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US 11,467,202 · App. 17/006,914 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Diagnosis method of light-emitting device and electronic device

Inventors: Yu-Ming Huang (Miao-Li County, TW); Yi-Cheng Chang (Miao-Li County, TW); Chia-Huan Huang (Miao-Li County, TW)
Assignee: Innolux Corporation
G01R31/2635
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Patent No.
US 11,467,202
App. No.
17/006,914
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides an electronic device and a diagnosis method of a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes at least one region, and each region of the at least one region has a plurality of light-emitting units. The diagnosis method includes the following steps. A plurality of light-emitting units of one of the at least one region are illuminated by a current. A voltage value corresponding to the current is compared with a first standard voltage value corresponding to a first standard current corresponding to the one of the at least one region. Whether the one of the at least one region is abnormal is determined according to a result of comparing the voltage value with the first standard voltage value. Therefore, the diagnosis method of the disclosure may effectively diagnose whether the at least one region of the light-emitting device is abnormal.

Claims (33)

1. A diagnosis method of a light-emitting device, wherein the light-emitting device comprises at least one region, each region of the at least one region has a plurality of light-emitting units, and the diagnosis method comprises:

illuminating the plurality of light-emitting units of one of the at least one region by a current;

comparing a voltage value corresponding to the current with a first standard voltage value corresponding to a first standard current corresponding to the one of the at least one region;

determining whether the one of the at least one region is abnormal according to a result of comparing the voltage value with the first standard voltage value; and

illuminating the plurality of light-emitting units of the one of the at least one region in sequence if it is determined that one of the at least one region is abnormal, comprising:

determining whether the plurality of light-emitting units illuminated in sequence are abnormal individually via a second standard voltage value corresponding to a second standard current.

2. The diagnosis method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one region comprises a plurality of regions.

3. The diagnosis method of claim 2 , further comprising:

illuminating the plurality of light-emitting units of another region in the plurality of regions by another current;

comparing another voltage value corresponding to the another current with another first standard voltage value corresponding to another first standard current corresponding to the another region in the plurality of regions; and

determining whether the another region of the plurality of regions is abnormal according to a result of comparing the another voltage value with the another first standard voltage value.

4. The diagnosis method of claim 3 , further comprising:

illuminating the plurality of light-emitting units of the another region of the plurality of regions in sequence if it is determined that the another region of the plurality of regions is abnormal.

5. The diagnosis method of claim 4 , wherein the step of illuminating the plurality of light-emitting units of the another region of the plurality of regions in sequence comprises:

determining whether the plurality of light-emitting units illuminated in sequence are abnormal individually via the second standard voltage value corresponding to the second standard current.

6. The diagnosis method of claim 1 , wherein if a difference of the voltage value and the first standard voltage value is greater than a default value, then the one of the at least one region is determined as abnormal.

7. The diagnosis method of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device is a backlight module of a display.

8. The diagnosis method of claim 1 , wherein the step of illuminating the plurality of light-emitting units of one of the at least one region by the current and the step of determining whether the one of the at least one region is abnormal according to a result of comparing the voltage value with the first standard voltage value are respectively performed in different blanking periods.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a light-emitting device, comprising at least one region, wherein each region of the at least one region has a plurality of light-emitting units;

a power supply module, coupled to the light-emitting device, and configured to illuminate the plurality of light-emitting units of one of the at least one region by a current; and

a microcontroller, coupled to the light-emitting device, and configured to compare a voltage value corresponding to the current with a first standard voltage value corresponding to a first standard current corresponding to the one of the at least one region,

wherein the microcontroller determines whether the one of the at least one region is abnormal according to a result of comparing the voltage value with the first standard voltage value,

wherein the power supply module illuminates the plurality of light-emitting units of the one of the at least one region in sequence when the microcontroller determines that one of the at least one region is abnormal,

wherein the microcontroller determines whether the plurality of light-emitting units illuminated in sequence are abnormal individually via a second standard voltage value corresponding to a second standard current.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one region comprises a plurality of regions.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the power supply module illuminates the plurality of light-emitting units of another region in the plurality of regions by another current, and the microcontroller compares another voltage value corresponding to the another current with another first standard voltage value corresponding to another first standard current corresponding to the another region in the plurality of regions,

wherein the microcontroller determines whether the another region of the plurality of regions is abnormal according to a result of comparing the another voltage value with the another first standard voltage value.

12. The electronic device of claim 11 , wherein the power supply module illuminates the plurality of light-emitting units of the another region of the plurality of regions in sequence if it is determined that the another region of the plurality of regions is abnormal.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the microcontroller determines whether the plurality of light-emitting units illuminated in sequence are abnormal individually via the second standard voltage value corresponding to the second standard current.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein if a difference of the voltage value and the first standard voltage value is greater than a default value, then the microcontroller determines the one of the at least one region as abnormal.

15. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting device is a backlight module of a display.

16. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the power supply module performs an operation for illuminating the plurality of light-emitting units of one of the at least one region by the current and the microcontroller performs another operation for determining whether the one of the at least one region is abnormal according to a result of comparing the voltage value with the first standard voltage value, wherein the operation and the another operation are respectively performed in different blanking periods.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2020
From: HUANG, YU-MING; CHANG, YI-CHENG; HUANG, CHIA-HUAN
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010650885.5 · Jul 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62902422 · Sep 19, 2019
Related Publication 20210088575A1 · Mar 25, 2021