IP Library Granted Patent US 10,176,769
Granted Patent B2
US 10,176,769 · App. 15/074,831 · Granted Jan 8, 2019

Liquid crystal display method and device, and storage medium

Inventors: Anyu Liu (Beijing, CN); Lei Yu (Beijing, CN); Guosheng Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Xiaomi Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,176,769
App. No.
15/074,831
Granted
Jan 8, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a liquid crystal display method and device, and a storage medium, and it relates to the field of liquid crystal display. The method include acquiring a grayscale value of each row of a content displayed on a liquid crystal panel, determining whether the pixel grayscale values of a plurality the pixels in the i-th row of the displayed content are lower than a predetermined value, setting a refresh rate of the i-th row of the displayed content to a first refresh rate when the grayscale values of the plurality of pixels in the i-th row are below the predetermined value, determining whether at least one pixel grayscale value of the pixels in the j-th row is not lower than the predetermined value, and setting a refresh rate of the j-th row in the displayed content to a second refresh rate if at least one pixel grayscale value of the pixels in the j-th row is not lower than a predetermined value. The first refresh rate is lower than the second.

Claims (58)

1. A method for displaying content on a liquid crystal panel, comprising:

acquiring pixel grayscale values of all pixels in a row of content displayed on the liquid crystal panel;

determining whether the pixel grayscale values of all the pixels in an i-th row of the displayed content are each lower than a predetermined value;

when it is determined that the pixel grayscale values of all the pixels in the i-th row are each lower than the predetermined value, setting a refresh rate of the i-th row of the displayed content to a first refresh rate without changing any of the pixel grayscale values of all the pixels in the i-th row;

determining whether at least one pixel grayscale value of all the pixels in a j-th row is not lower than the predetermined value; and

when it is determined that the at least one pixel grayscale value of all the pixels in the j-th row is not lower than the predetermined value, setting a refresh rate of the j-th row of the displayed content to a second refresh rate without changing any of the pixel grayscale values of all the pixels in the j-th row, wherein the first refresh rate is lower than the second refresh rate.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said setting the refresh rate of the i-th row of the content to the first refresh rate comprises:

sending to a display chip a refresh rate setting instruction corresponding to the i-th row in the displayed content.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first refresh rate is less than 50 Hz.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the content has changed after setting the refresh rate of the i-th row of the displayed content to the first refresh rate or setting the refresh rate of the j-th row of the displayed content to the second refresh rate; and

acquiring a pixel grayscale value of a row of the changed content on the liquid crystal panel when the displayed content has changed.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether a row of the content has changed; and

acquiring pixel grayscale values of pixels of the changed row when the row of the content has changed.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the method further comprises:

maintaining a refresh rate for the row when the row of the content has not changed.

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

determining whether the content is in a static display mode or a dynamic display mode; and

acquiring pixel grayscale values of a row in the displayed content on the liquid crystal panel when the content is in the static display mode.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein:

when the content remains unchanged for a predetermined period of time, the content is in the static display mode.

9. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

maintaining refreshing rates of each row of the content when the content is in the dynamic mode.

10. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a processor;

a display chip coupled to the processor;

a liquid crystal panel in communication with the display chip; and

a memory storing instructions executable by the processor, the memory in communication with the processor, wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is configured to cause the liquid crystal display device to:

receive pixel grayscale values of all selected pixels in a row of content displayed on the liquid crystal panel;

determine whether the pixel grayscale values of all the selected pixels in an i-th row of the displayed content are each lower than a predetermined value;

when it is determined that the pixel grayscale values of all the selected pixels in the i-th row of the displayed content are each lower than the predetermined value, set a refresh rate of the i-th row in the displayed content to a first refresh rate without changing any of the pixel grayscale values of all the pixels in the i-th row;

determine whether at least one pixel grayscale value of all the selected pixels in a j-th row is not lower than the predetermined value; and

when it is determined that the at least one pixel grayscale value of all the selected pixels in the j-th row is not lower than the predetermined value, set a refresh rate of the j-th row in the displayed content to a second refresh rate without changing any of the pixel grayscale values of all the pixels in the j-th row, wherein the first refresh rate is lower than the second refresh rate.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is further configured to cause the liquid crystal display device to:

send to the display chip a refresh rate setting instruction corresponding to the i-th row in the displayed content when it is determined that the grayscale values of all the selected pixels in the i-th row are lower than the predetermined value.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first refresh rate is less than 50 Hz.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is further configured to cause the liquid crystal display device to:

determine whether the content has changed; and

acquire a pixel grayscale value of each row of the changed content on the liquid crystal panel when the displayed content has changed.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is further configured to cause the liquid crystal display device to:

determine whether a row of the content has changed; and

acquiring pixel grayscale values of pixels of the changed row when the row of the content has changed.

15. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 14 , wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is further configured to cause the liquid crystal display device to:

maintain a refresh rate for the row when the row of the content has not changed.

16. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 10 , wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is further configured to cause the liquid crystal display device to:

determine whether the content is in a static display mode or a dynamic display mode; and

acquire pixel grayscale values of a row of the displayed content on the liquid crystal panel when the content is in the static display mode.

17. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein:

when the content remains unchanged for a predetermined period of time, the content is in the static display mode.

18. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 16 , wherein, when the processor executes the instructions, the processor is further configured to cause the liquid crystal display device to:

maintain refresh rates of each row of the content when the content is in the dynamic mode.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein instructions that, when executed by a processor of a terminal, causes the terminal to:

acquire pixel grayscale values of all selected pixels in a row of a displayed content on a liquid crystal panel of the terminal;

determine whether the pixel grayscale values of the selected pixels in an i-th row of the displayed content are each lower than a predetermined value;

when it is determined that the pixel grayscale values of all the selected pixels in the i-th row of the displayed content are each lower than the predetermined value, set a refresh rate of the i-th row in the displayed content to a first refresh rate without changing any of the pixel grayscale values of all the pixels in the i-th row;

determine whether at least one pixel grayscale value of all the selected pixels in a j-th row is not lower than the predetermined value; and

when it is determined that the at least one pixel grayscale value of all the selected pixels in the j-th row is not lower than the predetermined value, setting a refresh rate of the j-th row in the displayed content to a second refresh rate without changing any of the pixel grayscale values of all the pixels in the j-th row, wherein the first refresh rate is lower than the second refresh rate.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 038036 FRAME: 0833. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Mar 28, 2016
From: LIU, ANYU; YU, LEI; LI, GUOSHENG
To: XIAOMI INC.
Reel/Frame 038275/0327 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2016
From: LIN, ANYU; YU, LEI; LI, GUOSHENG
To: XIAOMI INC.
Reel/Frame 038036/0833 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0772732 · Nov 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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