The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201810239806.4, filed Mar. 22, 2018, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety as part of the present application.
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display panel and a driving method thereof, a driving device, and a driving system.
Visible Light Communication (VLC) refers to a communication method in which an optical signal is directly transmitted in the air by using light in the visible light band as an information carrier, and a transmission medium of a wired channel such as an optical fiber is not required. The basic principle of VLC is to convert a communication signal into a high voltage signal and a low voltage signal by using a modulator; the high voltage signal and the low voltage signal can then be transmitted in the air through the high-frequency blinking optical signal; finally, the optical receiver receives optical information, and the demodulator converts the received optical information into usable information. VLC has the advantages of being green and low carbon, low energy consumption (nearly zero energy consumption), no electromagnetic radiation, wide bandwidth, high speed, low costs and high confidentiality.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display panel, which comprises a plurality of data lines, a plurality of gate lines, and a pixel array, wherein the pixel array comprises a communication pixel comprising a communication sub-pixel, a gate line connected to the communication sub-pixel is a first communication gate line, and a data line connected to the communication sub-pixel is a first communication data line;
the first communication gate line is configured to transmit a first scan signal, the first scan signal comprises a display scan sub-signal and a first communication scan sub-signal, the first communication data line is configured to transmit a first data signal, the first data signal comprises a first display data sub-signal and a first communication data sub-signal;
and the communication sub-pixel is configured to display information corresponding to the first display data sub-signal and information corresponding to the first communication data sub-signal in a time-sharing manner under a control of the display scan sub-signal and the first communication scan sub-signal.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, each pixel of the pixel array comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, in the each pixel, the plurality of sub-pixels are respectively connected to different gate lines and respectively connected to different data lines.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the communication sub-pixel is a first sub-pixel of the communication pixel, the communication pixel further comprises a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel, a gate line connected to the second sub-pixel of the communication pixel is a second communication gate line, and a gate line connected to the third sub-pixel of the communication pixel is a third communication gate line, a data line connected to the second sub-pixel of the communication pixel is a second communication data line, and a data line connected to the third sub-pixel of the communication pixel is a third communication data line,
the second communication gate line is configured to transmit a second scan signal, the second scan signal comprises a corresponding display scan sub-signal and a second communication scan sub-signal, and the third communication gate line is configured to transmit a third scan signal, the third scan signal comprises a display scan sub-signal and a third communication scan sub-signal, and
the second communication data line is configured to transmit a second data signal, the second data signal comprises a second display data sub-signal and a second communication data sub-signal, and the third communication data line is configured to transmit a third data signal, the third data signal comprises a third display data sub-signal and a third communication data sub-signal.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are non-communication sub-pixels, and the second communication scan sub-signal and the third communication scan sub-signal are associated with at least the first communication scan sub-signal.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first communication data sub-signal, the second communication data sub-signal, and the third communication data sub-signal are all dark-state signals, and the first display data sub-signal is a light-state signal.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are different communication sub-pixels, and the first communication scan sub-signal, the second communication scan sub-signal, and the third communication scan sub-signal are determined based on communication information transmitted by the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel, respectively.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the first communication data sub-signal, the second communication data sub-signal, and the third communication data sub-signal are all dark-state signals, and the first display data sub-signal, the second display data sub-signal, and the third display data sub-signal are all light-state signals.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of data lines extend in a first direction, and the plurality of gate lines extend in a second direction,
in the each pixel, colors of the plurality of sub-pixels are different from each other, and the plurality of sub-pixels are sequentially arranged in the first direction;
the plurality of gate lines are configured to be connected to sub-pixels of a same color in a same row in the second direction, respectively; and
the plurality of data lines are configured to be connected to sub-pixels of a same color in a same column in the first direction, respectively.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, gate lines of the plurality of gate lines connected to non-communication pixels are configured to transmit corresponding display scan sub-signals, data lines of the plurality of data lines connected to the non-communication pixels are configured to transmit corresponding display data sub-signals, respectively, the non-communication pixels are configured to display information corresponding to the corresponding display data sub-signals, respectively.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, each pixel of the pixel array comprises a plurality of sub-pixels, in the each pixel, the plurality of sub-pixels are respectively connected to different gate lines and connected to a same data line.
For example, in the display panel provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, communication information transmitted by the communication sub-pixel is determined by a light-dark frequency of an optical signal emitted by the communication sub-pixel.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a driving device configured to be applied to the display panel any of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the driving device comprising a gate driver and a data driver,
wherein the gate driver is configured to output the first scan signal to the first communication gate line; and
the data driver is configured to output the first data signal to the first communication data line.
For example, the driving device provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure further comprises a modulator,
wherein the modulator is configured to determine the first communication scan sub-signal and the first communication data sub-signal based on communication information transmitted by the communication sub-pixel.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a drive system, which comprises the drive device according to any of the embodiments of the present disclosure, an optical receiver and a demodulator,
wherein the optical receiver is configured to detect an optical signal of the communication sub-pixel, convert the optical signal into an electrical signal, and transmit the electrical signal to the demodulator, and
the demodulator is configured to demodulate the electrical signal to obtain communication information transmitted by the communication sub-pixel.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a driving method of the display panel according to any of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the method comprising:
determining the first communication scan sub-signal and the first communication data sub-signal, based on the communication information transmitted by the communication sub-pixel;
outputting, to the first communication gate line, the first scan signal comprising the first communication scan sub-signal; and
outputting, to the first communication data line, the first data signal comprising the first communication data sub-signal.
In order to clearly illustrate the technical solution of the embodiments of the present 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 present disclosure and thus are not limitative of the present disclosure.
In order to make objects, technical details and advantages of the embodiments of the present 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 present disclosure. Apparently, the described embodiments are just a part but not all of the embodiments of the present 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 present 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 description and the claims of the present application for invention, are not intended to indicate any sequence, amount or importance, but distinguish various components. Also, the terms such as “a,” “an,” etc., are not intended to limit the amount, but indicate the existence of at least one. 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.
For example, the visible light communication technology utilizes a high-frequency light-dark blinking signal to realize information transmission, and the high-frequency light-dark blinking signal may be realized by a switch quickly controlling a fluorescent lamp or a light emitting diode, etc. In the display panel, the driving transistor 620 may be a thin film transistor (TFT). The switching time of the TFT is short, usually on the order of nanoseconds, that is, the TFT has the characteristics of fast switching and may meet the requirement of a high refresh frequency.
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a display panel and a driving method thereof, a driving device, and a driving system, which may apply visible light communication technology to a display panel, and realize visible light communication on the display panel by inserting light-dark information into the original display image after the refresh frequency of the display panel is increased, by taking advantage of the characteristics that the thin film transistor may be quickly switched on or off.
The embodiments of the present disclosure are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present disclosure is not limited to these particular embodiments.
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For example, the communication pixel 150 is a pixel for transmitting communication information. For example, at least one sub-pixel of the communication pixel 150 is used to transmit communication information and is referred to as a communication sub-pixel. The non-communication pixels are pixels that don't transmit communication information. For example, none of the non-communication pixels transmit communication information. For example, the communication information may include visible light communication information, for example, the visible light communication information is a high-frequency blinking (i.e., light-dark) optical signal emitted by the sub-pixel.
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For example, the information corresponding to the first display data sub-signal is display information, and the information corresponding to the first communication data sub-signal is communication information. The communication information may be, for example, visible light communication information.
For example, the display panel 100 may be a liquid crystal display panel, an organic light emitting diode display panel, etc.
For example, the display time of one frame of the display panel 100 may be 16.7 ms. In case of normal display (that is, in the case where communication information is not inserted), the refresh frequency of the display panel 100 is F1, and in case of inserting communication information, the refresh frequency of the display panel 100 is F2, and F2 is greater than F1. For example, F1 may be 60 Hz, so that the scanning time within one frame is 16.7 ms in case of normal display, that is, the time during which the gate line 12 of the first line of the display panel 200 to the gate line 12 of the last line of the display panel 200 are scanned may be 16.7 ms within one frame, so that the scanning time is the same as the display time. F2 may be 120 Hz, 200 Hz, etc. When F2 is 120 Hz, the scanning time within one frame is 8.3 ms in case of inserting communication information, that is, the time during which the gate line 12 of the first line of the display panel 200 to the gate line 12 of the last line of the display panel 200 are scanned within one frame may be 8.3 ms, so that the scanning time is half of the display time.
For example, in the pixel array 15, each sub-pixel includes a driving circuit and a sub-pixel electrode (not shown). The drive circuit is configured to drive the sub-pixel electrodes to display information during the display phase. As shown in
For example, each of the driving transistor and the data input transistor may be a thin film transistor or a field effect transistor or other switching elements with the same characteristics. The thin film transistor may include a poly-silicon (low temperature poly-silicon or high temperature poly-silicon) thin film transistor, an amorphous silicon thin film transistor, an oxide thin film transistor, an organic thin film transistor, etc. The source electrode and the drain electrode of a transistor may be symmetrical in structure, so the source electrode and the drain electrode of the transistor may have no difference in structure. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, in order to distinguish two electrodes of the transistor other than the gate electrode which is used as the control electrode, one electrode is directly described as the first electrode and the other electrode is directly described as the second electrode, so the first electrodes and the second electrodes of all the or some transistors in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be exchanged as required. For example, transistors may be divided into N-type transistors and P-type transistors according to the characteristics of the transistors. For example, description is given in the embodiment of the present disclosure by taking the case that the driving transistor and the data input transistor may be N-type transistors (for example, an N-type MOS transistor) as an example, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
It should be noted that the structure of the driving circuit includes, but is not limited to, a driving transistor and/or a data input transistor, and may further include more transistors. For example, it may be implemented by the basic structure of a pixel driving circuit, such as 4T1C, 4T2C or 8T2C, which are conventional structures in the art.
For example, in the display panel 100, when the driving transistor 157 is controlled to be quickly switched, the sub-pixel (for example, the communication sub-pixel 150a) may emit a high-frequency blinking optical signal, which may be visible light communication information. For example, the visible light communication information (optical signal) may be received by the optical receiver and demodulated by the demodulator to complete the transmission thereof, so that the display panel 100 may realize the transmission of the visible light communication information.
For example, the communication information transmitted by the communication sub-pixel 150a is determined by the light-dark frequency of the optical signal emitted by the communication sub-pixel 150a. The light-dark frequency of the optical signal emitted by the communication sub-pixel 150a is determined by the first scan signal G1 and the first data signal D1.
For example, if the display panel 100 is a liquid crystal display panel, each of the display scan sub-signal and the first communication scan sub-signal in the first scan signal G1 is used to control the driving transistor 157 in the communication sub-pixel 150a to be turned on, and thus the display scan sub-signal may be the same as the first communication scan sub-signal.
For example, the display scan sub-signal and the first communication scan sub-signal both are pulse signals.
For example, in one frame, the first scan signal G1 may include a display scan sub-signal and at least one first communication scan sub-signal, and the first data signal D1 may include a first display data sub-signal and at least one first communication data sub-signal. The display scan sub-signal corresponds to the first display data sub-signal, that is, controlling whether the driving circuit is turned on or not by the display scan sub-signal, thereby controlling whether the first display data sub-signal is transmitted to the communication sub-pixel 150a connected to the driving circuit for display. The first communication scan sub-signal corresponds to the first communication data sub-signal, that is, the number of the first communication scan sub-signals is the same as the number of the first communication data sub-signals, and the plurality of first communication scan sub-signals are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of first communication data sub-signals.
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For example, the display scan sub-signal G11 is the same as the display scan sub-signal G11′ (for example, the pulse width (i.e., pulse duration), pulse amplitude, duty ratio, etc. of the pulse signal are the same), the first communication scan sub-signal G12 is also the same as the first communication scan sub-signal G12′ (for example, the pulse width (i.e., pulse duration), pulse amplitude, duty ratio, etc. of the pulse signal are the same). Thereby, the display scan sub-signal G11, the display scan sub-signal G11′, the first communication scan sub-signal G12, and the first communication scan sub-signal G12′ are all the same. However, the display scan sub-signal G11, the display scan sub-signal G11′, the first communication scan sub-signal G12, and the first communication scan sub-signal G12′ may be different, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.
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For example, the luminance of the light state signal is greater than the dark state signal. The absolute value of the first display data sub-signal is greater than the first communication data sub-signal, so that the information corresponding to the first display data sub-signal is the light state information, and the information corresponding to the first communication data sub-signal is the dark state information.
For example, the first display data sub-signal is determined based on the content displayed in each frame, and the polarities of the first display data sub-signals in two adjacent frames may be opposite. As shown in
For example, the first communication data sub-signal D12 and the first communication data sub-signal D12′ may be the same or different as long as the absolute value of the first communication data sub-signal D12 is smaller than the first display data sub-signal D11 and the absolute value of the first communication data sub-signal D12′ is smaller than the first display data sub-signal D11′. For example, each of the first communication data sub-signal D12 and the first communication data sub-signal D12′ is 0V.
For example, if the value of the first display data sub-signal D11 is the same as the first display data sub-signal D11′, and the first communication data sub-signal D12 is the same as the first communication data sub-signal D12′, the luminance of the communication sub-pixel 150a in the first frame is the same as the second frame T2. If the value of the first display data sub-signal D11 is different from the first display data sub-signal D11′, and/or the first communication data sub-signal D12 is different from the first communication data sub-signal D12′, the luminance of the communication sub-pixel 150a in the first frame T1 is different from the second frame T2.
For example, if the display information corresponding to the first display data sub-signal D11 and the first display data sub-signal D11′ may be represented as 1, and the display information corresponding to the first communication data sub-signal D12 and the first communication data sub-signal D12′ may be represented as 0, the information displayed by the communication sub-pixel 150a in the first frame T1 and the second frame T2 may be represented as 1010, that is, the communication information transmitted by the communication sub-pixel 150a is 1010.
For example, the scanning time of the display panel 100 in the first frame T1 may be different from the second frame T2, that is, the duration of the first display data sub-signal D11 may be different from the first display data sub-signal D11′. As shown in
For example, the first communication data sub-signal D12 may be different from the first communication data sub-signal D13, but the absolute values of the first communication data sub-signal D12 and the first communication data sub-signal D13 are both smaller than the absolute value of the first display data sub-signal D11. For example, the first display data sub-signal D11 may be 5V, the first communication data sub-signal D12 is 2V, and the first communication data sub-signal D13 is 0V.
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For example, each pixel of the pixel array 15 includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and the plurality of sub-pixels in each pixel are connected to different gate lines, respectively, and connected to different data lines, respectively.
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It should be noted that in each pixel, at least a part of the colors of the plurality of sub-pixels may be the same, and the plurality of sub-pixels may also be sequentially arranged in the second direction Y, which is not limited by the disclosure.
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For example, each gate line 12 is configured to be connected to sub-pixels of the same color in the same row along the second direction Y, respectively; each data line 11 is configured to be connected to sub-pixels of the same color in the same column along the first direction X, respectively. As shown in
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For example, because the scanning mode of the display panel 100 is progressive scanning or interlaced scanning, the first scanning signal G1, the second scanning signal G2, and the third scanning signal G3 are shifted from each other in time, for example, by a time A, and A may be a charging time of each sub-pixel.
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For example, in the first scan signal G1, the second scan signal G2, and the third scan signal G3, the display scan sub-signal G11, the display scan sub-signal G21, and the display scan sub-signal G31 may be the same, and the first communication scan sub-signal G12, the second communication scan sub-signal G22, and the third communication scan sub-signal G32 may also be the same.
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For example, the first display data sub-signal D11, the second display data sub-signal D21, and the third display data sub-signal D31 may be different, and associated with information displayed by the first sub-pixel 150a, the second sub-pixel 150b, and the third sub-pixel 150c, respectively. The present disclosure is not limited thereto, and the first display data sub-signal D11, the second display data sub-signal D21, and the third display data sub-signal D31 may be the same.
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It should be noted that the first data signal D1, the second data signal D2, and the third data signal D3 may also correspond to the first scan signal G1, the second scan signal G2, and the third scan signal G3, respectively, and the first data signal D1, the second data signal D2 and the third data signal D3 are also shifted from each other in time, for example, by a time A.
For example, in one example, the second sub-pixel 150b and the third sub-pixel 150c are non-communication sub-pixels, and the second communication scan sub-signal G22 and the third communication scan sub-signal G32 are at least associated with the first communication scan sub-signal G12. For example, each of the first communication data sub-signal D12, the second communication data sub-signal D22, and the third communication data sub-signal D32 is a dark state signal, and the first display data sub-signal is a light state signal, so that the first communication data sub-signal D12 in the dark state may be inserted in the first sub-pixel 150a to generate a high-frequency blinking optical signal, thereby realizing transmission of communication information. Each of the second display data sub-signal and the third display data sub-signal may be a light state signal or a dark state signal.
For example, the second communication scan sub-signal G22 and the third communication scan sub-signal G32 are also associated with the color of each sub-pixel.
For example, the first sub-pixel (i.e., communication sub-pixel 150a) is a blue (B) sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel 150b is a red (R) sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel 150c is a green (G) sub-pixel. For example, the wavelengths of the three primary colors are R=700.0 nm, G=546.1 nm, B=435.8 nm, respectively, according to CIE 1931, and when the luminance ratio of RGB is 1.0000:4.5907:0.0601, white light of equal energy in neutral color is obtained. That is, when the luminance of the second sub-pixel 150b (i.e., the red sub-pixel) is 1.0000, the luminance of the third sub-pixel 150c (i.e., the green sub-pixel) is 4.5907, and the luminance of the first sub-pixel 150a (i.e., the blue sub-pixel) is 0.0601, the communication pixel 150 displays the white color.
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For example, the off time Tsb of the communication sub-pixel 150a is averagely distributed in Tb, the off time Tsr of the second sub-pixel 150b is averagely distributed in Tr, and the off time Tsg of the third sub-pixel 150c is averagely distributed in Tg.
For example, because the luminance ratio of RGB is 1.0000:4.5907:0.0601, Tsr:Tsg:Tsb=1.0000:4.5907:0.0601.
It should be noted that Tb, Tr, and Tg indicate the total display times of the communication sub-pixel 150a, the second sub-pixel 150b, and the third sub-pixel 150c within the preset time W, respectively.
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For example, in another example, the first sub-pixel 150a, the second sub-pixel 150b, and the third sub-pixel 150c are different communication sub-pixels, so that the first sub-pixel 150a, the second sub-pixel 150b, and the third sub-pixel 150c may transmit different communication information, respectively. The first sub-pixel 150a, the second sub-pixel 150b, and the third sub-pixel 150c may also transmit the same communication information.
For example, the first communication scan sub-signal G12, the second communication scan sub-signal G22, and the third communication scan sub-signal G32 are determined based on communication information transmitted by the first sub-pixel 150a, the second sub-pixel 150b, and the third sub-pixel 150c, respectively.
For example, the frequency of the communication information transmitted by the first sub-pixel 150a may be f11, the frequency of the communication information transmitted by the second sub-pixel 150b may be f12, and the frequency of the communication information transmitted by the third sub-pixel 150c may be f13. The first sub-pixel 150a may transmit one dark state signal every display time of two frames, the second sub-pixel 150b may transmit one dark state signal every display time of four frames, and the third sub-pixel 150c may transmit one dark state signal every display time of eight frames, so that if the display time of one frame is t0, then f11=½t0, f12=¼t0, f13=⅛t0. Thus, in the display time of eight frames, the number of the first communication scan sub-signals G12 is 4, the number of the second communication scan sub-signals G22 is 2, and the number of the third communication scan sub-signals G32 is 1.
For example, each of the first communication data sub-signal D12, the second communication data sub-signal D22, and the third communication data sub-signal D32 is a dark state signal, and each of the first display data sub-signal D11, the second display data sub-signal D21, and the third display data sub-signal D31 is a light state signal. Therefore, the first communication data sub-signal D12, the second communication data sub-signal D22, and the third communication data sub-signal D32 in the dark state may be respectively inserted into the first sub-pixel 150a, the second sub-pixel 150b, and the third sub-pixel 150c so as to realize the transmission of different communication information.
For example, the gate lines of the plurality of gate lines 12 connected to the non-communication pixels are non-communication gate lines, and are configured to transmit respective display scan sub-signals, and the data lines of the plurality of data lines 11 connected to the non-communication pixels are non-communication data lines, and are configured to transmit respective display data sub-signals. The non-communication pixels are configured to display information corresponding to the corresponding display data sub-signals, respectively.
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For example, in some embodiments, each pixel of the pixel array includes a plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of sub-pixels are respectively connected to different gate lines and connected to the same data line in each pixel. As shown in
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The first data signal D1 includes only a corresponding first display data sub-signal D11″, the second data signal D2 includes only a corresponding second display data sub-signal D21″, the third data signal D3 includes only a corresponding third display data sub-signal D31″, the fourth data signal D4 includes only a corresponding fourth display data sub-signal D41″, and the Nth data signal Dn includes only a corresponding Nth display data sub-signal Dn1″.
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For example, in the first frame T1, the display time is C. In the case shown in
For example, in some embodiments, the display panel 100 may be used to provide anti-counterfeiting information. As shown in
For example, in some embodiments, the display panel 100 may be used for a terminal (e.g., a cell phone, etc.) to read communication information. As shown in
For example, in some embodiments, the display panel 100 may be used to transmit information, for example, the display panel 100 may function as a wireless route (e.g., Li-Fi). As shown in
For example, the display panel 100 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may be applied to any product or component having a display function, such as a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator, etc.
An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a driving device that may be applied to the display panel according to any of the above embodiments.
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For example, the first scan signal includes a display scan sub-signal and a first communication scan sub-signal, and the first data signal includes a first display data sub-signal and a first communication data sub-signal.
For example, the gate driver 50 is also configured to output a second scan signal and a third scan signal to the second communication gate line and the third communication gate line, respectively; correspondingly, the data driver 55 is also configured to output a second data signal and a third data signal to the second communication data line and the third communication data line, respectively.
For example, the second scan signal includes a corresponding display scan sub-signal and a second communication scan sub-signal, and the third scan signal includes a corresponding display scan sub-signal and a third communication scan sub-signal; the second data signal includes a second display data sub-signal and a second communication data sub-signal, and the third data signal includes a third display data sub-signal and a third communication data sub-signal.
For example, the communication pixel includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, and the communication sub-pixel is the first sub-pixel of the communication pixel.
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For example, if the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are non-communication sub-pixels, the modulator 60 is also configured to determine the second communication scan sub-signal, the third communication scan sub-signal, the second communication data sub-signal, and the third communication data sub-signal based on the first communication scan sub-signal and the first communication data sub-signal.
For example, if the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are different communication sub-pixels, the modulator 60 is also configured to determine the second communication scan sub-signal and the second communication data sub-signal based on the communication information transmitted by the second sub-pixel, and determine the third communication scan sub-signal and the third communication data sub-signal based on the communication information communicated by the third sub-pixel.
For example, the modulator 60 may be of any type, such as a digital modulator, an analog modulator, etc.
For example, the drive device 200 may also include a timing controller. The timing controller is configured to provide control commands and/or timing signals to the gate driver 50, the data driver 55, and the modulator 60 to cause the gate driver 50, the data driver 55, and the modulator 60 to cooperate.
It should be noted that detailed descriptions about the communication pixel, the first scan signal, the second scan signal, the third scan signal, the first data signal, the second communication data line, and the third communication data line may refer to the related description in the above-described embodiment of the display panel, which will not be repeated.
An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a driving system.
For example, the demodulator 220 is also configured to convert communication information transmitted by the communication sub-pixels to obtain target information. The target information may be information that the terminal (for example, a mobile phone, a computer, etc.) requires, and the target information may be texts, pictures, videos, etc.
For example, the drive device 200 may be disposed at a transmitting side of the communication information, and the optical receiver 210 and the demodulator 220 may be disposed at a receiving side of the communication information. For example, the transmitting side of the communication information may be a display panel, and the receiving side of the communication information may be a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or a tablet computer.
For example, the optical receiver 210 may include a charge coupled device (CCD), a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS), etc.
It should be noted that the detailed description of the driving device 200 may refer to the related description in the above-described embodiment of the driving device, which will not be repeated.
An embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a driving method applied to any of the above-mentioned display panels.
Step S10: determining, based on the communication information transmitted by the communication sub-pixel, the first communication scan sub-signal and the first communication data sub-signal.
Step S20: outputting the first scan signal including the first communication scan sub-signal to the first communication gate line.
Step S30: outputting the first data signal including the first communication data sub-signal to the first communication data line.
For example, the communication pixel may include a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, and the communication sub-pixel is the first sub-pixel of the communication pixel. In step S10, if the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are non-communication sub-pixels, the step S10 further includes determining a second communication scan sub-signal, a third communication scan sub-signal, a second communication data sub-signal, and a third communication data sub-signal based on the first communication scan sub-signal and the first communication data sub-signal. If the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are different communication sub-pixels, the step S10 further includes determining, based on the communication information transmitted by the second sub-pixel, the second communication scan sub-signal and the second communication data sub-signal, and determining, based on the communication information transmitted by the third sub-pixel, the third communication scan sub-signal and the third communication data sub-signal.
For example, the step S20 may further include outputting a second scan signal including a second communication scan sub-signal to the second communication gate line, and outputting a third scan signal including the third communication scan sub-signal to the third communication gate line.
For example, each of the first scan signal, the second scan signal, and the third scan signal further includes a corresponding display scan sub-signal.
For example, the step S30 may further include outputting a second data signal including the second communication data sub-signal to the second communication data line, and outputting the third data signal including the third communication data sub-signal to the third communication data line.
For example, the first data signal further includes a first display data sub-signal, the second data signal further includes a second display data sub-signal, and the third data signal further includes a third display data sub-signal.
For example, in step S20, the first communication scan sub-signal, the second communication scan sub-signal, and the third communication scan sub-signal are output in a time-sharing manner through the first communication gate line, the second communication gate line, and the third communication gate line, respectively; the display scan sub-signal of the first scan signal, the display scan sub-signal of the second scan signal, and the display scan sub-signal of the third scan signal are also output in a time-sharing manner through the first communication gate line, the second communication gate line, and the third communication gate line, respectively. In step S30, the first communication data sub-signal, the second communication data sub-signal, and the third communication data sub-signal are simultaneously output through the first communication data line, the second communication data line, and the third communication data line, respectively; the first display data sub-signal, the second display data sub-signal, and the third display data sub-signal are also simultaneously output through the first communication data line, the second communication data line, and the third communication data line, respectively.
It should be noted that detailed descriptions about the communication pixel, the first scan signal, the second scan signal, the third scan signal, the first data signal, the second communication data line, and the third communication data line may refer to the related description in the above-described embodiment of the display panel, which will not be repeated.
The following statements should be noted:
(1) The accompanying drawings 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, features in one embodiment or in different embodiments can be combined to obtain new embodiments.
What are described above is related to the illustrative embodiments of the disclosure only and not limitative to the scope of the disclosure; the scopes of the disclosure are defined by the accompanying claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201810239806.4 | Mar 2018 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2018/111952 | 10/25/2018 | WO | 00 |