Display Driving Device Grouping Light Emitting Elements

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Solution Overview

Problem

Display driving devices face challenges in maintaining voltage levels and brightness due to collective driving of light emitting elements, which leads to voltage drops and decreased brightness.

Innovation Solution

The solution involves grouping light emitting elements into non-overlapping groups based on video information, allowing for either collective or divided driving to optimize voltage maintenance and brightness, with the grouper determining the number of groups based on brightness information to adjust driving periods.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If light emitting elements are collectively driven, then driving simplicity is improved, but voltage drop increases and brightness decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving simplicityVSAvoidbrightness
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the scanning line into multiple light emitting element groups (first group, second group, third group, etc.) and drives them sequentially in different time periods. This segmentation prevents simultaneous driving of all elements, reducing voltage drop while maintaining brightness through controlled sequential activation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Ease of operation

If light emitting elements are collectively driven, then driving simplicity is improved, but voltage drop increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedriving simplicityVSAvoidvoltage drop
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSStress or pressure

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the light emitting elements into multiple groups and drives them sequentially. By controlling the driving timing of each group separately, the system reduces the total current demand on any single scanning line at any given time, thereby minimizing voltage drop across the display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

3Stress or pressure

If light emitting elements are divided into groups with non-overlapping driving periods, then voltage maintenance is improved, but driving complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvevoltage maintenanceVSAvoiddriving complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stress or pressureVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent dynamically determines the driving timing of each light emitting element group based on the display scanning sequence. The driver controls the timing of group activation to ensure non-overlapping periods while maintaining voltage levels. This dynamic control adapts the driving pattern to the scanning sequence, managing complexity through systematic timing control.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3855419B1Display driving device and display driving method
Publication Date: 2023.10.11 PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
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AI summary

The display driving device (1) includes: a grouper (2) that performs grouping of a plurality of light emitting elements (for example, light emitting elements (21 to 2n)) arranged on a scanning line (for example, a scanning line (SL2)) of the display (9) into one or more light emitting element groups (for example, light emitting element groups (G1 to G5)) based on video information input; and a driver (for example, a cathode driver (CD)) that drives the one or more light emitting element groups so that driving periods do not overlap.