Zone-Based Block Compensation for OLED Pixel Deterioration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Display apparatuses, particularly organic light emitting display apparatuses, face issues with luminance differences and afterimages due to pixel element deterioration, which affect display quality and require effective compensation methods to enhance performance and reduce memory size.

Innovation Solution

A deterioration compensation apparatus that divides the display area into zones, varying the block size based on distance from the central portion, generates stress values for output image data, and compensates input image data by accumulating and decoding these values to adjust pixel usage and luminance, thereby improving display quality and reducing memory size.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If uniform block size is used for all pixels in the display area, then processing is simplified, but display quality deteriorates due to insufficient compensation precision in different display regions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompensation precisionVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by dividing the display area into multiple zones with different block sizes. Central region pixels use smaller blocks for higher precision compensation, while peripheral region pixels use larger blocks. This allows each region to receive appropriate compensation precision matched to its importance and deterioration characteristics, resolving the contradiction between compensation precision and processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Manufacturing precision

If small block size is used for all pixels, then compensation precision is improved, but memory size increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompensation precisionVSAvoidmemory size
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The patent reduces memory size by applying different block sizes to different display regions. Since peripheral regions use larger blocks (fewer blocks total) and central regions use smaller blocks (more blocks but higher precision needed), the overall memory requirement is optimized. This local differentiation strategy maintains high compensation precision where needed while minimizing total memory consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Quantity of substance

If large block size is used for all pixels, then memory size is reduced, but display quality deteriorates due to insufficient compensation precision

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvememory sizeVSAvoidcompensation precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent resolves this contradiction by assigning larger blocks to peripheral regions where lower precision is acceptable, and smaller blocks to central regions where high precision is critical for display quality. This spatially differentiated approach minimizes memory size while maintaining compensation precision in the most important display areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

4Speed

If high processing speed is maintained for full resolution compensation, then real-time compensation is achieved, but power consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing speedVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSUse of energy by moving object

Solution Approach 1:

The patent reduces power consumption by processing different display regions at different effective resolutions. Peripheral regions use larger blocks requiring fewer processing operations, while central regions use smaller blocks for higher precision. This differential processing strategy maintains real-time compensation capability in critical areas while reducing overall computational load and power consumption.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11238787B2Deterioration compensation apparatus, display apparatus having the same and method of compensating deterioration of display apparatus using the same
Publication Date: 2022.02.01 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A deterioration compensation apparatus includes a zone determiner, a stress generator, a first memory and a stress compensator. The zone determiner divides a display area into zones based on a distance from a central portion of the display area. The stress generator generates stress values of output image data for blocks including a plurality of pixels in the display area. The first memory accumulates the stress values of the output image data for the blocks and stores the accumulated stress values of the output image data for the blocks. The stress compensator receives the accumulated stress values of the output image data for the blocks and compensates input image data in a unit of pixels. A number of the pixels included in a block of the blocks varies according to the zone in which the pixels included in the block are located.