixels of all colors, the magnitudes of backlight compensation signals respectively corresponding to the two sub-frames so as to adjust the light emission brightness of a light source.

Claims (71)

1. A driving method for a display device, comprising:

dividing a red-green-blue three-color backlight source of a display device into a plurality of regions, pixels of the display device being divided into blocks in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of regions of the backlight source;

independently controlling an emergent light brightness of a light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions with regional control device;

acquiring an input signal of each image frame to be displayed, and a high voltage signal and a low voltage signal of a driving voltage of each sub-pixel of the display device;

displaying each image frame by a front sub-frame and a rear sub-frame according to the high voltage signal and the low voltage signal, driving voltages of two adjacent sub-pixels in each of the blocks for each sub-frame are respectively a high voltage and a low voltage, and the driving voltages of each sub-pixel in the two sub-frames are respectively a high voltage and a low voltage;

determining amplitude of backlight brightness compensation signals of the light source of each color in each of the plurality of regions respectively corresponding to the two sub-frames according to an average driving voltage of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions; the higher the average driving voltage is, the weaker the backlight brightness compensation signal is, and the lower the average driving voltage is, the stronger the backlight brightness compensation signal is, so as to alleviate a brightness difference of each of the regions between the two sub-frames;

adjusting the backlight brightness compensation signal of each region of the plurality of regions so as to alleviate the emergent light brightness difference between adjacent regions of the plurality of regions, wherein adjusting the backlight brightness compensation signal of each region of the plurality of regions is implemented by spatial low-pass smoothing filtering processing, and three colors are processed respectively during spatial low-pass smoothing filtering processing; and

after adjusting the backlight brightness compensation signal, adjusting the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions according to the backlight brightness compensation signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising acquiring a reference backlight brightness signal of the light source of each color corresponding to each image frame.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining the amplitude of backlight brightness compensation signals of the light source of each color in each of the plurality of regions respectively corresponding to the two sub-frames according to the average driving voltage of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions comprises:

calculating a driving voltage average value of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions in one sub-frame, a driving voltage average value in another sub-frame, a driving voltage average value of the high voltage signal and a driving voltage average value of the low voltage signal, and calculating the backlight brightness compensation signal accordingly based on the driving voltage average values and the reference backlight brightness signal, wherein constraint conditions of the calculation are as follows: brightness of the two sub-frames in each region of the plurality of regions tends to be consistent after the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions is adjusted according to the backlight brightness compensation signals; and a sum of the brightness of the two sub-frames in each region of the plurality of regions tends to be consistent to a sum of sub-frame brightness obtained according to the reference backlight brightness signal and the high voltage signal and a sub-frame brightness obtained according to the reference backlight brightness signal and the low voltage signal.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the calculation is according to the following formulae:

for a red sub-pixel:

A M_R *R M_ave_H +A M_R *R M_ave_L =A M_R1 *R M_ave1 +A M_R2 *R M_ave2 ;

A M_R1 *R M_ave1 =A M_R2 *R M_ave2 ;

wherein M represents a serial number of the region, A M_R represents a brightness value of the reference backlight brightness signal of a red light source, A M_R1 represents the brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the red light source of a first sub-frame in two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, A M_R2 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the red light source of a second sub-frame in the two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, R M_ave1 represents the average value of the driving voltage of the red sub-pixel of the first sub-frame in the region M, R M_ave2 represents the average value of the driving voltage of the red sub-pixel of the second sub-frame in the region M, R M_ave_H represents the average value of the driving voltage of the red sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the high voltage signal in the region M, and R M_ave_L represents the average value of the driving voltage of the red sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the low voltage signal in the region M;

for a green sub-pixel:

A M_G *G M_ave_H +A M_G *G M_ave_L =A M_G1 *G M_ave1 +A M_G2 *G M_ave2 ;

A M_G1 *G M_ave1 =A M_G2 *G M_ave2 ;

wherein M represents a serial number of the region, A M_G represents a brightness value of the reference backlight brightness signal of a green light source, A M_G1 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the green light source of a first sub-frame in two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, A M_G2 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the green light source of a second sub-frame in the two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, G M_ave1 represents the average value of the driving voltage of the green sub-pixel of the first sub-frame in the region M, G M_ave2 represents the average value of the driving voltage of the green sub-pixel of the second sub-frame in the region M, G M_ave_H represents an average value of the driving voltage of the green sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the high voltage signal in the region M, and G M_ave_L represents an average value of the driving voltage of the green sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the low voltage signal in the region M; and

for a blue sub-pixel:

A M_B *B M_ave_H +A M_B *B M_ave_L =A M_B1 *B M_ave1 +A M_B2 *B M_ave2 ;

A M_B1 *B M_ave1 =A M_B2 *B M_ave2 ;

wherein M represents a serial number of the region, A M_B represents a brightness value of the reference backlight brightness signal of a blue light source, A M_B1 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the blue light source of a first sub-frame in two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, A M_B2 represents the brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the blue light source of a second sub-frame in the two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, B M_ave1 represents an average value of the driving voltage of the blue sub-pixel of the first sub-frame in the region M, B M_ave2 represents an average value of the driving voltage of the blue sub-pixel of the second sub-frame in the region M, B M_ave_H represents an average value of the driving voltage of the blue sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the high voltage signal in the region M, and B M_ave_L represents an average value of the driving voltage of the blue sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the low voltage signal in the region M.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the adjusting the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions according to the backlight brightness compensation signal is to perform backlight brightness compensation to a next image frame.

6. A display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a backlight circuit, comprising a backlight source and regional control device, wherein the backlight source is a red-green-blue three-color backlight source, the regional control device is configured to divide the backlight source into a plurality of regions; each region of the plurality of regions comprises three light sources including a red light source, a green light source, and a blue light source; the regional control device is further configured to independently control the emergent light brightness of each light source in each region of the plurality of regions, and pixels of the display panel are divided into blocks in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of regions of the backlight circuit; and

a driving circuit, comprising:

an input circuit, configured to acquire an input signal of each image frame to be displayed, and acquire a high voltage signal and a low voltage signal of a driving voltage of each sub-pixel of the display device;

a framing display circuit, configured to display each image frame by a front sub-frame and a rear sub-frame according to the high voltage signal and the low voltage signal, the driving voltages of each sub-frame to two adjacent sub-pixels in each of the blocks are respectively a high voltage and a low voltage, and the driving voltages of each sub-pixel in the two sub-frames are respectively a high voltage and a low voltage;

a backlight compensation determination circuit, configured to determine amplitude of backlight brightness compensation signals of the light source of each color in each of the plurality of regions respectively corresponding to the two sub-frames according to the average driving voltage of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions; the higher the average driving voltage is, the weaker the backlight brightness compensation signal is, and the lower the average driving voltage is, the stronger the backlight brightness compensation signal is, so as to alleviate the brightness difference of each of the plurality of regions between the two sub-frames;

a backlight brightness adjustment circuit, configured to adjust the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions according to the backlight brightness compensation signal; and

a spatial low-pass smoothing filter, configured to adjust the backlight brightness compensation signal of each of the plurality of regions, so as to alleviate the emergent light brightness of adjacent regions of the plurality of regions, wherein three colors are processed respectively during spatial low-pass smoothing filtering processing:

wherein the backlight brightness adjustment circuit adjusts the emergent light brightness of each region of the plurality of regions according to the backlight brightness compensation signal adjusted by the spatial low-pass smoothing filter.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the driving circuit further comprises a reference backlight brightness circuit, configured to acquire a reference backlight brightness signal of the light source of each color corresponding to each image frame.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the backlight compensation determination circuit comprises:

a first sub-frame statistic circuit, configured to count on an average value of driving voltage of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions in the first sub-frame of the two sub-frames;

a second sub-frame statistic circuit, configured to count on an average value of driving voltage of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions in the second sub-frame of the two sub-frames;

a high voltage statistics circuit, configured to count on an average value of the driving voltage of a high voltage signal of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions;

a low voltage statistics circuit, configured to count on an average value of the driving voltage of a low voltage signal of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions; and

a calculation circuit, configured to calculate the backlight brightness compensation signal according to values obtained by statistics of the first sub-frame statistic circuit, the second sub-frame statistic circuit, the high voltage statistics circuit and the low voltage statistics circuit and the reference backlight brightness signal, and constraint conditions of the calculation are as follows: the brightness of the two sub-frames in each region of the plurality of regions tends to be consistent after the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions is adjusted according to the backlight brightness compensation signal; and a sum of the brightness of the two sub-frames in each region of the plurality of regions tends to be consistent to the sum of a sub-frame brightness obtained according to the reference backlight brightness signal and the high voltage signal and a sub-frame brightness obtained according to the reference backlight brightness signal and the low voltage signal.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein adjusting by the backlight brightness adjustment circuit the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions according to the backlight brightness compensation signal is to perform backlight brightness compensation to a next image frame.

10. A display device, comprising:

a display panel;

a backlight circuit, comprising a backlight source and regional control device, the backlight source is a red-green-blue three-color backlight source, the regional control device is configured to divide the backlight source into a plurality of regions; each region of the plurality of regions comprises three light sources including a red light source, a green light source, and a blue light source; the regional control device is further configured to independently control an emergent light brightness of each light source in each region of the plurality of regions, and pixels in the display panel are divided into blocks in one-to-one correspondence to the plurality of regions of the backlight circuit; and

a driving chip, storing instructions, wherein the following steps are executed when the instructions are executed by the driving chip:

acquiring an input signal of each image frame to be displayed, and acquiring a high voltage signal and a low voltage signal of a driving voltage of each sub-pixel of the display device;

displaying each image frame by a front sub-frame and a rear sub-frame according to the high voltage signal and the low voltage signal, driving voltages of two adjacent sub-pixels in each of the blocks in each sub-frame are respectively a high voltage and a low voltage, and the driving voltages of each sub-pixel in the two sub-frames are respectively a high voltage and a low voltage;

determining amplitude of backlight brightness compensation signals of the light source of each color in each of the plurality of regions respectively corresponding to the two sub-frames according to an average driving voltage of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions; the higher the average driving voltage is, the weaker the backlight brightness compensation signal is, and the lower the average driving voltage is, the stronger the backlight brightness compensation signal is, so as to alleviate the brightness difference of each of the plurality of regions between the two sub-frames;

adjusting the backlight brightness compensation signal of each region of the plurality of regions so as to alleviate the emergent light brightness difference between adjacent regions of the plurality of regions, wherein adjusting the backlight brightness compensation signal of each region of the plurality of regions is implemented by spatial low-pass smoothing filtering processing, and three colors are processed respectively during spatial low-pass smoothing filtering processing; and

after adjusting the backlight compensation signal, adjusting the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions according to the backlight brightness compensation signal.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein when the instruction is executed by the driving chip, the following steps is further implemented: acquiring a reference backlight brightness signal of the light source of each color corresponding to each image frame.

12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the determining the amplitude of backlight brightness compensation signals of the light source of each color in each of the plurality of regions respectively corresponding to the two sub-frames according to the average driving voltage of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions further comprises:

counting on a driving voltage average value of the sub-pixel of each color in each of the plurality of regions in one sub-frame, a driving voltage average value in another sub-frame, a driving voltage average value of the high voltage signal and a driving voltage average value of the low voltage signal, and calculating the backlight brightness compensation signal accordingly based on the driving voltage average values and the reference backlight brightness signal, wherein constraint conditions of the calculation are as follows: the brightness of the two sub-frames in each region of the plurality of regions tends to be consistent after the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions is adjusted according to the backlight brightness compensation signal; and a sum of the brightness of the two sub-frames in each region of the plurality of regions tends to be consistent to a sum of a sub-frame brightness obtained according to the reference backlight brightness signal and the high voltage signal and a sub-frame brightness obtained according to the reference backlight brightness signal and the low voltage signal.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the calculation is executed according to the following formulae:

for a red sub-pixel:

A M_R *R M_ave_H +A M_R *R M_ave_L =A M_R1 *R M_ave1 +A M_R2 *R M_ave2 ;

A M_R1 *R M_ave1 =A M_R2 *R M_ave2 ;

wherein M represents a serial number of the region, A M_R represents a brightness value of the reference backlight brightness signal of the red light source, A M_R1 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the red light source of the first sub-frame in two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, A M_R2 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the red light source of the second sub-frame in the two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, R M_ave1 represents an average value of the driving voltage of the red sub-pixel of the first sub-frame in the region M, R M_ave2 represents an average value of the driving voltage of the red sub-pixel of the second sub-frame in the region M, R M_ave_H represents an average value of the driving voltage of the red sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the high voltage signal in the region M, and R M_ave_L represents an average value of the driving voltage of the red sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the low voltage signal in the region M;

for a green sub-pixel:

A M_G *G M_ave_H +A M_G *G M_ave_L =A M_G1 *G M_ave1 +A M_G2 *G M_ave2 ;

A M_G1 *G M_ave1 =A M_G2 *G M_ave2 ;

wherein M represents a serial number of the region, A M_G represents a brightness value of the reference backlight brightness signal of the green light source, A M_G1 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the green light source of the first sub-frame in two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, A M_G2 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the green light source of the second sub-frame in the two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, G M_ave1 represents an average value of the driving voltage of the green sub-pixel of the first sub-frame in the region M, G M_ave2 represents an average value of the driving voltage of the green sub-pixel of the second sub-frame in the region M, G M_ave_H represents an average value of the driving voltage of the green sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the high voltage signal in the region M, and G M_ave_L represents an average value of the driving voltage of the green sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the low voltage signal in the region M; and

for a blue sub-pixel:

A M_B *B M_ave_H +A M_B *B M_ave_L =A M_B1 *B M_ave1 +A M_B2 *B M_ave2 ;

A M_B1 *B M_ave1 =A M_B2 *B M_ave2 ;

wherein M represents a serial number of the region, A M_B represents a brightness value of the reference backlight brightness signal of the blue light source, A M_B1 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the blue light source of the first sub-frame in two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, A M_B2 represents a brightness value of the backlight brightness compensation signal of the blue light source of the second sub-frame in the two corresponding sub-frames in the region M, B M_ave1 represents an average value of the driving voltage of the blue sub-pixel of the first sub-frame in the region M, B M_ave2 represents an average value of the driving voltage of the blue sub-pixel of the second sub-frame in the region M, B M_ave_H represents an average value of the driving voltage of the blue sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the high voltage signal in the region M, and B M_ave_L represents an average value of the driving voltage of the blue sub-pixel of the sub-frame corresponding to the low voltage signal in the region M.

14. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein adjusting the emergent light brightness of the light source of each color in each region of the plurality of regions according to the backlight brightness compensation signal is to perform backlight brightness compensation to a next image frame.

15. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein before adjusting the emergent light brightness of each region of the plurality of regions according to the backlight brightness compensation signal, the method further comprises adjusting the backlight brightness compensation signal of each region of the plurality of regions so as to alleviate the emergent light brightness difference between adjacent regions.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein adjusting the backlight brightness compensation signal of each region of the plurality of regions is implemented by spatial low-pass smoothing filtering processing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2020
From: KANG, CHIH TSUNG
To: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED; CHONGQING HKC OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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CN 201811088563.5 · Sep 18, 2018 · national
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