Display Panel Deterioration Compensation Using Sensed Current Ratios

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional display apparatuses face challenges in accurately compensating for display panel deterioration, leading to decreased display quality due to variations in deterioration compensation errors between cells.

Innovation Solution

A display apparatus and method that compensate for display panel deterioration by calculating a stress value based on display luminance, temperature, current, and voltage, and generating a data signal using a ratio between sensed and predicted currents, thereby reducing compensation errors and enhancing display quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional deterioration compensation methods are used, then the display panel can operate, but the accuracy of deterioration compensation decreases due to variation between cells

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedeterioration compensation accuracyVSAvoidcompensation error variation
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by measuring deterioration specifically at reference pixels located in peripheral regions of the display panel, where deterioration is most pronounced. This localized measurement approach allows for more accurate compensation calculations that can be applied across the entire panel, addressing the variation between cells by focusing on the most indicative areas for deterioration assessment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback by continuously monitoring the actual luminance output of reference pixels and comparing it against expected values. This feedback mechanism enables real-time adjustment of compensation parameters, allowing the system to adapt to deterioration changes and maintain accurate compensation over time, thereby reducing compensation errors.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Productivity

If deterioration compensation is performed without precise measurement, then the display can function, but display quality decreases due to compensation errors

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay operation continuityVSAvoiddisplay quality
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-identifying reference pixels in peripheral regions before they undergo significant deterioration. These reference pixels are selected and monitored in advance, allowing the system to track deterioration trends from the early stages. This preliminary identification enables proactive compensation adjustments that maintain display quality without interrupting normal operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces direct physical measurement of each pixel's deterioration with an indirect optical measurement system. By measuring the luminance output of reference pixels and using this information to calculate compensation parameters, the system substitutes complex direct physical analysis with a more efficient optical measurement approach, maintaining precision while improving operational continuity.

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

Data Source

PatentUS12051377B2Display apparatus and method of compensating deterioration of display panel using the same
Publication Date: 2024.07.30 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display apparatus includes a display panel, a driving controller, and a data driver. The driving controller generates a data signal based on input image data. The data driver converts the data signal into a data voltage and outputs the data voltage to the display panel. The driving controller includes a deterioration compensator. The deterioration compensator generates an alpha value based on a ratio between a sensed current read from a portion of the display panel applied with a high power voltage or a portion of the display panel applied with a low power voltage and a predicted current calculated from the input image data and generates the data signal using the input image data, a stress value of a pixel, and the alpha value.