IP Library Granted Patent US 9,208,735
Granted Patent B2
US 9,208,735 · App. 13/297,698 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Voltage adjustment method and apparatus of liquid crystal display panel

Inventor: Peilin Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,208,735
App. No.
13/297,698
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A voltage adjustment method and apparatus of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The method comprises: acquiring initial reference voltage (RV) values of gamma voltage pairs corresponding to respective gray scales, which includes a first and a second gamma voltage; fixing the first gamma voltages, adjusting respectively the second gamma voltages in accordance with flicker values of the brightness of the LCD panel and the initial RV values of the second gamma voltages, and acquiring the adjusted voltage values of the second gamma voltages; and adjusting synchronously, with an equal proportion, the initial RV value of the first gamma voltage and the adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to each gray scale respectively, so that the brightness corresponding to the gray scale is adjusted to be the same as the brightness corresponding to the same gray scale in the gamma standard voltage curve.

Claims (19)

1. A voltage adjustment method of a liquid crystal display panel for eliminating image sticking, comprising:

acquiring initial reference voltage values of a gamma voltage pair corresponding to a gray scale in accordance with a voltage-transmittance curve and a gamma standard voltage curve of the liquid crystal display panel, the gamma voltage pair including a first gamma voltage and a second gamma voltage;

fixing the first gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale as an initial reference voltage value of the first gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale,

collecting a flicker value of brightness of the liquid crystal display panel by inputting a scan symmetry voltage, wherein the scan symmetry voltage is formed by taking an initial reference voltage value of the second gamma voltage as a center and applying symmetrical voltages bilaterally around the center with a same step length and a same voltage application time as preset;

taking a voltage value of the scan symmetry voltage which corresponds to a minimum value of the flicker value as an adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale;

adjusting synchronously, in opposite directions by an equal magnitude, the initial reference voltage value of the first gamma voltage and the adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale respectively, so that brightness corresponding to the gray scale is adjusted to be same as brightness corresponding to the same gray scale in the gamma standard voltage curve.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said adjusting synchronously, with an equal proportion, the initial reference voltage value of the first gamma voltage and the adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale respectively so that the brightness corresponding to the gray scale is adjusted to be same as the brightness corresponding to the same gray scale in the gamma standard voltage curve comprises:

increasing the initial reference voltage value of the first gamma voltage and the adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale respectively by a first preset voltage value and a second preset voltage value at the same time, wherein the first preset voltage value and the second preset voltage value have a same magnitude but opposite signs;

acquiring the brightness corresponding to the gray scale in accordance with the adjusted voltage values of the gamma voltage pair corresponding to the gray scale; and

repeating above steps until the brightness corresponding to the gamma voltage pair corresponding to the gray scale is adjusted to be same as that corresponding to the same gray scale in the gamma standard voltage curve.

3. A voltage adjustment apparatus of a liquid crystal display panel for eliminating image sticking, comprising:

an acquisition module configured to acquire initial reference voltage values of a gamma voltage pair corresponding to a gray scale in accordance with a voltage-transmittance curve and a gamma standard voltage curve of the liquid crystal display panel, the gamma voltage pair including a first gamma voltage and a second gamma voltage;

a first adjustment module configured to fix the first gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale as an initial reference voltage value of the first gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale, to collect a flicker value of brightness of the liquid crystal display panel by inputting a scan symmetry voltage, wherein the scan symmetry voltage is formed by taking an initial reference voltage value of the second gamma voltage as a center and applying symmetrical voltages bilaterally around the center with a same step length and a same voltage application time as preset;

and to take a voltage value of the scan symmetry voltage which corresponds to a minimum value of the flicker value as an adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale;

a second adjustment module configured to adjust synchronously, in opposite directions by an equal magnitude, the initial reference voltage value of the first gamma voltage and the adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale respectively, so that brightness corresponding to the gray scale is adjusted to be same as brightness corresponding to the same gray scale in the gamma standard voltage curve.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second adjustment module comprises:

a second voltage adjustment unit configured to increase the initial reference voltage value of the first gamma voltage and the adjusted voltage value of the second gamma voltage corresponding to the gray scale respectively by a first preset voltage value and a second preset voltage value at the same time, wherein the first preset voltage value and the second preset voltage value have a same magnitude but opposite signs;

an acquisition unit configured to acquire the brightness corresponding to the gray scale in accordance with the adjusted voltage values of the gamma voltage pair corresponding to the gray scale; and

a voltage determination unit configured to repeat above steps performed by the second voltage adjustment unit and the acquisition unit until the brightness corresponding to the gamma voltage pair corresponding to the gray scale is adjusted to be same as that corresponding to the same gray scale in the gamma standard voltage curve.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 16, 2011
From: ZHANG, PEILIN
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2010 1 0549181 · Nov 17, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120120124A1 · May 17, 2012