The disclosure generally relates to a control circuit and a control method, and more particularly to a luminance control circuit and a luminance control method for a display device.
Generally, a display device may display an image according to a gray level of image data. The display device displays a high luminance image according to the image data having high gray level. However, the display device has higher power consumption when displaying the high luminance image. Thus, how to decrease the power consumption when displaying the high luminance image is one of the research and development focuses of those skilled in the art.
The disclosure provides a luminance control circuit and a luminance control method. The luminance control circuit and the luminance control method can decrease a power consumption of a display device when displaying the high luminance image.
The luminance control circuit in an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first converter, an average pixel level (APL) calculator, a luminance adjusting circuit and a second converter. The first converter converts a gray level result of an image data into at least one luminance of the image data. The APL calculator is coupled to the first converter. The APL calculator generates an APL value according to the at least one luminance. The luminance adjusting circuit is coupled to the APL calculator and the first converter. The luminance adjusting circuit generates at least one adjusting value according to the APL value and adjust the at least one luminance to be at least one adjusted luminance using the least one adjusting value. The second converter is coupled to the first converter. The second converter converts the at least one adjusted luminance into an adjusted gray level result of the image data. The adjusted gray level result is negative correlated with the APL value.
The luminance control method in an embodiment of the disclosure includes: converting a gray level result of an image data into at least one luminance; generating an average pixel level (APL) value according to the at least one luminance; generating at least one adjusting value according to the APL value and adjusting the at least one luminance to be at least one adjusted luminance using the least one adjusting value; and converting the at least one adjusted luminance into an adjusted gray level result of the image data. The adjusted gray level result is negative correlated with the APL value.
Based on the above, the adjusted gray level result is negative correlated with the APL value. The adjusted gray level result would be decreased as the APL value increases. Therefore, when the display device displays the high luminance image corresponding a high APL value, the adjusted gray level result would be decreased. In this way, the power consumption of the display device is decreased.
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.
A disclosure may be understood by reference to the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the drawings as described below. It is noted that, for purposes of illustrative clarity and being easily understood by the readers, various drawings of this disclosure show a portion of an electronic device, and certain elements in various drawings may not be drawn to scale. In addition, the number and dimension of each device shown in drawings are only illustrative and are not intended to limit the scope of a disclosure.
Certain terms are used throughout the description and following claims to refer to particular components. As one skilled in the art will understand, electronic equipment manufacturers may refer to a component by different names. This document does not intend to distinguish between components that differ in name but not function. In the following description and in the claims, the terms “include”, “comprise” and “have” are used in an open-ended fashion, and thus should be interpreted to mean “include, but not limited to . . . ”. Thus, when the terms “include”, “comprise” and/or “have” are used in the description of a disclosure, the corresponding features, areas, steps, operations and/or components would be pointed to existence, but not limited to the existence of one or a plurality of the corresponding features, areas, steps, operations and/or components.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “coupled to”, “connected to”, or “conducted to” another element, it may be directly connected to the other element and established directly electrical connection, or intervening elements may be presented therebetween for relaying electrical connection (indirectly electrical connection). In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly coupled to”, “directly conducted to”, or “directly connected to” another element, there are no intervening elements presented.
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For example, the luminance L1 is a red luminance of the image data SD. The luminance L2 is a green luminance of the image data SD. The luminance L3 is a blue luminance of the image data SD, but the disclosure is not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the first converter 110 converts a gray level result GR of the image data SD into luminance L1 of the image data SD. The luminance L1 is a white luminance of the image data SD, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
For example, each of the luminance L1 to L3 is a luminance of different sub area in the displaying area, but the disclosure is not limited thereto.
In the embodiment, the APL calculator 120 is coupled to the first converter 110. The APL calculator 120 generates an APL value V_APL according to the luminance L1 to L3.
The luminance adjusting circuit 130 is coupled to the APL calculator 120 and the first converter 110. The luminance adjusting circuit 130 generates adjusting value V_ADJ according to the APL value V_APL and adjusts the at least one luminance L1 to L3 to be adjusted luminance L1′ to L3′ using the adjusting value V_ADJ. The second converter 140 is coupled to the first converter 130. The second converter 140 converts the adjusted luminance L1′ to L3′ into an adjusted gray level result GR′. In the embodiment, the adjusted gray level result GR′ is negative correlated with the APL value V_APL. The second converter 140 is a luminance to gray-level converting circuit.
It should be noted, the adjusted gray level result GR′ is negative correlated with the APL value V_APL. The adjusted gray level result GR′ would be decreased as the APL value V_APL increases. Therefore, when the display device displays the high luminance image corresponding a high APL value, the adjusted gray level result GR′ would be decreased. In this way, the power consumption of the display device is decreased.
In the embodiment, the APL calculator 120 calculates APL values corresponding to different images of different frames. For example, the APL calculator 120 calculates a first APL value corresponding to a first image of a first frame. The APL calculator 120 calculates a second APL value corresponding to a second image of a second frame, and so on.
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Similarly, the luminance L2 and L3 may be provided by the luminance look-up table LUTL or other luminance look-up table.
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PLi=W1×L1i+W2×L2i+W2×L3i formula (1)
Wherein “i” in one of “1” to “n”. The color weight value W1 is weight value of the first color (for example, red). The color weight value W2 is weight value of a second color (for example, green). The color weight value W3 is weight value of a third color (for example, blue). “L1m” is a luminance of the first color of a “i”th pixel. “L2m” is a luminance of the second color of the “i”th pixel. “L3m” is a luminance of the third color of the “i”th pixel. Wherein “N” is number of the pixels.
Furthermore, in some embodiments, the APL value V_APL is an integer further generated based on rounding operation, unconditional discarding operation or unconditional carry operation.
In the embodiment, the luminance adjusting circuit 230 includes an adjusting value generator 231 and a luminance calculator 232. The adjusting value generator 231 is coupled to the APL calculator 220. The adjusting value generator 231 generates the adjusting value V_ADJ according to the APL value V_APL.
In the embodiment, the adjusting value generator 231 includes an adjusting value look-up table LUTA. The adjusting value look-up table LUTA store adjusting values corresponding different APL values. The adjusting value generator 231 provides the adjusting value V_ADJ using the adjusting value look-up table LUTA.
The luminance calculator 232 is coupled to the adjusting value generator 231 and the first converter 210. The luminance calculator 232 multiplies the adjusting value V_ADJ and the luminance L1 to L3 to calculate the adjusted luminance L1′ to L3′. For example, the luminance calculator 232 multiplies the adjusting value V_ADJ and the luminance L1 to calculate the adjusted luminance L1′. The luminance calculator 232 multiplies the adjusting value V_ADJ and the luminance L2 to calculate the adjusted luminance L2′. The luminance calculator 232 multiplies the adjusting value V_ADJ and the luminance L3 to calculate the adjusted luminance L3′.
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For example, the luminance L1 is “1023”. The luminance L2 is “960”. The luminance L3 is “0”. The APL calculator 220 generates the APL value V_APL which is equal to “31”. Therefore, the adjusting value V_ADJ provided by the adjusting value generator 231 generates is “0.9”. The luminance calculator 232 multiplies the adjusting value V_ADJ and the luminance L1 to calculate the adjusted luminance L1′ (that is, the adjusted luminance L1′=0.9×1023=920). The luminance calculator 232 multiplies the adjusting value V_ADJ and the luminance L2 to calculate the adjusted luminance L2′ (that is, the adjusted luminance L2′=0.9×960=864). The luminance calculator 232 multiplies the adjusting value V_ADJ and the luminance L3 to calculate the adjusted luminance L3′ (that is, the adjusted luminance L3′=0.9×0=0).
The second converter 240 converts the adjusted luminance L1′ into an adjusted gray level GR1′ of the adjusted gray level result GR′. The adjusted gray level GR1′ is “186”. The second converter 240 converts the adjusted luminance L2′ into an adjusted gray level GR2′ of the adjusted gray level result GR′. The adjusted gray level GR2′ is “168”. The second converter 240 converts the adjusted luminance L3′ into an adjusted gray level GR3′ of the adjusted gray level result GR′. The adjusted gray level GR3′ is “0”. Therefore, the displaying image IMAG is changed to be the adjusted displaying image IMAG′. In the adjusted displaying image IMAG′, the adjusted gray level GR1′ of the image area DA1 is “186”. The adjusted gray level GR2′ of the image area DA2 is “168”. The adjusted gray level GR3′ of the image area DA3 is “0”.
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In the embodiment, the luminance adjusting circuit 330 includes an adjusting value generator 331 and a luminance calculator 332. The adjusting value generator 331 includes reference look-up tables LUT1 to LUTn and a remapping circuit 3311. The remapping circuit 3311 selects at least one selected reference look-up table from the reference look-up tables LUT1 to LUTn according to the APL value V_APL. Each of the at least one selected reference look-up table provides one of the at least one adjusting value according to the gray level result GR. The luminance calculator 332 is coupled to the adjusting value generator 331. The luminance calculator 332 calculates the adjusted luminance L1′ according to the at least one adjusting value.
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In the embodiment, the reference look-up tables LUT1 to LUTn is used to different ranges of the APL value V_APL. For example, the reference look-up table LUT1 is used to the APL value V_APL lower than or equal to “32”. The reference look-up table LUT2 is used to the APL value V_APL higher than “32” and lower than or equal to “64”, and so on. In the reference look-up table LUT1, the adjusting value V_ADJ1 has a first rising trend based on the APL value V_APL. In the reference look-up table LUT2, the adjusting value V_ADJ2 has a second rising trend based on the APL value V_APL. The second rising trend is lower than the first rising trend. Similarly, In the reference look-up table LUT3 (not shown), an adjusting value stored in the reference look-up table LUT3 has a third rising trend based on the APL value V_APL. The third rising trend is lower than the second rising trend. Based on above, if the APL value V_APL is higher, the remapping circuit 3311 selects the selected reference look-up table corresponding to lower rising trend.
For example, when the APL value V_APL is “48” and the gray level result GR is “1000”, the remapping circuit 3311 selects the reference look-up table LUT1 corresponding to a reference APL value V_APLR1 and the reference look-up table LUT2 corresponding to a reference APL value V_APLR2. The reference APL value V_APLR1 is “32” as shown in the remapping look-up table LUTRE. The reference APL value V_APLR2 is “64” as shown in the remapping look-up table LUTRE. The reference look-up table LUT1 provides the adjusting value V_ADJ1 based on the interpolation manner. The adjusting value V_ADJ1 is “11771”. That is, the adjusting value V_ADJ1=(16383−10234)×(1000−992)/32+10234=11771. The reference look-up table LUT2 provides the adjusting value V_ADJ2 based on the interpolation manner. The adjusting value V_ADJ2 is “11058”. That is, the adjusting value V_ADJ2=(14234−10000)×(1000−992)/32+10000=11058.
The luminance calculator 332 receives the adjusting values V_ADJ1 and V_ADJ2. The luminance calculator 332 calculates the adjusted luminance L1′ according to the reference APL values (that is “64” and “32”), the APL value V_APL (that is “48”), the adjusting values V_ADJ1 and V_ADJ2. The luminance calculator 332 calculates that the adjusted luminance L1′ is “11414” based on the interpolation manner. That is, the adjusted luminance L1′=(11771−11058)×(48−32)/(64−32)+11058=11414.
Next, the second converter 340 converts the adjusted luminance L1′ into the adjusted gray level result GR′ based on the interpolation manner using the gray level look-up table LUTG. Therefore, the adjusted gray level result GR′ is “998”.
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In the embodiment, the correcting circuit 450 is coupled to the second converter 140. the correcting circuit 450 corrects a color temperature of the image data SD from the second converter 140 in response to a correcting command SC. The dither circuit 460 is coupled to the correcting circuit 450. The dither circuit 460 adjust a resolution of the image data SD by a dither operation in response to an adjusting command SA. In the embodiment, the correcting circuit 450 corrects the color temperature of the image data SD to generate corrected data signal SD1. A resolution of the corrected data signal SD1 is equal to the resolution of the image data SD. The dither circuit 460 receives the corrected data signal SD1 and adjusts the resolution to generate adjusted data signal SD2.
Besides, the second converter 140 converts at least one of the adjusted luminance L1′, L2′ and L3′ into an analog signal SAN. For example, the analog signal SAN is a gamma voltage signal. A voltage value of the analog signal SAN is decided by at least one of the adjusted luminance L1′, L2′ and L3′.
Besides, the second converter 140 converts at least one of the adjusted luminance into an emission driving signal EM having a duty cycle DTY. For example, the analog signal SAN is a gamma voltage signal. The duty cycle DTY is decided by at least one of the adjusted luminance L1′, L2′ and L3′.
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In view of the foregoing, the adjusted gray level result is negative correlated with the APL value. The adjusted gray level result would be decreased as the APL value increases. Therefore, when the display device displays the high luminance image corresponding a high APL value, the adjusted gray level result would be decreased. In this way, the power consumption of the display device could be decreased.
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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