Patent Grant
12051380
The application claims the benefit of Chinese Patent Application No. 202210190730.7 filed on Feb. 28, 2022 in the China National Intellectual Property Administration, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present application relates to the technical field of display, and in particular to a display control method, a display control apparatus, a control apparatus and a display device.
When a display device implements MBR (Motion Blur Reduction) function, the backlight needs to be turned on at the VFP (Vertical Front Porch) time of the input display signal and the backlight should be turned off before the liquid crystal refresh of the next frame.
At present, the motion blur reduction effect of some display devices is poor, resulting in blurred moving pictures and serious smearing.
In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display control method, including:
In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a control apparatus, including:
In a third aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display device, including a display apparatus, a backlight module and the control apparatus in the second aspect;
In a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a display control apparatus, including:
In a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present application provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer program is stored in the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and the computer program is executed by a computer to implement the display control method in the first aspect.
Additional aspects and advantages of the present application will be given in the following description, some of which will become apparent from the following description or appreciated by implementing the present application.
The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present application will become apparent and readily understood from the following description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
100: display device; 10: control apparatus; 20: display apparatus; and 30: backlight module.
Examples of embodiments of the present application will be illustrated below in the drawings throughout which same or similar reference numerals refer to same or similar elements or elements having same or similar functions. Also, detailed descriptions of known technologies will be omitted if they are not necessary for the illustrated features of the present application. The embodiments described with reference to the drawings are illustrative, merely used for explaining the present application and should not be regarded as any limitations thereto.
It may be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art that, unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art to which the present application belongs. It should also be understood that terms, such as those defined in a general dictionary, should be understood to have meanings consistent with their meanings in the context of the prior art and, unless specifically defined as herein, should not be interpreted in idealistic or overly formal meaning.
It should be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art that singular forms “a”, “an”, “the”, and “said” may be intended to include plural forms as well, unless otherwise stated. It should be further understood that terms “include/including” used in this specification specify the presence of the stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but not exclusive of the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or combinations thereof. It should be understood that when a component is referred to as being “connected to” or “coupled to” another component, it may be directly connected or coupled to other elements or provided with intervening elements therebetween. In addition, “connected to” or “coupled to” as used herein may include wireless connection or coupling. As used herein, term “and/or” includes all or any of one or more associated listed items or combinations thereof.
It was found by the inventor(s) of the present application that, due to the very short VFP (Vertical Front Porch) time, there is no or only very short liquid crystal stabilization time. As a result, the liquid crystal flipping occurs when the backlight is turned on, or the backlight is turned on before the liquid crystals are flipped in place due to the long response time of the liquid crystal. In this case, the motion blur reduction effect is poor, resulting in blurred moving pictures and serious smearing.
The present application provides a display control method, a display control apparatus, a control apparatus and a display device, to solve the above technical problem in the prior art.
The technical solutions of the present application and how to solve the above technical problems by the technical solutions of the present application will be described below by specific embodiments in detail. The specific embodiments to be described below may be combined, and the same or similar concepts or processes may be not repeated in some embodiments. The embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
An embodiment of the present application provides a display device 100. As shown in
The control apparatus 10 sends an output display signal to the display apparatus 20.
The control apparatus 10 sends a control signal to the backlight module 30 to control the backlight module 30 to be turned on and off.
By the display device 100 in the embodiment of the present application, the motion blur reduction effect can be improved, the blurred moving pictures can be reduced, and the smearing can be reduced.
An embodiment of the present application provides a control apparatus 10, as shown in
An embodiment of the present application provides a display control method, which is applied to the display device 100 in the foregoing embodiment. As shown in
The liquid crystal stabilization time is the interval time from the starting time of the vertical front porch time of the first period among periods in which frame display data of the output display signal is the same to the starting time when the backlight module is turned on.
In the display control method in the embodiment of the present application, an input display signal is frequency multiplied or divided to generate an output display signal, and a backlight module is controlled to be turned on based on the field frequency of the output display signal so that the liquid crystal stabilization time is increased, that is, the liquid crystal stabilization time is increased by frequency multiplying or dividing, so that there is more time to wait for the liquid crystals to flip and stabilize. Thus, the motion blur reduction effect can be improved, the blurred moving pictures can be reduced, and the smearing can be reduced.
In some embodiments, as shown in
S1a: frequency multiplying an input display signal to generate a first output display signal when the field frequency of the input display signal is less than or equal to ½ of the maximum field frequency supported by the display apparatus, so that the field frequency of the first output display signal is N times the field frequency of the input display signal, where N is an integer not less than 2, the output display signal including the first output display signal, and the field frequency of the first output display signal being not less than the minimum field frequency supported by the display apparatus and not greater than the maximum field frequency supported by the display apparatus.
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S2a: controlling a backlight module to be turned on in any period from the second to the Nth period among periods, in which N consecutive frames display same data, of the first output display signal, so that the liquid crystal stabilization time is increased, the liquid crystal stabilization time being the interval time from the starting time of the vertical front porch time of the first period among periods, in which N consecutive frames display same data, of the first output display signal to the starting time when the backlight module is turned on.
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In the display control method in the embodiment of the present application, an input display signal is frequency multiplied, and a backlight module is controlled to be turned on in any period from the second to the Nth period among periods, in which N consecutive frames display same data, of the first output display signal, so that the liquid crystal stabilization time is increased. One piece of frame display data may display one picture. That is, in the embodiment of the present application, the liquid crystals are flipped as soon as possible by means of frequency multiplying, and meanwhile, and the backlight is turned on after the liquid crystals are flipped and stabilized within the time for the repeated pictures. Thus, the motion blur reduction effect can be improved, the blurred moving pictures can be reduced, and the smearing can be reduced.
In some embodiments, one period of the input display signal corresponds to N consecutive periods of the first output display signal, and the frame display data of one period of the input display signal is the same as the frame display data of N consecutive periods of the first output display signal.
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In some embodiments, controlling a backlight module to be turned on in any period from the second to the Nth period among periods, in which N consecutive frames display same data, of the first output display signal includes:
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In the embodiment of the present application, by frequency multiplying the input display signal, the frame display data A of the input display signal can also be frequency multiplied to output a plurality of pieces of consecutive repeated frame display data A1, A2 . . . An (n>=2). In the period corresponding to the output frame display data An, the backlight module is controlled to generate a pulsed backlight (the high level of Backlight in
In some embodiments, after controlling a backlight module to be turned on in any period from the second to the Nth period among periods, in which N consecutive frames display same data, of the first output display signal, the method includes:
Optionally, the turn-on time of the backlight module, that is, the width of the pulsed backlight (the time with high level of Backlight in
It should be noted that the field frequency in the present application is also called frame frequency or refresh frequency, i.e., the vertical scanning frequency of the display, which refers to the number of images the display can display per second. The unit is Hertz (Hz).
The input display signal in the present application may be a signal output by a signal source, for example, a graphics card, a DVD (Digital Video Disc), etc., which is not particularly limited in the present application. The first output display signal obtained by the frequency multiplication process is output to the liquid crystal display apparatus.
The field frequency of the input display signal may be 60 Hz, 70 Hz, 80 Hz, 90 Hz, 100 Hz, 110 Hz, 120 Hz, 130 Hz, 140 Hz, etc. The field frequency of the first output display signal may be 100 Hz, 110 Hz, 120 Hz, 130 Hz, 140 Hz, etc. The field frequency of the first output display signal is not particularly limited in the present application as long as it does not exceed the range of the field frequency supported by the liquid crystal display apparatus.
If the field frequency of the input display signal is relatively small, when the field frequency of the input display signal is less than or equal to ½ of the maximum field frequency supported by the display apparatus, that is, when the field frequency of the input display signal is or less than half of the maximum support field frequency of the liquid crystal display apparatus, the input display signal is frequency multiplied. The input display signal may be frequency multiplied by two, three, four, five, according to actual situations. It is not particularly limited in the present application.
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Exemplarily, if the field frequency of the input display signal is 60 Hz, the maximum field frequency supported by the display apparatus is 180 Hz, and the minimum field frequency supported by the display apparatus is 40 Hz. The input display signal may be frequency multiplied by two to generate a first output display signal. The field frequency of the first output display signal is 120 Hz. Or, the input display signal is frequency multiplied by three to generate a first output display signal. The field frequency of the first output display signal is 180 Hz. The field frequency of the first output display signal is not particularly limited in the present application as long as it does not exceed the range of the field frequency supported by the display apparatus.
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S1b: frequency dividing an input display signal to generate a second output display signal when the field frequency of the input display signal is greater than or equal to twice the maximum field frequency supported by the display apparatus, so that the field frequency of the second output display signal is 1/M of the field frequency of the input display signal, where M is an integer not less than 2, the output display signal including the second output display signal, and the field frequency of the second output display signal being not less than the minimum field frequency supported by the display apparatus and not greater than the maximum field frequency supported by the display apparatus.
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S2b: controlling a backlight module to be turned on at the vertical front porch time of each period of the second output display signal, so that the liquid crystal stabilization time is greater than the vertical front porch time of the input display signal, the liquid crystal stabilization time being the interval time from the starting time of the vertical front porch time of one period of the second output display signal to the starting time when the backlight module is turned on.
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In the display control method in the embodiment of the present application, an input display signal is frequency divided, and the vertical front porch time of the second output display signal is increased so that the liquid crystal stabilization time is increased, that is, there is enough time to wait for the liquid crystals to flip and stabilize and then turn on the backlight. Thus, the motion blur reduction effect can be improved, the blurred moving pictures can be reduced, and the smearing can be reduced.
In some embodiments, M consecutive periods of the input display signal correspond to one period of the second output display signal, and the frame display data of the first period among the M consecutive periods of the input display signal is the same as the frame display data of one period of the second output display signal.
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In some embodiments, controlling a backlight module to be turned on at the vertical front porch time of each period of the second output display signal, so that the liquid crystal stabilization time is greater than the vertical front porch time of the input display signal, includes:
controlling a backlight module to be turned on at the vertical front porch time of each period of the second output display signal, so that the liquid crystal stabilization time is greater than the sum of the vertical front porch time of the input display signal and M−2 periods of the input display signal.
Exemplarily, when M=3, the input display signal is frequency divided by 3 to generate a second output display signal, and the field frequency of the second output display signal is ⅓ of the field frequency of the input display signal. As shown in
In the embodiment of the present application, the input display signal is subjected to a frequency division (or frequency elimination) process, and after some pieces of frame display data are discarded, the VTotal of the second output display signal (that is, the period corresponding to one piece of frame display data, that is, one period of the second output display signal) becomes larger, the VFP time (for example, t5′ in
In some embodiments, after controlling a backlight module to be turned on at the vertical front porch time of each period of the second output display signal, the method includes:
Optionally, the turn-on time of the backlight module, that is, the width of the pulsed backlight (the time with high level of Backlight in
The field frequency of the input display signal may be 60 Hz, 70 Hz, 80 Hz, 90 Hz, 100 Hz, 110 Hz, 120 Hz, 130 Hz, 140 Hz, etc. The field frequency of the second output display signal may be 60 Hz, 70 Hz, 80 Hz, 90 Hz, etc. The field frequency of the second output display signal is not particularly limited in the present application as long as it does not exceed the range of the field frequency supported by the liquid crystal display apparatus.
If the field frequency of the input display signal is relatively large, when the field frequency of the input display signal is greater than or equal to twice the maximum field frequency supported by the display apparatus, that is, the field frequency of the input display signal is or greater than twice the maximum support field frequency of the liquid crystal display apparatus, the input display signal is frequency divided. The input display signal may be frequency divided by 2, 3, 4, 5 . . . according to actual situations.
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Exemplarily, if the field frequency of the input display signal is 180 Hz, the maximum field frequency supported by the display apparatus is 90 Hz, and the minimum field frequency supported by the display apparatus is 50 Hz. The input display signal may be frequency divided by 3 to generate a second output display signal, and the field frequency of the second output display signal is 60 Hz. Or, the input display signal is frequency divided by 2 to generate a second output display signal. The field frequency of the second output display signal is 90 Hz.
In an application scenario, the user may select the resolution of the liquid crystal display apparatus according to actual needs. The resolution of the liquid crystal display apparatus may be 1920×1080, 1366×768, 1280×768, 1280×720, etc. Different resolutions correspond to different ranges of field frequency supported by the liquid crystal display apparatus.
For example, the user selects a resolution of the liquid crystal display apparatus, and the range of field frequency supported by the liquid crystal display apparatus corresponding to the resolution is 40 Hz-60 Hz. Then, determination may be made in advance. If the field frequency of the input display signal is 50 Hz, that is, the field frequency of the input display signal is within the range of field frequency supported by the liquid crystal display apparatus, then it jumps to another program, and the display control method of the present application is not used.
Based on the same disclosure concept, an embodiment of the present application provides a display control apparatus, including:
Based on the same disclosure concept, an embodiment of the present application provides a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a computer program is stored in the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and the computer program is executed by a computer to implement the display control method described in any of the foregoing embodiments.
The computer-readable medium of the present application may be a computer-readable signal medium or a computer-readable storage medium or any combination of the above two. The computer-readable storage medium may be, but not limited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared, or semiconductor system, apparatus, or device, or any combination thereof, for example. More specific examples of the computer-readable storage medium may include, but not limited to, electrical connections with one or more wires, portable computer disks, hard disks, random access memories (RAMs), read-only memories (ROMs), erasable programmable read only memories (EPROMs or flash memories), optical fibers, portable compact disk read only memories (CD-ROMs), optical storage devices, magnetic storage devices, or any suitable combination thereof.
In the present application, the computer-readable storage medium may be any tangible medium that contains or stores a computer program, and the computer program may be used by or together with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. In the present application, the computer-readable signal medium may include data signals propagated in the baseband or as part of carriers, and may carry computer-readable program codes. Such propagated data signals may be in various forms, including but not limited to electromagnetic signals, optical signals, or any suitable combination thereof. The computer-readable signal medium may be any computer-readable medium other than the computer-readable storage medium. The computer-readable signal medium may send, propagate, or transmit the computer program used by or together with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. The computer program codes contained in the computer-readable medium may be transmitted by any suitable medium, including but not limited to wired, optical cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination thereof.
The application of the embodiments of the present disclosure at least has the following beneficial effects.
It may be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art that the operations, methods, steps in the flows, measures and solutions already discussed in the present application may be alternated, changed, combined or deleted. Further, the operations, methods, other steps in the flows, measures and solutions already discussed in the present application may also be alternated, changed, rearranged, decomposed, combined or deleted. Further, prior arts having the operations, methods, the steps in the flows, measures and solutions already discussed in the present disclosure may also be alternated, changed, rearranged, decomposed, combined or deleted.
The terms “first” and “second” are simply used for the purpose of description, and should not be regarded as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as “first” and “second” may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present disclosure, unless specifically stated otherwise, “a plurality of” means “two” or “more than two”.
It should be understood that although the steps in the flowchart shown in the drawings are sequentially displayed by following the arrows, these steps are not necessarily performed in the order indicated by the arrows. Unless explicitly stated herein, the execution order of these steps is not strictly limited, and they can be performed in other orders. Moreover, at least some of the steps in the flowcharts shown in the drawings may include multiple sub-steps or multiple stages. These sub-steps or stages are not necessarily performed at the same moment of time, and instead, may be performed at different moments of time. The sub-steps or stages are not necessarily performed sequentially, and instead, may be performed in turn or alternately with other steps or at least some of the sub-steps or stages of other steps.
The foregoing descriptions are merely some implementations of the present application. It should be noted that, to a person of ordinary skill in the art, various improvements and modifications may be made without departing from the principle of the present application, and these improvements and modifications shall be deemed as falling into the protection scope of the present application.
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