Method and device for adjusting a backlight

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10789896-B2
Application number	US-201816331441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2018
Priority date	Aug 18, 2017
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

A method for adjusting a backlight and a device for adjusting a backlight are provided. A parameter may be set as one of detectable physical quantities of the backlight. The physical quantity, for example, may be a current through a light emitting device, brightness of the light emitting device, or the like. An average value of the parameter is obtained according to values of the parameter which are detected in real time. When the average value is beyond a preset parameter range, a value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device is adjusted, so that the current through the light emitting device is adjusted, and brightness of the backlight is adjusted. Thereby, brightness of the backlight can be adjusted in different ways, so that brightness of the backlight can be stable in different environments.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for adjusting a backlight, comprising:
obtaining a value for a parameter of a light emitting device in the backlight;
determining an average value according to the value of the parameter that was obtained; and
adjusting a value of a voltage which is input to the light emitting device, when the average value is outside of a preset parameter range,
wherein the parameter comprises current, and adjusting the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device comprises when the average value is less than a minimum rated current in a preset current range, increasing the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device, and when the average value is greater than a maximum rated current in the preset current range, decreasing the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device,
or
wherein the parameter comprises brightness, and the adjusting the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device comprises when the average value is less than a minimum rated brightness in a preset brightness range, increasing the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device, and when the average value is greater than a maximum rated brightness in the preset brightness range, decreasing the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device.

2. A device for adjusting a backlight, comprising:
a detecting circuit configured to obtain a value for a parameter of a light emitting device in the backlight;
a determining circuit configured to determine an average value according to the value for the parameter that was obtained; and
a control circuit configured to, when the average value is beyond a preset parameter range, adjust a value of a voltage which is input to the light emitting device,
wherein the parameter comprises current, and the control circuit is configured to:
when the average value is less than a minimum rated current in a preset current range, increase the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device; and
when the average value is greater than a maximum rated current in the preset current range, decrease the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
when the average value is less than a minimum rated current in a preset current range, according to a current difference between the average value and the minimum rated current, determine a first adjustment amount of a duty cycle of a voltage control signal; and
increase the duty cycle of the voltage control signal by the first adjustment amount.

4. The device of claim 2 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
when the average value is greater than a maximum rated current in the preset current range, according to a current difference between the average value and the maximum rated current, determine a second adjustment amount for a duty cycle of a voltage control signal; and
decrease the duty cycle of the voltage control signal by the second adjustment amount.

5. The device of claim 2 ,
wherein the light emitting device comprises at least one lamp string,
wherein the detecting circuit comprises at least one current detector, and
wherein the at least one current detector is connected with the at least one lamp string in a one-to-one corresponding relation.

6. A device for adjusting a backlight, comprising:
a detecting circuit configured to obtain a value for a parameter of a light emitting device in the backlight;
a determining circuit configured to determine an average value according to the value for the parameter that was obtained; and
a control circuit configured to, when the average value is beyond a preset parameter range, adjust a value of a voltage which is input to the light emitting device,
wherein the parameter comprises brightness, and the control circuit is configured to:
when the average value is less than a minimum rated brightness in a preset brightness range, increase the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device; and
when the average value is greater than a maximum rated brightness in the preset brightness range, decrease the value of the voltage which is input to the light emitting device.

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
when the average value is less than a minimum rated brightness in a preset brightness range, according to a brightness difference between the average value and the minimum rated brightness, determine a third adjustment amount of a duty cycle of the voltage control signal; and
increase the duty cycle of the voltage control signal by the third adjustment amount.

8. The device of claim 6 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
when the average value is greater than a maximum rated brightness in the preset brightness range, according to a brightness difference between the average value and the maximum rated brightness, determine a fourth adjustment amount of a duty cycle of the voltage control signal; and
decrease the duty cycle of the voltage control signal by the fourth adjustment amount.

9. The device of claim 6 ,
wherein the light emitting device comprises at least one lamp string, and
wherein the detecting circuit comprises a light sensor which is configured to detect brightness of the at least one lamp string.

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Special Display Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Liu Junguo
• Yao Wenze
• Sun Shenglin
• Zhu Huizhong

Classifications

• G09G3/342 Primary

  using several illumination sources separately controlled corresponding to different display panel areas, e.g. along one dimension such as lines · CPC title

• G09G2320/0626

  for control of overall brightness · CPC title

• G09G2320/0633

  by amplitude modulation of the brightness of the illumination source · CPC title

• G09G2360/16

  Calculation or use of calculated indices related to luminance levels in display data · CPC title

• G09G3/3406 Primary

  Control of illumination source (illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336) · CPC title