Method and apparatus of grayscale image generation in monochrome display
First Claim
1. A method of grayscale image display signal driving in a monochrome display panel, comprising:
- activating each scan line in T number of timeslots within each frame, wherein only one scan line is activated at any one timeslot; and
driving each data line by one of Y number of different driving signal waveforms during each timeslot within each frame, wherein each of the Y number of different driving signal waveforms corresponds to one possible pixel grayscale level,wherein;
brightness of a pixel is determined by a sum of the driving signal waveforms during the activated scan line timeslots driven on a data line connected to the pixel, wherein T and Y are an integer greater than one, respectively;
grayscale image pixel gray level information is stored in a display memory space shared by image display data;
the display memory space is fixed for an original display resolution of the display panel such that the display resolution is decreased to accommodate the grayscale image pixel gray level information being stored in a portion of the display memory space reserved for the grayscale image pixel gray level information; and
the portion of the display memory space reserved for the grayscale image pixel gray level information is split into multiple parts corresponding to multiple areas distributed throughout the display panel.
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Abstract
A method is provided that allows the use of monochrome PMOLED display driver to generate grayscale patterns without the need to change the resolution of the 1-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) on the data line (SEG). The method further allows the elimination of extra frame buffer display memory needed by conventional techniques. This is achieved by swapping display memory space for display image pixel color (grayscale) depth in the expense of display resolution. The method further allows grayscale pattern data to be written into frame buffer only once without additional control from the host controller. The method further allows the dynamic application of grayscale on selectable whole or portion of a scan line such that full grayscale image display or a mixture of monochrome and grayscale image display in a single display panel is possible.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of grayscale image display signal driving in a monochrome display panel, comprising:
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activating each scan line in T number of timeslots within each frame, wherein only one scan line is activated at any one timeslot; and driving each data line by one of Y number of different driving signal waveforms during each timeslot within each frame, wherein each of the Y number of different driving signal waveforms corresponds to one possible pixel grayscale level, wherein; brightness of a pixel is determined by a sum of the driving signal waveforms during the activated scan line timeslots driven on a data line connected to the pixel, wherein T and Y are an integer greater than one, respectively; grayscale image pixel gray level information is stored in a display memory space shared by image display data; the display memory space is fixed for an original display resolution of the display panel such that the display resolution is decreased to accommodate the grayscale image pixel gray level information being stored in a portion of the display memory space reserved for the grayscale image pixel gray level information; and the portion of the display memory space reserved for the grayscale image pixel gray level information is split into multiple parts corresponding to multiple areas distributed throughout the display panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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