IP Library Granted Patent US 10,943,531
Granted Patent B1
US 10,943,531 · App. 16/891,081 · Granted Mar 9, 2021

Decay factor accumulation method and decay factor accumulation module using the same

Inventors: Li-Chieh Chen (Hsinchu, TW); Yen-Tao Liao (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: NOVATEK Microelectronics Corp.
G09G3/3208G09G2320/0257G09G2320/0285
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Patent No.
US 10,943,531
App. No.
16/891,081
Granted
Mar 9, 2021
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention provides a decay factor accumulation method for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel with a variable refresh rate (VRR). The decay factor accumulation method includes detecting an operating frame rate of an input image; generating a decay factor compensation coefficient according to the operating frame rate and a measurement frame rate; and generating a plurality of accumulated decay factors of the input image according to a decay factor lookup table corresponding to the measurement frame rate and the decay factor compensation coefficient.

Claims (26)

1. A decay factor accumulation method, for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel with a variable refresh rate (VRR), comprising:

detecting an operating frame rate of an input image;

generating a decay factor compensation coefficient according to the operating frame rate and a measurement frame rate; and

generating a plurality of accumulated decay factors of the input image according to a decay factor lookup table corresponding to the measurement frame rate and the decay factor compensation coefficient.

2. The decay factor accumulation method of claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the plurality of accumulated decay factors of the input image according to the decay factor lookup table corresponding to the measurement frame rate and the decay factor compensation coefficient comprises:

looking up a plurality of decay factors of the input image from the decay factor lookup table; and

multiplying the plurality of decay factors with the decay factor compensation coefficient, to generate the plurality of accumulated decay factors.

3. The decay factor accumulation method of claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the decay factor compensation coefficient according to the operating frame rate and the measurement frame rate comprises:

generating the decay factor compensation coefficient according to a linear or non-linear relation or magnification between the operating frame rate and the measurement frame rate.

4. The decay factor accumulation method of claim 1 , wherein the step of generating the decay factor compensation coefficient according to the operating frame rate and the measurement frame rate comprises:

generating the decay factor compensation coefficient according to a decay factor compensation lookup table corresponding to the operating frame rate and the measurement frame rate.

5. The decay factor accumulation method of claim 1 , wherein the step of detecting the operating frame rate of the input image comprises:

detecting an oscillating number of an oscillator during the input image is displayed; and

calculating the operating frame rate according to the oscillating number and an oscillating frequency of the oscillator.

6. The decay factor accumulation method of claim 1 , wherein the OLED display panel compensates a subsequent image with the plurality of accumulated decay factors.

7. A decay factor accumulation module, for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel with a variable refresh rate (VRR), comprising:

a detecting circuit, for detecting an operating frame rate of an input image;

a decay factor compensation circuit, for generating a decay factor compensation coefficient according to the operating frame rate and a measurement frame rate; and

a decay factor accumulation circuit, for generating a plurality of accumulated decay factors of the input image according to a decay factor lookup table corresponding to the measurement frame rate and the decay factor compensation coefficient.

8. The decay factor accumulation module of claim 7 , wherein the decay factor accumulation circuit comprises:

a memory, for looking up a plurality of decay factors of the input image from the decay factor lookup table; and

a multiplier, for multiplying the plurality of decay factors with the decay factor compensation coefficient, to generate the plurality of accumulated decay factors.

9. The decay factor accumulation module of claim 7 , wherein the decay factor compensation circuit generates the decay factor compensation coefficient according to a linear or non-linear relation or magnification between the operating frame rate and the measurement frame rate.

10. The decay factor accumulation module of claim 7 , wherein the decay factor compensation circuit generates the decay factor compensation coefficient according to a decay factor compensation lookup table corresponding to the operating frame rate and the measurement frame rate.

11. The decay factor accumulation module of claim 7 , wherein the detecting circuit detects an oscillating number of an oscillator during the input image is displayed, and calculates the operating frame rate according to the oscillating number and an oscillating frequency of the oscillator.

12. The decay factor accumulation module of claim 7 , wherein the OLED display panel compensates a subsequent image with the plurality of accumulated decay factors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2020
From: CHEN, LI-CHIEH; LIAO, YEN-TAO
To: NOVATEK MICROELECTRONICS CORP.
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