TIMING CONTROLLER OF DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF

• US 20160358591A1
• Filed: 08/18/2015
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
• Original Assignee: AU Optronics Corporation
• Inventors: Chou, Yen-Hsu, Cheng, Wan-Ling, Lin, Fang-Yi
• Application Number:
  US14/828,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20160358591A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/08 Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0285 using tables for spatial correction of display data
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/026 Arrangements or methods related to booting a display
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/12 Frame memory handling
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/393 Arrangements for updating the contents of the bit-mapped memory

Abstract

A timing controller of a display apparatus is provided. The timing controller timing controller includes a processing unit and a memory unit. The processing unit is configured to receive external display data and a control signal. The external display data includes a plurality of images. The memory unit is electrically coupled to the processing unit and an external memory unit storing with a plurality of optical lookup table. The memory unit is configured to store with one of the plurality of optical lookup table according to the control signal received by the processing unit and output optical data corresponding to a currently-displaying image in the optical lookup table stored in the memory unit. The memory capacity of the memory unit is less than that of the external memory unit. An operation method for the timing controller is also provided.

Claims

1. A timing controller of a display apparatus, the timing controller comprising:

a processing unit, configured to receive external display data and a control signal, wherein the external display data comprises a plurality of images; and

a memory unit, electrically coupled to the processing unit and an external memory unit storing with a plurality of optical lookup table, the memory unit being configured to store with one of the plurality of optical lookup table according to the control signal received by the processing unit and output optical data corresponding to a currently-displaying image in the optical lookup table stored in the memory unit, wherein a memory capacity of the memory unit is less than that of the external memory unit.

2. The timing controller according to claim 1, wherein the external memory unit further stores with setting data.

3. The timing controller according to claim 1, wherein the memory capacity of the memory unit is equal to or greater than a sum of data amounts of the setting data and the one in the plurality of optical lookup table having the maximum data amount.

4. The timing controller according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of optical lookup table comprise a plurality of sub-optical lookup table.

5. The timing controller according to claim 4, wherein the memory unit is further configured to store with one of the plurality of sub-optical lookup table according to the control signal received by the processing unit and store with another sub-optical lookup table corresponding to a second portion of the currently-displaying image when output the optical data corresponding to a first portion of the currently-displaying image in the stored sub-optical lookup table.

6. The timing controller according to claim 5, wherein the memory capacity of the memory unit is equal to or greater than a sum of data amounts of the setting data and the one in the plurality of sub-optical lookup table having the maximum data amount.

7. The timing controller according to claim 1, wherein the memory unit is a synchronous dynamic random access memory, a static random access memory or a dynamic random access memory.

8. The timing controller according to claim 1, wherein the external memory unit is an electrically erasable programming read-only memory or a flash memory.

9. An operation method for a timing controller of a display apparatus, the timing controller comprising a processing unit and a memory unit, the processing unit being configured to receive external display data and a control signal, the external display data comprising a plurality of images, the memory unit being electrically coupled to the processing unit and an external memory unit storing with a plurality of optical lookup table, a memory capacity of the memory unit is less than that of the external memory unit, the operation method comprising:

configuring the memory unit to store with one of the plurality of optical lookup table according to the control signal; and

configuring the memory unit, when the processing unit receives the external display data, to output optical data corresponding to a currently-displaying image in the optical lookup table stored in the memory unit.

10. The operation method according to claim 9, wherein the step of configuring the memory unit to store with one of the plurality of optical lookup table according to the control signal comprises

configuring the memory unit to output the optical data corresponding to a black image.

11. The operation method according to claim 9, wherein the plurality of optical lookup table comprises a plurality of sub-optical lookup table.

12. The operation method according to claim 11, further comprising:

configuring the memory unit to store with one of the plurality of sub-optical lookup table according to the control signal; and

configuring the memory unit, when the processing unit receives the external display data, to output the optical data corresponding to a first portion of the currently-displaying image in the sub-optical lookup table stored in the memory unit and store with another sub-optical lookup table corresponding to a second portion of the currently-displaying image.