Patent Grant
12148398
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of displaying, and particularly relates to a brightness regulating method, a regulating system and a displaying device.
With the rapid development of the technique of displaying, the industry is having increasingly higher requirements on the performance of the backlight sources of display products. Regarding display products fabricated by using a backlight source having the function of local light regulation, when some of the local areas of the backlight source are lightened and the other areas are extinguished, display products of a low contrast very easily have a halo surrounding the lightened area, which reduces the effect of displaying of the display products.
The embodiments of the present disclosure employ the following technical solutions:
In an aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a brightness regulating method, wherein the method is applied to a displaying device, the displaying device includes a backlight module, and the brightness regulating method includes:
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step of, according to the brightness parameters, regulating the brightnesses of the light areas includes:
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step of, according to the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values, determining the brightness parameters of the light areas includes:
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the displaying device further includes a display panel, and the display panel is located on a light exiting side of the backlight module; and
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step of, according to the light areas in the lightening state, determining the compensation area includes:
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step of determining the compensating parameter of the compensation area includes:
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step of determining the compensating parameter of the compensation area includes:
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, compensating parameters of the compensating sub-areas gradually decrease in a first direction, wherein the first direction refers to a direction from an area where the frame pixels are located to the compensation area.
In another aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a brightness regulating system, wherein the brightness regulating system includes: a controller and a backlight module that are electrically connected;
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the area dividing and light regulating unit includes an area dividing subunit and a light regulating subunit;
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the controlling unit includes a storing subunit, an acquiring subunit and a calculating subunit;
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the system further includes a display panel, the display panel is located on a light exiting side of the backlight module, and the display panel is electrically connected to the controlling unit;
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the color compensating unit includes a first determining subunit and a second determining subunit;
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, compensating parameters of the compensating sub-areas gradually decrease in a first direction, wherein the first direction refers to a direction from an area where the frame pixels are located to the compensation area.
In yet another aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a displaying device, wherein the displaying device includes the brightness regulating system stated above.
The above description is merely a summary of the technical solutions of the present disclosure. In order to more clearly know the elements of the present disclosure to enable the implementation according to the contents of the description, and in order to make the above and other purposes, features and advantages of the present disclosure more apparent and understandable, the particular embodiments of the present disclosure are provided below.
In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure or the related art, the figures that are required to describe the embodiments or the related art will be briefly introduced below. Apparently, the figures that are described below are merely embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person skilled in the art can obtain other figures according to these figures without paying creative work.
The technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are merely certain embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments. All of the other embodiments that a person skilled in the art obtains on the basis of the embodiments of the present disclosure without paying creative work fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
In the drawings, in order for clarity, the thicknesses of the areas and the layers might be exaggerated. In the drawings, the same reference numbers represent the same or similar components, and therefore the detailed description on them are omitted. Moreover, the drawings are merely schematic illustrations of the present disclosure, and are not necessarily drawn to scale.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, unless stated otherwise, the meaning of “plurality of” is “two or more”. The terms that indicate orientation or position relations, such as “upper”, are based on the orientation or position relations shown in the drawings, and are merely for conveniently describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the component or element must have the specific orientation and be constructed and operated according to the specific orientation. Therefore, they should not be construed as a limitation on the present disclosure.
Unless stated otherwise in the context, throughout the description and the claims, the fermi “comprise” is interpreted as the meaning of opened containing, i.e., “including but not limited to”. In the description of the present disclosure, the terms “one embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “exemplary embodiments”, “example”, “specific example” or “some examples” are intended to indicate that specific features, structures, materials or characteristics related to the embodiment or example are comprised in at least one embodiment or example of the present application. The illustrative indication of the above terms does not necessarily refer to the same one embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics may be comprised in any one or more embodiments or examples in any suitable manner.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, terms such as “first” and “second” are used to distinguish identical items or similar items that have substantially the same functions and effects, merely in order to clearly describe the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and should not be construed as indicating or implying the degrees of importance or implicitly indicating the quantity of the specified technical features.
In the related art, regarding displaying devices of a low contrast having the function of local light regulation, when some of the local areas of the displayed frame are lightened and the other areas are extinguished, because some of the light rays of the lightened area can leak via the extinguished area, a “halo” phenomenon emerges, wherein the halo surrounds the lightened area. The “halo” highly reduces the effect of displaying of the displaying device. It should be noted that the function of local light regulation is realized by controlling the backlight source in divided areas.
Regarding a displaying device having the function of local light regulation, the displaying device includes a backlight module and a display panel. If the backlight source of the backlight module is divided into five areas, those five areas may be controlled individually. When the third area (Area3) of the backlight source is lightened and the other areas are extinguished, in an ideal situation, referring to
It should be noted that the condition in which the displaying device has a low average brightness includes the case in which some of the areas in the displayed frame are a white frame and most of the areas are a black frame, in which case the “halo” phenomenon is more obvious.
Currently, two methods for alleviating the “halo” phenomenon exist in the related art. The first method is improving the design of the displaying device to increase the contrast of the displaying device, thereby reducing the light leakage of the areas in the extinguishing state, to reach the effect of alleviating the “halo”. The second method is reducing the sizes of the divided areas of the backlight source and increasing the quantity of the divided areas of the backlight source, so as to, by controlling the backlights in the divided areas, reduce the difference in the brightnesses between the divided backlight areas corresponding to the white frame and the divided backlight areas corresponding to the adjacent black frame, thereby alleviating the “halo” phenomenon. However, the ameliorating methods in the related art have a high technical difficulty, and have a high cost.
In view of that, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a brightness regulating method, wherein the method is applied to a displaying device, the displaying device includes a backlight module, and, referring to
S901: dividing a backlight source of the backlight module into a plurality of light areas.
As an example, the backlight source may be divided into 9 light areas, 16 light areas or 25 light areas. The state of each of the light areas obtained after the area division can be separately controlled, for example, solely controlling one of the light areas to be in a lightening state or an extinguishing state. The brightnesses of them can also be separately controlled, for example, solely controlling one of the light areas, to increase or reduce its brightness.
The type of the backlight module is not limited herein. In some embodiments, the backlight module may be an LED (Light Emitting Diode) backlight module, and may also be a Mini LED (Mini Light Emitting Diode) backlight module.
As an example, each of the light areas may contain at least one LED light, or each of the light areas may contain at least one Mini LED light.
In some embodiments, the Mini LED backlight module may be an AM Mini LED (Active Matrix Mini Light Emitting Diode) backlight module. Alternatively, the Mini LED backlight module may be a PM Mini LED (Passive Matrix Mini Light Emitting Diode) backlight module.
S902: acquiring pixel quantities and pixel grayscale values of pixels within pixel areas corresponding to each of the light areas.
In practical applications, the pixel quantity and the pixel grayscale values of the pixels in a pixel area of the display panel corresponding to each of the light areas are acquired by using a time schedule controller (TCON).
S903: according to the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values, determining brightness parameters of the light areas.
In the backlight module, each of the light areas corresponds to one brightness parameter. It can be understood that, the regulating parameters of the light areas are decided by the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values corresponding to the light areas.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, in the regulation on the brightness of the backlight, the light areas are individually regulated according to the severity degrees of the halo phenomenon in the different areas.
As an example, the brightness parameters of the light areas may be equal, or the brightness parameters of the light areas may be unequal.
S904: according to the brightness parameters, regulating brightnesses of the light areas.
In practical applications, the process of the brightness regulation on the light areas is decided by the brightness parameters. Particularly, regarding a light area whose initial state is the extinguishing state, after the brightness regulation, the light area is still in the extinguishing state. Regarding a light area whose initial state is the lightening state, the brightness of the light area after the regulation is the brightness corresponding to the brightness parameter.
It should be noted that, in the brightness regulating method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, although the brightness regulation involves acquiring the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values in the pixel areas corresponding to the light areas, finally, it is still brightness regulation on the light areas of the backlight source. In the regulation on the brightnesses of the light areas, taking the Mini LED backlight module as an example, the brightnesses are regulated particularly by regulating the anode voltages corresponding to the Mini LED light emitting chips.
The regulating method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure includes acquiring the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values in the pixel areas corresponding to each of the light areas; according to the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values, determining brightness parameters; according to the brightness parameters, performing the brightness regulation on the light areas. Because, in the process of the brightness regulation, each of the light areas corresponds to one brightness parameter, the light areas can be individually regulated according to the severity degrees of the halo phenomenon in the different areas, whereby, while alleviating the halo phenomenon, the brightness regulation has a better pertinence and a better effect.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step S904 of, according to the brightness parameters, regulating the brightnesses of the light area includes:
S9041: when a light region among the light regions is in a lightening state, renewing a brightness value of the light area, wherein the brightness value that has been renewed is equal to the brightness parameter.
In practical applications, the brightness parameter may be a grayscale value representing the brightness of a light area. According to the grayscale value, the voltage value of the anodes of the light emitting devices in the light area is regulated, to renew the brightness of the light area.
S9042: for the light area is in an extinguishing state, maintaining the extinguishing state of the light area.
Because the brightness parameter of a light area is decided by the pixel grayscale values, and regarding a light area in the extinguishing state, all of the grayscale values of the pixels in its corresponding pixel area are zero, and therefore the brightness parameter is also zero, the light area in the extinguishing state still maintains the extinguishing state.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step 903 of, according to the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values, determining the brightness parameters of the light areas includes:
S9031: according to the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values, solving an average value of the pixel grayscale values corresponding to each of the light areas.
S9032: regarding the average value of the pixel grayscale values corresponding to the light area as the brightness parameter of the light area.
In practical applications, for the light areas in the lightening state (or the extinguishing state), the average value of the pixel grayscale values of the pixel areas corresponding to the light areas is solved, and the average value is used as the brightness parameter. By regulating the brightnesses of the light areas into the brightness value corresponding to the brightness parameter, the difference in the brightnesses corresponding to the pixels in a black frame and in a white frame in the pixel areas corresponding to the light areas is reduced, thereby alleviating the halo displaying in the displayed frame, and improving the effect of displaying.
The particular process of ameliorating the problem of halo by using the brightness regulating method according to the present disclosure will be particularly described below by taking the backlight source including 4$4 light areas shown in
It can be seen that the pixel areas shown in
It should be noted that the “halo” phenomenon may be understood as a halo of the light rays from brightness to darkness that is presented with the pixel areas corresponding to the four lightened light areas as the center area, which is simply illustrated with the circle in
The pixel area corresponding to a light area refers to, in the display panel, a pixel area whose orthographic projection on the backlight module falls within the light area.
The brightness regulating method according to the present disclosure will be particularly described as follows:
In some embodiments, if the backlight source is divided into 1152 light areas, the pixel quantity corresponding to one light area is 3556, and the pixel grayscale values of the pixels in the light area are individually A1, A2, A3, A4, . . . and A3556, then the brightness parameter of the light area is =(A1+A2+A3+A4+ . . . +A3556)/3556. Subsequently, according to the brightness parameters corresponding to the light areas, their brightnesses are regulated.
As an example, if one of the light areas in the backlight source is lightened, the initial brightness (Initial) is 100%, the quantity of the pixels in the pixel area corresponding to the light area is 3556, and 200 of those pixels display a white frame, then, according to the above-described brightness regulating method, the brightness parameter (Renew) of the light area is =(100%*200+0+ . . . +0)/3556=5.6%. According to the brightness regulating method, the brightness of the light area in the lightening state is regulated from the original 100% into 5.6%.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the displaying device further includes a display panel, and the display panel is located on a light exiting side of the backlight module; and
after the step S904 of, according to the brightness parameters, regulating the brightnesses of the light areas, the method further includes:
S905: according to the light areas in a lightening state, determining a compensation area of the display panel.
The compensation area of the display panel refers to, according to the displayed frames corresponding to the light areas in the lightening state, determining the edge pixels of the frame pixels, and subsequently, according to the edge pixels, determining some of the pixels other than the frame pixels among the pixels corresponding to the light areas in the lightening state.
It should be noted that the frame pixels refer to the pixels that are being used to display the frames; in other words, when part of the area of the display panel is displaying a frame, and the remaining area is of a black state, the pixels located in the area that is displaying the frame may be referred to as the frame pixels. As an example,
The frame pixels include edge pixels. The edge pixels refer to the pixels that are at the black-white boundary and at the edge of the white area (the area displaying the frame), wherein the black-white boundary refers to the boundary between the area displaying the frame and the black-state area. Referring to ” and “▴” are the edge pixels.
It can be understood that the compensation area refers to an area where some of the pixels other than the frame pixels in the pixel areas corresponding to the light areas in the lightening state are located. The orthographic projection of the area where the other pixels are located on the backlight module is located within the light area in the lightening state, and its orthographic projection on the backlight module and the orthographic projection of the frame pixels on the backlight module do not intersect or overlap with each other. In addition, the pixel area corresponding to a light area refers to, in the display panel, a pixel area whose orthographic projection on the backlight module falls within the light area.
S906: determining a compensating parameter of the compensation area.
The compensation area corresponding to one edge pixel includes at least one compensating parameter. Before the compensating parameter is determined, the compensation area is divided into at least one compensating sub-area, wherein each of the compensating sub-areas corresponds to one compensating parameter. The compensating parameters of the compensating sub-areas are different, and the compensating parameters of the compensating sub-areas gradually decrease in a first direction, wherein the first direction refers to the direction from the area where the frame pixels are located to the compensation area.
When the compensation area includes merely one compensating sub-area, the compensating parameter of the compensating sub-area is a zero grayscale.
When the compensation area includes a plurality of compensating sub-areas, each of the compensating sub-areas corresponds to one brightness-compensation rank, each of the brightness-compensation ranks corresponds to one pixel-grayscale value, and all of the pixel-grayscale values corresponding to the brightness-compensation ranks are greater than or equal to a zero grayscale, and less than the grayscale values of the edge pixels corresponding to the compensation area.
The edge pixels refer to the pixels that are at the black-white boundary and at the edge of the white area, wherein the black-white boundary refers to the boundary between the area displaying the frame and the black-state area. Referring to ” and “▴” are the edge pixels.
S907: according to the compensating parameter, performing brightness regulation to the compensation area.
The brightness regulating method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include, according to the light areas in a lightening state, determining the compensation area, wherein the compensation area refers to an area where some of the pixels other than the frame pixels in the pixel areas corresponding to the light areas in the lightening state are located. By performing brightness regulation to different extents on the pixels in the compensation area, the method can further alleviate the halo, improve the effect of displaying of the displaying device, and improve the image quality.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step S905 of, according to the light areas in the lightening state, determining the compensation area includes:
S9051: determining a displayed frame in the display panel corresponding to the light areas in the lightening state.
As an example,
S9052: according to frame pixels in the displayed frame, determining edge pixels.
The edge pixels refer to the pixels that are at the black-white boundary and at the edge of the white area, wherein the black-white boundary refers to the boundary between the area displaying the frame and the black-state area. Referring to ” and “▴” are the edge pixels.
S9053: determining a quantity of the frame pixels.
The particular mode of determining the quantity of the frame pixels is not limited herein.
S9054: according to the quantity of the frame pixels, determining a compensation area of the edge pixels, wherein the compensation area refers to an area where some of pixels other than the frame pixels among pixels corresponding to the light areas in the lightening state are located.
It can be understood that the orthographic projection of the compensation area on the backlight module is located within the light areas in the lightening state, and the orthographic projection of the compensation area on the backlight module and the orthographic projection of the frame pixels on the backlight module do not intersect or overlap with each other.
Referring to
It should be noted that each of the edge pixels corresponds to one of the compensation areas, the compensation areas corresponding to all of the edge pixels among the frame pixels together form a buffer area, and the pixels in the buffer area surround the frame pixels.
In addition, the determination on the compensation areas further involves a dynamic parameter X, and the quantity of the pixels contained in each of the compensation areas may be determined jointly by the quantity of the frame pixels and the dynamic parameter X.
In some embodiments, the dynamic parameter X is related to the contrasts of displaying devices of different models. In practical applications, if the contrast is higher, the dynamic parameter X may be lower.
In some embodiments, the dynamic parameter X is related to the area of the outwardly extended area of the halo. If the area of the outwardly extended area of the halo is larger, the dynamic parameter X may be higher. It should be noted that, taking
It should be noted that, in practical applications, the brightness regulation on the compensation areas actually changes the pixel electrode voltages of the pixels in the compensation areas.
How to determine the compensation areas will be described below by using particular examples:
If the quantity of the frame pixels is 200, and the dynamic parameter X is set to be =20%, the quantity of the pixels contained in the compensation area corresponding to each of the edge pixels is =200*20%=40.
Referring to
When the dynamic parameter X is set to be=18.75%, the quantity of the pixels contained in the compensation area corresponding to each of the edge pixels is =16*18.75%=3. Regarding the edge pixels marked with “” in
The blackness-insertion processing may be understood as adjusting the grayscale of a pixel into an L0 grayscale.
The modes of determining the compensation areas of the other edge pixels are similar to that of that edge pixel. The compensation areas corresponding to all of the edge pixels together form a buffer area, and the pixels in the buffer area surround the frame pixels.
It should be noted that, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, the mode of the pixel arrangement in the compensation areas or the mode of the pixel arrangement in the compensating sub-areas is not further limited, and is particularly determined according to actual situations.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step S906 of determining the compensating parameter of the compensation area includes:
S9061: determining a pixel quantity of the compensation area.
S9062: if the pixel quantity of the compensation area is less than a quantity of brightness-compensation ranks, determining the compensating parameter of the compensation area to be a zero grayscale.
As an example, if the pixel quantity of the compensation area is 5, and the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks is 6, then all of the compensating parameters of the pixels in the compensation area are set to be a zero grayscale (L0). If the pixel quantity of the compensation area is 4, and the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks is 5, then all of the compensating parameters of the pixels in the compensation area are set to be a zero grayscale (L0).
In the brightness compensation or the brightness regulation, the process of the brightness regulation is divided into multiple brightness-compensation ranks according to different amplitudes of the brightness regulation, wherein the different brightness-compensation ranks have different levels of the brightness regulation.
If the brightness-compensation energy levels have a higher quantity, that indicates that the process of the brightness regulation on the pixels in the compensation area is more delicate, and the image quality of the displayed frame after the brightness regulation is better. In practical applications, the quantity of the brightness-compensation energy levels is related to the quantity of the pixels contained in the compensation area, which may be regulated particularly according to actual situations, and is not limited herein.
In addition, the quantity of the brightness-compensation energy levels is related to an image-quality-engine processing precision.
For example, regarding a displaying device using the technique of SDR (Standard Dynamic Range), the image-quality-engine processing precision is 8 bits, the grayscales of its frame have 28-256 ranks, i.e., including L0, L1, L2, L3 . . . L254 and L255, and the quantity of the brightness-compensation energy levels may be at most 256.
Regarding a displaying device using the technique of HDR (High-Dynamic Range), the image-quality-engine processing precision is 10 bits, the grayscales of its frame have 210=1024 ranks, i.e., including L0, L1, L2, L3 . . . L1022 and L1023, and the quantity of the brightness-compensation energy levels may be at most 1024.
It should be noted that the technique of HDR (High-Dynamic Range) is “high” with respect to the technique of SDR (Standard Dynamic Range). Regarding a displaying device using the technique of SDR, the brightness range of the displaying device is 200-300 nits, the contrast is approximately 500:1 to 4000:1, depending on the displaying mode, and the internal image-quality-engine processing precision is 8 bits. However, regarding a displaying device using the technique of HDR1000 (the technique of HDR1000 is one type of the technique of HDR), the brightness requirements on the displaying device include, the ten-percent-center white-color frame requires the brightness to be ≥1000 nits, the side-corner black-state brightness ≤0.05 nits, and the internal image-quality-engine processing precision is 10 bits.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the step $906 of determining the compensating parameter of the compensation area includes:
S9063: determining a pixel quantity of the compensation area.
S9064: if the pixel quantity of the compensation area is greater than or equal to the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks, dividing the compensation area into a plurality of compensating sub-areas, wherein a quantity of the compensating sub-areas is equal to the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks;
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the compensating parameters of the compensating sub-areas gradually decrease in a first direction, wherein the first direction refers to the direction from the area where the frame pixels are located to the compensation area.
As an example, the compensation area may be divided into 3, 4, 5, 6 or more compensating sub-areas, wherein the quantity of the compensating sub-areas is equal to the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks.
It can be understood that, if each of the compensation areas is divided into more compensating sub-areas, the process of the brightness regulation is more delicate, and the image quality of the frame displayed in the pixel areas after the brightness regulation is better.
As an example, regarding a displaying device using the technique of HDR, its internal image-quality-engine processing precision is 10 bits, the grayscales of its frame have 210-1024 ranks, i.e., including L0, L1, L2, L3 . . . L1022 and L1023 grayscales, and the quantity of the brightness-compensation energy levels may be at most 1024. Table 1 provides a compensating-parameter table when the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks is 6.
When the pixel quantity of the compensation area corresponding to one edge pixel is 27, because the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks is 6, the compensation area is divided into 6 compensating sub-areas, 27÷6=4 (the remainder is 3). Accordingly:
The first compensating sub-area contains 4 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 5, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L900.
The second compensating sub-area contains 4 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 4, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L700.
The third compensating sub-area contains 4 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 3, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L500.
The fourth compensating sub-area contains 4 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 2, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L300.
The fifth compensating sub-area contains 4 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 1, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L100.
The sixth compensating sub-area contains 4+3 (remainder) pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 0, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L0.
It should be noted that the grayscale corresponding to the lowest brightness-compensation energy level (Rank 0) is the L0 grayscale, the grayscale corresponding to the highest brightness-compensation energy level (Rank 5) is less than the pixel grayscale of the edge pixels, and the grayscales corresponding to the other brightness-compensation energy levels are between the two grayscales, which may be regulated according to actual situations.
As an example, regarding a displaying device using the technique of SDR, its internal image-quality-engine processing precision is 8 bits, the grayscales of its frame have 28=256 ranks, i.e., including L0, L1, L2, L3 . . . L254 and L255 grayscales, and the quantity of the brightness-compensation energy levels may be at most 256. Table 2 provides a compensating-parameter table when the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks is 5.
When the pixel quantity of the compensation area corresponding to one edge pixel is 27, the compensation area is divided into 5 compensating sub-areas, 27÷5=5 (the remainder is 2). Accordingly:
The first compensating sub-area contains 5 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 4, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L200.
The second compensating sub-area contains 3 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 3, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L150.
The third compensating sub-area contains 5 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 2, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L100.
The fourth compensating sub-area contains 5 pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 1, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L50.
The fifth compensating sub-area contains 5+2 (remainder) pixels, the corresponding brightness-compensation energy level is 0, and the corresponding compensating parameter is L0.
It should be noted that the grayscale corresponding to the lowest brightness-compensation energy level (Rank 0) is the L0 grayscale, the grayscale corresponding to the highest brightness-compensation energy level (Rank 4) is less than the pixel grayscale of the edge pixels, and the grayscales corresponding to the other brightness-compensation energy levels are between the two grayscales, which may be regulated according to actual situations.
In addition, it should be emphasized that, if the pixel quantity of the compensation area is less than the quantity of brightness-compensation ranks, the compensating parameter of the compensation area is determined to be a zero grayscale; in other words, in this case, all of the pixels of the compensation area undergo blackness-insertion processing. If the pixel quantity of the compensation area is greater than or equal to the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks, regarding the plurality of compensating sub-areas, all of the pixels in the compensating sub-areas corresponding to the brightness-compensation energy level of 0 undergo blackness-insertion processing (L0 grayscale), wherein with the gradual decreasing of the brightness-compensation energy level (the decreasing of the grayscales value), the distances from the corresponding compensating sub-areas to the areas where the frame pixels are located are increasingly larger. Regarding all of the pixels in the compensating sub-areas of the highest brightness-compensation energy level, the grayscale values corresponding to their compensating parameters are less than the grayscale values of the edge pixels.
In practical applications, because an HDR displaying device has higher requirements on the brightness and the image quality, usually, in the brightness regulation on the backlight source of an HDR displaying device, each of the compensation areas may be divided into compensating sub-areas of a higher quantity, whereby the brightnesses of the compensating sub-areas can be regulated individually, to satisfy the higher requirements on the image quality of the HDR displaying device.
As an example, referring to
In practical applications, the compensation area corresponding to each of the edge pixels includes at least one compensating sub-area, and each of the compensating sub-areas contains at least one pixel. The particular modes of the arrangement of the pixels in the compensating sub-areas may be determined by referring to the quantity of the pixels actually contained in the compensation area and the severity of the halo, and are not limited herein.
The brightness regulating method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure can include, according to the light areas in the lightening state, determining the compensation area; if the pixel quantity of the compensation area is less than the quantity of the brightness-compensation energy levels, directly performing blackness-insertion processing to all of the pixels of the compensation area; and if the pixel quantity of the compensation area is greater than or equal to the quantity of the brightness-compensation energy levels, dividing the compensation area into a plurality of compensating sub-areas, and performing brightness regulation to different extents on the pixels in the compensating sub-areas. Accordingly, the method can further alleviate the halo phenomenon, improve the effect of displaying of the displaying device, and improve the image quality.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a brightness regulating system. Referring to
The backlight module 400 is configured for providing a backlight source under controlling by the controller 500.
The controller 400 includes an area dividing and light regulating unit 402 and a controlling unit 401. The controlling unit 401 and the area dividing and light regulating unit 402 are electrically connected, and the area dividing and light regulating unit 402 and the backlight module 500 are electrically connected.
The area dividing and light regulating unit 402 is configured for, if an area-delimitation controlling signal emitted by the controlling unit 401 has been received, according to the area-delimitation controlling signal, dividing the backlight source into a plurality of light areas.
The controlling unit 401 is configured for acquiring and storing pixel quantities and pixel grayscale values of pixels within pixel areas corresponding to each of the light areas; according to the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values, determining brightness parameters of the light areas; and emitting the area-delimitation controlling signal and a light regulating signal.
The area dividing and light regulating unit 402 is further configured for, after the light regulating signal has been received, acquiring the brightness parameters, and according to the brightness parameters, regulating the brightnesses of the light areas.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the controller 400 may be a time schedule controller (TCON), the area dividing and light regulating unit 402 may be an LDC (Local dimming controller), and the controlling unit 401 may be an MCU (Microcontroller Unit).
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the backlight module may be a backlight module of the Mini LED type, and may also be a backlight module of the Micro LED type, which is particularly determined according to actual situations, and is not limited herein.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the system further includes a PC motherboard or a video collecting card (Graphics Cards) 700. The PC motherboard or video collecting card 700 may be connected to the controller 400 by an EDP interface, to transmit a video-stream signal to the controller 400. The modules in the controller 400 perform logical operation to the video-stream signal, and transmit the obtained brightness signal to the backlight module 500 via an SPI interface, thereby controlling the brightness of the backlight source of the backlight module. In practical applications, the controller 400 is electrically connected to the backlight module 500 by an LED driver.
It should be noted that the EDP interface is a fully digitalized interface based on the DisplayPort architecture and protocol, can transmit a high-resolution signal by using a simple connector and a few leads, and can realize simultaneous transmission of multiple data. The SPI (Serial Peripheral Interface) is a synchronous serial peripheral interface, and can enable the MCU to communicate with various peripheral devices in a serial manner to exchange information.
The embodiments of the present disclosure may, by using the regulating system, acquiring the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values in the pixel areas corresponding to each of the light areas; according to the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values, determining brightness parameters; and according to the brightness parameters, performing the brightness regulation on the light areas. Because, in the process of the brightness regulation, each of the light areas corresponds to one brightness parameter, the light areas can be individually regulated according to the severity degrees of the halo phenomenon in the different areas, whereby, while alleviating the halo, the brightness regulation has a better pertinence and a better effect.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the area dividing and light regulating unit 402 includes an area dividing subunit and a light regulating subunit.
The area dividing subunit is configured for, according to the area-delimitation controlling signal, dividing the backlight source into a plurality of light areas.
The light regulating subunit is configured for acquiring the brightness parameters; when a light region among the light regions is in a lightening state, renewing a brightness value of the light area, wherein the brightness value that has been renewed is equal to the brightness parameter; and when a light region among the light regions is in an extinguishing state, maintaining the extinguishing state of the light area.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the controlling unit 401 includes a storing subunit, an acquiring subunit and a calculating subunit.
The acquiring subunit is configured for acquiring pixel quantities and pixel grayscale values of pixels within pixel areas corresponding to the light areas.
The storing subunit is configured for storing the area-division controlling signal, the light regulating signal, the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values of the pixels within the pixel areas corresponding to the light areas, and the brightness parameter; and emitting the area-delimitation controlling signal and the light regulating signal.
The calculating subunit is configured for according to the pixel quantities and the pixel grayscale values, solving an average value of the pixel grayscale values corresponding to each of the light areas; and regarding the average value of the pixel grayscale values corresponding to the light area as the brightness parameter of the light area.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, referring to
The color compensating unit 403 is configured for, according to the light areas in a lightening state, determining a compensation area of the display panel; and determining a compensating parameter of the compensation area. The controlling unit 401 is further configured for, according to the compensating parameter, performing brightness regulation to the compensation area.
The color compensating unit 403 may be an ACC (Accurate Color Capture), which is also referred to as an ACC (Adjust Chromaticity Coordinate).
In practical applications, the color compensating unit 403 may also be used to regulate the brightnesses of the sub-pixels included in the pixels in the pixel areas. Particularly, when a pixel includes a red-color sub-pixel, a green-color sub-pixel and a blue-color sub-pixel, the overall frame color of the display panel may be regulated by regulating the proportion of the brightnesses of the red-color sub-pixel, the green-color sub-pixel and the blue-color sub-pixel.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, after the modules in the controller 400 has performed the logical operation relevant to the brightness regulation to the video-stream signal, the obtained brightness regulating signal is transmitted to the backlight module 500 via an SPI interface. Particularly, the PC motherboard or video collecting card 700 may be connected to the controller 400 by an EDP interface, to transmit a video-stream signal to the controller 400. The modules in the controller 400 perform logical operation to the video-stream signal, and transmit the brightness regulating signal obtained by the operation to the display panel 600 via an SPI interface, thereby controlling the grayscale values of the pixels of the compensation areas in the display panel. In practical applications, the modules in the controller 400 may perform logical operation to the video-stream signal, and transmit the corresponding signals individually to the backlight module 500 and the display panel 600 via a SPI interface, so as to, while regulating the brightness of the backlight source, regulate the grayscale values of the pixels of the compensation areas in the display panel, thereby, under their combined action, alleviating the halo, and improving the effect of displaying of the displaying device.
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, the color compensating unit 403 includes a first determining subunit and a second determining subunit.
The first determining subunit is configured for determining a displayed frame in the display panel corresponding to the light areas in the lightening state; according to frame pixels in the displayed frame, determining edge pixels: determining a quantity of the frame pixels; and according to the quantity of the frame pixels, determining a compensation area of the edge pixels, wherein the compensation area refers to an area where some of pixels other than the frame pixels among pixels corresponding to the light areas in the lightening state are located.
The second determining subunit is configured for determining a pixel quantity of the compensation area: if the pixel quantity of the compensation area is less than a quantity of brightness-compensation ranks, determining the compensating parameter of the compensation area to be a zero grayscale; and if the pixel quantity of the compensation area is greater than or equal to the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks, dividing the compensation area into a plurality of compensating sub-areas, wherein a quantity of the compensating sub-areas is equal to the quantity of the brightness-compensation ranks;
In some embodiments of the present disclosure, compensating parameters of the compensating sub-areas gradually decrease in a first direction, wherein the first direction refers to a direction from an area where the frame pixels are located to the compensation area.
It should be noted that the process of the brightness regulation by the regulating system may refer to the embodiments of the brightness regulating method, and the repeated parts are not discussed further.
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a displaying device, wherein the displaying device includes the brightness regulating system stated above.
The displaying device may be any products or components that have the function of displaying, such as a mobile phone, a tablet personal computer, a television set, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame and a navigator. All of the other indispensable components of the displaying device are used, as understood by a person skilled in the art, which is not discussed herein further, and should not be used as a limitation on the present disclosure. The process of the brightness regulation by the displaying device may refer to the above particular description on the regulating system or refer to the embodiments of the brightness regulating method, and the repeated parts are not discussed further.
The above are merely particular embodiments of the present disclosure, and the protection scope of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. All of the variations or substitutions that a person skilled in the art can easily envisage within the technical scope disclosed by the present disclosure should fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the present disclosure should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.
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