Landscape Mode Display Timing Control for Mobile LCD Noise Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional mobile LCD devices are optimized for portrait mode images and face display issues when showing landscape mode images due to differences in writing and reading directions, leading to display problems like noise and inefficiency.

Innovation Solution

A method utilizing a timing controller to manage the display of landscape mode images by controlling the drive timing of the source driver, gate driver, and driving voltage generator, including a video memory to store selected frames and a driver controller to mask the common voltage signal during frame storage, ensuring proper display timing and reducing noise.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If a mobile LCD device optimized for portrait mode displays landscape mode images, then the display can show landscape images, but display quality deteriorates due to noise and timing mismatches

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay mode adaptabilityVSAvoiddisplay quality
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic timing adjustment by detecting the display mode (portrait or landscape) and automatically adjusting the timing signals accordingly. The timing controller dynamically changes the horizontal and vertical synchronization signal timings to match the current orientation, ensuring optimal display quality in both modes without manual intervention.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes key timing parameters including the horizontal synchronization signal period, vertical synchronization signal period, and data enable signal timing based on the detected display mode. By adjusting these temporal parameters, the system resolves the timing mismatch that causes display noise and quality degradation when displaying landscape images on a portrait-optimized device.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Stability of the object's composition

If the common voltage signal is continuously updated for smooth display, then display refresh quality improves, but noise increases when writing landscape mode frames to video memory

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay refresh stabilityVSAvoiddisplay noise
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary anti-action by detecting when a write operation to video memory is in progress and proactively preventing the common voltage signal update that would cause noise. The timing controller monitors the write status and blocks the common voltage transition beforehand, eliminating the harmful interaction between voltage switching and memory writing operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements preliminary action by completing the video frame write operation to memory before initiating the common voltage signal update. This sequencing ensures that the display refresh occurs only after the new frame data is safely stored, preventing noise generation while maintaining smooth display transitions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Ease of manufacture

If the LCD device is optimized for portrait mode with fixed timing signals, then manufacturing and operation are simplified, but landscape mode display performance deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice optimization simplicityVSAvoidlandscape mode support
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements multi-functionality by enabling the timing controller to handle both portrait and landscape display modes using the same hardware infrastructure. By detecting the current mode and adjusting timing parameters dynamically, the device achieves universal compatibility with both orientations without requiring separate hardware optimizations for each mode.

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

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces dynamic adaptability to the previously fixed timing system. The timing controller now dynamically adjusts synchronization signal timings and data enable signals based on the detected display mode, allowing the same device to optimally support both portrait and landscape orientations while maintaining manufacturing simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS7859506B2Liquid crystal display device and method for displaying a landscape mode image
Publication Date: 2010.12.28 SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD
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AI summary

A mobile LCD device controls a common voltage signal VCOM to effectively display a landscape mode image instead of using a separate integrated chip (IC). The LCD device utilizes a method of displaying a landscape mode image including selecting a video frame from M video frames received from an external source where M is greater than or equal to 2. The selected video frame is stored in a video memory. The selected video frame is masked so as not to display the selected video frame while the selected video frame is stored. The stored video frame is displayed a predetermined number of times while the selected video frame is not stored thereby effectively displaying the landscape mode image.