Display Processor Overdrive Circuit for Motion Blur Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Liquid crystal display devices have slower response times, leading to motion blur in dynamic videos, which negatively impacts user experience and is exacerbated by the generation of inversion ghost images during overdrive processes.

Innovation Solution

A processor is coupled to a display panel, comprising a storage circuit, a converter circuit, and an overdrive circuit. The converter circuit adjusts the frame rate of input video data, and the overdrive circuit performs an overdrive process to generate a driving signal, enhancing the display panel's response time and preventing inversion ghost images by optimizing the frame rate and overdrive voltage.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If the liquid crystal display device uses conventional display technology, then the device structure is simple, but the response time is slow causing motion blur

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse timeVSAvoiddevice structure
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The display system is divided into multiple functional modules: a processor with storage circuit, converter circuit, and overdrive circuit. The overdrive circuit further segments the signal processing into separate functional blocks that can independently optimize response time without compromising overall system stability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The converter circuit performs frame rate adjustment in advance before the overdrive circuit processes the signal. By pre-adjusting the frame rate of input video data, the system prepares the signal optimally for subsequent overdrive processing, reducing motion blur before it occurs rather than correcting it afterward.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Speed

If the overdrive process is applied to speed up response time, then motion blur is reduced, but inversion ghost images are generated

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse timeVSAvoidinversion ghost images
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The processor monitors the display output and uses feedback to adjust the overdrive voltage dynamically. This feedback mechanism allows the system to maintain fast response times while detecting and preventing inversion ghost images from being generated, creating a closed-loop control system that balances performance and quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Solution Approach 2:

The system dynamically adjusts multiple parameters including frame rate and overdrive voltage based on the input signal characteristics. By changing these parameters adaptively rather than using fixed values, the system optimizes response time for each specific display condition while avoiding the generation of inversion ghost images.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Speed

If the frame rate is adjusted to optimize display performance, then response time improves, but video data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresponse timeVSAvoidvideo data processing
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The converter circuit and overdrive circuit are merged into a single processor unit that handles both frame rate adjustment and overdrive processing. This integration allows the system to perform multiple complex operations sequentially within one device, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high processing capability for response time optimization.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11388368B2Processor and display method
Publication Date: 2022.07.12 REALTEK SEMICON CORP
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AI summary

A processor is configured to be coupled to a display panel. The processor includes a first storage circuit, a converter circuit, and an overdrive circuit. The first storage circuit is configured to store input video data. The converter circuit is configured to receive the input video data, and adjust a frame rate of the input video data, to generate adjusted video data. The overdrive circuit is configured to perform an overdrive process according to the adjusted video data, to generate a driving signal, such that the display panel displays a video according to the adjusted video data and the driving signal.