Display panel and method of adjusting brightness thereof, and display device

• US 10,269,283 B2
• Filed: 08/08/2016
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd. (BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.), BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Sun, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Azongha, Sardis F
• Application Number:
  US15/231,060
• Publication Number:
  US 20170270844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 988 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0626 for control of overall brightness
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2003 Display of colours specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/2092 Details of a display terminals using a flat panel, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a CRT G09G1/165

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display panel and a method of adjusting brightness thereof, and a display device. The display panel comprises a slide detection unit including at least two electrodes independent of each other, a sensor and a processor. The slide detection unit is configured to sense a sliding touch action made by a user within a preset touch region of the display panel, the sensor is configured to sense values of currents passing through the electrodes of the slide detection unit when the sliding touch action is made by the user and to send the values of currents to the processor. The currents are generated due to the sliding touch action. The processor is configured to determine a sliding direction of the sliding touch action based on the values of the currents, and to adjust screen brightness of the display panel based on the sliding direction.

Claims

1. A display panel, comprising:

a slide detection unit comprising at least two electrodes independent of each other;

a sensor;

a processor; and

a plurality of resistors arranged to connect the sensor with the electrodes of the slide detection unit,

wherein

the slide detection unit is configured to sense a sliding touch action made by a user within a preset touch region of the display panel;

an arrangement direction of the at least two electrodes of the slide detection unit is the same as or opposite to a sliding direction of the sliding touch action;

the sensor is configured to sense values of currents passing through the electrodes of the slide detection unit when the sliding touch action is made by the user within the preset touch region and to send the values of the currents to the processor, the currents being generated due to the sliding touch action; and

the processor is configured to determine the sliding direction of the sliding touch action based on the values of the currents, and to adjust screen brightness of the display panel based on the sliding direction, and

wherein the processor is configured to determine that the sliding touch action is made by the user in the first direction within the preset touch region if the values of the currents reduce gradually in the first direction.

2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes of the slide detection unit are identical in structure and are arranged such that they have the same orientation.

3. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes are provided within the preset touch region.

4. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein an input end of the sensor is connected with the slide detection unit and an output end of the sensor is connected with the processor.

5. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each electrode is connected with the sensor via at least one of the resistors.

6. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the slide detection unit is located between a volume-up control device and a volume-down control device of the display panel.

7. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes of the slide detection unit each have a straight line or bar shape and are arranged in an up and down direction or a right and left direction of the display panel.

8. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes of the slide detection unit each have a bended line or arrow shape and are arranged in an up and down direction or a right and left direction of the display panel.

9. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to determine the sliding direction based on changes in the values of the currents from respective electrodes.

10. The display panel according to claim 1, further comprising a camera connected with the processor and configured to acquire an image of an eye of the user and send the acquired image to the processor, and the processor is further configured to adjust the screen brightness of the display panel based on an opening degree of the eye in the acquired image.

11. A display device, comprising the display panel according to claim 1.

12. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the electrodes of the slide detection unit are identical in structure and are arranged such that they have the same orientation.

13. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the electrodes are provided within the preset touch region.

14. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the slide detection unit is located between a volume-up control device and a volume-down control device of the display panel.

15. The display device according to claim 11, wherein the electrodes of the slide detection unit each have a straight bar or arrow shape and are arranged in an up and down direction or a right and left direction of the display panel.

16. The display device according to claim 11, further comprising a camera connected with the processor and configured to acquire an image of an eye of the user and send the acquired image to the processor, and the processor is further configured to adjust the screen brightness of the display panel based on an opening degree of the eye in the acquired image.

17. A method of adjusting brightness of the display panel according to claim 1, comprising:

receiving the values of currents sent from the sensor, the currents being generated due to the sliding touch action made by the user within the preset touch region and passing through the electrodes of the slide detection unit, wherein an arrangement direction of the at least two electrodes of the slide detection unit is the same as or opposite to a sliding direction of the sliding touch action; and

determining the sliding direction of the sliding touch action made by the user within the preset touch region based on the values of currents, and adjusting the screen brightness of the display panel based on the sliding direction

wherein determining the sliding direction of the sliding touch action is made by the user within the preset touch region based on the value of current comprises;

performing data acquisition on the slide detection unit in a first direction by the sensor; and

determining that the sliding touch action is made by the user in the first direction within the preset touch region if the values of the currents received from the respective electrodes reduce gradually in the first direction.

18. The method according to claim 17, wherein determining the sliding direction of the sliding touch action is made by the user within the preset touch region based on the value of current further comprises:

determining that the sliding touch action is made by the user in a second direction opposite to the first direction within the preset touch region if the values of current received from the respective electrodes reduce gradually in the second direction.

19. The method according to claim 18, wherein adjusting the screen brightness of the display panel based on the sliding direction comprises:

lowering the screen brightness of the display panel when it is determined that the sliding touch action is made by the user in the first direction within the preset touch region; and

raising the screen brightness of the display panel when it is determined that the sliding touch action is made by the user in the second direction within the preset touch region.