Patent Grant
11380271
This application is a U.S. National Stage Application under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2019/098702, filed Jul. 31, 2019, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a backlight driving method, a display driving method, a drive device and a display device.
Local dimming (LD) technology can divide the entire backlight unit into a plurality of backlight blocks that can be driven separately. Each backlight block includes one or a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). In accordance with the grayscale of different parts of a display image, the driving current of LEDs of backlight blocks corresponding to these parts is automatically adjusted to realize individual adjustment of the brightness of each block in the backlight unit, thereby improving the contrast of the display image.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a backlight driving method of a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight blocks arranged in an array, a plurality of switching channels and a plurality of output channels, the plurality of backlight blocks include a plurality of rows of backlight blocks, the plurality of switching channels are respectively connected with the plurality of rows of backlight blocks, and the plurality of switching channels are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide first driving signals for the plurality of rows of backlight blocks under control of switching control signals; the plurality of backlight blocks include a plurality of columns of backlight blocks, the plurality of output channels are respectively connected with the plurality of columns of backlight blocks, and the plurality of output channels are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide second driving signals for the plurality of columns of backlight blocks under control of output control signals; the plurality of backlight blocks are configured to emit light under control of the switching control signals and the output control signals of a same frame. And the backlight driving method includes: receiving a frame of backlight data, wherein the frame of backlight data includes a plurality of first control signals, which are respectively applied to the plurality of switching channels and serve as the switching control signals, and includes a plurality of second control signal groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of first control signals, each of the plurality of second control signal groups includes a plurality of second control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of output channels and serve as the output control signals, and the plurality of first control signals are modulated non-constant width pulse signals respectively; and driving the backlight unit to emit light by using the plurality of first control signals and the plurality of second control signal groups.
For example, in the backlight driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, a pulse width of each of the plurality of first control signals is equal to or greater than a maximum of pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in a second control signal group corresponding to the each of the plurality of first control signals.
For example, in the backlight driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, the driving the backlight unit to emit light by using the plurality of first control signals and the plurality of second control signal groups includes: applying, during a scanning cycle corresponding to the frame of backlight data, the plurality of first control signals to the plurality of switching channels sequentially; and applying, during a time period of applying each of the plurality of first control signals, the plurality of second control signals in a second control signal group corresponding to the each of the plurality of first control signals to the plurality of output channels.
For example, in the backlight driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, a starting time point of each of the plurality of first control signals is fixed, a first time interval between the starting time points of adjacent first control signals is equal, and the first time interval is greater than a maximum pulse width of the plurality of first control signals.
For example, in the backlight driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, a count of the plurality of switching channels is N, the first time interval is less than or equal to 1/N of a time duration of the scanning cycle, and N is an integer greater than 1.
For example, in the backlight driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, a starting time point of the first control signal of a first switching channel is fixed, and except for the first switching channel, a second time interval between a starting time point of the first control signal of each of the remaining switching channels and an ending time point of the first control signal of a previous switching channel related to the each of the remaining switching channels is equal.
For example, in the backlight driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, a count of the plurality of switching channels is N, a sum of a maximum pulse width of the plurality of first control signals and the second time interval is equal to or less than 1/N of a time duration of the scanning cycle, and N is an integer greater than 1.
For example, the backlight driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure further includes: receiving a next frame of backlight data during a scanning cycle of a current frame of backlight data.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display driving method of a display device. The display device includes a display panel and a backlight unit, the display panel includes a plurality of display blocks arranged in an array, the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight blocks arranged in an array, a plurality of switching channels and a plurality of output channels, the plurality of backlight blocks are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide display light for the plurality of display blocks, the plurality of backlight blocks include a plurality of rows of backlight blocks, the plurality of switching channels are respectively connected with the plurality of rows of backlight blocks, and the plurality of switching channels are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide first driving signals for the plurality of rows of backlight blocks under control of switching control signals; the plurality of backlight blocks include a plurality of columns of backlight blocks, the plurality of output channels are respectively connected with the plurality of columns of backlight blocks, and the plurality of output channels are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide second driving signals for the plurality of columns of backlight blocks under control of output control signals; the plurality of backlight blocks are configured to emit light under control of the switching control signals and the output control signals of a same frame. And the display driving method includes: obtaining a frame of backlight data according to image information of a frame of display image; and adopting the backlight driving method according to any one embodiment of the present disclosure to drive the backlight unit to emit light based on the frame of backlight data.
For example, in the display driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, the obtaining the frame of backlight data according to the image information of the frame of display image includes: obtaining a frame of display data according to the image information of the frame of display image, wherein the frame of display data includes display data of the plurality of display blocks; obtaining grayscale distribution information of each of the plurality of display blocks according to the display data of the plurality of display blocks; obtaining, according to the grayscale distribution information of each of the plurality of display blocks, a second control signal in backlight data of a backlight block corresponding to the each of the plurality of display blocks, and obtaining, according to a plurality of second control signals of each row of backlight blocks, a second control signal group corresponding to the each row of backlight blocks; and obtaining a pulse width of the first control signal of each of the plurality of switching channels according to pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in the second control signal group corresponding to the each row of backlight blocks.
For example, the display driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure further includes: upon driving the backlight unit to emit light based on the frame of backlight data, driving the display panel to display based on the frame of display data.
For example, the display driving method provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure further includes: receiving image information of a next frame of display image during a scanning cycle of a current frame of backlight data, and obtaining a next frame of backlight data according to the image information of the next frame of display image.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a drive device which is applicable to a display panel and a backlight unit for the display panel. The display panel includes a plurality of display blocks arranged in an array, the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight blocks arranged in an array, a plurality of switching channels and a plurality of output channels, the plurality of backlight blocks are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide display light for the plurality of display blocks, the plurality of backlight blocks include a plurality of rows of backlight blocks, the plurality of switching channels are respectively connected with the plurality of rows of backlight blocks, and the plurality of switching channels are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide first driving signals for the plurality of rows of backlight blocks under control of switching control signals; the plurality of backlight blocks include a plurality of columns of backlight blocks, the plurality of output channels are respectively connected with the plurality of columns of backlight blocks, and the plurality of output channels are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide second driving signals for the plurality of columns of backlight blocks under control of output control signals; the plurality of backlight blocks are configured to emit light under control of the switching control signals and the output control signals of a same frame. The drive device includes: a backlight data obtaining unit and a backlight control unit, wherein the backlight data obtaining unit is configured to obtaining a frame of backlight data according to image information of a frame of display image, the frame of backlight data includes a plurality of first control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of switching channels and serve as the switching control signals, and includes a plurality of second control signal groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of first control signals, each of the plurality of second control signal groups includes a plurality of second control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of output channels and serve as the output control signals, and the plurality of first control signals are modulated non-constant width pulse signals respectively; and the backlight control unit is configured to receive the frame of backlight data and to drive the backlight unit to emit light by using the plurality of first control signals and the plurality of second control signal groups included in the frame of backlight data.
For example, in the drive device provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, the drive device further includes a display data obtaining unit, the backlight data obtaining unit includes a second control signal obtaining unit and a first control signal obtaining unit; the display data obtaining unit is configured to obtain, according to the image information of the frame of display image, a frame of display data which includes display data of the plurality of display blocks, and to obtain, according to display data of the plurality of display blocks, grayscale distribution information of each of the plurality of display blocks; the second control signal obtaining unit is configured to obtain, according to the grayscale distribution information of each of the plurality of display blocks, a second control signal of a backlight block corresponding to this display block, and to obtain, according to a plurality of second control signals of each row of backlight blocks, a second control signal group corresponding to the each row of backlight blocks; and the first control signal obtaining unit is configured to obtain a pulse width of the first control signal of each of the switching channels according to pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in the second control signal group corresponding to the each row of backlight blocks.
For example, in the drive device provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, a pulse width of each of the plurality of first control signals is equal to or greater than a maximum of pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in a second control signal group corresponding to the each of the plurality of first control signals.
For example, the drive device provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure further includes: a display control unit, wherein the display control unit is configured to control the display panel to display based on the frame of display data upon the backlight control unit driving the backlight unit to emit light by using the plurality of first control signals and the plurality of second control signal groups.
For example, in the drive device provided by some embodiments of the present disclosure, the display data obtaining unit is further configured to receive image information of a next frame of display image during a scanning cycle of a current frame of backlight data, and to obtain a next frame of display data according to the image information of the next frame of display image; and the backlight data obtaining unit is further configured to obtain a next frame of backlight data according to the image information of the next frame of display image during the scanning cycle of the current frame of backlight data.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display device, including the display panel, the backlight unit and the drive device according to any one embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the drive device is configured to control the backlight unit to emit light and control the display panel to display.
In order to clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the disclosure, the drawings of the embodiments will be briefly described in the following; it is obvious that the described drawings are only related to some embodiments of the disclosure and thus are not limitative to the disclosure.
In order to make objects, technical details and advantages of the embodiments of the disclosure apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments will be described in a clearly and fully understandable way in connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of the disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the disclosure. Based on the described embodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain other embodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within the scope of the disclosure.
Unless otherwise defined, all the technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure belongs. The terms “first,” “second,” etc., which are used in the present disclosure, are not intended to indicate any sequence, amount or importance, but distinguish various components. Also, the terms “comprise,” “comprising,” “include,” “including,” etc., are intended to specify that the elements or the objects stated before these terms encompass the elements or the objects and equivalents thereof listed after these terms, but do not preclude the other elements or objects. The phrases “connect”, “connected”, etc., are not intended to define a physical connection or mechanical connection, but may include an electrical connection, directly or indirectly. “On,” “under,” “right,” “left” and the like are only used to indicate relative position relationship, and when the position of the object which is described is changed, the relative position relationship may be changed accordingly.
The present disclosure is described below with reference to specific embodiments. In order to keep the following description of the embodiments of the present disclosure clear and concise, detailed descriptions of known functions and known components or elements may be omitted. When any one component or element of an embodiment of the present disclosure appears in more than one of the accompanying drawings, the component or element is denoted by a same or similar reference numeral in each of the drawings.
A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel includes a liquid crystal panel and a backlight unit. Generally, the liquid crystal panel includes an array substrate and an opposite substrate (such as a color filter substrate) which are oppositely arranged to form a liquid crystal cell, and a liquid crystal layer is filled between the array substrate and the opposing substrate in the liquid crystal cell; a first polarizer is disposed on the array substrate; a second polarizer is disposed on the opposite substrate; and the polarization directions of the first polarizer and the second polarizer are perpendicular to each other. The backlight unit is disposed at a non-display side of the liquid crystal panel and configured to provide a planar source for the display of the liquid crystal panel. Under the action of the driving electric field formed between a pixel electrode of a subpixel disposed on the array substrate and a common electrodes disposed on the array substrate or a common electrode disposed on the opposite substrate, liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer are twisted. After the liquid crystal molecules are twisted by a predetermined angle, the polarization direction of light passing through the liquid crystal layer can be controlled, and the transmittance of the light can be controlled with the cooperation of the first polarizer and the second polarizer, thereby realizing grayscale display.
For instance, the backlight unit may be a direct-lit backlight unit or a side-lit backlight unit. For instance, the direct-lit backlight unit or the side-lit backlight unit can include a plurality of point sources (such as LEDs) which are arranged in parallel and a diffuser plate. Light emitted from the point sources is homogenized by the diffuser plate and then incident into the liquid crystal panel for display. For instance, the side-lit backlight unit can adopt global dimming technology to realize the overall brightness adjustment of the backlight unit, and the direct-lit backlight unit can adopt a progressive lighting technique to realize the brightness adjustment of the backlight unit.
At present, for instance, high-resolution LCD panels have been gradually applied to virtual reality (VR) devices. In the use process of a VR device, human eyes are closer to the display screen, and the display effect of a display image can be more easily perceived, so the requirements on the resolution and display quality of the display panel are getting higher and higher.
As the LD technology can not only reduce the power consumption of the display panel, but also realize the dynamic dimming of the backlight region, so that the contrast of the display image is greatly improved, and the display quality of the display panel is improved. Thus, as for the high-resolution LCD panel, the direct-lit backlight unit can be controlled by LD technology, so as to improve the display quality of the display panel to satisfy the requirement of the VR device on the display quality of the display panel.
For instance, the LD technology can divide the entire backlight unit into a plurality of backlight blocks that can be driven individually. Each backlight block includes one or a plurality of LEDs. In accordance with the grayscale required to be displayed for different parts of the display image, the driving current of LEDs of backlight blocks corresponding to these parts is automatically adjusted to realize individual adjustment of the brightness of each block in the backlight unit, thereby improving the contrast of the display image. Generally, the LD technology is merely applied to the direct-lit backlight unit, and a plurality of LEDs serving as light sources are, for instance, uniformly distributed in the entire back plate.
For instance, in an exemplary direct-lit backlight unit, a schematic diagram of divided regions of LED sources in an entire back plate is as shown in
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In the case of line-by-line scanning, the pulse widths of the switching control signals of the switching channels MUX-MUX4 should be equal to or greater than the maximum pulse width of the PWM signals, so as to ensure that each backlight block can emit light in full accordance with the PWM signals. For instance, as shown in
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Moreover, the response time of the liquid crystal molecules in the LCD panel (namely the time from the beginning of the twisting of the liquid crystal molecules to the ending of the twisting when the liquid crystal molecules are stabilized at a predetermined angle) is long, and for instance, even the liquid crystal molecules have a rapid response function, the response time thereof is still 4-5 ms, and therefore, a dynamic blur phenomenon is easy to occur in the display process of the display panel. For instance, in a display device employing a side-lit backlight, black frame insertion technology (e.g., inserting one full-black frame between two or more adjacent frames) is usually adopted to avoid the problems of smearing and dynamic blur caused by liquid crystal twisting. However, different from the illumination method of the side-lit backlight unit, the direct-lit backlight unit usually adopts the driving method of illuminating the backlight blocks line by line, so that the black frame insertion technology is difficult to be applied thereto. Therefore, there is still no mature technology to solve the problems of dynamic blur and the like in the display process of the display device employing the direct-lit backlight unit.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a backlight driving method of a backlight unit. The backlight unit includes: a plurality of backlight blocks arranged in an array, a plurality of switching channels and a plurality of output channels. The plurality of backlight blocks include a plurality of rows of backlight blocks, the plurality of switching channels are respectively connected with the plurality of rows of backlight blocks, and the plurality of switching channels are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide first driving signals for the plurality of rows of backlight blocks under the control of switching control signals; the plurality of backlight blocks include a plurality of columns of backlight blocks, the plurality of output channels are respectively connected with the plurality of columns of backlight blocks, and the plurality of output channels are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide second driving signals for the plurality of columns of backlight blocks; and the plurality of backlight blocks are configured to emit light under the control of the switching control signals and the output control signals of a same frame. The backlight driving method includes: receiving a frame of backlight data, wherein the frame of backlight data includes a plurality of first control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of switching channels and serve as the switching control signals, and includes a plurality of second control signal groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of first control signals, each of the plurality of second control signal groups includes a plurality of second control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of output channels and serve as the output control signals, and the plurality of first control signals are modulated non-constant width pulse signals respectively; and driving the backlight unit to emit light by using the plurality of first control signals and the plurality of second control signal groups.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a display driving method, a drive device and a display device corresponding to the foregoing backlight driving method.
The backlight driving method, the display driving method, the drive device and the display device provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure can perform real-time configuration on the pulse widths of the switching control signals, thus can be used for increasing the time interval between adjacent switching control signals, so as to reduce the probability of the image ghost phenomenon, or can be used for increasing the time interval between adjacent frames in a probable way, so as to reduce the probability of the dynamic blur phenomenon.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure and examples thereof will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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The backlight driving method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below by taking the backlight unit shown in
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Step S110: receiving a frame of backlight data, wherein the frame of backlight data includes a plurality of first control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of switching channels and serve as the switching control signals, and includes a plurality of second control signal groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of first control signals, each of the plurality of second control signal groups includes a plurality of second control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of output channels and serve as the output control signals, and the plurality of first control signals are modulated non-constant width pulse signals respectively.
For instance, in some examples, the frame of backlight data can be obtained according to image information of a frame of display image corresponding to the frame of backlight data. For instance, the second control signals in the second control signal groups can be obtained by a conventional algorithm in the prior art, and the first control signals can be obtained according to the second control signals in the second control signal groups corresponding thereto. For instance, in some examples, the frame of backlight data can be received by, for instance, the LED driver 150 as shown in
For instance, the timing sequences of the second control signals applied to the output channels CH1-CH4 as shown in
For instance, in some examples, a pulse width of each first control signal is equal to or greater than the maximum of pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in a second control signal group corresponding to the each first control signal. For instance, as shown in
For instance, the pulse width of the first control signal can also be set to be slightly greater than the maximum of the pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in the corresponding second control signal group. For instance, the difference between the pulse width of the first control signal and the maximum of the pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in the corresponding second control signal group is a constant value. For instance, the constant value is several μs or ten-odd μs or several tens of μs. Of course, the maximum of the pulse widths of the first control signals (namely the allowable maximum value of the pulse widths of the first control signals) should not be too large. For instance, under the condition that the time duration of the scanning cycle (about 16.67 ms) is determined, the maximum of the pulse widths of the first control signals should be at least less than 1/N of the time duration of the scanning cycle (for example, in the example as shown in
Step S120: driving the backlight unit to emit light by using the plurality of first control signals and the plurality of second control signal groups.
For instance, in some examples, the backlight unit can be driven to emit light by using, for instance, the LED driver 150 as shown in
For instance, in some examples, step S120 can include: applying, during the scanning cycle corresponding to the frame of backlight data, the plurality of first control signals to the plurality of switching channels sequentially; and applying, during the time period of applying each first control signal, the plurality of second control signals in a second control signal group corresponding to the each first control signal to the plurality of output channels. For instance, as shown in
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For instance, in some examples, the backlight driving method provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure further includes: receiving a next frame of backlight data during a scanning cycle of a current frame of backlight data.
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The backlight driving method provided by the above embodiments of the present disclosure can at least partially be implemented in the form of software, hardware, firmware or any combination thereof. The backlight driving method can perform real-time configuration on the pulse widths of the switching control signals, which can be used for increasing the time interval between adjacent switching control signals, so as to reduce the probability of the image ghost phenomenon, or can be used for increasing the time interval between adjacent frames in a probable way, so as to reduce the probability of the dynamic blur phenomenon.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display driving method of a display device.
For instance, the display device includes a display panel and a backlight unit. For instance, the display panel includes a plurality of display blocks arranged in an array, and each display block includes one or a plurality of subpixels. The backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight blocks which are arranged in an array, a plurality of switching channels and a plurality of output channels. For instance, the plurality of display blocks are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of backlight blocks, and the plurality of backlight blocks are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide display light for the plurality of display blocks. For instance, that a display block corresponds to a backlight block can be understood as that the backlight block and the subpixels in the display block are overlapped in the orthographic projection direction. For instance, each backlight block of the backlight unit includes one or a plurality of LEDs, and for instance, mini-LEDs (e.g., with a device dimension of 10-100 μm) can be adopted.
For instance, the backlight unit can be referred to the backlight unit as shown in
For instance, in response to a vertical synchronization signal (for instance, the vertical synchronization signal and the vertical synchronization signal Vsync in the foregoing backlight driving method are the same signal) of the display panel which indicates the start of one frame of image, liquid crystal molecules in subpixels of the display panel begin to twist under the action of the driving electric field applied between the pixel electrodes of the subpixels and the common electrode(s), and the display panel performs a normal display after the liquid crystal molecules complete the twisting. For instance, the foregoing backlight driving method can be adopted to drive the backlight unit to emit light. For instance, in some examples, when subpixels in one row of display blocks enter a normal display phase, one row of backlight blocks corresponding to this row of display blocks emit light, that is, the switching channels corresponding to this row of backlight blocks are turned on by the switching control signals (namely the first control signals), and meanwhile, the plurality of output channels are also respectively turned on by the output control signals (namely the second control signals).
For instance, the display device can be an LCD device or an electronic paper display device, etc. For instance, the display device can be a VR device, such as a virtual display helmet. For instance, the VR device can be in an integral form, and can also be in a split form, without being limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Correspondingly, the display panel of the display device can be an LCD panel or an electronic paper display panel, etc. For instance, the LCD panel can be in a vertical electric field type or a horizontal electric field type, etc. No limitation will be given to the specific structure and the type of the display panel (e.g., vertical electric field type LCD panel or horizontal electric field type LCD panel) in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
For instance, the LCD display device can further include a pixel array, a data decoding circuit, a timing controller, a gate driver, a data driver, a storage unit (such as a flash memory), etc. The pixel array includes a plurality of subpixels arranged in an array. These subpixels are arranged in multiple rows and multiple columns. The number of rows and the number of columns are relevant to the resolution of the display device. Each subpixel includes a pixel electrode. Each subpixel can further include a common electrode, or the plurality of subpixels share a same common electrode. The data decoding circuit receives display input signals and decodes the display input signals to obtain display data signals. The timing controller outputs timing sequence signals to control the synchronous operation of the gate driver and the data driver, etc., and can perform gamma correction on the display data signals and input the processed display data signals into the data driver for display operation. These components can be implemented by the conventional means. No limitation will be given here in the embodiments of the present disclosure, and no details will be given here.
The display driving method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to
Step S210: obtaining a frame of backlight data according to image information of a frame of display image.
For instance, in some examples, the display device can further include a graphics processing unit (GPU), etc. For instance, the GPU can perform real-time image rendering to acquire the image information of the display image, and can further acquire backlight data for realizing the local dimming of the backlight blocks in the backlight unit according to a conventional algorithm in the prior art. It should be noted that the image information of the display image or the backlight data of the backlight unit can also be acquired by utilization of an application processor (AP), a timing controller (TCON), a central processing unit (CPU), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a processing unit of any other form having data processing capability and/or instruction execution capability together with corresponding computing instructions. No limitation will be given here in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
For instance, in some examples, step S210 can be implemented by the following process: obtaining a frame of display data according to the image information of the frame of display image, wherein the frame of display data includes display data of the plurality of display blocks; obtaining grayscale distribution information of each of the plurality of display blocks according to the display data of the plurality of display blocks; obtaining, according to the grayscale distribution information of each display block, a second control signal in backlight data of a backlight block corresponding to the each display block, and obtaining, according to the plurality of second control signals of each row of backlight blocks, a second control signal group corresponding to the each row of backlight blocks; and obtaining a pulse width of the first control signal of each of the plurality of switching channels according to pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in the second control signal group corresponding to the each row of backlight blocks.
For instance, in the above process, the display data, the grayscale distribution information and the second control signals can all be obtained by the conventional algorithms in the prior art, and no further description will be given here. For instance, the acquisition method of the pulse width of the first control signal can be referred to relevant description of the foregoing backlight driving method, and no further description will be given here.
For instance, the frame of backlight data being obtained can be applied in the foregoing backlight driving method. For instance, the content and details of the frame of backlight data can be referred to relevant description of the above step S110, and no further description will be given here.
Step S220: adopting the driving method provided by any one embodiment of the present disclosure to drive the backlight unit to emit light based on the frame of backlight data.
For instance, the specific process and details of step S220 can be referred to relevant description of the above step S120 and
For instance, in some examples, the display driving method further includes: upon driving the backlight unit to emit light based on the frame of backlight data, driving the display panel to display based on the frame of display data. For instance, in some examples, as shown in
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It should be noted that the processes of the backlight driving method and the display driving method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can include more or fewer operations, and these operations can be performed sequentially or in parallel. Although the flow of the display driving method described above includes a plurality of operations occurring in a specific order, it should be clearly understood that the order of the plurality of operations is not limited. The backlight driving method and the display driving method described above can be executed once or multiple times according to a predetermined condition.
The display driving method provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be at least partially implemented in the form of software, hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. The technical effects of the display driving method can be referred to the related description of the backlight driving method in the above embodiments, and no further description will be given here.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a drive device. For instance, the drive device can be applied to a display panel and a backlight unit for the display panel, and for instance, the drive device can also be applied to the display device described in the foregoing display driving method. For instance, the drive device can be configured to execute the foregoing backlight driving method. Moreover, for instance, the drive device can also be configured to execute the foregoing display driving method.
For instance, the display panel includes a plurality of display blocks arranged in an array, and each display block includes one or a plurality of subpixels. The backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight blocks arranged in an array, a plurality of switching channels and a plurality of output channels. For instance, the plurality of display blocks are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of backlight blocks, and the plurality of backlight blocks are configured to respectively and correspondingly provide display light for the plurality of display blocks. For instance, that a display block corresponds to a backlight block can be understood as that the backlight block and the subpixels in the display block are overlapped in the orthographic projection direction. For instance, each backlight block of the backlight unit includes one or a plurality of LEDs, and for instance, mini-LEDs (e.g., with a device dimension of 10-100 μm) can be adopted.
For instance, the backlight unit can be referred to the backlight unit as shown in
The backlight data obtaining unit 210 is configured to obtain a frame of backlight data according to image information of a frame of display image. For instance, the frame of backlight data includes a plurality of first control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of switching channels and serve as the switching control signals, and includes a plurality of second control signal groups respectively corresponding to the plurality of first control signals, each of the plurality of second control signal groups includes a plurality of second control signals which are respectively applied to the plurality of output channels and serve as the output control signals, and the plurality of first control signals are modulated non-constant width pulse signals respectively. For instance, an implementation method of the function of the backlight data obtaining unit 210 can be referred to relevant description of the above step S210, and no further description will be given here. For instance, the backlight data obtaining unit 210 can be specifically implemented as a graphics processing unit (GPU), an application processor (AP), a timing controller (TCON), a central processing unit (CPU), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or a processing unit of any other form having data processing capability and/or instruction execution capability together with corresponding computing instructions, without being limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. For instance, the backlight data obtaining unit 210 can transmit the frame of backlight data to the backlight control unit 220 through a serial peripheral interface (SPI).
The backlight control unit 220 is configured to receive the frame of backlight data and to drive the backlight unit to emit light by using the plurality of first control signals and the plurality of second control signal groups included in the frame of backlight data. For instance, an implementation method of the function of the backlight control unit 220 can be referred to relevant description of the above steps S110 and S120, and no further description will be given here. For instance, the backlight control unit 220 can be specifically implemented as the LED driver 150 as shown in
For instance, in some examples, as shown in
For instance, in some examples, as shown in
For instance, the second control signal acquisition unit 212 is configured to obtain, according to the grayscale distribution information of each display block obtained by the display data obtaining unit 230, a second control signal of a backlight block corresponding to the each display block, and to obtain, according to the plurality of second control signals of each row of backlight blocks, a second control signal group corresponding to the each row of backlight blocks. For instance, the second control signal obtaining unit 212 can adopt a conventional algorithm in the prior art to obtain the second control signals described above.
For instance, the first control signal obtaining unit 211 is configured to obtain a pulse width of the first control signal of each of the switching channels according to the pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in the second control signal group corresponding to the each row of backlight blocks. For instance, in some examples, the pulse width of each first control signal is equal to or greater than the maximum of the pulse widths of the plurality of second control signals in the corresponding second control signal group. For instance, the method and specific details of acquiring the pulse width of the first control signal by the first control signal obtaining unit 211 can be referred to relevant description of the above step S110, and no further description will be given here.
For instance, in some examples, as shown in
For instance, in the backlight driving method provided by some examples, when scanning a frame of backlight data, the frame of backlight data needs to be obtained in advance. Therefore, the display data obtaining unit 230 can further be configured to receive image information of a next frame of display image during a scanning cycle of a current frame of backlight data, and to obtain a next frame of display data according to the image information of the next frame of display image; and meanwhile, the backlight data obtaining unit 210 is further configured to obtain a next frame of backlight data according to the image information of the next frame of display image during the scanning cycle of the current frame of backlight data.
It should be noted that in the drive device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure, the obtaining units and the control units described above can be implemented in the form of hardware (such as a circuit), firmware, software or any combination thereof, and for instance, can be implemented as an integrated circuit (IC) chip. For instance, some units can be integrated into a same IC chip. It should be noted that the drive device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can include more or fewer circuits or units, and the connection relationships between the circuits or units are not limited and can be determined according to actual demands. The specific formation mode of each circuit is not limited. The circuit can be formed of analog elements according to the circuit principle, and can also be formed of digital chips, or in any other suitable ways.
The technical effects of the drive device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be referred to the related description of the backlight driving method or the display driving method in the above embodiments. No further description will be given here.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display device. The display device comprises a display panel, a backlight unit and the drive device provided by any one embodiment of the present disclosure.
For instance, in the display device as shown in
For instance, the drive device 200 is configured to control the backlight unit 100 to emit light and control the display panel 300 to display. For instance, the drive device 200 can adopt the display driving method provided by any one embodiment of the present disclosure to control the backlight unit 100 to emit light, and control the display panel 300 to display. For instance, a specific implementation method and the process can be referred to relevant description of the foregoing display driving method. No further description will be given here.
For instance, the display device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can be a product or component having a display function, such as a liquid crystal display, a television, an electronic paper display device, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator, a virtual reality device, etc. It should be noted that the display device can further include other conventional components or structures. For instance, in order to realize necessary functions of the display device, those skilled in the art can set other conventional components or structures according to specific application scenarios, without being limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
The technical effects of the display device provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure can be referred to the related description of the backlight driving method or the display driving method in the above embodiments. No further description will be given here.
For the disclosure, the following statements should be noted:
(1) The accompanying drawings related to the embodiment(s) of the present disclosure involve only the structure(s) in connection with the embodiment(s) of the present disclosure, and other structure(s) can be referred to common design(s).
(2) In case of no conflict, the embodiments of the present disclosure and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other to obtain new embodiments.
What have been described above are only specific implementations of the present disclosure, and the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Any changes or substitutions easily occur to those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present disclosure should be covered in the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be determined based on the protection scope of the claims
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