Display Panel Compensation Grayscale Storage Segmentation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing methods for determining compensation grayscale values for display panels require large storage spaces, leading to high production costs due to inefficient data storage.

Innovation Solution

A method and device that classify and store compensation grayscale values based on the number of bits required for each sub-pixel, using separate tables for first and second reading processes to determine the appropriate compensation values, reducing redundant data storage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If a uniform storage method is used for all compensation grayscale values, then the storage process is simple, but the storage space required is large

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvestorage process simplicityVSAvoidstorage space
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the storage of compensation grayscale values by dividing them into two categories: first compensation grayscale values (for sub-pixels requiring compensation) and second compensation grayscale values (for sub-pixels not requiring compensation). This segmentation allows the system to store only necessary compensation data, reducing overall storage space requirements while maintaining a relatively simple storage process.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Measurement precision

If all compensation grayscale values are stored in detail, then the compensation precision is high, but the storage cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompensation precisionVSAvoidstorage cost
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts and stores only the necessary compensation grayscale values in separate tables. By identifying which sub-pixels actually require compensation and storing only those values (first compensation grayscale values) along with their corresponding second compensation grayscale values, the system maintains high compensation precision while avoiding the storage cost of redundant data for sub-pixels that do not need compensation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

3Device complexity

If a single table stores all compensation data, then the data structure is simple, but the data retrieval efficiency is low

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata structure complexityVSAvoiddata retrieval efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the compensation data into two separate tables: a first table storing first compensation grayscale values and a second table storing second compensation grayscale values. This segmentation enables more efficient data retrieval by allowing the system to quickly determine which table to access based on the sub-pixel's compensation requirements, improving productivity while maintaining manageable data structure complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10950164B2Method and device for determining compensation grayscale value of display panel, and display device
Publication Date: 2021.03.16 WUHAN TIANMA MICRO ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is a method for determining a compensation grayscale value of a display panel. The method includes searching, in a table of grayscale bit number judgment values, for a grayscale bit number judgment value corresponding to a sub-pixel to be compensated; determining a compensation grayscale value corresponding to the sub-pixel to be compensated by a first reading process if the grayscale bit number judgment value satisfies a grayscale bit number condition, and determining the compensation grayscale value corresponding to the sub-pixel to be compensated by a second reading process if the grayscale bit number judgment value does not satisfy the grayscale bit number condition.