Display Apparatus Ambient Temperature Image Contrast Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional liquid crystal display technologies face challenges in improving image contrast due to limitations in backlight diffusion, leading to increased manufacturing costs and complexity.

Innovation Solution

A display apparatus with two panels and a controller that adjusts image data based on ambient temperature and brightness by dividing it into blocks or performing binary processes to generate adjusted image data, which is then used to drive the second display panel, thereby enhancing contrast and display quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If light guide plates and complicated backlight module control mechanisms are adopted to increase the contrast of the image, then the contrast is improved, but the manufacturing cost is increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage contrastVSAvoidmanufacturing cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent changes the control parameters from physical hardware modifications to software-based image processing parameters. By adjusting brightness and contrast parameters through image data processing, the system achieves improved image contrast without requiring additional light guide plates or complicated backlight control mechanisms, thereby avoiding increased manufacturing costs

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical/optical system (light guide plates and backlight control mechanisms) with an information processing system (image data processing). Instead of physically controlling light distribution, the system processes image data to achieve contrast enhancement, substituting mechanical complexity with computational simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Illumination intensity

If light guide plates and complicated backlight module control mechanisms are adopted to increase the contrast of the image, then the contrast is improved, but the device complexity is increased

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage contrastVSAvoidbacklight module control mechanism complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical/optical system (light guide plates and backlight control mechanisms) with an information processing system (image data processing). Instead of physically controlling light distribution, the system processes image data to achieve contrast enhancement, substituting mechanical complexity with computational simplicity

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent makes the existing display system perform multiple functions: it displays images while simultaneously processing image data to enhance contrast. The same display device handles both normal image rendering and contrast enhancement through software processing, eliminating the need for separate dedicated contrast control mechanisms

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS10373570B2Display apparatus and image processing method thereof
Publication Date: 2019.08.06 AU OPTRONICS CORP
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AI summary

A display apparatus and an image data processing method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a first display panel, a second display panel and a backlight module. The image processing method includes: receiving image data; detecting an ambient temperature and an ambient brightness to obtain a detection result; when the ambient temperature is lower than a preset temperature value, selecting the image data to be divided into a plurality block data by display location or gray level range according to the ambient brightness, and performing a blur process on the block data to generate adjusted image data; when the ambient temperature is not lower than the preset temperature value, performing a binary process on the image data to generate the adjusted image data; and driving the second display panel according to the adjust image data.