This application claims the priority benefit of China application serial no. 202211011863.X, filed on Aug. 23, 2022. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The disclosure relates to an electronic device, and in particular, relates to a display device and a display method thereof.
When a liquid crystal display displays moving images, image motion blur may occur as affected by the pixel response time of the liquid crystal. As such, overdrive and motion blur reduction technology are adopted most of the time to improve the image quality of the displays. In order to optimize the image quality of a display, it is necessary to perform multiple gray-to-gray time-domain waveform measurements on the display in advance and then optimize the overdrive lookup table stored in the display through an algorithm.
However, such an adjustment method is time-consuming and requires the use of expensive equipment and software. Therefore, the factory-made displays generally are not equipped with the function for allowing the user to adjust the overdrive lookup table. However, there are many factors that affect the response time of liquid crystal pixels, such as liquid crystal alignment mode, screen refresh rate, temperature, and aging. If the overdrive lookup table is not adjusted according to the current parameters of a display, blurring, smearing, or ghosting problems are prone to occur.
The disclosure provides a display device and a display method thereof capable of improving the display quality of the display device.
The disclosure provides a display device including a display unit, a sensing module, and a control circuit. The sensing module senses at least one state parameter of the display unit. The control circuit is coupled to the display unit and the sensing module, stores a plurality of overdrive characteristic lookup tables, selects and calculates an overdrive lookup table according to an overdrive characteristic corresponding to the at least one state parameter and a working parameter of the display unit, and controls the display unit to display according to the overdrive lookup table.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the sensing module includes a light sensor and an amplifier circuit. The light sensor senses a grayscale frame displayed by the display unit to generate a corresponding light sensing signal. The amplifier circuit is coupled to the light sensor and the control circuit and amplifies the light sensing signal generated by the light sensor to generate a corresponding amplified signal. The control circuit updates the overdrive characteristic lookup tables according to a change of the amplified signal. The amplified signal changes from a first amplified signal corresponding to a first grayscale frame to a second amplified signal corresponding to a second grayscale frame.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the amplifier circuit includes an operational amplifier, a switching circuit, and a plurality of feedback resistors. Positive and negative input terminals of the operational amplifier are respectively coupled to a reference voltage and the light sensor, and an output terminal of the operational amplifier is coupled to the control circuit. The switching circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the operational amplifier. The plurality of feedback resistors are coupled between the switching circuit and the negative input terminal of the operational amplifier. The plurality of feedback resistors have different resistance values. The control circuit outputs a switching control signal according to grayscale values of the first grayscale frame and the second grayscale frame, so as to control the switching circuit to connect one of the feedback resistors to the output terminal of the operational amplifier, so that signal values of the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal fall within a predetermined range.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the at least one state parameter includes a temperature of the display unit. The sensing module includes a temperature sensor sensing the temperature of the display unit to generate a temperature sensing signal.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the temperature sensor and the switching circuit share an I2C pin for transmitting the temperature sensing signal or the switching control signal.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, a linear relationship is provided among the overdrive characteristic lookup tables corresponding to different temperatures of the display unit. The control circuit, according to an updated overdrive characteristic lookup table and the linear relationship, updates the remaining overdrive characteristic lookup tables.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the overdrive characteristic lookup tables are divided into a plurality of groups of overdrive characteristic lookup tables according to different overdrive setting values. The control circuit updates each group of overdrive characteristic lookup tables with different overdrive setting values.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the working parameter includes a frame refresh rate of an image frame displayed by the display unit, and the at least one state parameter includes the temperature of the display unit.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the at least one state parameter further includes an aging degree of the display unit.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the plurality of overdrive characteristic lookup tables include a plurality of response time characteristic lookup tables and a plurality of overshoot characteristic lookup tables.
The disclosure further provides a display method of a display device. The display device includes a sensing module, and the display device stores a plurality of overdrive characteristic lookup tables. The display method of the display device includes the following steps. The sensing module senses at least one state parameter of the display device. An overdrive lookup table is selected and calculated according to an overdrive characteristic corresponding to the at least one state parameter and a working parameter of the display device. The display device is controlled to display according to the overdrive lookup table.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the sensing module includes a light sensor and an amplifier circuit. The display method of the display device includes the following steps. The light sensor senses a grayscale frame displayed by the display device to generate a corresponding light sensing signal. The amplifier circuit amplifies the light sensing signal generated by the light sensor to generate a corresponding amplified signal. The overdrive characteristic lookup tables are updated according to a change of the amplified signal. The amplified signal changes from a first amplified signal corresponding to a first grayscale frame to a second amplified signal corresponding to a second grayscale frame.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the amplifier circuit includes an operational amplifier, a switching circuit, and a plurality of feedback resistors. Positive and negative input terminals of the operational amplifier are respectively coupled to a reference voltage and the light sensor. The switching circuit is coupled to an output terminal of the operational amplifier. The plurality of feedback resistors are coupled between the switching circuit and the negative input terminal of the operational amplifier. The plurality of feedback resistors have different resistance values. The display method of the display device includes the following steps. A switching control signal is provided according to grayscale values of the first grayscale frame and the second grayscale frame, so as to control the switching circuit to connect one of the feedback resistors to the output terminal of the operational amplifier, so that signal values of the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal fall within a predetermined range.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the at least one state parameter includes a temperature of the display device. The sensing module includes a temperature sensor. The temperature sensor senses the temperature of the display device to generate a temperature sensing signal.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the temperature sensor and the switching circuit share an I2C pin for transmitting the temperature sensing signal or the switching control signal.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, a linear relationship is provided among the overdrive characteristic lookup tables corresponding to different temperatures of the display device. The display method of the display device includes the following step. According to an updated overdrive characteristic lookup table and the linear relationship, the remaining overdrive characteristic lookup tables are updated.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the overdrive characteristic lookup tables are divided into a plurality of groups of overdrive characteristic lookup tables according to different overdrive setting values. The display method of the display device includes the following step. Each group of overdrive characteristic lookup tables with different overdrive setting values is updated.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the working parameter includes a frame refresh rate of an image frame displayed by the display unit, and the at least one state parameter includes the temperature of the display device.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the at least one state parameter further includes an aging degree of the display device.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, the plurality of overdrive characteristic lookup tables include a plurality of response time characteristic lookup tables and a plurality of overshoot characteristic lookup tables.
To sum up, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the overdrive lookup table is selected and calculated according to the overdrive characteristic corresponding to the state parameter and the working parameter of the display device, and the display device is controlled to display according to the overdrive lookup table. In this way, by selecting and calculating the overdrive lookup table according to the overdrive characteristic corresponding to the state parameter and the working parameter of the display device, the overdrive lookup table may be effectively optimized for the state parameter and the working parameter of the display device, and the display quality of the display device is thus improved.
To make the aforementioned more comprehensible, several embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail as follows.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosure, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate exemplary embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure.
Further, the sensing module 106 may include a light sensor. As shown in
The response time characteristic lookup table and the overshoot characteristic lookup table respectively shown in the embodiments of
The control circuit 104 may set a target response time or a target overshoot percentage according to needs and may perform interpolation calculation according to the response time characteristic lookup table and the overshoot characteristic lookup table to obtain an overdrive lookup table corresponding to the target response time or the target overshoot percentage. For instance,
An implementation of the sensing module 106 may be shown in
To be specific, the amplifier circuit 604 may include an operational amplifier OP1, a switching circuit 608, and feedback resistors R1 to R4 as shown in
The control circuit 104 may update the overdrive characteristic lookup tables or select and calculate the overdrive lookup table corresponding to different frame refresh rates and temperatures according to the frame refresh rate of the display unit 102 and the temperature sensing signal generated by the temperature sensor 606 sensing the temperature of the display unit 102. Further, it should be noted that since the overdrive characteristics may also vary with an aging degree of the display unit 102, in some embodiments, the control circuit 104 may update the overdrive characteristic lookup tables or select and calculate the overdrive lookup table according to the aging degree of the display unit 102. That is, the abovementioned state parameters may also include the aging degree of the display unit 102, but not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the state parameters may also include the arrangement of pixels of the liquid crystal display. Further, among the plurality of overdrive characteristic lookup tables stored in the control circuit 104, a linear relationship is provided among the overdrive characteristic lookup tables corresponding to different state parameters (e.g., corresponding to different temperatures) of the display unit 102. After completing one of the overdrive characteristic lookup tables, the control circuit 104 may, according to the updated overdrive characteristic lookup table and the linear relationship, update the remaining overdrive characteristic lookup tables, so that the overdrive characteristic lookup tables may be efficiently updated. Besides, in this embodiment, the control circuit 104 transmits the switching control signal to the switching circuit 608 through I2C pins A0 and A1. In some embodiments, the temperature sensor 606 may share the I2C pins A0 and A1 with the switching circuit 608 to transmit the temperature sensing signal, so that the number of pins may be reduced, which is beneficial to the miniaturization of the display device.
Further, the sensing module may also include an amplifier circuit. The amplifier circuit may include an operational amplifier, a switching circuit, and a plurality of feedback resistors with different resistance values as described in the abovementioned embodiments, and description of the coupling manner thereof is not repeated herein. It is worth noting that in some embodiments, the temperature sensor and the switching circuit may share I2C pins to reduce the number of pins, which is beneficial to the miniaturization of the display device. The method for updating each group of overdrive characteristic lookup tables with different overdrive setting values may be shown in
Next, it can be determined whether the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal fall within a predetermined range (step S908). If the first amplified signal or the second amplified signal does not fall within the predetermined range, the switching circuit may be controlled to switch the feedback resistors according to the grayscale values of the first grayscale frame and the second grayscale frame (step S910). That is, one of the plurality of feedback resistors is connected to the output terminal of the operational amplifier to ensure that the signal values of the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal fall within the predetermined range. Herein, the predetermined range may be, for example, the output dynamic range of the operational amplifier. If the first amplified signal and the second amplified signal fall within the predetermined range, the response time and overshoot percentage required for the voltage change of the amplified signal may be calculated (step S912) to update the overdrive characteristic lookup tables.
In view of the foregoing, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the overdrive lookup table is selected and calculated according to the overdrive characteristic corresponding to the state parameter and the working parameter of the display device, and the display device is controlled to display according to the overdrive lookup table. In this way, by selecting and calculating the overdrive lookup table according to the overdrive characteristic corresponding to the state parameter and the working parameter of the display device, the overdrive lookup table may be effectively optimized for the state parameter and the working parameter of the display device, and the display quality of the display device is thus improved.
It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed embodiments without departing from the scope or spirit of the disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the disclosure covers modifications and variations provided that they fall within the scope of the following claims and their equivalents.
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202211011863.X | Aug 2022 | CN | national |