Display system and driving method thereof

• US 9,715,719 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2014
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Nakai, Tadashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Gray, Ryan M
• Application Number:
  US14/437,153
• Publication Number:
  US 20160267627A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/40 Scaling of whole images or parts thereof, e.g. expanding or contracting
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 3/4076 using the original low-resolution images to iteratively correct the high-resolution images
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0606 Manual adjustment
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0686 with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/08 Arrangements within a display terminal for setting, manually or automatically, display parameters of the display terminal
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/022 in absence of operation, e.g. no data being entered during a predetermined time
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/04 Changes in size, position or resolution of an image
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0407 Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/0457 Improvement of perceived resolution by subpixel rendering
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/08 Details of image data interface between the display device controller and the data line driver circuit
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2096 Details of the interface to the display terminal specific for a flat panel suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/006; specific for a CRT G09G1/167
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3406 Control of illumination source illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3426 the different display panel areas being distributed in two dimensions, e.g. matrix
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/36 using liquid crystals
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3611 Control of matrices with row and column drivers

Abstract

A display system is provided. The display system comprises a display module, a signal control module, an image processing module, a backlight control module and backlight source modules; the signal control module is configured to transmit an image scaling signal and an image composition signal to the image processing module, wherein the image scaling signal is used for instructing the image processing module to scale each frame of image according to an image scaling ratio, and the image composition signal is used for instructing to synthesize the scaled image and a background image into one frame of image according to the position intended to display the scaled image; and transmit a backlight control signal to the backlight control module wherein the backlight control signal is used for instructing the backlight control module to only turn on the backlight source modules corresponding to the position intended to display the scaled image.

Claims

1. A display system, comprising a display module, a signal control module, an image processing module, a backlight control module and backlight source modules;

the signal control module is configured to, upon reception of an image scaling mode signal for an image scaling mode currently selected by a user, acquire an image scaling ratio for each frame of image and a position intended to display a scaled image on the display module, carried in the image scaling mode signal, transmit the image scaling signal and an image composition signal to the image processing module, and transmit a backlight control signal to the backlight control module;

the image processing module is configured to scale each frame of image to be output to the display module according to the image scaling ratio, upon reception of the image scaling signal, and synthesize the scaled image and a background image into a frame of composition image upon reception of the image composition signal;

the display module is configured to display the composition image upon reception of the composition image; and

the backlight control module is configured to, upon reception of the backlight control signal, control only the backlight source modules in a backlight area, corresponding to the position intended to display the scaled image, among the backlight source modules, to be turned on;

wherein the image scaling mode comprises a scaling mode in a dynamic display, and in the dynamic display, a position at which the scaled image is to be displayed varies with a preset displacement per m frames of image.

2. The display system of claim 1, wherein given that the image scaling ratio is n:

1, the image processing module is further configured to;

upon reception of the image scaling signal, determine an original resolution of the image before the scaling, convert the image with the original resolution into an image with a current resolution according to the image scaling ratio, wherein the current resolution is 1/n of the original resolution, and n is a positive integer.

3. The display system of claim 1, wherein the background image is a pure black image.

4. The display system of claim 1, wherein the image scaling mode further comprises a scaling mode in display at a fixed position;

and

at least one of the scaling mode in the dynamic display and the scaling mode in display at the fixed position comprises at least one of a 1/16 scaling mode and a 1/4 scaling mode.

5. The display system of claim 1, wherein the backlight source module connected with the backlight control module is a direct type backlight source module or an edge type backlight source module.

6. The display system of claim 1, further comprising a remote controller, and a remote control photosensitive element connected with the signal control module;

wherein

the remote controller is configured to transmit the image scaling mode signal currently selected by the user to the remote control photosensitive element under a control of a signal input from the user, and the remote control photosensitive element is configured to transmit the received image scaling mode signal to the signal control module.

7. The display system of claim 1, further comprising:

an On Screen Display module connected with the signal control module and the display module, and the signal control module is further configured to transmit the image scaling mode selection signal to the On Screen Display module upon reception of the image scaling mode signal currently selected by the user, and the On Screen Display module is configured to display a plurality of different image scaling modes pre-stored on the display module so as to be selected by the user upon reception of the image scaling mode selection signal.

10. The display system of claim 2, wherein the background image is a pure black image.

11. The display system of claim 2, wherein the image scaling mode further comprises a scaling mode in display at a fixed position;

and

at least one of the scaling mode in the dynamic display and the scaling mode in display at the fixed position comprises at least one of a 1/16 scaling mode and a 1/4 scaling mode.

12. The display system of claim 2, wherein the backlight source module connected with the backlight control module is a direct type backlight source module or an edge type backlight source module.

13. The display system of claim 2, further comprising a remote controller, and a remote control photosensitive element connected with the signal control module;

wherein

the remote controller is configured to transmit the image scaling mode signal currently selected by the user to the remote control photosensitive element under a control of a signal input from the user, and the remote control photosensitive element is configured to transmit the received image scaling mode signal to the signal control module.

14. The display system of claim 2, further comprising:

an On Screen Display module connected with the signal control module and the display module, and the signal control module is further configured to transmit the image scaling mode selection signal to the On Screen Display module upon reception of the image scaling mode signal currently selected by the user, and the On Screen Display module is configured to display a plurality of different image scaling modes pre-stored on the display module so as to be selected by the user upon reception of the image scaling mode selection signal.

8. A method for driving a display system comprising a display module, a signal control module, an image processing module, a backlight control module and backlight source modules, wherein the method comprises:

receiving, by the signal control module, an image scaling mode signal currently selected by a user;

acquiring, by the signal control module, an image scaling ratio for each frame of image and a position intended to display a scaled image on the display module, carried in the image scaling mode signal;

transmitting, by the signal control module, an image scaling signal and an image composition signal to the image processing module, and transmitting, by the image processing module, a composition image subjected to being synthesized to the display module so as to be displayed, the image scaling signal instructing the image processing module to scale each frame of image according to the image scaling ratio, and the image composition signal instructing the image processing module to synthesize the scaled image and a background image into one frame of image according to the position intended to display the scaled image;

transmitting, by the signal control module, a backlight control signal to the backlight control module, the backlight control signal instructing the backlight control module to only turn on the backlight source modules corresponding to the position intended to display the scaled image;

wherein the image scaling mode comprises a scaling mode in a dynamic display, and in the dynamic display, a position at which the scaled image is to be displayed varies with a preset displacement per m frames of image.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising, before receiving the image scaling mode signal currently selected by the user:

receiving the image scaling mode selection signal currently selected by the user, transmitting the image scaling mode selection signal to an On Screen Display module; and

displaying, by the On Screen Display module, a plurality of different image scaling modes pre-stored on the display module so as to be selected by the user, upon reception of the image scaling mode selection signal.