Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, driving method thereof and display apparatus
An organic light emitting (OLED) display panel, a driving method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The OLED display panel comprises a display region including N number of pixel rows and a non-display region including a light-emitting driver circuit and a scanning driver circuit. The display region includes a first display region including N 1 number of pixel rows and a second display region including N 2 number of pixel rows, where N 1 , N 2 , and N are positive integers, and N 1 +N 2 =N. A pixel row in the second display region has a smaller number of pixels than a pixel row in the first display region. The light-emitting driver circuit is configured to, in scanning time S for each frame, supply a light-emitting control signal having n number of light-emitting cycles to each pixel row in the display region, where n is a positive integer.
1. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, comprising:
a display region including N number of pixel rows; and
a non-display region including a light-emitting driver circuit and a scanning driver circuit,
wherein:
the display region includes a first display region including N 1 number of pixel rows and a second display region including N 2 number of pixel rows, where N 1 , N 2 , and N are positive integers, and N 1 +N 2 =N;
a pixel row in the second display region has a smaller number of pixels than a pixel row in the first display region;
the light-emitting driver circuit is configured to, in scanning time S for each frame, supply a light-emitting control signal having n number of light-emitting cycles to each pixel row in the display region, where n is a positive integer;
the scanning driver circuit is configured to, in the scanning time S for each frame, scan each pixel row in the display region; and
the N 2 number of pixel rows in the second display region and the scanning time S for each frame satisfies
(
k
-
0.1
)
S
n
≤
N
2
t
≤
(
k
+
0.1
)
S
n
,
and N 2 t>0, where k is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and t is scanning time for the scanning driver circuit to scan one pixel row.
2. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
N 2 is an integer between 80 and 220.
3. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the scanning time S for each frame includes display region scanning time, front porch time, and back porch time;
the display region scanning time for the N number of pixel rows is Nt;
the front porch time and the back porch time for M number of pixel rows are Mt; and
S=t(N+M).
4. The OLED display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:
N
2
=
k
(
N
+
M
)
n
.
5. The OLED display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:
M
=
m
(
N
+
M
)
n
,
where m is an integer greater than 0.
6. The OLED display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:
M is an integer between 10 and 20.
7. The OLED display panel according to claim 3 , wherein:
M is an integer between 280 and 320.
8. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second display region is disposed above or below the first display region, and the second display region and the first display region are arranged in a same plane;
the second display region includes a first sub-region and a second sub-region;
a certain number of pixels in each pixel row are disposed in the first sub-region, and remained pixels in the same pixel row in the second display region are disposed in the second sub-region;
the OLED display panel includes an irregular-shaped region; and
the first sub-region and the second sub-region are separated by the irregular-shaped region.
9. The OLED display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
a contour of the irregular-shaped region is an arc.
10. The OLED display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
the irregular-shaped region is a transparent display region.
11. The OLED display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
the irregular-shaped region is configured with one or more of a camera, a microphone, an optical sensor, a distance sensor, an iris recognition sensor, and a fingerprint recognition sensor.
12. The OLED display panel according to claim 8 , wherein:
the first sub-region and the second sub-region are configured symmetrically.
13. A display apparatus, comprising an OLED display panel, wherein the OLED display panel comprises:
a display region including N number of pixel rows; and
a non-display region including a light-emitting driver circuit and a scanning driver circuit,
wherein:
the display region includes a first display region including N 1 number of pixel rows and a second display region including N 2 number of pixel rows, where N 1 , N 2 , and N are positive integers, and N 1 +N 2 =N;
a pixel row in the second display region has a smaller number of pixels than a pixel row in the first display region;
the light-emitting driver circuit is configured to, in scanning time S for each frame, supply a light-emitting control signal having n number of light-emitting cycles to each pixel row in the display region, where n is a positive integer;
the scanning driver circuit is configured to, in the scanning time S for each frame, scan each pixel row in the display region; and
the N 2 number of pixel rows in the second display region and scanning time S for each frame satisfies
(
k
-
0.1
)
S
n
≤
N
2
t
≤
(
k
+
0.1
)
S
n
,
and N 2 t>0, where k is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and t is scanning time for the scanning driver circuit to scan one pixel row.
14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein:
N 2 is an integer between 80 and 220.
15. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein:
the scanning time S for each frame includes display region scanning time, front porch time, and back porch time;
the display region scanning time for the N number of pixel rows is Nt;
the front porch time and the back porch time for M number of pixel rows are Mt; and
S=t(N+M).
16. A driving method for an OLED display panel comprising:
a display region including N number of pixel rows; and a non-display region including a light-emitting driver circuit and a scanning driver circuit, wherein: the display region includes a first display region including N 1 number of pixel rows and a second display region including N 2 number of pixel rows, where N 1 , N 2 , and N are positive integers, and N 1 +N 2 =N; a pixel row in the second display region has a smaller number of pixels than a pixel row in the first display region; the light-emitting driver circuit is configured to, in scanning time S for each frame, supply a light-emitting control signal having n number of light-emitting cycles to each pixel row in the display region, where n is a positive integer; the scanning driver circuit is configured to, in the scanning time S for each frame, scan each pixel row in the display region; and the N 2 number of pixel rows in the second display region and scanning time S for each frame satisfies
(
k
-
0.1
)
S
n
≤
N
2
t
≤
(
k
+
0.1
)
S
n
,
and N 2 t>0, where k is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and t is scanning time for the scanning driver circuit to scan one pixel row, wherein the driving method comprises:
in the scanning time S for each frame, supplying, by the light-emitting driver circuit, the light-emitting control signal having the n number of light-emitting cycles to each pixel row; and
in the scanning time S for each frame, scanning, by the scanning driver circuit, each pixel row in the display region,
wherein:
the N 2 number of pixel rows in the second display region and the scanning time S for each frame satisfies
(
k
-
0.1
)
S
n
≤
N
2
t
≤
(
k
+
0.1
)
S
n
,
and N 2 t>0, where k is an integer greater than or equal to 0, and t is the scanning time for the scanning driver circuit to scan one pixel row.
17. The driving method according to claim 16 , wherein:
N 2 is an integer between 80 and 220.
18. The driving method according to claim 16 , wherein:
the scanning time S for each frame includes display region scanning time, front porch time, and back porch time;
the display region scanning time for the N number of pixel rows is Nt;
the front porch time and the back porch time for M number of pixel rows are Mt; and
S=t(N+M).
19. The driving method according to claim 18 , wherein:
N
2
=
k
(
N
+
M
)
n
.
20. The driving method according to claim 18 , wherein:
M
=
m
(
N
+
M
)
n
,
where m is an integer greater than 0.