Image display system, operation method of the same, and electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10027896-B2
Application number	US-201615392254-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2016
Priority date	Jan 15, 2016
Publication date	Jul 17, 2018
Grant date	Jul 17, 2018

Abstract

To provide an image display system in which an imaging device and a display device are combined. The image display system includes the imaging device including a plurality of pixel blocks and the display device including a plurality of display regions. Image data obtained in the first imaging mode is displayed on the display device as an image, and then, the imaging device switches to the second imaging mode to obtain data of whether an object is changed or not. If the object is changed, the imaging device switches to the first imaging mode, obtain image data newly, and then display the new image on the display device. If the object is not changed, display of the image stored in the display region is maintained and image rewriting is not performed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image display system comprising:
an imaging device comprising a first pixel block and a second pixel block; and
a display device comprising a first display region and a second display region,
wherein in a first mode, each of the first pixel block and the second pixel block is configured to obtain a first image data,
wherein each of the first display region and the second display region is configured to retain the first image data and display the first image data as a first image,
wherein in a second mode, each of the first pixel block and the second pixel block is configured to detect whether an object is changed or not,
wherein, when one of the first pixel block and the second pixel block detects a change of the object, the one of the first pixel block and the second pixel block is configured to obtain a second image data by switching from the second mode to the first mode, and
wherein one of the first display region and the second display region corresponding to the one of the first pixel block and the second pixel block is configured to retain the second image data and display the second image data as a second image.

2. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein the first image displayed in the one of the first display region and the second display region is rewritten to the second image.

3. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the other of the first pixel block and the second pixel block detects the change of the object, the first image displayed in the other of the first display region and the second display region is rewritten.

4. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the other of the first pixel block and the second pixel block does not detect the change of the object, the first image displayed in the other of the first display region and the second display region is not rewritten.

5. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the other of the first pixel block and the second pixel block does not detect the change of the object, the other of the first display region and the second display region keeps displaying the first image.

6. The image display system according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first pixel block and the second pixel block comprises a driver circuit and a first pixel,
wherein the driver circuit comprises a first transistor comprising silicon,
wherein the first pixel comprises a photoelectric conversion element, and
wherein the first transistor and the photoelectric conversion element overlap each other.

7. The image display system according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first pixel block and the second pixel block comprises a driver circuit and a first pixel,
wherein the driver circuit comprises a first transistor comprising silicon,
wherein the first pixel comprises a photoelectric conversion element and a second transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor,
wherein the first transistor and the photoelectric conversion element overlap each other, and
wherein the photoelectric conversion element and the second transistor overlap each other.

8. The image display system according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first pixel block and the second pixel block comprises a driver circuit, a first pixel, and a data converter circuit,
wherein each of the driver circuit and the data converter circuit comprises a first transistor comprising silicon,
wherein the first pixel comprises a photoelectric conversion element, and
wherein the first transistor of one of the driver circuit and the data converter circuit and the photoelectric conversion element overlap each other.

9. The image display system according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first display region and the second display region comprises a second pixel, and
wherein the second pixel comprises a display element and a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor.

10. The image display system according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first display region and the second display region comprises a second pixel,
wherein the second pixel comprises a display element and a transistor comprising an oxide semiconductor, and
wherein the oxide semiconductor comprise indium and zinc.

11. The image display system according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the first display region and the second display region comprises a second pixel,
wherein the second pixel comprises a display element, and
wherein the display element is a liquid crystal element or a light-emitting element.

12. The image display system according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first display region and the second display region has flexibility.

13. An electronic device comprising:
the image display system according to claim 1 ; and
a transmitter and a receiver.

14. A method for operating an image display system comprising:
the image display system comprising:
an imaging device comprising a first pixel block and a second pixel block; and
a display device comprising a first display region and a second display region,

the method comprising the steps of:
in a first mode, obtaining a first image data in each of the first pixel block and the second pixel block;
transmitting the first image data to the display device;
retaining the first image data in the first display region and the second display region and displaying the first image data as a first image in the first display region and the second display region;
in a second mode, detecting whether an object is changed or not in the first pixel block and the second pixel block;
obtaining a second image data in one of the first pixel block and the second pixel block by switching from the second mode to the first mode when the one of the first pixel block and the second pixel block detects a change of the object;
transmitting the second image data to the display device; and
retaining the second image data in one of the first display region and the second display region corresponding to the one of the first pixel block and the second pixel block, and displaying the second image data as a second image in the one of the first display region and the second display region.

15. The method for operating an image display system, according to claim 14 , wherein the first image displayed in the one of the first display region and the second display region is rewritten to the second image.

16. The method for operating an image display system, according to claim 14 , wherein, when the other of the first pixel block and the second pixel block detects the change of the object, the first image displayed in the other of the first display region and the second display region is rewritten.

17. The method for operating an image display system, according to claim 14 , wherein, when the other of the first pixel block and the second pixel block does not detect the change of the object, the first image displayed in the other of the first display region and the second display region is not rewritten.

18. The method for operating an image display system, according to claim 14 , wherein, when the other of the first pixel block and the second pixel block does not detect the change of the object, the other of the first display region and the second display region keeps displaying the first image.

Assignees

• Semiconductor Energy Lab

Inventors

• Ikeda Takayuki

Classifications

• H04N25/709

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• H01L29/24

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