Wireless Display Antenna Segmentation for Brightness Uniformity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless display devices often experience non-uniform brightness due to interference between data signals transmitted by adjacent antennas, leading to inconsistent illumination across the display panel.

Innovation Solution

The use of multiple receiving antenna units to provide phase-differentiated data signals to pixel units, allowing for controlled brightness adjustment across different areas of the display, maintaining an average brightness level by adjusting phase differences between signals during successive frames.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Area of stationary object

If wireless transmission is used to transmit display data, then the display area can be increased and bezel area narrowed, but non-uniform brightness occurs

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay areaVSAvoidbrightness uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Area of stationary objectVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The display panel is divided into multiple areas (first area, second area, third area) that are respectively driven by different antenna units (first, second, third antenna units). Each antenna unit transmits data signals to its corresponding area through dedicated data lines, preventing signal interference between adjacent areas and ensuring uniform brightness across the entire display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Different antenna units are assigned to drive different local areas of the display panel. The first antenna unit drives the first area, the second antenna unit drives the second area, and the third antenna unit drives the third area. This local assignment ensures that each area receives optimized signal transmission without interference from other areas, maintaining consistent brightness characteristics across the display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Illumination intensity

If multiple antenna units are used to drive different areas, then brightness uniformity can be improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebrightness uniformityVSAvoidantenna unit quantity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Multiple antenna units are designed with identical functional capabilities, each capable of independently driving a corresponding area of the display panel. This modular universal design allows the system to maintain brightness uniformity across multiple areas while keeping each antenna unit's structure standardized and manageable, reducing overall system complexity through repetition of proven functional blocks.

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

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This approach ensures constant brightness across the display device, preventing flickers and non-uniform brightness issues, allowing users to view consistent images without brightness variations.

Implementation Method 1

multiple receiving antenna units are electrically coupled to the pixel circuit. The multiple receiving antenna units include a first receiving antenna unit and a second receiving antenna unit

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectromagnetic reception: Electromagnetic Induction

Implementation Method 2

The first receiving antenna unit is configured to provide a first data signal to the pixel units in a first part for driving the pixel units in the first part to illuminate at a first brightness

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectElectroluminescence: Electroluminescence

Data Source

PatentUS11114064B2Display device and driving method thereof
Publication Date: 2021.09.07 AU OPTRONICS CORP
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AI summary

A display device includes a pixel circuit and receiving antenna units. The pixel circuit is disposed in the active area, and the pixel circuit includes pixel units. The receiving antenna units are electrically connected to the pixel circuit. The receiving antenna units include a first receiving antenna unit and a second receiving antenna unit. The first receiving antenna unit is configured to provide a first data signal to the pixel units in a first part, and the pixel units in the first part are configured to illuminate at a first brightness. The second receiving antenna unit is configured to provide a second data signal to the pixel units in a second part, and the pixel units in the second part are configured to illuminate at a second brightness.