Dual-screen display method for eliminating AR/VR picture tearing and AR/VR display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11113886-B2
Application number	US-201916384119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 15, 2019
Priority date	Sep 20, 2018
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

The present disclosure proposes a dual-screen display method for eliminating AR/VR picture tearing and an AR/VR display device, each single screen in a dual-screen for the dual-screen display method being divided into a first half-screen and a second half-screen respectively. The method includes: performing rendering and scanning in parallel for the first half-screen and the second half-screen in unit of half a frame. A start time of scanning the second half-screen is adjusted to eliminate a picture tearing phenomenon.

First claim

We claim:

1. A dual-screen display method for eliminating Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) picture tearing, each single screen in a dual-screen for the dual-screen display method being divided into a first half-screen and a second half-screen respectively the picture tearing is caused by a backlight black frame insertion for turning off a backlight upon a response of liquid crystal and turning on the backlight after the end of the response, and, the method comprising:
performing rendering and scanning in parallel for the first half-screen and the second half-screen in unit of half a frame,
wherein a rendering time of the frame is greater than a scanning time of the frame, and
a start time of scanning the second half-screen is adjusted to eliminate a picture tearing phenomenon,
wherein performing rendering and scanning in parallel for the first half-screen and the second half-screen in unit of half a frame comprises:
scanning the first half-screen during a first time period in which a second half-frame is rendered, wherein the second half-frame is displayed on the second half-screen, wherein the first time period is between a first vertical sync signal Vsync 1 and a first a 1 sync signal sync 1 ; and
scanning the second half-screen during a second time period in which a first half-frame is rendered, wherein the first half-frame is displayed on the first half-screen, wherein the second time period is between the first sync signal sync 1 and a second vertical sync signal Vsync 2 ; and

wherein the rendering of the second half-frame and the scanning of the first half-screen start at the same time and a duration for the rendering of the second half-frame is greater than that for the scanning of the first half-screen;
wherein the rendering of the first half-frame and the scanning of the second half-screen start at the same time and a duration for the rendering of the first half-frame is greater than that for the scanning of the second half-screen.

2. The dual-screen display method for eliminating AR/VR picture tearing according to claim 1 , wherein the scanning of the second half-screen starts at the end of the rendering of the second half-frame.

3. An Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) display device using the dual-screen display method for eliminating AR/VR picture tearing according to claim 1 , comprising:
a buffer, comprising a first buffer region for storing rendering data of a first half-frame and a second buffer region for storing rendering data of a second half-frame, or a first buffer region for storing rendering data of a first frame and a second buffer region for storing rendering data of a second frame;
a rendering circuit;
a scanning circuit; and
a control circuit configured to control the rendering circuit to write data into the buffer and control the scanning circuit to read data from the buffer,
wherein the control circuit is configured to adjust a start time of reading data from the second buffer region by the scanning circuit to eliminate a picture tearing phenomenon.

4. The AR/VR display device according to claim 3 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
control the scanning circuit to read data from the first buffer region during a time period in which the rendering circuit writes data into the second buffer region; and
control the scanning circuit to read data from the second buffer region during a time period in which the rendering circuit writes data into the first buffer region.

5. The AR/VR display device according to claim 3 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
control the scanning circuit to start reading data from the second buffer region when the rendering circuit completes writing data into the second buffer region.

6. The AR/VR display device according to claim 5 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
control the scanning circuit to start reading data from the first buffer region when the rendering circuit starts writing data into the second buffer region.

7. The AR/VR display device according to claim 5 , wherein the control circuit is configured to:
control the scanning circuit to complete reading data from the first buffer region when the rendering circuit completes writing data into the second buffer region.

8. A dual-screen display method for eliminating Augmented Reality (AR)/Virtual Reality (VR) picture tearing, a dual-screen for the dual-screen display method being divided into a first screen and a second screen respectively, the picture tearing is caused by a backlight black frame insertion for turning off a backlight upon a response of liquid crystal and turning on the backlight after the end of the response, and the method comprising:
performing rendering and scanning in parallel for the first screen and the second screen in unit of a frame,
wherein a rendering time of the frame is greater than a scanning time of the frame, and
a start time of scanning the second screen is adjusted to eliminate a picture tearing phenomenon,
wherein performing rendering and scanning in parallel for the first screen and the second screen in unit of a frame comprises:
scanning the first screen during a first time period in which a second frame is rendered, wherein the second frame is displayed on the second screen, wherein the first time period is between a first vertical sync signal Vsync 1 and a first a 1 sync signal sync 1 ; and
scanning the second screen during a second time period in which a first frame is rendered, wherein the first frame is displayed on the first screen, wherein the second time period is between the first sync signal sync 1 and a second vertical sync signal Vsync 2 ,

wherein the scanning of the first screen and the rendering of the second frame start at the same time and a duration for the rendering of the second frame is greater than that for the scanning of the first screen;
wherein the rendering of the first frame and the scanning of the second screen start at the same time and a duration for the rendering of the first frame is greater than that for the scanning of the second screen.

9. The dual-screen display method for eliminating AR/VR picture tearing according to claim 8 , wherein the scanning of the second screen starts at the end of the rendering of the second frame.

Assignees

• Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhao Bin
• Wang Lixin
• Li Xi
• Suo Jianwen
• Fan Qingwen
• Peng Jinbao
• Qin Ruifeng
• Lu Yuanjie
• Miao Jinghua
• Sun Yukun
• Wang Xuefeng
• Li Wenyu
• Chen Lili
• Zhang Hao

Classifications

• G06V20/20

  in augmented reality scenes · CPC title

• G09G5/12 Primary

  Synchronisation between the display unit and other units, e.g. other display units, video-disc players · CPC title

• G06F3/1446

  display composed of modules, e.g. video walls · CPC title

• G06T15/005

  General purpose rendering architectures · CPC title

• G02B27/017

  Head mounted · CPC title