The present application claims a priority of the Chinese patent application No. 201710951765.7 filed on Oct. 12, 2017, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, in particular to an image processing method, an image processing device, and a display device.
In some cases, such phenomenon as flicker, greenish color or crosstalk may occur for a liquid crystal display panel, which adversely affects the display quality. Therefore, it is necessary to pre-detect the possible phenomenon and process a to-be-displayed image, so as to provide a better display quality.
There are some methods in the related art, so as to detect the image with respect to flicker, noise and thermal dissipation, thereby to improve the image quality through such treatment as changing polarities.
It is found that, it is difficult and energy-consuming to detect and process a color-bar crosstalk phenomenon with the above methods.
In one aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments an image processing method, including: determining whether or not there is a pure-color pixel region in a to-be-displayed image; and in the case that there is the pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image, performing pixel voltage compensation on pixels not arranged at the pure-color pixel region and arranged in columns identical to columns of pixels at the pure-color pixel region in accordance with a predetermined condition, so as to output and display a compensated image.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of determining whether or not there is the pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image includes: acquiring consecutive pure-color pixel columns and consecutive pure-color pixel rows in the to-be-displayed image; and in the case that the number M of the pure-color pixel columns is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value and the number N of the pure-color pixel rows is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, determining that there is the pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image, where M and N are each a positive integer.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixels not arranged at the pure-color pixel region and arranged in columns identical to columns of the pixels at the pure-color pixel region in accordance with the predetermined condition includes: comparing a first grayscale of each pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region with a second grayscale of the corresponding pixel arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; in the case that the first grayscale is smaller than the second grayscale and a difference between the second grayscale and the first grayscale is greater than or equal to a third predetermined value, performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region; and in the case that the first grayscale is smaller than the second grayscale and the difference between the second grayscale and the first grayscale is smaller than the third predetermined value, or in the case that the first grayscale is greater than or equal to the second grayscale, not performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region includes: acquiring a voltage compensation coefficient f; determining a first polarity of a pixel voltage of each pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region and a second polarity of a pixel voltage of the corresponding pixel arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; in the case that the first polarity is identical to the second polarity, performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region using an equation L1′=L1(1−f); and in the case that the first polarity is opposite to the second polarity, performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region using an equation L2′=L2(1+f), where L1 and L2 represent pixel voltages of the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region before the pixel voltage compensation, and L1′ and L2′ represent pixel voltages of the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region after the pixel voltage compensation.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the step of acquiring the voltage compensation coefficient f includes: acquiring a voltage difference ΔV between each pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the corresponding pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; acquiring a distance H between the pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the corresponding pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region in the identical column; and acquiring the voltage compensation coefficient f using the following equation: f=k*ΔV/H, where k represents a compensation factor.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the image processing method further includes, in the case that there is no pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed region, displaying the to-be-displayed image.
In another aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments an image processing device, including: a determination circuit configured to determine whether or not there is a pure-color pixel region in a to-be-displayed image; and a compensation circuit connected to the determination circuit and configured to, in the case that there is the pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image, perform pixel voltage compensation on pixels not arranged at the pure-color pixel region and arranged in columns identical to columns of pixels at the pure-color pixel region in accordance with a predetermined condition, so as to output and display a compensated image.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the determination circuit includes: an acquisition circuit configured to acquire consecutive pure-color pixel columns and consecutive pure-color pixel rows in the to-be-displayed image; and a determination sub-circuit connected to the acquisition circuit and configured to, determine whether or not the number M of the pure-color pixel columns is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value and the number N of the pure-color pixel rows is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, if the number M of the pure-color pixel columns is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value and the number N of pure-color pixel rows is greater than or equal to the second predetermined value, determine that there is the pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image, if otherwise, determine that there is no pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image, where M and N are each a positive integer.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the compensation circuit includes: a comparison circuit configured to compare a first grayscale of each pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region with a second grayscale of the corresponding pixel arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; and a compensation sub-circuit connected to the comparison circuit and configured to, in the case that the first grayscale is smaller than the second grayscale and a difference between the second grayscale and the first grayscale is greater than or equal to a third predetermined value, perform the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the compensation sub-circuit includes: a calculation sub-circuit configured to acquire a voltage compensation coefficient f; a polarity determination sub-circuit configured to determine a first polarity of a pixel voltage of each pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region and a second polarity of a pixel voltage of the corresponding pixel arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; and a selective compensation sub-circuit connected to the calculation sub-circuit and the polarity determination sub-circuit, and configured to, in the case that the first polarity is identical to the second polarity, perform the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region using an equation L1′=L1(1−f), and in the case that the first polarity is different from the second polarity, perform the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region using an equation L2′=L2(1+f), where L1 and L2 represent pixel voltages of the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region before the pixel voltage compensation, and L1′ and L2′ represent pixel voltages of the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region after the pixel voltage compensation.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the calculation sub-circuit includes: a first acquisition sub-circuit configured to acquire a voltage difference ΔV between each pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the corresponding pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column, and acquire a distance H between the pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the corresponding pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region in the identical column; and a second acquisition sub-circuit configured to acquire the voltage compensation coefficient f using the following equation: f=k*ΔV/H, where k represents a compensation factor.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the determination circuit is configured to perform the pixel voltage compensation on the pixels not arranged at the pure-color pixel region and arranged in columns identical to columns of the pixels at the pure-color pixel region in accordance with the predetermined condition, so as to output and display a compensated image, merely in the case that the determination circuit determines that there is the pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image.
In yet another aspect, the present disclosure provides in some embodiments a display device including the above-mentioned image processing device.
The other features and advantages will be described hereinafter, and may become apparent or understandable partially from the embodiments of the present disclosure. The objects and the other advantages of the present disclosure may be implemented and acquired through structures specified in the description, claims and drawings.
The following drawings are provided to facilitate the understanding of the present disclosure, and constitute a portion of the description. These drawings and the following embodiments are for illustrative purposes only, but shall not be construed as limiting the present disclosure.
In order to make the objects, the technical solutions and the advantages of the present disclosure more apparent, the present disclosure will be described hereinafter in conjunction with the drawings and embodiments. It should be appreciated that, the embodiments and the features therein may be combined in any form in the case of no conflict.
In the related art, for a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) array of a liquid crystal display panel, there is a coupling capacitance Cpd between a pixel electrode and a source electrode driving line. For a column-turnover liquid crystal display panel, in the case of displaying a pure-color pixel region in red (R), green (G) or blue (B) or in any two colors of the RGB, a high-grayscale pixel at the pure-color pixel region may be changed via the source electrode driving line. At this time, a low-grayscale pixel capacitance in a maintenance state may be charged by the coupling capacitance Cpd. In the case that a difference between a grayscale of a pixel at the pure-color pixel region and a grayscale of a pixel not at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column reaches a predetermined value and the pixel not at the pure-color pixel region is at a low grayscale, a pixel voltage of the pixel not at the pure-color pixel region may be affected by the coupling capacitance Cpd, and an actual pixel voltage of the pixel not at the pure-color pixel region may be different from an inputted pixel voltage. As a result, a blur may occur at a region above and/or below the pure-color pixel region, and thereby such a phenomenon as color-bar crosstalk may occur.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide an image processing method, an image processing device and a display device, so as to determine whether or not there is a pure-color pixel region in a to-be-displayed image, perform pixel voltage compensation on pixels not arranged at the pure-color pixel region and arranged in columns identical to columns of pixels at the pure-color pixel region in accordance with a predetermined condition, and output and display a compensated image, thereby to prevent the occurrence of the color-bar crosstalk. In addition, it is easy to implement the technical solution of the present disclosure without any additional power consumption of the display device.
Reasons for the formation of color-bar crosstalk will be described hereinafter.
Within an alignment accuracy range, Cpd1≈Cpd2. For a grayscale image, Vd1=Vd2, and ΔVpx1 is approximately equal to 0. Hence, a very small change in the pixel voltage may be caused by the coupling capacitance Cpd. However, for an image in a pure color or in two colors, Vd1 is not equal to Vd2 and there is a relatively large difference between Vd1 and Vd2, so ΔVpx1 may not be omitted, and at this time a large change in the pixel voltage may be caused by the coupling capacitance Cpd.
The mechanism of the formation of the color-bar crosstalk will be described hereinafter in more details.
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Due to the influence on the color-bar crosstalk caused by the coupling capacitance Cpd and the fact that human eyes are not sensitive to a change in high-grayscale brightness, it is unnecessary to perform the pixel voltage compensation on the subpixels at a grayscale greater than the subpixels at the pure-color pixel region.
In the related art, there mainly exist two schemes for solving the color-bar crosstalk phenomenon. In a first scheme, a distance between each subpixel and a corresponding subpixel driving line is increased through changing an array mask design, so as to reduce the coupling capacitance Cpd. However, this scheme is time-consuming and expensive, especially for a high Pixels Per Inch (PPI) product. Hence, it is difficult to solve the color-bar crosstalk phenomenon through changing the array mask design.
In a second scheme, the color-bar crosstalk phenomenon is solved through changing a turnover mode of liquid crystals which, however, results in an increased in the power consumption. For example, a column-turnover mode of the display panel may be changed into a row-turnover mode. At this time, in the case that the subpixels at the pure-color pixel region at a high grayscale are charged through the source electrode driving line, the influence on the subpixels at a low grayscale in an identical column caused by the coupling capacitance Cpd may be cancelled out temporally. However, as compared with the column-turnover mode, the power consumption for the row-turnover mode may increase by several times. In addition, a noise caused by the row-turnover liquid crystal display may increase, and for a touch panel, a touch effect may be greatly and adversely affected.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide an image processing method, an image processing device and a display device, so as to prevent the occurrence of the color-bar crosstalk in the case that a pure-color pixel image in R, G, B or in any two of them is displayed on a column-turnover liquid crystal display panel, thereby to improve the display quality. In addition, as compared with the methods for preventing the occurrence of the color-bar crosstalk in the related art, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented in an easier manner without any addition power consumption. The technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described hereafter in the embodiments.
The present disclosure provides in some embodiments an image processing method which, as shown in the flowchart of
To be specific, Step S1 includes: acquiring consecutive pure-color pixel columns and consecutive pure-color pixel rows in the to-be-displayed image; and in the case that the number M of pure-color pixel columns is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value and the number N of pure-color pixel rows is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, determining that there is the pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image, where M and N are each a positive integer. The first predetermined value and the second predetermined value represent respectively the number of columns and the number of rows of the pure-color pixel region with a recognizable minimum size. Usually, Step S1 is performed by a graphics card or a timing controller (TCON).
In the to-be-displayed image, the first predetermined value and the second predetermined value represent respectively the number of columns and the number of rows of the pure-color pixel region with a recognizable minimum size. For a high-PPI display panel, a pure-color pixel may be identified by human eyes through a consecutive number of columns, so the first predetermined value is usually a positive integer greater than 1. For a low-PPI display panel, the pure-color pixel may be identified by the human eyes merely through one column, so the first predetermined value is usually equal to 1. Similarly, for a high-PPI display panel, a pure-color pixel may be identified by human eyes through a consecutive number of rows, so the second predetermined value is usually a positive integer greater than 1. For a low-PPI display panel, the pure-color pixel may be identified by the human eyes merely through one row, so the second predetermined value is usually equal to 1. Here, the numeric values of the first predetermined value and the second predetermined value will not be particularly defined, and they may be set in accordance with the practical need.
During the implementation, the predetermined condition in Step S2 includes that a first grayscale is smaller than a second grayscale and a difference between the first grayscale and the second grayscale is greater than or equal to a third predetermined value. Step S2 may include: comparing the first grayscale of each pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region with the second grayscale of the corresponding pixel arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; in the case that the first grayscale is smaller than the second grayscale and a difference between the second grayscale and the first grayscale is greater than or equal to the third predetermined value, performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region; and in the case that the first grayscale is smaller than the second grayscale and the difference between the second grayscale and the first grayscale is smaller than the third predetermined value, or in the case that the first grayscale is greater than the second grayscale, not performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region.
To be specific, the step of performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region includes: acquiring a voltage compensation coefficient f; determining a first polarity of a pixel voltage of each pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region and a second polarity of a pixel voltage of the corresponding pixel arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; in the case that the first polarity is identical to the second polarity, performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region using an equation L1′=L1(1−f); and in the case that the first polarity is opposite to the second polarity, performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region using an equation L2′=L2(1+f), where L1 and L2 represent pixel voltages of the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region before the pixel voltage compensation, and L1′ and L2′ represent pixel voltages of the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region after the pixel voltage compensation.
To be specific, the step of acquiring the voltage compensation coefficient f includes: acquiring a voltage difference ΔV between each pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the corresponding pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; acquiring a distance H between the pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the corresponding pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region in the identical column; and acquiring the voltage compensation coefficient f in accordance with the voltage difference ΔV and the distance H using the following equation: f=k*ΔV/H, where k represents a compensation factor.
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In the case of performing the pixel voltage compensation on the pixels in rows L1, L2, L8 and L9, it is necessary to acquire the voltage compensation coefficient, i.e., the pixel voltage compensation may be performed in accordance with the voltage compensation coefficient f.
For example, the pixel voltage compensation may be performed on the subpixel 12 in row L2 and column C2. In order to acquire the voltage compensation coefficient, it is necessary to acquire the voltage difference ΔV between the pixel voltage applied to the subpixels 13 at the pure-color pixel region in columns C1 to C3 and the subpixel 12 not at the pure-color pixel region, as well as the distance H between the subpixel 12 and the corresponding subpixel at the pure-color pixel region. Then, the voltage compensation coefficient f may be acquired in accordance with the voltage difference ΔV and the distance H using the equation f=k*ΔV/H, where k represents the compensation factor.
Through the above equation, the voltage compensation coefficient f is in reverse proportion to the distance H between the subpixel and the pixel at the pure-color pixel region.
A relationship between the pixel voltage compensation coefficient f and the distance H has been validated through experiments.
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A result of the pixel voltage compensation may also be affected by the polarity of the pixel voltage applied to the pixel. In the case that the pixel voltage compensation is performed on the pixel not at the pure-color pixel region using the pixel voltage compensation coefficient f, at first the first polarity of the pixel voltage applied to the pixel not at the pure-color pixel region and the second polarity of the pixel voltage applied to the pixel at the pure-color pixel region may be determined. In the case that the first polarity is identical to the second polarity, the pixel voltage compensation may be performed on the pixel not at the pure-color pixel region using the equation L1′=L1(1−f). In the case that the first polarity is different from the second polarity, the pixel voltage compensation may be performed on the pixel not at the pure-color pixel region using the equation L2′=L2(1+f). L1 and L2 are the pixel voltages before the pixel voltage compensation, and L1′ and L2′ are the pixel voltages after the pixel voltage compensation.
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The image processing method in the embodiments of the present disclosure has the following advantages. (1) The pixel voltage compensation is performed using an encoding method, without any additional design cost or any additional manufacture time. (2) Through a flexible encoding method, it is able to determine the compensation coefficient in accordance with a brightness difference between the pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the pixel at a low-grayscale region, thereby to output the image accurately. (3) As compared with the scheme where the turnover mode is changed so as to prevent the crosstalk, it is able for the method in the embodiments of the present disclosure to reduce the power consumption of the display panel, as well as the noise for a touch panel.
According to the image processing method in the embodiments of the present disclosure, through the encoding method, it is able to perform the pixel voltage compensation easily without any additional design cost. In addition, during the implementation, it is unnecessary to change the column-turnover mode to the row-turnover mode, so as to reduce the power consumption of the display device, and reduce the contact noise in the case that the method is used for attaching the touch panel. Further, through the flexible encoding method, it is able to output the image more accurately in accordance with the determined compensation coefficient.
Based on an inventive concept identical to that of the embodiments of
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the determination circuit may include: an acquisition circuit configured to acquire pure-color pixel columns and pure-color pixel rows in the to-be-displayed image; and a determination sub-circuit connected to the acquisition circuit and configured to, determine whether or not the number M of pure-color pixel columns is greater than or equal to a first predetermined value and the number N of pure-color pixel rows is greater than or equal to a second predetermined value, if the number M of pure-color pixel columns is greater than or equal to the first predetermined value and the number N of pure-color pixel rows is greater than or equal to the second predetermined value, determine that there is the pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image, if otherwise, determine that there is no pure-color pixel region in the to-be-displayed image, where M and N are each a positive integer. The first predetermined value and the second predetermined value represent respectively the number of columns and the number of rows of the pure-color pixel region with a recognizable minimum size.
In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the compensation circuit may include: a comparison circuit configured to compare a first grayscale of each pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region with a second grayscale of the corresponding pixel arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column; and a compensation sub-circuit connected to the comparison circuit, and configured to, in the case that the first grayscale is smaller than the second grayscale and a difference between the second grayscale and the first grayscale is greater than or equal to a third predetermined value, perform the pixel voltage compensation on the pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region. The third predetermined value is a minimum grayscale difference capable of forming the color-bar crosstalk.
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In a possible embodiment of the present disclosure, the calculation sub-circuit includes: a first acquisition sub-circuit configured to acquire a voltage difference ΔV between each pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the corresponding pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region in an identical column, and acquire a distance H between the pixel at the pure-color pixel region and the corresponding pixel not arranged at the pure-color pixel region in the identical column; and a second acquisition sub-circuit connected to the first acquisition sub-circuit, and configured to acquire the voltage compensation coefficient f using the following equation: f=k*ΔV/H, where k represents a compensation factor.
Based on an identical inventive concept, the present disclosure further provides in some embodiments a display device including the above-mentioned image processing device. The display device may be any product or member having a display function, e.g., a liquid crystal panel, an electronic paper, an Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) panel, a mobile phone, a flat-panel computer, a television, a display, a laptop computer, a digital photo frame or a navigator.
It should be appreciated that, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, such words as “in the middle”, “on”, “under”, “front”, “back”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “top”, “bottom”, “inside” and “outside” are merely used for facilitating and simplifying the description, and they may merely each refer to a direction or a position relationship as shown in the drawings, but shall not be used to indicate or imply that the device or member must be arranged or operated at a specific position. The present disclosure is not limited thereto.
Unless otherwise defined or specified, such words as “install”, “connect” and “connected to” shall have the general meaning, e.g., they may each refer to: a fixed connection state, a removable connection state or an integral connection state; mechanical connection or electrical connection; or direct connection or indirect connection through an intermediate medium; or communication between internals of two elements. The above-mentioned words may have the common meanings understood by a person of ordinary skills.
The above are merely the preferred embodiments of the present disclosure, but the present disclosure is not limited thereto. Obviously, a person skilled in the art may make further modifications and improvements without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, and these modifications and improvements shall also fall within the scope of the present disclosure. The protection scope of the present disclosure is defined by the attached claims.
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