This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202011012514.0, filed on Sep. 23, 2020 and entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE,” the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the field of liquid crystal display technologies, and in particular, relates to a method and an apparatus for controlling a display panel, a display module, and an electronic device.
Currently, liquid crystal display (LCD) technologies have been widely used in display devices. For example, televisions with liquid crystal display panels are becoming more and more universal due to their advantages such as thinness, power saving, high resolution, and no electromagnetic radiation.
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a display panel, a display module, and an electronic device. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide the following technical solutions.
In a first aspect of the present disclosure, a method for controlling a display panel is provided. The display panel is provided with a target display region comprising a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array. The method includes: controlling polarities of data signals transmitted to the pixel circuits in partial columns in the target display region to be inverted when a (KN−1)th frame is displayed; and controlling polarities of data signals transmitted to the pixel circuits in other columns than the partial columns of the pixel circuits in the target display region to be inverted when a KNth frame is displayed, wherein K is an ordinal number of a control period, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and N is a number of frames corresponding to one control period, and N is an integer greater than 1.
In some varied embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method further includes: controlling transmission of a gate drive signal to each of the pixel circuits of the display panel to be interrupted when the (KN−1)th frame is displayed; and controlling the transmission of the gate drive signal to be resumed when the KNth frame is displayed.
In some varied embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method further includes: transmitting a gate drive signal to each of the pixel circuits of the display panel when the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame are displayed.
In some varied embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, a gate driver on array (GOA) circuit is disposed in the display panel, and the gate drive signal is a GOA signal output from the GOA circuit.
In some varied embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method further includes: controlling polarities of data signals transmitted to all the pixel circuits in the target display region to be inverted when each frame, other than the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame, is displayed in a Kth control period.
In some varied embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the display panel is provided with a plurality of display regions, the target display region being one of the plurality of display regions.
In some varied embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method further includes: reselecting one of the plurality of display regions as the target display region in every control period or every other at least one control period according to a preset selection sequence.
In some varied embodiments of the first aspect of the present disclosure, the method further includes: controlling polarities of data signals transmitted to all the pixel circuits in other display regions than the target display region to be inverted when each frame is displayed.
In a second aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for controlling a display panel is provided. The display panel is provided with a target display region comprising a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in an array. The apparatus includes a control circuit and a source drive circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to control polarities of data signals transmitted by the source drive circuit to the pixel circuits in partial columns in the target display region to be inverted when a (KN−1)th frame is displayed, and control polarities of data signals transmitted by the source drive circuit to the pixel circuits in other columns than the partial columns in the target display region to be inverted when a KNth frame is displayed, wherein K is an ordinal number of a control period, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and N is a number of frames corresponding to one control period, and Nis an integer greater than 1.
In some varied embodiments of the second aspect of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes: a gate drive circuit, wherein the control circuit is further configured to control the gate drive circuit to interrupt transmission of a gate drive signal to each of the pixel circuits of the display panel when the (KN−1)th frame is displayed, and control the gate drive circuit to resume the transmission of the gate drive signal when the KNth frame is displayed.
In some varied embodiments of the second aspect of the present disclosure, the apparatus further includes: a gate drive circuit, wherein the control circuit is further configured to control the gate drive circuit to transmit a gate drive signal to each of the pixel circuits of the display panel when the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame are displayed.
In some varied embodiments of the second aspect of the present disclosure, the gate drive circuit is a gate driver on array (GOA) circuit, and the gate drive signal is a GOA signal.
In some varied embodiments of the second aspect of the present disclosure, the control circuit is further configured to control polarities of data signals transmitted by the source drive circuit to all the pixel circuits in the target display region to be inverted when each frame, other than the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame, is displayed in a Kth control period.
In some varied embodiments of the second aspect of the present disclosure, the display panel is provided with a plurality of display regions, and the target display region is one of the plurality of display regions. The control circuit is further configured to reselect one of the plurality of display regions as the target display region in every control period or every other at least one control period according to a preset selection sequence.
In some varied embodiments of the second aspect of the present disclosure, the control circuit is further configured to control polarities of data signals transmitted by the source drive circuit to all the pixel circuits in other display regions than the target display region to be inverted when each frame is displayed.
In a third aspect of the present disclosure, a display module is provided. The display module includes a display panel, and the apparatus for controlling the display panel in the second aspect of the present disclosure.
In a fourth aspect of the present disclosure, an electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes: a power supply component and the display module in the third aspect. The power supply component is configured to supply power to the display module.
The above and other objectives, features and advantages in example embodiments of the present disclosure become readily understood by reading the following detailed descriptions with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the accompanying drawings, several embodiments of the present disclosure are illustrated by way of example instead of limitations, and the same or corresponding reference numerals denote the same or corresponding parts, in which:
Example embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in details below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Although the example embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the accompanying drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be implemented in various fashions and should not be limited by the embodiments set forth herein. On the contrary, these embodiments are provided to enable a more thorough understanding of the present disclosure and to fully convey the scope of the present disclosure to those skilled in the art.
It should be noted that, unless otherwise specified, the technical terms or scientific terms used in the present disclosure should have the general meaning understood by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure belongs.
In order to facilitate understanding of the embodiments of the present disclosure, firstly, the related technologies of the present disclosure are briefly introduced with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A liquid crystal display (LCD) can provide a user with an excellent picture display effect. However, the display effect of the LCD is still limited by input signals, and the input signals with relatively poor quality can cause problems such as afterimage and flicker in the display panel of the LCD. For example, the TV signal is relatively poor in quality in some remote areas. After the TV signal is input into the display panel of the LCD, the phenomenon of a residual image (i.e. the afterimage) of a previous frame will occur after a certain period of time of playing.
For the liquid crystal display, voltage is applied by a pixel circuit to a liquid crystal layer to invert liquid crystal molecules, so as to change the transmittance of the liquid crystal layer, thereby controlling the luminance of the display panel. If the voltage of the same polarity is always applied to the liquid crystal molecules, the liquid crystal molecules can only invert in the same direction, which destroys the property of the liquid crystal molecules over time. Therefore, it is necessary to drive the liquid crystal molecules with positive and negative voltages in alternate. As shown in
On the basis of
Therefore, it is necessary to provide a technical solution that can solve both the problem of afterimage and the problem of picture flicker.
The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for controlling a display panel, a display module, and an electronic device, which can solve the problems of afterimage and flicker in the current liquid crystal display panel. Descriptions are provided below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Please refer to
In step S101, the polarities of the data signals transmitted to the pixel circuits in partial columns in the target display region is controlled to be inverted when a (KN−1)th frame is displayed.
Here, in the embodiments of the present disclosure, display may be controlled based on a preset control period, and the control period may be flexibly set according to actual needs. For example, the duration of control period may be 10 seconds, 14 seconds, 28 seconds, or the like, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
K is the ordinal number of the control period, and K may be any positive integer. N is the number of frames corresponding to one control period, N is an integer greater than 1, and the value of N may be determined based on the product of the duration of the control period and the refresh rate of the display panel. For example, if the duration of the control period is 28 seconds and the refresh rate of the display panel is 60 Hz, then N=28*60=1680.
In addition, the polarity inversion refers to the voltage polarity of the data signal transmitted to the pixel circuit is inverted from a positive polarity to a negative polarity, or the voltage polarity of the data signal transmitted to the pixel circuit is inverted from the negative polarity to the positive polarity.
In step S102, the polarities of the data signals transmitted to the pixel circuits in other columns than the partial columns in the target display region is controlled to be inverted when a KNth frame is displayed.
Optionally, the display panel provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure may be a liquid crystal display panel. In the liquid crystal display panel, the data signal is generally provided by a data line, and the data line is connected with the pixel circuits by column. Therefore, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the polarities of the data signals transmitted to the pixel circuits may be controlled by column. For example, the polarities of the data signals transmitted to the pixel circuits in partial columns is controlled to be inverted every time.
In the embodiment of the present disclosure, all the pixel circuits in the target display region are divided into two parts by column, and the polarities of the data signals transmitted to the two parts of pixel circuits are inverted separately. Here, the pixel circuits in the partial columns and the pixel circuits in the other columns may be spaced apart. That is, the two parts of pixel circuits may be arranged in a staggered fashion. For example, every other a column(s) of pixel circuits may be selected as the above the pixel circuits in the partial columns, and the remaining pixel circuits may be taken as the pixel circuits the other columns. The above a may be any positive integer, such as 1, 2, 3, 4 or the like, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art may flexibly set the value of the a based on the technical concept, and all of values should fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
For the convenience of understanding, please refer to
According to the method for controlling the display panel according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, the polarity of the data signal transmitted to the pixel circuits in partial columns in the target display region is controlled to be inverted when a (KN−1)th frame is displayed, and the polarity of the data signal transmitted to the pixel circuits in other columns in the target display region is controlled to be inverted when a KM frame is displayed. The polarities of the data signals transmitted to part of the pixel circuits are inverted in each of the (KN−1)th frame and KNth frame, which can effectively improve the overdrive problem, compared with the POL signal inversion technology. Therefore, the problem of the picture flicker during viewing the display panel can be avoided, to ensure a better viewing experience of users.
In some embodiments, as shown in
In step S103, transmission of a gate drive signal to each of the pixel circuits of the display panel is controlled to be interrupted when the (KN−1)th frame is displayed.
By controlling the transmission of the gate drive signal to be interrupted, charging all the pixel circuits in the display panel may be stopped. Correspondingly, the display panel may display the image of the previous frame (i.e., the (KN−2)th frame).
In step S104, the transmission of the gate drive signal is controlled to be resumed when the KNth frame is displayed.
After the transmission of the gate drive signal is controlled to be resumed, all the pixel circuits in the display panel may be charged normally.
Based on the above implementation, when the (KN−1)th frame is displayed, since the transmission of the gate drive signal is interrupted, the data signal transmitted by the data line cannot be loaded to the pixel circuit. Thus, the voltage polarities of the data signals actually loaded to the pixel circuits in partial columns in the target display region cannot be inverted.
When the KNth frame is displayed, the data signal transmitted by the data line can be loaded to the pixel circuit after the transmission of the gate drive signal is resumed. Thus, the voltage polarities of the data signals actually loaded to the pixel circuits in the other columns in the display panel can be inverted.
It is to be understood that the above step S103 and step S101 may be executed synchronously, and the above step S104 and step S102 may be synchronously executed.
In an optional implementation, the method for controlling the display panel according to the embodiments of the present disclosure may further include: transmitting a gate drive signal to each of the pixel circuits of the display panel when the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame are displayed.
Based on this implementation, the gate drive signal can be normally provided to the pixel circuit when the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame are displayed. Therefore, when the (KN−1)th frame is displayed, the voltage polarities of the data signals actually loaded to the pixel circuits in partial columns in the target display region are inverted. When the KNth frame is displayed, the voltage polarities of the data signals actually loaded to the pixel circuits in the other columns in the target display region are inverted.
It is to be understood that the display panel is provided with a gate driver on array (GOA) circuit, and the above gate drive signal may be a GOA signal output from the GOA circuit. Here, the GOA technology is to integrate a thin film transistor (TFT) gate drive circuit on the array substrate of a display panel, to perform scanning drive on the display panel. In this technology, the wiring space of the bonding region and the fan-out region of a gate integrated circuit (IC) can be omitted. Therefore, not only the product costs in terms of material cost and manufacturing process can be reduced, but also the display panel can be beautifully designed with symmetrical sides and a narrow frame.
One of the functions of the above gate drive signal (e.g., the GOA signal) is to control the switch-on or switch-off of the switching transistor (e.g., TFT) in the pixel circuit. After the transmission of the gate drive signal is controlled to be interrupted, the switching transistor in the pixel circuit is switched off, and charging of the pixel circuit stops. After the transmission of the gate drive signal is controlled to be resumed, the switching transistor in the pixel circuit is switched on, and charging of the pixel circuit resumes. In this way, by stopping charging in the (KN−1)th frame and resuming charging in the KNth frame, the overdrive phenomenon in the KNth frame can be effectively avoided, which can thereby avoid the problem of flicker.
Here, charging of the pixel circuit may be that the data signal provided by the data line is loaded to the pixel electrode in the pixel circuit through the switching transistor, thereby charging the pixel electrode.
It should be understood that the format of the GOA signal may be made reference to the related art, and the GOA signal may include a STV (start signal), a multi-channel clock signal CLK, and the like. In addition, the GOA signal may further include a STV0 (stop signal), a first power supply signal VDDE, a second power supply signal VDDO, a first driving voltage VGL, a second driving voltage LVGL, and the like, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure.
In this embodiment of the present disclosure, by interrupting the transmission of the gate drive signal in the (KN−1)th frame and resuming the transmission of the gate drive signal in the KNth frame, charging may be stopped in the (KN−1)th frame and resumed in the KNth frame, which can avoid the problem of luminance flicker caused by the excessively high driving voltage of the KNth frame from due to charging in the two consecutive frames. In addition, by completing the POL signal inversion completed in one frame in the related art in two frames, the problem of afterimage and the problem of luminance flicker caused by the POL signal inversion completed in one frame can be avoided.
For descriptions of the technical effects of the embodiments of the present disclosure, please refer to
Display of frames other than the above (KN−1)th frame and KNth frame may be controlled as follows. In some varied implementations, with continued reference to
In step S105, the polarities of data signals transmitted to all the pixel circuits in the target display region are controlled to be inverted when each frame, other than the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame, is displayed in a Kth control period.
As shown in
It is to be understood that the above target display region may be the entire display region of the display panel, or may be partial display region of the display panel, which is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the display panel may be divided into a plurality of display regions to control partitioned display, respectively. Here, each display region may also be referred to as one partition. As shown in
In addition, the number of the display regions is not limited in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Those skilled in the art may flexibly set the number of the display regions according to actual needs, all of which can achieve the purpose of the embodiments of the present disclosure and should fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure.
Based on the above descriptions, for the display panel with a plurality of display regions, the display regions may be controlled, respectively. For example, in some varied implementations, the display panel includes a plurality of display regions, and the method for controlling the display panel may further include the following step, as shown in
In step S106, one of the plurality of display regions is reselected as the target display region in every control period or every other at least one control period according to a preset selection sequence.
Taking
Alternatively, one display region may be reselected as the target display region every other one or a plurality of control periods T. For example, the display region 1 is selected as the target display region in T1 control period, and the display region 1 is still the target display region in T2 control period. The display region 2 is reselected as the target display region in T3 control period, and the display region 2 is still the target display region in T4 control period. The display region 3 is reselected as the target display region in T5 control period, and so on.
It is to be understood that in the circumstance that one display region is reselected as the target display region in each control period, if the display panel includes M display regions (M is an integer greater than 1), the display regions reselected in adjacent M control periods are different from each other.
Based on the above implementation, in some varied implementations, with continued reference to
In S107, the polarities of data signals transmitted to all the pixel circuits in other display regions than the target display region are controlled to be inverted when each frame is displayed.
That is, the above step S101 and step S102 and the related implementations may be performed only for the target display region. For the other display regions, the polarity inversion is still implemented based on that shown in
Taking
In the T2 control period, the above step S101 and step S102 and the related implementations are performed by taking only the display region 2 as the target display region. The polarity inversion in other display regions such as the display region 1 and the display region 3 are still implemented based on the polarity inversion mode shown in
In the T3 control period, the above step S101 and step S102 and the related implementations are performed by taking only the display region 3 as the target display region. The polarity inversion in other display regions such as the display region 1 and the display region 2 are still implemented based on the polarity inversion mode shown in
With the above solution of partitioned control, the degree of flicker caused by the inversion of the POL signal can be further reduced.
The method for controlling the display panel is provided in the above embodiments. Correspondingly, an apparatus for controlling a display panel is further provided in the present disclosure. The apparatus for controlling the display panel in the embodiment of the present disclosure may implement the above method for controlling the display panel. Please refer to
As shown in
The control circuit 11 is configured to control the polarity of a data signal transmitted by the source drive circuit 12 to the pixel circuits in partial columns in a target display region to be inverted when a (KN−1)th frame is displayed, and control the polarity of a data signal transmitted by the source drive circuit 12 to the pixel circuits in other columns than partial columns in the target display region to be inverted when a KNth frame is displayed.
Here, K is the ordinal number of the control period, and K is an integer greater than or equal to 1; and N is the number of frames corresponding to one control period, and N is an integer greater than 1.
Optionally, the control circuit 11 may be a timing controller (TCON). The source drive circuit 12 may include one or more driver ICs. For example, referring to
In some varied implementations of the embodiments of the present disclosure, as shown in
The control circuit 11 is further configured to control the gate drive circuit 13 to interrupt transmission of a gate drive signal to each of the pixel circuits of the display panel when the (KN−1)th frame is displayed so as to stop charging all the pixel circuits in the display panel, and control the gate drive circuit 13 to resume the transmission of the gate drive signal when the KNth frame is displayed so as to charge all the pixel circuits in the display panel.
In some varied implementations of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the control circuit 11 is further configured to control the gate drive circuit 13 to transmit a gate drive signal to each of the pixel circuits in the display panel when the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame are displayed.
Here, the gate drive circuit 13 may be a GOA circuit; and correspondingly, the gate drive signal is a GOA signal.
In some varied implementations of the present disclosure, the control circuit 11 is further configured to control the polarities of the data signals transmitted by the source drive circuit 12 to all the pixel circuits in the target display region to be inverted when each frame, other than the (KN−1)th frame and the KNth frame, is displayed in the Kth control period.
In some varied implementations of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the display panel includes a plurality of display regions, and the target display region is one of the plurality of display regions. The control circuit 11 is further configured to reselect one of the plurality of display regions as the target display region in every control period or every other at least one control period according to a preset selection sequence.
In some varied implementations of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the control circuit 11 is further configured to control the polarities of data signals transmitted by the source drive circuit 12 to all the pixel circuits in other display regions than the target display region to be inverted when each frame is displayed.
The apparatus 10 for controlling the display panel according to the embodiment of the present disclosure follows the same inventive concept and has the same beneficial effects as the method for controlling the display panel according to the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure, which are not repeated herein.
A display module corresponding to the method and the apparatus for controlling the display panel is further provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in
The display panel according to the embodiment of the present disclosure follows the same inventive concept and has the same beneficial effects as the method and the apparatus for controlling the display panel according to the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure.
An electronic device corresponding to the method and the apparatus for controlling the display panel is further provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in
Optionally, the electronic device may be a liquid crystal display, a liquid crystal TV, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a vehicle-mounted terminal, a navigation device, or the like, which is not limited herein.
The electronic device according to the embodiment of the present disclosure follows the same inventive concept and has the same beneficial effects as the method and the apparatus for controlling the display panel according to the foregoing embodiments of the present disclosure.
Although the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure have been described, those skilled in the art can make additional changes and modifications to these embodiments when having knowledge of the basic creative concept. Therefore, the appended claims are intended to include the above exemplary embodiments and all changes and modifications that fall within the inventive concept of the present disclosure.
Apparently, those skilled in the art can make various amendments and variations to the present disclosure without departing from the inventive spirit and scope of the present disclosure, and the present disclosure is also intended to cover these amendments and variations if they fall within the scope of the claims of the present disclosure and equivalent technologies thereof.
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202011012514.0 | Sep 2020 | CN | national |