This application is based on International Application No. PCT/CN2013/075314 filed on May 8, 2013, which claims priority to Chinese National Application No. 201310071331.X filed on Mar. 6, 2013. The entire contents of each and every foregoing application are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a field of liquid crystal display, and particularly, to a polarity inversion driving method, a driving apparatus and a liquid crystal display device.
With development of display technology, liquid crystal displays (LCDs) become more and more popular due to its advantages such as portability, low radiation and the like. A major issue puzzling the LCD is the issue of image sticking which generally includes area sticking and line ship sticking, where the line ship sticking is generated for the reason that the direct component caused by pixel voltage difference between the two adjacent frames on a certain row in certain pictures acts on liquid crystal molecules for a long time. For example, a certain picture is a black-write interleaving picture, where the 99-th and 100-th rows are white and the 101-th row is black, and when the broadcast television transmits interleaved scanning signals, that is, only odd rows or even rows of signals are transmitted; for example, at the time of the N-th frame, signal which is white on the 99-th row and black on the 101-th row is transmitted; that is, only the odd rows are transmitted, and the data on the 100-th row is automatically calculated at a display terminal and a grey picture is generated between the black and the white; at the time of the (N+1)-th frame, the broadcast television transmits signals on even rows; in this case, a real signal on the 100-th row will be transmitted, which is a white picture; it can be seen that, pixel voltages on the 100-th row are different between the N-th row and the (N+1)-th row; therefore, the direct component is generated, and the line ship sticking will be generated for the reason that the direct components act on the liquid crystal molecules for a long time.
A present approach to solve the issue of the image sticking is POL (Polarity Inversion) inversion, and the POL is a signal for controlling polarity of pixels; for example, as shown in
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a polarity inversion driving method, a driving apparatus and a liquid crystal display for eliminating flickers caused by the POL inversion.
Embodiments of the present disclosure employ the follow technical solutions.
On one hand, there is provided a polarity inversion driving method for inversion of polarity of pixels on a liquid crystal panel, comprising: generating a polarity inversion reference signal for reflecting selection of polarity of each row of pixels on the liquid crystal panel; generating a control signal comprising control levels generated in m frames, where m is an integer higher than or equal to two, wherein width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually increased in chronological order to be equal to a time length of one frame; as an alternative, the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually decreased in chronological order from the time length of one frame to zero; and generating a polarity inversion signal from the polarity inversion reference signal and the control signal.
According to an embodiment, the control signal comprises the control level as a high level and a non-control level as a low level, and the procedure of generating the polarity inversion signal from the polarity inversion reference signal and the control signal is as follows: performing an XOR operation between the polarity inversion reference signal and the control signal to obtain the polarity inversion signal.
According to an embodiment, after the procedure in which the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually increased in chronological order to be equal to the time length of one frame, the method further comprises: gradually decreasing the width of the control level in each of the n frames in chronological order from the time length of one frame to zero, where n is an integer higher than or equal to two.
According to an embodiment, after the procedure in which the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually decreased in chronological order from the time length of one frame to zero, the method further comprises: gradually increasing the width of the control level in each of the n frames in chronological order from zero to the time length of one frame, where n is an integer higher than or equal to two.
On the other hand, there is further provided a polarity inversion driving apparatus for inversion of polarity of pixels on a liquid crystal panel, comprising: a reference signal generation unit configured to generate a polarity inversion reference signal for reflecting selection of polarity of each row of pixels on the liquid crystal panel; a control signal generation unit configured to generate a control signal comprising control levels generated in m frames, where m is an integer higher than or equal to two, wherein width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually increased in chronological order to be equal to the time length of one frame; as an alternative, the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually decreased in chronological order from the time length of one frame to zero; and an inversion signal generation unit configured to generate a polarity inversion signal from the polarity inversion reference signal and the control signal.
According to an embodiment, the control signal comprises the control level as a high level and a non-control level as a low level; and the inversion signal generation unit particularly is configured to perform an XOR operation between the polarity inversion reference signal and the control signal to obtain the polarity inversion signal.
According to an embodiment, the control signal generation unit enables, after the procedure in which the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually increased in chronological order to be equal to the time length of one frame, the width of the control level in each of the n frames to be gradually decreased in chronological order from the time length of one frame to zero, where n is an integer higher than or equal to two.
According to an embodiment, the control signal generation unit enables, after the procedure in which the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually decreased in chronological order from a time length of one frame to zero, the width of the control level in each of the n frames to be gradually increased in chronological order from zero to a time length of one frame, where n is an integer higher than or equal to two.
On the other hand, there is further provided a liquid crystal display device comprising the above polarity inversion driving apparatuses.
The polarity inversion driving method, the driving apparatus and the liquid crystal display device provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure are capable of gradually completing the POL inversion in several frames, and as compared with the known technical solution in which the POL inversion is completed in one frame, change in pictures at the time of the POL inversion is smoother and human's eye can hardly sense the flickers.
In order to illustrate embodiments of the present disclosure or the known technical solutions more clearly, hereinafter, a simple description will be given to the drawings necessary to describe the embodiments or the known technical solutions; obviously, the drawings of the following description are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and to those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained in accordance with these drawings without inventive work.
Hereinafter, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be clearly and fully described with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, and are not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without inventive work fall into the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in
At step 101, as shown in
At step 102, a control signal CTRL is generated which comprising control levels generated in m frames, where m is an integer higher than or equal to two.
Particularly, this step can be performed in a first mode; as shown in
Alternatively, the step can be performed in a second mode; as shown in
At step 103, as shown in
Particularly, taking the first mode of step 102 as an example, as shown in
It can be understood that, the position and changing amplitude of the control level in different frames can be different, as long as the width of the control level in each of the frames is gradually increased in chronological order to be equal to the time length of one frame.
In addition to the first mode of step 102 in which the control level is enabled to be gradually increased in chronological order to perform the POL inversion, a second mode of step 102 can be applied to enable the control level to be gradually decreased in chronological order to perform the POL inversion; for example, as shown in
It should be explained that, in the procedure of achieving alternative POL inversion to eliminate the line ship sticking, the first mode and the second mode of the step 102 can be performed alternatively; before the POL inversion is not performed, if the control level is not generated yet, the first POL inversion is completed in the first mode, and then the second POL inversion is achieved in the second mode, and in the same way, the alternative POL inversion is achieved; if before the POL inversion is performed, the generated control level occupies a time duration of one frame, the first POL inversion is completed in the second mode, and then the second POL inversion is completed in the first mode; and in the same way, the alternative POL inversion is achieved. The width of the control level and the time interval of width change of the control level at the time of the POL inversion are not limited; for example, when the control level is generated for the first time, the POL inversion can be performed when the last five rows of the p-th frame are scanned, and then the POL inversion can be performed when the last twelve rows of the (p+1)-th frame are scanned, the POL inversion is performed when the first fifteen rows of the (p+2)-th frame are scanned, and the like. The specific width of the control level and the time interval of change in width of the control level can be adjusted as necessary; the faster the whole POL inversion is completed, the better the effect of eliminating the line ship sticking is; and the slower the whole POL inversion is completed, the smaller the influence of the flicker is. In addition, since steps 101, 102 and 103 are procedures for generating three signals, and it is not necessary for them to have a chronological order therebetween; it is only intended to describe different procedures, and those steps can be performed simultaneously in terms of chronological order. However, the procedure of generating the polarity inversion signal POL at step 103 is required to be performed in accordance with the generated polarity inversion reference signal POL′ and control signal CTRL.
The polarity inversion driving method of the embodiments of the present disclosure is capable of gradually completing the POL inversion in several frames, and as compared with the known technical solution in which the POL inversion is completed in one frame, change in pictures at the time of the POL inversion is smoother and human's eye can hardly perceive the flickers.
Particularly, the control signal CTRL is formed by the above control level and non-control level, where the control level is a high level and the non-control level is a low level; at step 103, the procedure of generating the polarity inversion signal POL from the polarity inversion reference signal POL′ and the control signal CTRL is in that an XOR operation is performed between the polarity inversion reference signal POL′ and the control signal CTRL to obtain the polarity inversion signal POL.
Further, as shown in
Particularly, this step is performed in the first mode of step 102 of the above embodiment, and will not be repeated any more.
Further, at step 1021, after the procedure in which the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually increased in chronological order to be equal to the time length of one frame, the method further comprises step 1022, as shown in
Particularly, this step is performed in the second mode of step 102 of the above embodiment, and will not be repeated any more.
At step 1031, an XOR operation is performed between the polarity inversion reference signal POL′ and the control signal CTRL to obtain the polarity inversion signal POL.
Particularly, prior to step 1021, there is no control level, and after step 1021 is performed, the control signal occupies a time duration of one frame; that is, the polarity inversion signal POL is totally inverted; after the procedure of step 1022, there is no control level; that is, the inverted polarity inversion signal POL is recovered to the one before the inversion. Steps 1021 and 1022 are alternatively performed in step 102; that is, by alternatively circulating the procedures in which the width of the control level in different frames is gradually increased and decreased, the periodic inversion of the polarity inversion signal POL is achieved.
The polarity inversion driving method of the embodiments of the present disclosure is capable of gradually completing the POL inversion in several frames, and as compared with the known technical solution in which the POL inversion is completed in one frame, change in pictures at the time of the POL inversion is smoother and human's eye can hardly sense the flickers.
As shown in
The specific polarity inversion principle and method are same as those of the above embodiments, and will not be repeated any more.
The polarity inversion driving apparatus of the embodiments of the present disclosure is capable of gradually completing the POL inversion in several frames, and as compared with the known technical solution in which the POL inversion is completed in one frame, change in pictures at the time of the POL inversion is smoother and human's eye can hardly sense the flickers.
Particularly, the control signal comprises the control level as a high level and a non-control level as a low level;
the inversion signal generation unit 3 performs the XOR operation between the polarity inversion reference signal and the control signal to obtain the polarity inversion signal.
Further, the control signal generation unit 2 enables, after the procedure in which the width of the control level in each of the m frames is gradually increased in chronological order to be equal to the time length of one frame, and the width of the control level in each of the n frames to be gradually decreased in chronological order from the time length of one frame to zero, where n is an integer higher than or equal to two.
The specific polarity inversion principle and method are same as those of the above embodiments, and will not be repeated any more.
The polarity inversion driving apparatus of the embodiments of the present disclosure is capable of gradually completing the POL inversion in several frames, and as compared with the known technical solution in which the POL inversion is completed in one frame, change in pictures at the time of the POL inversion is smoother and human's eye can hardly sense the flickers.
An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a liquid crystal display device, comprising the above polarity inversion driving apparatus. The specific structure of the polarity inversion driving apparatus and the polarity inversion method and principle are same as those of the above embodiments, and will not be repeated any more.
The liquid crystal display device of the embodiments of the present disclosure is capable of gradually completing the POL inversion in several frames, and as compared with the known technical solution in which the POL inversion is completed in one frame, change in pictures at the time of the POL inversion is smoother and human's eye can hardly sense the flickers.
With description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the embodiments of the present disclosure can be implemented in software and necessary general purpose hardware; of course, it is possible to be implemented in hardware; however, in most cases, the former is an optional implementation. Based on this understanding, the technical solution of the embodiments of the present disclosure can be embodied in software products, and the computer software productions are stored in a readable storage medium, such as floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk and the like comprising several instructions to enable a computer device (which can be personal computer, sever, network device and the like) to execute the methods according to respective embodiments of the present disclosure.
The above descriptions are only specific embodiments of the present disclosure, and the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. The modifications or alterations which can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art in view of the embodiments of the present disclosure should be covered in the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be defined by the protection scope of the claims.
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