Transparent Display Panel Spatial Segmentation for Image Background Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current transparent display technologies face challenges in simultaneously displaying input images and background images effectively, particularly in terms of resolution and pixel distribution, which affects the overall display quality and viewer experience.
Innovation Solution
The proposed display apparatus incorporates a first and second image sensor, a first and second display panel, and corresponding timing controllers and data drivers to extract and combine partial image data and partial background image data, generating composite images by alternating pixel groups on the display panels, thereby enhancing display resolution and integration with background imagery.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If transparent display apparatus displays both input image and background image simultaneously, then display versatility is improved, but display resolution and pixel distribution deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The display panel is divided into multiple regions: a first region for displaying the input image and a second region for displaying the background image. This spatial segmentation allows both images to be displayed simultaneously without interfering with each other, resolving the contradiction between display versatility and resolution by dedicating specific pixel areas to specific image types.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a temporal dimension by sequentially displaying the input image and background image at different time periods. The input image is displayed during a first time period, and the background image is displayed during a second time period. This temporal multiplexing allows both images to occupy the same spatial pixels without simultaneous interference, thereby maintaining high resolution while achieving versatile display functionality.
2Manufacturing precision
If image sensors and display panels are added to extract and combine partial image data, then display quality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The image sensors and display panels are designed to perform multiple functions: capturing both input images and background images, processing partial image data, and displaying composite images. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate dedicated components for each function, thereby improving display quality while controlling the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
A controller is introduced as an intermediary component that coordinates the image sensors, processes the captured image data, and controls the display panels. The controller manages the timing and data flow between components, simplifying the overall system architecture by centralizing control logic rather than requiring direct point-to-point connections between all components.
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AI summary
A display apparatus includes an image sensor, a display panel, a timing controller, and a data driver. The image sensor senses a background image and generates background image data based on the background image. The display panel includes a first group of pixels disposed on a first area of the display panel and a second group of pixels disposed on a second area of the display panel. The timing controller extracts partial image data corresponding to the first area from input image data and partial background image data corresponding to the second area from the first background image data. The data driver generates first data voltages based on the partial image data, generates second data voltages based on the partial background image data, to output the first data voltages to the first group of pixels, and to output the second data voltages to the second group of pixels.