Display Panel Signal Control for Brightness Consistency

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional display panels experience issues with synchronization between screen output and display adapter frequency, leading to broken or torn screens during game execution, and changes in screen update frequency cause inconsistent screen brightness.

Innovation Solution

A signal controlling method and display panel design that includes a control module and shift register units to selectively generate internal signals for updating the display screen with first image data when second image data is not received, and to enable scan signal lines in sequence for updating with second image data when it is received, thereby maintaining consistent brightness.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If vertical synchronization function is implemented to achieve synchronization with display adapter frequency, then screen update synchronization is improved, but screen brightness consistency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen update synchronizationVSAvoidscreen brightness consistency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by generating internal initiating signals in advance during the blanking period before the actual screen update. This allows the shift register to be properly initialized and positioned before the new image data is received, ensuring that when the update occurs, the scan signal lines are already ready to receive the data without causing brightness inconsistency. The internal signal generation happens beforehand to prepare the system state for the upcoming synchronization event.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses an intermediary approach by introducing internal initiating signals as mediators between the external initiating signals and the shift register. These internal signals act as a buffer and translator, converting external synchronization signals into internally compatible signals that trigger the shift register at the appropriate moment. This intermediary layer allows the system to maintain synchronization while preserving brightness consistency by controlling when and how the scan signal lines are activated.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If display screen update frequency is reduced to achieve synchronization, then synchronization with display adapter is improved, but screen brightness consistency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesynchronization with display adapterVSAvoidscreen brightness consistency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by preparing the shift register and scan signal lines in advance during the blanking period. This allows the system to reduce update frequency for synchronization while ensuring that when updates do occur, the display hardware is already ready to accept data without brightness fluctuations. The preliminary initialization ensures smooth transitions even at reduced frequencies.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements feedback by using the blanking period signal as feedback information to control the internal initiating signal generation. The system monitors whether the blanking period signal is present and uses this feedback to determine when to generate internal initiating signals. This feedback mechanism ensures that the shift register is activated at the correct moment relative to the synchronization cycle, maintaining brightness consistency even when update frequency is reduced.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

3Illumination intensity

If internal signals are generated to maintain brightness consistency, then screen brightness consistency is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvescreen brightness consistencyVSAvoidcontrol signal generation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies universality by designing the control circuit to perform multiple functions: it generates internal initiating signals, controls the shift register, manages scan signal line activation, and handles brightness consistency all through a single integrated control mechanism. This multi-functional approach reduces the need for separate dedicated circuits for each function, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while achieving brightness consistency.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements self-service by having the control circuit automatically detect the presence or absence of external initiating signals and autonomously generate appropriate internal signals without external intervention. The system monitors its own state and adjusts internal signal generation accordingly, reducing the need for complex external control mechanisms and minimizing overall device complexity while maintaining brightness consistency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10019215B2Signal controlling method and display panel utilizing the same
Publication Date: 2018.07.10 AU OPTRONICS CORP
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AI summary

A signal controlling method adapted for updating a display screen of a panel is disclosed. The signal controlling method includes the following steps: updating the display screen with first image data; determining whether second image data is received; when the second image data is not received, selectively generating an internal signal, using the internal signal to enable a shift register and returning to the step of updating the display screen with the first image data; and when an initiating signal and the second image data are received, enabling a plurality of shift register units of the shift register so that a plurality of scan signal lines of the panel are sequentially enabled and updating the display screen with the second image data.