This application claims priority of Chinese Patent Application No. 201911205418.5, filed on Nov. 29, 2020, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of silicon-based micro-displaying, and in particular, a method for driving a silicon-based driving back plate for smart display, and a display apparatus.
Silicon-based micro display is constantly developing in the direction of high resolution, high gray level, and high refresh rate. An existing silicon-based micro display gray-scale modulation technology can be divided into analog amplitude modulation and digital pulse width modulation. In the analog amplitude modulation method, a micro display system requires a pixel gray-scale modulation circuit to generally need a larger capacitor to save a pixel voltage. As the display resolution and the refresh rate increase, a pixel capacitor is required to have a higher charge and discharge speed, and a digital-to-analog converter is required to have higher resolution and a higher signal conversion speed, and it is ensured that an analog quantity has sufficiently high precision. Compared with the analog amplitude modulation, digital scanning uses a pulse width to modulate the brightness, is high in scanning accuracy and progress, low in image noise, stable in picture quality and high in gray level, and has relatively low requirements for circuit characteristics.
A method for driving a silicon-based driving back plate provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure includes:
In some embodiments, the controlling the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region to be greater than the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region includes:
In some embodiments, the controlling the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region to be greater than the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region includes:
In some embodiments, the method further includes controlling a quantity of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region to be greater than a quantity of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region.
In some embodiments, the quantity of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is an integral multiple of the quantity of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region.
In some embodiments, the method further includes staggering a time node of performing the analog scanning charging on each row of pixels in the watch region and a time node of performing the analog scanning charging on each row of pixels in the non-watch region, or staggering a time node of performing the digital scanning charging on each row of pixels in the watch region and a time node of performing the digital scanning charging on each row of pixels in the non-watch region.
In some embodiments, within one frame time, a duration of the analog scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is used as a reference duration; a duration of a first digital scanning charging is 8 times the reference duration; a duration of a second digital scanning charging is twice the reference duration; a duration of a third digital scanning charging is equal to the reference duration; and a duration of a fourth digital scanning charging is 4 times the reference duration.
In some embodiments, within one frame time, a duration of the analog scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region is used as a reference duration; a duration of a first digital scanning charging is equal to the reference duration; and a duration of a second digital scanning charging is twice the reference duration.
In some embodiments, the silicon-based driving back plate is divided into a plurality of sub-regions in advance by taking a pixel row as a unit, and the determining the watch region of the user on the silicon-based driving back plate according to the watch position includes: determining the sub-region with the watch position as the watch region of the user on the silicon-based driving back plate.
Based on the same inventive idea, some embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a display apparatus, including: a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store a computer readable program, the processor is configured to execute the computer readable program to implement the method according to above embodiments.
In order to make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure are described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are a part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, not all the embodiments. Based on the described embodiments of the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present disclosure. Unless otherwise defined, technical terms or scientific terms used here shall be ordinary meanings as understood by those ordinarily skilled in the art of the present disclosure.
A method for driving a silicon-based driving back plate provided by embodiments of the present disclosure includes the following steps.
A watch position of a user on the silicon-based driving back plate is acquired.
A watch region of the user on the silicon-based driving back plate is determined according to the watch position.
A sum of an analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and a digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be greater than a sum of an analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and a digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in a non-watch region.
In some embodiments, the display gray-scale level is 2m+n being the analog modulation bit and n being the digital modulation bit; therefore, the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be greater than the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region to cause the display gray-scale level of each row of pixels in the watch region to be greater than that of each row of pixels in the non-watch region, that is, the gray-scale resolution of each row of pixels in the watch region is higher than that of each row of pixels in the non-watch region. Furthermore, in consideration of the characteristics of the macular regions of human eyes, the watch region can be watched at a high definition only. In the present disclosure, intelligent regional driving is performed on each row of pixels of the silicon-based driving back plate by referring to the characteristics of the macular regions of human eyes, so that the front-end data flow is effectively reduced without affecting the visual experience, which is favorable for realizing high refresh rate and high resolution. With reference to the resolution 1920*1080 and the refresh rate 60 Hz, the front-end data flow of the present disclosure is about 2.8 Gbps, which is reduced by about 22%.
It should be noted that the driving method provided by embodiments of the present disclosure is not only applicable to a silicon-based micro display, but also applicable to an X-ray detector. No specific limitations are made here. Furthermore, in order to facilitate understanding the technical solutions of the present disclosure, the following is described by taking the application of the driving method to a silicon-based display for example.
Alternatively, in some embodiments, the step that the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be greater than the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region may be specifically realized through the following method:
The analog modulation bits for analog scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region and the non-watch region are controlled to be the same to cause each row of pixels in the watch region and the non-watch region may share one digital-to-analog converter (DAC), thus simplifying the circuit structure. Furthermore, compared with a scanning mode that separately adopts analog amplitude modulation, a digital-analog fused scanning mode in the present disclosure effectively reduces the modulation bit and a resolution requirement of the DAC under the condition of displaying the same gray-scale resolution.
For example, as shown in
Alternatively, in some embodiments, the step that the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be greater than the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region may be specifically realized through the following method: the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be an integral multiple of the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region.
For example, the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be twice the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region. Of course, the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is other multiples of the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region, which may be specifically set according to an actual requirement and is not limited here.
Alternatively, in some embodiments, the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be greater than the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region.
The characteristic of high refresh rate can be realized based on the silicon-based driving back plate. Within one frame time, each row of pixels are charged for many times to cause the power-on retention time of a capacitor in a pixel circuit to be shortened. For the design, an area required by the capacitor is reduced, which is more favorable for realizing micro display. Furthermore, since the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is greater than the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region, each pixel of the watch region may realize any gray-scale level between L0 and L255, and each pixel of the non-watch region may realize partial gray-scale levels between L0 and L255 only. Based on this, the display effect of the watch region is better than the display effect of the non-watch region, which is favorable for improving the watch experience.
Alternatively, in some embodiments, the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be an integral multiple of the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region.
For example, the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region may be controlled to be twice the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region. Of course, the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region may also be controlled to be other multiples of the number of digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region. A specific number may be set according to an actual requirement, which is not limited here.
Alternatively, in some embodiments, time nodes of performing the analog scanning charging or the digital scanning charging on each row of pixels in the watch region and the non-watch region are staggered mutually.
Since each row of pixels of the watch region and the non-watch region share the gate driving circuit, the source driving circuit, the DAC and other driving elements, the time nodes of performing the analog scanning charging or the digital scanning charging on each row of pixels in the watch region and the non-watch region are controlled to be staggered mutually, which avoids mutual interference during the analog scanning charging or the digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels of the watch region and the non-watch region.
Alternatively, in some embodiments, within one frame time, a duration of the analog scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is used as a reference duration; a duration of the first digital scanning charging is 8 times of the reference duration; a duration of the second digital scanning charging is twice the reference duration; a duration of the third digital scanning charging is equal to the reference duration; and a duration of the fourth digital scanning charging is 4 times of the reference duration.
Alternatively, in some embodiments, within one frame time, a duration of the analog scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region is used as a reference duration; a duration of the first digital scanning charging is equal to the reference duration; and a duration of the second digital scanning charging is twice the reference duration.
Alternatively, in some embodiments, the silicon-based driving back plate is divided into a plurality of sub-regions in advance by taking a pixel row as a unit, and the step that the watch region of the user on the silicon-based driving back plate is determined according to the watch position may be realized through the following method:
Of course, in some embodiments, the watch region of the user on the silicon-based driving back plate may also be determined according to the watch position through other methods. For example, it is determined that a pixel row spaced from the watch position at a preset distance is the watch region of the user on the silicon-based driving back plate, and this is not limited here.
The above method provided by the present disclosure will be described below in detail through a following embodiment.
Alternatively,
Based on the characteristics of the macular regions of human eyes, the watch region is subjected to high-gray-scale displaying, and the non-watch region is subjected to low-gray-scale displaying, so as to realize smart display. For example, the column processing module shown in
In an actual working process, as shown in
The watch region is controlled to be displayed at a 256 gray-scale resolution, including followings:
It can be known from the above description that for the watch region modulated by 256 gray scales, it is subjected to analog scanning charging once within one frame time, and a corresponding sub-time weight is 1/16; and it is subjected to digital scanning charging for 4 times, and a corresponding sub-time weight is (1+2+4+8)/16, i.e., 15/16. The time for analog scanning charging may be blanking time. a voltage value V applied to the pixels in the watch region is expressed as:
SFN is a serial number of digital sub-time; TD is single digital sub-time; TA is analog sub-time; T is one frame time; V(Lb) is the analog gray voltage; and V(SFN) is the digital gray voltage.
The step that the non-watch region is controlled to be displayed at the 64 gray-scale resolution includes that:
It can be known from the above description that for the non-watch region modulated by 64 gray scales, it is subjected to analog scanning charging once within one frame time, and a corresponding sub-time weight is 4/16, i.e., 1/4; and it is subjected to digital scanning charging twice, and a corresponding sub-time weight is (4+8)/16, i.e., 3/4. The time for analog scanning charging may be blanking time. A voltage value V applied to the pixels in the non-watch region is expressed as:
SFN is a serial number of digital sub-time; TD is single digital sub-time; TA is analog sub-time; T is one frame time; V(Lb) is the analog gray voltage; and V(SFN) is the digital gray voltage.
Based on the same inventive idea, some embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a display apparatus. As shown in
The method for driving the silicon-based driving back plate and the display apparatus disclosed by the present disclosure include: acquiring the watch position of the user on the silicon-based driving back plate within one frame time; determining the watch region of the user on the silicon-based driving back plate according to the watch position; and controlling the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region to be greater than the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region. The display gray-scale level is 2m+n being the analog modulation bit and n being the digital modulation bit; therefore, the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the watch region is controlled to be greater than the sum of the analog modulation bit for analog scanning charging and the digital modulation bit for digital scanning charging performed on each row of pixels in the non-watch region to cause the display gray-scale level of each row of pixels in the watch region to be greater than that of each row of pixels in the non-watch region, that is, the gray-scale resolution of each row of pixels in the watch region is higher than that of each row of pixels in the non-watch region. Furthermore, in consideration of the characteristics of the macular regions of human eyes, the watch region can be watched at a high definition only. In the present disclosure, intelligent regional driving is performed on each row of pixels of the silicon-based driving back plate by referring to the characteristics of the macular regions of human eyes, so that the front-end data flow is effectively reduced without affecting the visual experience, which is favorable for realizing high refresh rate and high resolution.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can make various changes and modifications to the present disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. Therefore, if these changes and transformations of the present disclosure fall within the scope of the claims of the present disclosure and equivalent technologies of the present disclosure, the present disclosure is intended to include these changes and transformations.
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