RGBW pixel rendering device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10276080-B2
Application number	US-201615328898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 29, 2016
Priority date	Dec 27, 2016
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

The disclosure provides a RGBW pixel rendering device, including a collecting module obtaining a RGB grayscale value, converters converting the RGB grayscale value to a RGB brightness value and converting a second RGBW brightness value to a RGBW grayscale value to be output, a sampler, converting the RGB brightness value to a first RGBW brightness value, a judging element obtaining saturation values and brightness values, and calculating the saturation values and the brightness values respectively to obtain a saturation value difference and a brightness value difference for judging, a rendering element rendering the first RGBW brightness value according to an outcome to obtain the second RGBW brightness values. The disclosure further provides a rendering method. Compared with the prior art, the display has relatively high resolution without losing details.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A RGBW pixel rendering device for a display panel, the rendering device comprising:
a collecting module, configured to obtain a RGB grayscale value of three primary color components of each pixel of an original image in a RGB color space;
converters, coupled to the collecting module and configured to convert the RGB grayscale value to obtain a brightness value of RGB by De-Gamma conversion and covert a second RGBW brightness value to obtain a RGBW grayscale value of a pixel by Gamma conversion then output the RGBW grayscale value;
a sampler, coupled to the converters and configured to convert the brightness value of RGB to a first RGBW brightness value;
a determining element, configured to obtain saturation values and brightness values of two pixels in each group in the original image with two pixels as a group, and obtain a saturation difference and a brightness difference by respective subtraction of the saturation values and the brightness values then obtain an outcome according to the saturation difference and the brightness difference of the two pixels in each groups;

a rendering element, coupled to the sampler and the determining element and configured to render the first RGBW brightness value according to the outcome to obtain the second RGBW brightness value.

2. The RGBW pixel rendering device according to claim 1 , wherein the converters comprise a first converter and a second converter;
the first converter, configured to obtain the brightness value of RGB by De-Gamma conversion of the RGB grayscale value and send the brightness value of RGB to the sampler;
the second converter, configured to obtain the RGBW grayscale value of the pixel by Gamma conversion of the second RGBW brightness value and output the RGBW grayscale value.

3. The RGBW pixel rendering device according to claim 2 , wherein a determining criterion of the determining element determining according to the saturation difference and the brightness difference of two pixels in each of the groups is determining if the saturation differences of each of the groups are less than a first threshold and the brightness differences of each of the groups are more than a second threshold, if the saturation differences of each of the groups are less than the first threshold and the brightness differences of each of the groups are more than the second threshold, the determining element determines the original image to be a text mode, otherwise, the determining element determines the original image to be an image mode.

4. The RGBW pixel rendering device according to claim 3 , wherein when the outcome is the image mode, the rendering element renders by averaging a sum of the brightness values of sub-pixels of an identical type in the first RGBW brightness values of two pixels of each of the groups to obtain the second RGBW brightness value.

5. The RGBW pixel rendering device according to claim 3 , wherein when the outcome is the text mode, the rendering element calculates total brightness values of the first RGBW brightness values of two pixels of each of the groups respectively, and determines the total brightness values of the two pixels to obtain the corresponding second RGBW brightness value, calculation of the total brightness value of the pixels follows a formula below:

P
n

=

W
n

+

R
n

+

G
n

+

B
n

3

brightness values of four sub-pixels comprised in the first RGBW brightness value of the pixel are respectively W n , R n , G n ; B n , n is a serial number of a position where the pixel is in the original image, P n is the total brightness value of the pixel, the formula above obtains the total brightness value of the first RGBW brightness value of the pixel;
when the total brightness value of the pixel on the left of the two pixels in each of the groups is larger than the total brightness value of the pixel on the right of the two pixels in each of the groups, a sum of brightness values of a W sub-pixel in the first RGBW brightness value of the two pixels is averaged to be the brightness value of rendered W sub-pixel, the total brightness values of the pixels on the right side are regarded as brightness values of rendered RGB three sub-pixels respectively, so as to obtain the second RGBW brightness value;
when the total brightness value of the pixels on the left is smaller than the total brightness value of the pixels on the right, the total brightness of the pixels on the left is regarded as the brightness value of rendered W sub-pixel, a sum of brightness values of a R sub-pixel in the first RGBW brightness value of the two pixels is averaged to be the brightness value of rendered R sub-pixel, a sum of brightness values of a G sub-pixel in the first RGBW brightness value of the two pixels is averaged to be the brightness value of rendered G sub-pixel, a sum of brightness values of a B sub-pixel in the first RGBW brightness value of the two pixels is averaged to be the brightness value of rendered B sub-pixel, the second RGBW brightness value is achieved.

6. A RGBW pixel rendering method for a display panel, comprising following steps:
step 1, obtaining a RGB grayscale value of three primary color components of each pixel of an original image in a RGB color space by a collecting module;
step 2, converting the RGB grayscale value to obtain a brightness value of RGB by De-Gamma conversion by converters;
step 3, converting the brightness value of RGB to a first RGBW brightness value by a sampler;
step 4, obtaining saturation values and brightness values of two pixels in each group in the original image with two pixels as a group, obtaining a saturation difference and a brightness difference by respective subtraction of the saturation values and the brightness values, then obtaining an outcome according to the saturation difference and the brightness difference of the two pixels in each group by a determining element;
step 5, rendering the first RGBW brightness value according to the outcome to obtain a second RGBW brightness value by a rendering element;
step 6, obtaining a RGBW grayscale value of a pixel by Gamma conversion of the second RGBW brightness value and outputting the RGBW grayscale value by the converters.

7. The RGBW pixel rendering method according to claim 6 , wherein the converters comprise a first converter and a second converter;
after the collecting module sends the RGB grayscale value to the converter, the first converter obtains the brightness value of RGB by De-Gamma conversion of the RGB grayscale value and sends the brightness value of RGB to the sampler;
after the rendering element sends the rendered second RGBW brightness value to the converters, the second converter obtains a RGBW grayscale value of the pixel by Gamma conversion of the second RGBW brightness value and outputs the RGBW grayscale value.

8. The RGBW pixel rendering method according to claim 7 , wherein a determining criterion of the determining element determining according to the saturation difference and the brightness difference of two pixels in each of

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Pan Biao
• Zhong Xinhui

Classifications

• G09G3/3607

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• G09G2300/0452

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• G09G2320/0626

  for control of overall brightness · CPC title

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