Devices and methods for dimming a display screen

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11335301-B2
Application number	US-202117238195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2021
Priority date	Jun 30, 2017
Publication date	May 17, 2022
Grant date	May 17, 2022

Abstract

A device for dimming a display screen includes a pixel driving circuit including a first Thin-Film Transistor, a second Thin-Film Transistor, a third Thin-Film Transistor, a capacitor and a pixel. Signals received by a gate of the first Thin-Film Transistor and a first electrode of the first Thin-Film Transistor correspond to a scanning signal Vscan and a data signal Vdata, respectively. Signals received by a gate of the third Thin-Film Transistor and a first electrode of the third Thin-Film Transistor correspond to a Vpwm signal and a transmitted signal transmitted from a second electrode of the second Thin-Film Transistor, respectively. A second electrode of the third Thin-Film Transistor is connected to the pixel. The capacitor is connected between the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor and a power supply.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for dimming a display screen, comprising:
a pixel driving circuit comprising a first Thin-Film Transistor, a second Thin-Film Transistor, a third Thin-Film Transistor, a capacitor and a pixel;
wherein signals received by a gate of the first Thin-Film Transistor and a first electrode of the first Thin-Film Transistor correspond to a scanning signal Vscan and a data signal Vdata, respectively;
wherein signals received by a gate of the third Thin-Film Transistor and a first electrode of the third Thin-Film Transistor correspond to a Vpwm signal and a transmitted signal transmitted from a second electrode of the second Thin-Film Transistor, respectively;
wherein a second electrode of the third Thin-Film Transistor is connected to the pixel; and
wherein the capacitor is connected between the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor and a power supply;
wherein the device for dimming the display screen is characterized by a first dimming mode and a second dimming mode, the first dimming mode is activated to perform a first dimming operation on the display screen by adjusting a duty ratio of the Vpwm signal when a parameter value corresponding to a brightness of the display screen is less than a set threshold, the second dimming mode is activated to perform a second dimming operation on the display screen by adjusting a voltage of the data signal Vdata when the parameter value corresponding to the brightness of the display screen is not less than the set threshold.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the data signal Vdata received by the first electrode of the first Thin-Film Transistor has a constant voltage during a process of the dimming in the first dimming mode.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the capacitor is parallel connected between the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor and the power supply.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein a first electrode of the second Thin-Film Transistor is connected to the power supply.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein a signal received by the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor corresponds to a signal transmitted from the second electrode of the first Thin-Film Transistor.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein a signal received by the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor corresponds to a voltage of the data signal Vdata.

7. A method for dimming a display screen, comprising:
acquiring, by a device for dimming the display screen, a parameter value of the display screen to be adjusted, the parameter value having a correspondence with a brightness of the display screen;
comparing, by the device, the parameter value with a set threshold to obtain a comparison result;
determining, by the device, whether to perform a first dimming mode or a second dimming mode according to the comparison result; and
performing by the device, dimming on the display screen in the corresponding dimming mode;
wherein the device comprises a pixel driving circuit comprising a first Thin-Film Transistor, a second Thin-Film Transistor, a third Thin-Film Transistor, a capacitor and a pixel;
wherein signals received by a gate of the first Thin-Film Transistor and a first electrode of the first Thin-Film Transistor correspond to a scanning signal Vscan and a data signal Vdata, respectively;
wherein signals received by a gate of the third Thin-Film Transistor and a first electrode of the third Thin-Film Transistor correspond to a Vpwm signal and a transmitted signal transmitted from a second electrode of the second Thin-Film Transistor, respectively;
wherein a second electrode of the third Thin-Film Transistor is connected to the pixel; and
wherein the capacitor is connected between the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor and a power supply;
wherein the first dimming mode is activated to perform a first dimming operation on the display screen by adjusting a duty ratio of the Vpwm signal when the parameter value corresponding to the brightness of the display screen is less than the set threshold, the second dimming mode is activated to perform a second dimming operation on the display screen by adjusting a voltage of the data signal Vdata when the parameter value corresponding to the brightness of the display screen is not less than the set threshold.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the capacitor is parallel connected between the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor and the power supply.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein a first electrode of the second Thin-Film Transistor is connected to the power supply.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein a signal received by the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor corresponds to a signal transmitted from the second electrode of the first Thin-Film Transistor.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein a signal received by the gate of the second Thin-Film Transistor corresponds to a voltage of the data signal Vdata.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein
the first dimming mode is activated when the display screen is desired to be adjusted to a low brightness, the second dimming mode is activated when the display screen is desired to be adjusted to a high brightness.

13. The method of claim 7 , wherein
the first dimming mode is activated when the display screen is desired to be adjusted to a low brightness, the second dimming mode is activated when the display screen is desired to be adjusted to a high brightness.

Assignees

• Kunshan Govisionox Optoelectronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Yuqing

Classifications

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title

• H10D86/481

  integrated with passive devices, e.g. auxiliary capacitors · CPC title

• G09G3/3233

  with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element · CPC title

• G09G2360/144

  the light being ambient light · CPC title

• G09G2320/064

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