Driving method and driving device for liquid crystal panel, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9483988-B2
Application number	US-201314097350-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 5, 2013
Priority date	Dec 5, 2012
Publication date	Nov 1, 2016
Grant date	Nov 1, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display and more particularly to a driving method and driving device for a liquid crystal panel, and to a liquid crystal display device comprising a liquid crystal panel. The driving method comprises: receiving an original input signal; judging whether or not a current time is within a signal conversion phase; and when the judgment result indicates that the current time is within the signal conversion phase, generating a target driving signal based on the original input signal, and outputting the target driving signal to a data line of a liquid crystal panel or generating an original driving signal based on the original input signal and outputting the original driving signal to the data line. The polarity of the target driving signal is opposite to that of the original driving signal. An amplitude of the target driving signal corresponding to a first frame within the signal conversion phase is less than an amplitude of the original driving signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A driving method for a liquid crystal panel, used for an electronic device having the liquid crystal panel, comprising:
a reception step of receiving an original input signal;
a judgment step of judging whether or not a current time is within a signal conversion phase, to obtain a judgment result; and
an output step of, when the judgment result indicates that the current time is within the signal conversion phase, generating a target driving signal based on the original input signal, and outputting the target driving signal to a data line of the liquid crystal panel so as to charge a pixel electrode, otherwise, generating an original driving signal based on the original input signal and outputting the original driving signal to the data line so as to charge the pixel electrode,
wherein a polarity of the target driving signal is opposite to a polarity of the original driving signal, and
an amplitude of the target driving signal corresponding to a first frame within the signal conversion phase is less than an amplitude of the original driving signal;
wherein the original input signal is the original driving signal generated and output by the data driving unit, and the output step comprises:
when the judgment result indicates that the current time is within the signal conversion phase, receiving the original driving signal from the data driving unit, processing the original driving signal to obtain the target driving signal, and outputting the target driving signal to the data line of the liquid crystal panel; and
when the judgment result indicates that the current time is not within the signal conversion phase, receiving the original driving signal from the data driving unit, and directly outputting the original driving signal to the data line of the liquid crystal panel; wherein a difference between a first voltage of the pixel electrode driven by the target driving signal and a second voltage of the pixel electrode driven by the original driving signal is less than a predetermined threshold.

2. The driving method according to claim 1 , wherein the original input signal is a signal received by a timing controller, the output step is executed by the timing controller and a data driving unit, and
the output step comprises:
when the judgment result indicates that the current time is not within the signal conversion phase, generating, by the timing controller, a first source signal based on the original input signal and outputting the first source signal, otherwise generating and outputting a second source signal based on the original input signal; and
processing, by the data driving unit, the first source signal and the second source signal from the timing controller according to a predetermined algorithm, and outputting processed signals to the data line,
wherein the first source signal is processed by the data driving unit according to the predetermined algorithm to obtain the original driving signal, and the second source signal is processed to obtain the target driving signal.

3. The driving method according to claim 2 , wherein in the output step, the second source signal is generated and output based on the first source signal and a difference between a grayscale corresponding to the target driving signal and a grayscale corresponding to the original driving signal.

4. The driving method according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a liquid crystal television.

5. A driving device for a liquid crystal panel, used for an electronic device having the liquid crystal panel, comprising:
a receiving circuit, configured to receive an original input signal;
a judging circuit, configured to judge whether or not a current time is within a signal conversion phase, to obtain a judgment result; and
an outputting circuit, configured to, when the judgment result indicates that the current time is within the signal conversion phase, generate a target driving signal based on the original input signal, and output the target driving signal to a data line of the liquid crystal panel so as to charge a pixel electrode, otherwise, generate an original driving signal based on the original input signal and output the original driving signal to the data line so as to charge the pixel electrode,
wherein a polarity of the target driving signal is opposite to a polarity of the original driving signal, and
an amplitude of the target driving signal corresponding to a first frame within the signal conversion phase is less than an amplitude of the original driving signal;
wherein the original input signal is the original driving signal generated and output by the a data driving unit, and the outputting circuit comprises:
a first processing unit, configured to, when the judgment result indicates that the current time is within the signal conversion phase, receive the original driving signal from the data driving unit, process the original driving signal to obtain the target driving signal, and output the target driving signal to the data line of the liquid crystal panel; and
a second processing unit, configured to, when the judgment result indicates that the current time is not within the signal conversion phase, receive the original driving signal from the data driving unit, and directly output the original driving signal to the data line of the liquid crystal panel;
wherein a difference between a first voltage of the pixel electrode driven by the target driving signal and a second voltage of the pixel electrode driven by the original driving signal is less than a predetermined threshold.

6. The driving device according to claim 5 , wherein the original input signal is a signal received by a timing controller, and the outputting circuit comprises:
a timing controller, configured to, when the judgment result indicates that the current time is not within the signal conversion phase, generate a first source signal based on the original input signal and output the first source signal, otherwise generate and output a second source signal based on the original input signal; and
a data driving unit, configured to process the first source signal and the second source signal from the timing controller according to a predetermined algorithm, and output processed signals to the data line,
wherein the first source signal is processed by the data driving unit according to the predetermined algorithm to obtain the original driving signal, and the second source signal is processed to obtain the target driving signal.

7. The driving device according to claim 6 , wherein the timing controller is specifically configured to generate the second source signal based on the first source signal and a difference between a grayscale corresponding to the target driving signal and a grayscale corresponding to the original driving signal, and output the second source signal.

8. The driving device according to claim 5 , wherein the electronic device is a liquid crystal television.

9. A display device, comprising a liquid crystal panel, wherein the display device further comprises a driving device, the driving device comprising:
a receiving circuit, configured to receive an original input signal;
a judging circuit, configured to judge whether or not a current time is within a signal conversion phase, to obtain a judgment result; and
an outputting circuit, configured to, when the judgment result indicates that the current time is within the signal conversion phase, generate a target driving signal based on the original input signal, and output the target driving signal to a data line of the liquid crystal panel so as to charge a pixel electrode, otherwise, generate an original driving signal based on the original input signal and output the orig

Assignees

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

Inventors

• Xi Yusheng
• Lin Hongtao
• Hu Haichen

Classifications

• G09G2340/16

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