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US 11,676,549 · App. 17/252,388 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Method of controlling display of display device, apparatus thereof, and display apparatus

Inventors: Mengmeng Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiurong Wang (Beijing, CN); Xiaomang Zhang (Beijing, CN); Wenhao Liu (Beijing, CN); Juanjuan Shi (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE MLED Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3426G09G3/006G09G2320/0233G09G2330/12G09G2360/141G09G2360/16
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Patent No.
US 11,676,549
App. No.
17/252,388
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments of the present application disclose a method of controlling display of a display device, an apparatus thereof and a display apparatus. The display device includes a backlight unit and a display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight partitions, each of which is independently driven, and the display panel includes a plurality of display partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the backlight partitions. The method comprises: causing the display panel to display a test image, wherein each pixel of the test image has a same gray value; acquiring a luminance of each display partition of the display panel; determining a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition; adjusting backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition; and providing the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit for display by the display panel.

Claims (57)

1. A method of controlling display of a display device including a backlight unit and a display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight partitions, each of which is independently driven, and the display panel includes a plurality of display partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the backlight partitions, the method comprising:

causing the display panel to display a test image, wherein each pixel of the test image has a same gray value;

acquiring a luminance of each display partition of the display panel;

determining a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition;

adjusting backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition; and

providing the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit for display by the display panel,

wherein determining a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partitions comprises:

decoupling the luminance of each display partition to obtain a decoupled luminance of each display partition, wherein the decoupled luminance, compared to the luminance, eliminates an influence of backlight partitions not corresponding to the display partition to which the luminance belongs, on the luminance; and

determining a ratio of a target luminance of each display partition to the decoupled luminance of each display partitions as the compensation coefficient.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein that adjusting backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition comprises:

multiplying the backlight data of the backlight partition by the compensation coefficient.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target luminance is determined by:

setting a same intermediate target luminance for each display partition, wherein the intermediate target luminance is selected to be greater than or equal to a maximum value of the luminance and less than or equal to a minimum value of the luminance; and

decoupling the intermediate target luminance to obtain the target luminance, wherein the target luminance, compared to the intermediate target luminance, eliminates an influence of backlight partitions not corresponding to the display partition to which the intermediate target luminance belongs, on the intermediate target luminance.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the intermediate target luminance is selected to be equal to the minimum value of the luminance.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the target luminance is determined by:

grouping the display partitions according to the decoupled luminance, wherein the display partitions in each group are adjacent to each other and have the decoupled luminance within a predetermined range, wherein the decoupled luminance within the predetermined range is perceived by human eyes as being the same; and

if a number of the display partitions in each group does not exceed a predetermined number, determining an average of the decoupled luminance of the display partitions outside of but directly adjacent to the group as the target luminance for each display partition in the group; and if the number of the display partitions in each group exceeds the predetermined number, taking the decoupled luminance of each display partition in the group as its target luminance.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the predetermined number depends on a size of the backlight partitions and a size of the display panel.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the predetermined number is 15.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein that acquiring the luminance of each display partition of the display panel comprises:

acquiring a panel image of the display panel;

dividing the panel image into a plurality of panel image partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the display partitions;

for each panel image partition, calculating an average of gray values of all pixels in the panel image partition; and

taking the average as the luminance of the display partition corresponding to the panel image partition.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions, which, when executed by a processor,

cause the processor to perform the method according to claim 1 .

10. An apparatus for controlling display of a display device including a backlight unit and a display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight partitions, each of which is independently driven, and the display panel includes a plurality of display partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the backlight partitions, the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory coupled to the processor and storing computer program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

cause the display panel to display a test image, wherein each pixel of the test image has a same gray value;

acquire a luminance of each display partition of the display panel;

determine a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition;

adjust backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition; and

provide the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit for display by the display panel,

wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition by:

decoupling the luminance of each display partition to obtain a decoupled luminance of each display partition, wherein the decoupled luminance, compared to the luminance, eliminates an influence of backlight partitions not corresponding to the display partition to which the luminance belongs, on the luminance; and

determining a ratio of a target luminance of each display partition to the decoupled luminance of each display partitions as the compensation coefficient.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the target luminance by:

grouping the display partitions according to the decoupled luminance, wherein the display partitions in each group are adjacent to each other and have the decoupled luminance within a predetermined range, wherein the decoupled luminance within the predetermined range is perceived by human eyes as being the same; and

if a number of the display partitions in each group does not exceed a predetermined number, determining an average of the decoupled luminance of the display partitions outside of but directly adjacent to the group as the target luminance for each display partition in the group; and if the number of the display partitions in each group exceeds the predetermined number, taking the decoupled luminance of each display partition in the group as its target luminance.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to adjust the backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient by:

multiplying the backlight data of the backlight partition by the compensation coefficient.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the target luminance by:

setting a same intermediate target luminance for each display partition, wherein the intermediate target luminance is selected to be greater than or equal to a maximum value of the luminance and less than or equal to a minimum value of the luminance; and

decoupling the intermediate target luminance to obtain the target luminance, wherein the target luminance, compared to the intermediate target luminance, eliminates an influence of backlight partitions not corresponding to the display partition to which the intermediate target luminance belongs, on the intermediate target luminance.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the intermediate target luminance to be selected to be equal to the minimum value of the luminance.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the predetermined number depends on a size of the backlight partition and a size of the display panel.

16. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the predetermined number is 15.

17. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein that acquiring the luminance of each display partition of the display panel comprises:

acquiring a panel image of the display panel;

dividing the panel image into a plurality of panel image partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the display partitions;

for each panel image partition, calculating an average of gray values of all pixels in the panel image partition; and

taking the average as the luminance of the display partition corresponding to the panel image partition.

18. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display device; and

the apparatus according to claim 10 , coupled to the display device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2022
From: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: BOE MLED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059243/0723 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2020
From: WANG, MENGMENG; WANG, XIURONG; ZHANG, XIAOMANG; LIU, WENHAO; SHI, JUANJUAN
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054648/0685 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201910576806.8 · Jun 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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