Display Panel Region Frequency Control for Power and Image Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices face challenges in maintaining display quality while simultaneously displaying multiple images with high power consumption.

Innovation Solution

A display device and driving method that differentiates between regions displaying moving and still images, adjusting the driving frequency accordingly, with moving images at normal frequency and still images at a lower frequency to reduce power consumption without degrading display quality.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by moving object

If the driving frequency is reduced to lower power consumption, then energy efficiency improves, but display quality may deteriorate

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoiddisplay quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by dividing the display screen into multiple regions and assigning different driving frequencies to different regions based on their specific needs. Regions displaying still images are driven at lower frequencies to save power, while regions displaying moving images maintain normal frequencies to ensure display quality. This localized differentiation resolves the contradiction by optimizing power consumption without compromising overall display quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the display area into multiple regions with different image characteristics (still vs. moving images). By segmenting the display and applying different driving strategies to different segments, the system achieves both power savings in still image regions and quality maintenance in moving image regions, resolving the contradiction between power consumption and display quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Adaptability or versatility

If multiple images are displayed simultaneously on different regions, then display versatility improves, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay versatilityVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements local quality by treating different display regions differently based on their content requirements. Each region is evaluated independently, and driving parameters are adjusted locally according to whether the region displays still or moving images. This approach enables the display to handle multiple diverse images simultaneously while optimizing power consumption for each region individually.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies dynamics by making the driving frequency adjustable and changeable based on real-time display requirements. The system dynamically switches between normal frequency and reduced frequency modes for different regions, allowing the display to adapt its power consumption characteristics to match the actual content being displayed, thus supporting versatile multi-image display while managing power efficiently.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP3965097B1Display device and driving method thereof
Publication Date: 2026.04.15 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display device (DD, DD2) includes a display panel (DP), a data driving circuit (200) which drives a plurality of data lines (DL1, DL2, DLm), a scan driving circuit (SD) which drives a plurality of scan lines (GIL1, GCL1, GWL1, GWL2, GILj, GCLj, GWLj; GWLj+1, GILn, GCLn, GWLn, GWLn+1), and a driving controller (100) which controls the data driving circuit (200) and the scan driving circuit (SD) such that the display panel (DP) is divided into a first display region (DA1) and a second display region (DA2) during a multi-frequency mode (MFM) and the first display region (DA1) and the second display region (DA2) are respectively operated at different frequencies, where the driving controller (100) changes an operation mode to a normal mode (NFM) when a still image (IM3) and a moving image (IM1) are simultaneously displayed in the first display region (DA1) during the multi-frequency mode (MFM) and the duration of the still image (IM3) reaches a predetermined time (TT) and/or the brightness (B) of the still image (IM3) reaches a predetermined brightness (BT).