Display driver panel device and method for driving same

• US 10,490,148 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2018
• Issued: 11/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellect Chip Electronic Technology Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Shanghai Jadic Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Xiaochuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Gray, Ryan M
• Application Number:
  US15/877,881
• Publication Number:
  US 20180211618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 672 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0261 in the context of movement of objects on the screen or movement of the observer relative to the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/14 Detecting light within display terminals, e.g. using a single or a plurality of photosensors
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence

Abstract

A display driver panel device and a method therefor are disclosed. The device includes: an image sensor array consisting of pixel sensor elements arranged in M rows and N columns; and a display driver array consisting of display driver elements arranged in M rows and N columns. Each of the display driver elements corresponds to a respective one of the pixel sensor elements. As such, first display input signals generated by the pixel sensor elements from a received external imaging radiation can be sent to the respective corresponding display driver elements. As a result, the display driver elements respond at the same time, resulting in an increased response speed of the display driver panel device.

Claims

1. A display driver panel device, comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface parallel to and facing away from the first surface,

an image sensor array consisting of pixel sensor elements arranged in M rows and N columns; and

a display driver array consisting of display driver elements arranged in M rows and N columns, where M is an integer, and N is an integer, wherein;

the image sensor array and the display driver array are both arranged in the substrate and each of the display driver elements is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the pixel sensor elements;

the pixel sensor elements receive an external imaging radiation via the first surface of the substrate and send first display input signals to the respective corresponding display driver elements;

the display driver elements are configured to receive the first display input signals and generate display driver signals; and

the display driver signals are sent out via the second surface of the substrate,

the display driver panel device further comprising;

an image sensor control line group consisting of M rows of first lines and N columns of second lines crossing the first lines at right angles; and

a first display driver control line group consisting of M rows of third lines and N columns of fourth lines crossing the third lines at right angles, wherein;

the image sensor control line group and the first display driver control line group are both configured in the substrate;

each of the pixel sensor elements in the image sensor array is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of the M rows of first lines and N columns of second lines of the image sensor control line group; and

each of the display driver elements in the display driver array is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of the M rows of third lines and N columns of fourth lines of the first display driver control line group.

2. The display driver panel device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel sensor elements in the image sensor array and the display driver elements in the display driver array are alternately arranged in a same plane.

3. The display driver panel device according to claim 2, wherein the display driver panel device comprises a light blocking plate provided on the first surface of the substrate, the light blocking plate shading the display driver elements and exposing at least portions of the pixel sensor elements.

4. The display driver panel device according to claim 1, wherein the image sensor array and the display driver array are disposed in parallel to each other with the image sensor array being proximal to the first surface and the display driver array being proximal to the second surface.

5. The display driver panel device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel sensor elements comprise light sensing components each having a light sensing surface facing toward the first surface, the light sensing components configured to receive an external imaging radiation via the first surface and convert optical signals of the external imaging radiation into electrical signals.

6. The display driver panel device according to claim 5, wherein the light sensing components are photodiodes.

7. The display driver panel device according to claim 5, wherein the pixel sensor elements further comprise respective pixel sensor circuits in electrical connection with the light sensing components.

8. The display driver panel device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel sensor elements comprises heat sensing components each having a heat sensing surface facing toward the first surface, the heat sensing components configured to receive an external thermal imaging radiation via the first surface and convert thermal signals of the external thermal imaging radiation into electrical signals.

9. The display driver panel device according to claim 8, wherein the heat sensing components are radiant heat sensing components.

10. The display driver panel device according to claim 1, wherein the pixel sensor elements are configured to detect an X-ray radiation.

11. The display driver panel device according to claim 1, wherein the display driver elements comprise pixel display driver circuits configured to receive the first display input signals.

12. The display driver panel device according to claim 11, wherein the substrate comprises a first semiconductor layer and the pixel sensor elements are disposed in the first semiconductor layer.

13. The display driver panel device according to claim 12, wherein the pixel display driver circuits are disposed in the first semiconductor layer.

14. The display driver panel device according to claim 12, wherein:

the substrate further comprises a second semiconductor layer in parallel to the first semiconductor layer with the first semiconductor layer being proximal to the first surface and the second semiconductor layer being proximal to the second surface; and

the pixel display driver circuits are arranged in the second semiconductor layer.

15. The display driver panel device according to claim 14, wherein the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are arranged in a first chip and a second chip, respectively, or the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer are both arranged in the first chip.

16. The display driver panel device according to claim 1, wherein the display driver panel device further comprises a virtual display signal unit electrically connected to the display driver array, the virtual display signal unit configured to send second display input signals to the display driver array, the display driver elements configured to generate the display driver signals from the first and second display input signals.

17. The display driver panel device according to claim 16, wherein the display driver panel device further comprises:

a second display driver control line group that consists of M rows of fifth lines and N columns of sixth lines crossing the fifth lines at right angles and is electrically connected to the virtual display signal unit,

wherein the second display driver control line group is configured in the substrate and each of the display driver elements in the display driver array is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of the M rows of fifth lines and N columns of sixth lines of the second display driver control line group so as to allow the second display input signals to be sent to the respective display driver elements.

18. A method for driving a display driver panel device, comprising:

providing a display driver panel device, the display driver panel device comprising;

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface parallel to and facing away from the first surface, an image sensor array consisting of pixel sensor elements arranged in M rows and N columns, and a display driver array consisting of display driver elements arranged in M rows and N columns, where M is an integer, and N is an integer, wherein the image sensor array and the display driver array are both arranged in the substrate and each of the display driver elements is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the pixel sensor elements, the display driver panel device further comprising;

an image sensor control line group consisting of M rows of first lines and N columns of second lines crossing the first lines at right angles; and

a first display driver control line group consisting of M rows of third lines and N columns of fourth lines crossing the third lines at right angles, wherein;

the image sensor control line group and the first display driver control line group are both configured in the substrate;

each of the pixel sensor elements in the image sensor array is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of the M rows of first lines and N columns of second lines of the image sensor control line group; and

each of the display driver elements in the display driver array is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of the M rows of third lines and N columns of fourth lines of the first display driver control line group;

receiving an external imaging radiation via the first surface by the pixel sensor elements and sending first display input signals generated from the external imaging radiation to the respective corresponding display driver elements; and

receiving the first display input signals by the display driver elements, generating display driver signals and sending the display driver signals out via the second surface of the substrate.

19. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display driver panel device, the display driver panel device comprising;

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface parallel to and facing away from the first surface, an image sensor array consisting of pixel sensor elements arranged in M rows and N columns, and a display driver array consisting of display driver elements arranged in M rows and N columns, where M is an integer, and N is an integer, wherein the image sensor array and the display driver array are both arranged in the substrate and each of the display driver elements is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the pixel sensor elements, the display driver panel device further comprising;

an image sensor control line group consisting of M rows of first lines and N columns of second lines crossing the first lines at right angles; and

a first display driver control line group consisting of M rows of third lines and N columns of fourth lines crossing the third lines at right angles, wherein;

the image sensor control line group and the first display driver control line group are both configured in the substrate;

each of the pixel sensor elements in the image sensor array is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of the M rows of first lines and N columns of second lines of the image sensor control line group; and

each of the display driver elements in the display driver array is electrically connected to a corresponding pair of the M rows of third lines and N columns of fourth lines of the first display driver control line group; and

an array display consisting of photoelectric display elements arranged in M rows and N columns, the array display disposed on the second surface, the photoelectric display elements corresponding to respective display driver elements in the display driver panel device,

wherein the display driver panel device generates and sends display driver signals, and wherein the array display receives the display driver signals via the second surface of the substrate.

20. The display apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the display driver panel device comprises a virtual display signal unit electrically connected to the display driver array, the virtual display signal unit configured to provide second display input signals and send the second display input signals to the display driver array, wherein the display driver array is configured to generate the display driver signals from the first and second display input signals.

21. The display apparatus according to claim 20, wherein the first display input signals are electrical signals for a first image and the second display input signals are electrical signals for a second image.