Electronic device comprising display, and operation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11862125-B2
Application number	US-202318104965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2023
Priority date	Aug 4, 2020
Publication date	Jan 2, 2024
Grant date	Jan 2, 2024

Abstract

On an electronic device which includes a display device comprising a display driving circuit, a processor, and a memory a method for changing a refresh rate of the display device includes: changing at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, or a third parameter in response to identifying the occurrence of at least one of a scan rate change request or a change in scan rate change restriction, and applying the changed parameter among the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter. The first parameter is the frequency of a first synchronization signal generated in the display driving circuit, the second parameter is the increase or decrease in a blank area to substitute for a portion of active video area in frame information, and the third parameter is the frequency of a second synchronization signal for rendering.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a display device including a display driving circuit;
a processor operatively connected to the display device; and
a memory operatively connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores at least one instruction which, when executed, causes the processor to:
identify whether at least one of a request for changing a refresh rate and a change of restriction in changing the refresh rate is made;
change at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, and a third parameter, in response to identifying that the at least one of the request for the change of the refresh rate and the change of restriction in the change of the refresh rate is made; and
apply a changed parameter of the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter,

wherein the first parameter is a frequency of a first synchronization signal formed in the display driving circuit,
wherein the second parameter is an increment or a decrement of a blank area in frame information to substitute for a portion of an active video area, and
wherein the third parameter is a frequency of a second synchronization signal for rendering.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the processor to:
change the third parameter when the electronic device is under a visibility condition increasing a visibility of the change of the refresh rate.

3. The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the visibility condition includes at least one of:
the electronic device being within an environment having lower illuminance of a predetermined threshold value or less;
the display device displaying a still image;
a screen size of the display device being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold size; and
a leakage current of the display device being equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold current.

4. The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one instruction causes the processor to:
change the first parameter, the second parameter, or both the first parameter and the second parameter when the visibility condition is absent.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an illuminance sensor,
wherein the at least one instruction further causes the processor to:
change the third parameter to a target refresh rate when an illuminance value identified using the illuminance sensor is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value; and
change the first parameter or the second parameter to the target refresh rate when the illuminance value is changed to be greater than the predetermined threshold value.

6. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the processor to:
restrict the change of the first parameter and the second parameter when a touch input of a user is identified.

7. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a touch circuit,
wherein the at least one instruction further causes the processor to:
restrict a range for the change of the first parameter and the second parameter to 1/N of a present refresh rate, for an integer value N predetermined for the touch circuit, while a touch input of a user is identified by the touch circuit.

8. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the processor to:
change the third parameter when the electronic device requires a faster reaction rate.

9. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the processor to:
control the display driving circuit to form the first synchronization signal based on the first parameter and to transmit the first synchronization signal to a display controller driver; and
control the display controller driver to form the second synchronization signal based on the third parameter and to transmit the second synchronization signal to a graphics module.

10. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one instruction further causes the processor to:
signal a display controller driver to control the display driving circuit to change a waiting time after outputting a vertical signal, based on the second parameter.

11. A method for changing a refresh rate of a display device of an electronic device, the method comprising:
identifying whether at least one of a request for changing a refresh rate and a change of restriction in changing the refresh rate is made;
changing at least one of a first parameter, a second parameter, and a third parameter, in response to identifying that the at least one of the request for changing the refresh rate and the change of restriction in changing the refresh rate is made; and
applying a changed parameter of the first parameter, the second parameter, and the third parameter,
wherein the first parameter is a frequency of a first synchronization signal formed in a display driving circuit of the display device,
wherein the second parameter is an increment or a decrement of a blank area in frame information to substitute for a portion of an active video area, and
wherein the third parameter is a frequency of a second synchronization signal for rendering.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the third parameter is changed when the electronic device is under a visibility condition increasing a visibility of the change of the refresh rate.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the visibility condition includes at least one of:
the electronic device being within an environment having lower illuminance of a predetermined threshold value or less;
the display device displaying a still image;
a screen size of the display device being greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold size; and
a leakage current of the display device being equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold current.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the first parameter, the second parameter, or both the first parameter and the second parameter are changed when the visibility condition is absent.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the third parameter is changed to a target refresh rate when an illuminance value identified using an illuminance sensor of the electronic device is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold value, and
wherein the first parameter or the second parameter is changed to the target refresh rate when the illuminance value is changed to be greater than the predetermined threshold value.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein a change of the first parameter and the second parameter is restricted when a touch input of a user is identified.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein a range for the change of the first parameter and the second parameter is restricted to 1/N of a present refresh rate, for an integer value N predetermined for a touch circuit of the electronic device, while a touch input of a user is identified by the touch circuit.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein the third parameter is changed when the electronic device requires a faster reaction rate.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the display driving circuit of the electronic device is controlled to form the first synchronization signal based on the first parameter and to transmit the first synchronization signal to a display controller driver, and
wherein the display controller driver is controlled to form the second synchronization signal based on the third parameter and to transmit the second synchronization signal to a graphics module.

20. The met

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Gwanghui
• Lee Minwoo
• Kim Minwoo
• Kim Seungjin
• Jung Woojun

Classifications

• G09G5/006

  Details of the interface to the display terminal (specific for a display terminal using a CRT G09G1/167; using a flat panel G09G3/2096; circuits for interfacing with colour displays G09G5/04) · CPC title

• G09G5/18

  Timing circuits for raster scan displays (specially adapted for television H04N {; synchronisation between the display unit and other display units, videodisc player G09G5/12}) · CPC title

• G09G5/12 Primary

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

• G09G2320/0626

  for control of overall brightness · CPC title

• G09G2340/0435

  Change or adaptation of the frame rate of the video stream · CPC title