The present application relates to the technical field of display, and in particular, to a method of controlling display of a display device, an apparatus thereof and a display apparatus.
With the continuous development of display technologies, people have higher and higher requirements for display quality. An organic light-emitting diode display (OLED) has advantages of self-luminescence, high contrast, etc., but the OLED has problems of short lifetime, screen burn-in, and no resistance to humidity and heat. Therefore, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) that is technically mature and inexpensive is still the mainstream in the market. The LCD with a Mini LED backlight source and a local dimming algorithm, can achieve the advantages of high contrast and etc. of the OLED, and can overcome the defects of short lifetime and etc. of the OLED.
The embodiments of the present application provide a method of controlling display of a display device, an apparatus thereof, and a display apparatus, capable of improving luminance uniformity in different backlight partitions and enhancing the display effect.
In a first aspect of the present application, there is provided a method of controlling display of a display device. The display device includes a backlight unit and a display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight partitions, each of which is independently driven, and the display panel includes a plurality of display partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the backlight partitions. The method comprises: causing the display panel to display a test image, wherein each pixel of the test image has a same gray value; acquiring a luminance of each display partition of the display panel; determining a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition; adjusting backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition; and providing the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit for display by the display panel.
In the embodiments of the present application, that determining a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition comprises: decoupling the luminance of each display partition to obtain a decoupled luminance of each display partition, wherein the decoupled luminance, compared to the luminance, eliminates an influence of the backlight partition not corresponding to the display partition to which the luminance belongs, on the luminance; and determining a ratio of a target luminance of each display partition to the decoupled luminance of each display partition as the compensation coefficient.
In the embodiments of the application, that adjusting backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition comprises: multiplying the backlight data of the backlight partition by the compensation coefficient.
In the embodiments of the present application, the target luminance is determined by: setting a same intermediate target luminance for each display partition, wherein the intermediate target luminance is selected to be greater than or equal to a maximum value of the luminance and less than or equal to a minimum value of the luminance; and decoupling the intermediate target luminance to obtain the target luminance, wherein the target luminance, compared to the intermediate target luminance, eliminates an influence of the backlight partition not corresponding to the display partition to which the intermediate target luminance belongs, on the intermediate target luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, the intermediate target luminance is selected to be equal to the minimum value of the luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, the target luminance is determined by: grouping the display partitions according to the decoupled luminance, wherein the display partitions in each group are adjacent to each other and have the decoupled luminance within a predetermined range, wherein the decoupled luminance within the predetermined range is perceived by human eyes as being the same; and if a number of the display partitions in each group does not exceed a predetermined number, determining an average of the decoupled luminance of the display partitions outside of but directly adjacent to the group as the target luminance for each display partition in the group; and if the number of the display partitions in each group exceeds the predetermined number, taking the decoupled luminance of each display partition in the group as its target luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, the predetermined number depends on a size of the backlight partitions and a size of the display panel.
In the embodiments of the present application, the predetermined number is 15.
In the embodiments of the present application, that acquiring the luminance of each display partition of the display panel comprises: acquiring a panel image of the display panel; dividing the panel image into a plurality of panel image partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the display partitions; for each panel image partition, calculating an average of gray values of all pixels in the panel image partition; and taking the average as the luminance of the display partition corresponding to the panel image partition.
In a second aspect of the present application, there is provided an apparatus for controlling display of a display device. The display device includes a backlight unit and a display panel, wherein the backlight unit includes a plurality of backlight partitions, each of which is independently driven, and the display panel includes a plurality of display partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the backlight partitions. The apparatus comprises: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the processor and storing computer program instructions, wherein the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: cause the display panel to display a test image, wherein each pixel of the test image has a same gray value; acquire a luminance of each display partition of the display panel; determine a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition; adjust backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition; and provide the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit for display by the display panel.
In the embodiments of the present application, the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition by: decoupling the luminance of each display partition to obtain a decoupled luminance of each display partition, wherein the decoupled luminance, compared to the luminance, eliminates an influence of the backlight partition not corresponding to the display partition to which the luminance belongs, on the luminance; and determining a ratio of a target luminance of each display partition to the decoupled luminance of each display partition as the compensation coefficient.
In the embodiments of the present application, the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to adjust the backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient by: multiplying the backlight data of the backlight partition by the compensation coefficient.
In the embodiments of the present application, the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the target luminance by: setting a same intermediate target luminance for each display partition, wherein the intermediate target luminance is selected to be greater than or equal to a maximum value of the luminance and less than or equal to a minimum value of the luminance; and decoupling the intermediate target luminance to obtain the target luminance, wherein the target luminance, compared to the intermediate target luminance, eliminates an influence of the backlight partition not corresponding to the display partition to which the intermediate target luminance belongs, on the intermediate target luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the intermediate target luminance to be selected to be equal to the minimum value of the luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to determine the target luminance by: grouping the display partitions according to the decoupled luminance, wherein the display partitions in each group are adjacent to each other and have the decoupled luminance within a predetermined range, wherein the decoupled luminance within the predetermined range is perceived by human eyes as being the same; and if a number of the display partitions in each group does not exceed a predetermined number, determining an average of the decoupled luminance of the display partitions outside of but directly adjacent to the group as the target luminance for each display partition in the group; and if the number of the display partitions in each group exceeds the predetermined number, taking the decoupled luminance of each display partition in the group as its target luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, the predetermined number depends on a size of the backlight partition and a size of the display panel.
In the embodiments of the present application, the predetermined number is 15.
In the embodiments of the present application, the computer program instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to acquire the luminance of each display partition of the display panel by: acquiring a panel image of the display panel; dividing the panel image into a plurality of panel image partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the display partitions; for each panel image partition, calculating an average of gray values of all pixels in the panel image partition; and taking the average as the luminance of the display partition corresponding to the panel image partition.
According to a third aspect of the present application, there is provided a display apparatus. The display apparatus includes: a display device; and the apparatus according to the second aspect of the present application, coupled to the display device.
According to a fourth aspect of the present application, there is provided a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method described above.
Further aspects and scopes of adaptability will become apparent from the description provided herein. It should be understood that various aspects of the present application may be implemented alone or in combination with one or more other aspects. It should also be understood that the description and specific embodiments herein are intended for illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
The drawings described herein are for the purpose of illustrating only the selected embodiments but not for all possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure, wherein:
To make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present application. Evidently, the described embodiments are only a few embodiments of the present application, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by one of ordinary skill in the art from the described embodiments of the application without inventive efforts, are within the scope of protection of the present application. The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that, features in the embodiments of the present application may be combined with each other without conflict.
The local dimming technique may divide an entire backlight unit into a plurality of individually drivable backlight partitions, each of which includes one or more LED backlight sources (e.g., Mini-LED). During display, the backlight unit obtains backlight data of each backlight partition depending on gray values of different parts of a displayed image, and generates a driving signal (e.g., voltage) for the LED backlight source of the corresponding backlight partition based on the backlight data, thereby achieving individual adjustment of a luminance of each backlight partition, and further, improving the contrast of the displayed image. However, due to the influence of factors such as manufacturing process deviation and driving mode of the LEDs, it is difficult to ensure luminance uniformity in different backlight partitions, thereby affecting final display effect.
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In block 204, a luminance of each display partition of the display panel is acquired. How to acquire the luminance of the display partition will be described in detail below. First, a panel image of the display panel captured by an image capturing device (e.g., a camera) is acquired. In the present application, the panel image is an effect image actually displayed when the display panel displays according to data of the test image. Then, the panel image may be divided into a plurality of panel image partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the display partitions. In the present application, “panel image partitions in one-to-one correspondence with the display partitions” refers to that a projection of the panel image partition on the display panel coincides with the display partition. Then, for each panel image partition, an average of gray values of all pixels therein may be calculated. Finally, the average is taken as the luminance of the display partition corresponding to the panel image partition.
In block 206, a compensation coefficient is determined according to the luminance of each display partition. The process of determining the compensation coefficient will be described in detail below. Firstly, the luminance of the display partition is decoupled to obtain the decoupled luminance of the display partition. In the embodiments of the present application, the display partition 142a in the ith row and the jth column in the display panel 14 shown in
After obtaining the decoupled luminance of each display partition, a ratio of the target luminance of the display partition to the decoupled luminance of the display partition is determined as a compensation coefficient.
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It can be seen from the embodiment that, if the number of display partitions in a group exceeds a predetermined number, the decoupled luminance thereof can be directly taken as a target luminance, without the need of calculating an average of the decoupled luminance of the display partitions outside of but directly adjacent to the group, which can increase the operation speed and reduce the operation time.
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According to the embodiments of the present application, the steps described in the blocks 202 to 206 may be completed in the manufacturing stage of the display panel, or at any suitable time according to the needs of users. Furthermore, the compensation coefficient determined by the step 206 may be stored in a memory, e.g. in the display panel, for use in subsequent steps.
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In block 210, the adjusted backlight data are provided to the backlight unit, and the backlight unit generates driving signals for different backlight partitions according to the adjusted backlight data, and outputs these driving signals to corresponding backlight partitions to drive LED backlight sources in these backlight partitions to emit light, so as to cause the display panel to display. It will be appreciated that the image displayed in accordance with the adjusted backlight data is the actually displayed image, and the image may be the same as or different from a test image.
It should be noted that, for any image to be actually displayed by a display device, backlight data of the backlight partitions can be adjusted according to the determined compensation coefficient, without the need of determining different compensation coefficients for different images.
It can be seen from the above description that, with the use of the method according to the embodiments of the present application, by adjusting the backlight data of the backlight partitions according to the determined compensation coefficients, it is able to improve luminance uniformity in different backlight partitions and enhance the display effect, without changing the structure of the backlight unit, the film material, and the backlight driving mode, thereby providing better visual experience for users.
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When the computer program instructions are executed by the processor 702, the apparatus 70 may cause a display panel to display a test image. Each pixel of the test image has a same gray value. The apparatus 70 may also acquire a luminance of each display partition of the display panel. The apparatus 70 may determine a compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition. The apparatus 70 may further adjust backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient to obtain adjusted backlight data of each backlight partition. Finally, the apparatus 70 may provide the adjusted backlight data to the backlight unit for display by the display panel.
In the embodiments of the present application, that determining, by the apparatus 70, the compensation coefficient according to the luminance of each display partition may comprise: decoupling the luminance of each display partition to obtain a decoupled luminance of each display partition, wherein the decoupled luminance, compared to the luminance, eliminates an influence of the backlight partition not corresponding to the display partition to which the luminance belongs, on the luminance; and determining a ratio of a target luminance of each display partition to the decoupled luminance of each display partition as the compensation coefficient.
In the embodiments of the present application, that adjusting, by the apparatus 70, backlight data of the backlight partition according to the compensation coefficient may comprise: multiplying the backlight data of the backlight partition by the compensation coefficient.
In the embodiments of the present application, that determining, by the apparatus 70, the target luminance may comprise: setting a same intermediate target luminance for each display partition, wherein the intermediate target luminance is selected to be greater than or equal to a maximum value of the luminance and less than or equal to a minimum value of the luminance; and decoupling the intermediate target luminance to obtain the target luminance, wherein the target luminance, compared to the intermediate target luminance, eliminates an influence of the backlight partition not corresponding to the display partition to which the intermediate target luminance belongs, on the intermediate target luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, the apparatus 70 may select the intermediate target luminance to be equal to the minimum value of the luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, that determining, by the apparatus 70, the target luminance may comprise: grouping the display partitions according to the decoupled luminance, wherein the display partitions in each group are adjacent to each other and have the decoupled luminance within a predetermined range, wherein the decoupled luminance within the predetermined range is perceived by human eyes as being the same; and if the number of the display partitions in each group does not exceed a predetermined number, determining an average of the decoupled luminance of the display partitions outside of but directly adjacent to the group as the target luminance for each display partition in the group; and if the number of the display partitions in each group exceeds the predetermined number, the decoupled luminance of each display partition in the group is taken as its target luminance.
In the embodiments of the present application, the predetermined number is 15.
In the embodiments of the present application, the apparatus 70 may be implemented as a separate apparatus or may be integrated in the display device.
As can be seen from the above description, with the use of the apparatus according to the embodiments of the present application, by adjusting backlight data of the backlight partitions according to the determined compensation coefficients, it is able to improve luminance uniformity in different backlight partitions and enhance the display effect and provide better visual experience for users, without changing the structure of the backlight unit, the film material, and the backlight driving mode.
In the embodiments of the present application, the display apparatus includes, for example, but is not limited to, various electronic devices having a display screen. The display apparatus may be: any product or component with a display function, such as a liquid crystal panel, electronic paper, an OLED panel, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television set, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator.
According to the embodiments of the application, by adjusting backlight data of the backlight partitions according to the determined compensation coefficients, it is able to improve luminance uniformity in different backlight partitions and enhance the display effect without changing the structure of the backlight unit, the film material, and the backlight driving mode, thereby providing better visual experience for users.
The above description is only for preferred embodiments of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application, and various modifications and variations may be made to the present application by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.
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2019 10576806.8 | Jun 2020 | CN | national |
This application is the United States national phase of International Application No. PCT/CN2020/091989 filed May 25, 2020, and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201910576806.8 filed Jun. 28, 2019, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
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PCT/CN2020/091989 | 5/25/2020 | WO | 00 |