IP Library Granted Patent US 11,645,991
Granted Patent B2
US 11,645,991 · App. 17/296,258 · Granted May 9, 2023

Methods for debugging and using overdrive brightness value look-up table, and display panel

Inventor: Wei Chen (Chongqing, CN)
Assignee: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
G09G3/3648G09G3/3607G09G2320/0233G09G2340/16
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Patent No.
US 11,645,991
App. No.
17/296,258
Granted
May 9, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses methods for debugging and using an overdrive brightness value look-up table, and a display panel. The debugging method includes the following steps: measuring actual brightness by exhaustively enumerating all gray scales in an available gray scale range at a preset gray scale interval as a gray scale M of a previous frame, and exhaustively enumerating all the gray scales in the available gray scale range at the preset gray scale interval as a target gray scale N of a current frame, and correspondingly recording all actual brightness values in the overdrive brightness value look-up table.

Claims (41)

1. A method for debugging an overdrive brightness value look-up table, comprising:

measuring actual brightness by exhaustively enumerating all gray scales m an available gray scale range at a preset gray scale interval as a gray scale M of a previous frame, and exhaustively enumerating all the gray scales in the available gray scale range at the preset gray scale interval as a target gray scale N of a current frame, and correspondingly recording all actual brightness values in the overdrive brightness value look-up table, wherein

the measurement of each actual brightness value comprises the following process:

measuring an actual brightness value of the current frame by using an optical device with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame and with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame; and

wherein when an actual brightness value is measured by using the optical device, all circuits that affect data in a timing control chip of a display panel are first disabled.

2. The method for debugging an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 1 , wherein the preset gray scale interval is one gray scale; the gray scale range is gray scales 0-255; and

the step of measuring actual brightness by exhaustively enumerating all gray scales in an available gray scale range at a preset gray scale interval as a gray scale M of a previous frame, and exhaustively enumerating all the gray scales in the available gray scale range at the preset gray scale interval as a target gray scale N of a current frame, and correspondingly recording all actual brightness values in the overdrive brightness value look-up table comprises:

measuring actual brightness by exhaustively enumerating gray scales 0-255 at a gray scale interval of one gray scale as the gray scale M of the previous frame, and exhaustively enumerating gray scales 0-255 at a gray scale interval of one gray scale as the target gray scale N of the current frame, to obtain 256*256 groups of actual brightness values, and correspondingly recording all actual brightness values in the overdrive brightness value look-up table.

3. The method for debugging an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 2 , wherein a difference between measurement results is calculated, and all actual brightness values are obtained through debugging and correspondingly recorded in the overdrive brightness value look-up table.

4. The method for debugging an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 1 , wherein the preset gray scale interval is two gray scales; the gray scale range is gray scales 0-255; and

the step of measuring actual brightness by exhaustively enumerating all gray scales in an available gray scale range at a preset gray scale interval as a gray scale M of a previous frame, and exhaustively enumerating all the gray scales in the available gray scale range at the preset gray scale interval as a target gray scale N of a current frame, and correspondingly recording all actual brightness values in the overdrive brightness value look-up table comprises:

measuring actual brightness by exhaustively enumerating gray scales 0-255 at a gray scale interval of one gray scale as the gray scale M of the previous frame, and exhaustively enumerating gray scales 0-255 at a gray scale interval of one gray scale as the target gray scale N of the current frame, to obtain 256*256 groups of actual brightness values, and correspondingly recording all actual brightness values in the overdrive brightness value look-up table.

5. The method for debugging an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 1 , wherein the circuits that affect the data comprise a digital gamma circuit, a color management circuit, and an optical compensation circuit.

6. A method for using an overdrive brightness value look-up table, wherein the overdrive brightness value look-up table is obtained through debugging using a method for debugging an overdrive brightness value look-up table;

the method for debugging an overdrive brightness value look-up table comprises:

measuring actual brightness by exhaustively enumerating all gay scales in an available gray scale range at a preset gray scale interval as a gray scale M of a previous frame, and exhaustively enumerating all the gray scales in the available gray scale range at the preset gray scale interval as a target gray scale N of a current frame, and correspondingly recording all actual brightness values in the overdrive brightness value look-up table, wherein

the measurement of each actual brightness value comprises the following process: measuring an actual brightness value of the current frame by using an optical device with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame and with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame;

die using method comprises the following steps:

determining a target gray scale N of a current frame, and finding a corresponding actual brightness value as a target brightness value from the overdrive brightness value look-up table with the gay scale N as a gray scale of a previous frame and with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame;

determining a gray scale M of the previous frame, and finding an actual brightness value corresponding to a gray scale X from the overdrive brightness value look-up table with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame and with the gray scale X as a gray scale of the current frame, so that the actual brightness value of the gray scale X matches the target brightness value and the gray scale X is found; and

replacing die gray scale N with the gay scale X as an actual gray scale of the current frame to drive a display panel.

7. The method for using an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 6 , wherein the step of determining a gray scale M of the previous frame, and finding an actual brightness value corresponding to a gray scale X from the overdrive brightness value look-up table with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame and with die gray scale X as a gray scale of the current frame, so that the actual brightness value of the gray scale X matches the target brightness value and the gray scale X is found comprises:

presetting a matching threshold, wherein

when a difference between the actual brightness value of the gray scale X and the target brightness value is less than or equal to the matching threshold, the actual brightness value of the gray scale X matches the target brightness value.

8. The method for using an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 6 , wherein the step of finding the gray scale X comprises self-learning steps:

creating a self-learning overdrive look-up table; and

detecting whether a look-up result with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame, with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame, and with the gray scale X as the actual gray scale of the current frame appears for the first time; and if the look-up result with the gay scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame, with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame, and with the gray scale X as the actual gray scale of the current frame appears for the first time, recording the look-up result in the self-learning overdrive look-up table with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame, with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame, and with the gray scale X as the actual gay scale of the current frame.

9. The method for using an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 8 , wherein the self-learning overdrive look-up table and the overdrive brightness value look-rip table are recorded in forms of the identical data structure; and

when a value in the s f-learning overdrive look-up table is generated, the value is directly marked as the actual gray scale of the current frame, and is recorded in the overdrive brightness value look-up table to overwrite and replace the corresponding, actual brightness value.

10. The method for using an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 9 , wherein the self-learning overdrive look-up table and the overdrive brightness value look-up table are independently recorded in forms of different data structures.

11. The method for using an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 9 , wherein the self-learning overdrive look-up table and the overdrive brightness value look-up table are recorded in forms of the identical data structure.

12. The method for using an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 8 , wherein the step of detecting Whether a look-up result with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame, with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame, and with the gray scale X as the actual gray scale of the current frame appears for the first time; and if the look-up result with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame, with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame, and with the gray scale X as the actual gray scale of the current frame appears for the first time, recording the look-up result in the self-learning overdrive look-up table with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame, with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame, and with the gray scale X as the actual gray scale of the current frame comprises:

updating overdrive look-up information that appears for the first time and a corresponding result into the self-learning overdrive look-up table.

13. The method for using an overdrive brightness value look-up table according to claim 8 , wherein before the step of determining a target gray scale N of a current frame, and finding a corresponding actual brightness value as a target brightness value from the overdrive brightness value look-up table with the gray scale N as a gray scale of a previous frame and with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame, the method further comprises the following steps:

detecting whether the look-up with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame and with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame is the first look-up;

if the look-up with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame and with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame is the first look-up, jumping to the overdrive brightness value look-up table for overdrive look-up; or

if the look-up with the gray scale M as the gray scale of the previous frame and with the gray scale N as the target gray scale of the current frame is not the first look-up, jumping to the self-learning overdrive look-up table for overdrive look-up.

14. A display panel, comprising an overdrive brightness value look-up table and a timing control chip for storing the overdrive brightness value look-up table, wherein at a debugging stage of the overdrive brightness value look-up table, actual brightness is measured respectively by exhaustively enumerating all gray scales in an available gray scale range at a preset gray scale interval as a gray scale M of a previous frame, and exhaustively enumerating all the gray scales m the available gray scale range at the preset gray scale interval as a target gray scale N of a current frame, and all actual brightness values are correspondingly recorded; and

wherein when an actual brightness value is measured, all circuits that affect data in a timing control chip of a display panel are first disabled.

15. The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the overdrive brightness value look-up table comprises actual brightness values corresponding to various gray scale changes, and corresponding overdrive gray scale values are looked up based on the actual brightness values during subsequent overdrive look-up.

16. The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein the timing control chip comprises a digital gamma circuit, a color management circuit, and an optical compensation circuit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2021
From: CHEN, WEI
To: HKC CORPORATION LIMITED
Reel/Frame 056322/0166 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811579703.9 · Dec 24, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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