Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11062644-B2
Application number	US-201816004450-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2018
Priority date	Sep 14, 2017
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

A display device includes a display panel, a light source module and a control unit. The display panel includes plural display areas. The light source module includes plural light source units. The light source units are configured to output plural light beams to illuminate the display areas of the display panel. The control unit is coupled to the light source module and configured to receive a frame data. The frame data includes plural subframe data, and the subframe data are displayed on the display areas. The control unit is further configured to control a first light source unit of the light source units to adjust a brightness corresponding to a first color of a first light beam of the light beams according to a ratio of the first color. The ratio of the first color is related to a first subframe data of the subframe data.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A reflective display device, comprising:
a display panel, comprising a plurality of display areas;
a light source module, comprising:
a plurality of light source units, configured to output a plurality of light beams to illuminate the display areas of the display panel respectively, wherein the light source units are corresponding to the light beams and the display areas in a one-to-one manner, and a first light source unit of the light source units is configured to output a first light beam of the light beams to illuminate a first display area of the display areas; and
a control unit, coupled to the light source module and configured to receive a frame data, wherein the frame data comprises a plurality of subframe data that are displayed on the display areas in a one-to-one manner, wherein the light source units are external to the display panel to additionally emit light to the display areas of the display panel while the subframe data are displayed in the display areas, wherein a plurality of display colors are displayed on the first display area according to a first subframe data of the subframe data, and a first color of the display colors occupies a first area of the first display area;
wherein the control unit is further configured to control the first light source unit to increase a brightness of the first color in the first display area when the control unit determines that an area ratio of the first area to the first display area is greater than a threshold, wherein the first light color comprises red, green, blue, or white.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
a second light source unit of the light source units is configured to output a second light beam of the light beams to illuminate a second display area of the display areas;
a plurality of display colors are displayed on the second display area according to a second subframe data of the subframe data, and a second color of the display colors occupies a second area of the second display area;
the control unit is configured to control the second light source unit of the light source units to adjust a total brightness of the second light beam of the light beams according to an area ratio of the second area to the second display area.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the control unit is configured to control the second light source unit to reduce the total brightness of the second light beam when the control unit determines that the area ratio of the second area to the second display area is larger than a threshold, wherein the second color comprises black.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first light source unit comprises a red-green-blue (RGB) light emitting diode (LED), and the control unit is configured to control the RGB LED of the first light source unit to adjust the brightness corresponding to the first color of the first light beam according to the area ratio of the first area to the first display area.

5. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a projection unit, configured to project the light beams outputted by the light source units on the display areas of the display panel.

6. A reflective display device, comprising:
a light guide;
a light source module, configured to output a light beam to illuminate the light guide; and
a control unit, coupled to the light source module and configured to receive a frame data, wherein a plurality of display colors are displayed on a display area of the light guide according to the frame data, and a first color of the display colors occupies a first area of the display area, and wherein the light source units are external to the light guide to additionally emit light to the display area of the light guide while the frame data is displayed in the display area;
wherein the control unit is further configured to control the light source module to increase a brightness of the first color in the first area when the control unit determines that an area ratio of the first area to the display area of the light guide is greater than a threshold, the first light color comprising red, green, blue, or white.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the light source module comprises a red-green-blue (RGB) light emitting diode (LED), and the control unit is configured to control the RGB LED of the light source module to adjust the brightness corresponding to the first color of the light beam according to the area ratio of the first area to the first display area.

8. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising:
a first adhesive layer; and
a second adhesive layer, wherein the light guide is disposed between the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer, and the refractive index of the light guide is larger than the refractive index of the first adhesive layer and the refractive index of the second adhesive layer.

Assignees

• E Ink Holdings Inc

Inventors

• Tai Sheng-Chieh
• Pao Yu-Nan
• Huang Hsin-Tao
• Huang Yi-Pai
• Lin Fang-Cheng
• Chang Chi-Wen

Classifications

• G09G3/3473

  based on light coupled out of a light guide, e.g. due to scattering, by contracting the light guide with external means · CPC title

• G09G3/3426

  the different display panel areas being distributed in two dimensions, e.g. matrix · CPC title

• G09G3/2003

  Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607) · CPC title

• G09G2320/0646

  Modulation of illumination source brightness and image signal correlated to each other · CPC title

• G09G3/32 Primary

  semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] · CPC title