Data transmission method, data transmission system and portable display device of transmitting compressed data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9997132-B2
Application number	US-201515324862-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2015
Priority date	Aug 6, 2015
Publication date	Jun 12, 2018
Grant date	Jun 12, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a data transmission method, a data transmission system and a portable display device, relates to the technical field of display, and can reduce power consumption of the portable display device and improve battery endurance of the portable display device. The data transmission method comprises: compressing display data; transmitting the compressed display data; and decompressing the compressed display data. The data transmission method and the data transmission system according to the present disclosure are used for data transmission between a processor and a source drive circuit in the portable display device.

First claim

We claim:

1. A data transmission method for data transmission between a processor and a source drive circuit in a portable display device, the data transmission method comprising:
at the processor side:
diagnosing a battery level of the portable display device;
selecting a compression format according to the battery level of the portable display device in the selected compression format;
compressing the display data in the selected compression format, such that the lower the battery level of the portable display device is, the smaller the size of the compressed display data is; and
transmitting the compressed display data to the source drive circuit side; and
at the source driver circuit side:
decompressing the compressed display data; and
delivering the decompressed display data to the source drive circuit.

2. The data transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein a compression format for compressing the display data is a lossless compression format or a loss compression format.

3. The data transmission method according to claim 2 , wherein the lossless compression format is Monkey's Audio (APE), Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), Tencent Audio Coding (TAC), WavPack or True Audio (TTA); and the loss compression format is Moving Picture Expert Group Audio Layer III (mp3), Digital Video Express (divX), Xvid, Joint Photographic Experts Group (jpeg), Real Media (rm), Real Media Variable Bitrate (rmvb), Windows Media Audio (wma) or Windows Media Video (wmv).

4. The data transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein selecting the compression format according to the battery level of the portable display device further comprises:
determining whether the battery level of the portable display device is lower than a preset value; and
selecting the lossless compression format if the battery level of the portable display device is no lower than the preset value; and selecting the loss compression format if the battery level of the portable display device is lower than the preset value.

5. The data transmission method according to claim 4 , wherein compressing the display data further comprises: after the compression format is selected according to the battery level of the portable display device, selecting a compression ratio according to the battery level of the portable display device, and compressing the display data in the selected compression format and compression ratio.

6. The data transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein compressing the display data further comprises: after the compression format is selected according to the battery level of the portable display device, selecting a compression ratio according to the battery level of the portable display device, and compressing the display data in the selected compression format and compression ratio.

7. The data transmission method according to claim 6 , wherein selecting the compression ratio according to the battery level of the portable display device comprises: selecting a smaller compression ratio as the battery level of the portable display device becomes lower.

8. The data transmission method according to claim 1 , wherein a compression ratio of compressing the display data is within 15%-60%.

9. A data transmission system for data transmission between a processor and a source drive circuit in a portable display device, the data transmission system comprising:
at the processor side,
a battery level diagnosis module configured to diagnose a battery level of the portable display device;
a compression format selection unit configured to select a compression format for compressing the display data according to the battery level of the portable display device;
a compression module, configured to compress the display data in the selected compression format, such that the lower the battery level of the portable display device is, the smaller the size of the compressed display data is; and
a transmission module with an input connected to an output of the compression module, and configured to transmit the compressed display data to the source driver circuit side; and
at the source driver circuit side,
a decompression module with an input connected to an output of the transmission module, and configured to decompress the compressed display data and output the decompressed display data to the source drive circuit.

10. The data transmission system according to claim 9 , wherein a compression format for compressing the display data by the compression module is a lossless compression format or a loss compression format.

11. The data transmission system according to claim 10 , wherein the lossless compression format is Monkey's Audio (APE), Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC), Tencent Audio Coding (TAC), WavPack or True Audio (TTA); and the loss compression format is Moving Picture Expert Group Audio Layer III (mp3), Digital Video Express (divX), Xvid, Joint Photographic Experts Group (jpeg), Real Media (rm), Real Media Variable Bitrate (rmvb), Windows Media Audio (wma) or Windows Media Video (wmv).

12. The data transmission system according to claim 9 , wherein the compression format selection unit is further configured to:
determine whether the battery level of the portable display device is lower than a preset value; and
select the lossless compression format if the battery level of the portable display device is no lower than the preset value; and select the loss compression format if the battery level of the portable display device is lower than the preset value.

13. The data transmission system according to claim 9 , wherein the compression module further comprises a compression ratio selection unit, configured to select a compression ratio for compressing the display data according to the battery level of the portable display device.

14. The data transmission system according to claim 13 , wherein the compression ratio selection unit is further configured to select a smaller compression ratio as the battery level of the portable display device becomes lower.

15. The data transmission system according to claim 9 , wherein a compression ratio of compressing the display data by the compression module is within 15%˜60%.

16. A portable display device, comprising a processor, a source drive circuit and the data transmission system according to claim 9 , an output of the processor being connected to the input of the compression module, and an output of the decompression module being connected to an input of the source drive circuit.

17. The portable display device according to claim 16 , further comprising: a timing controller with an input connected to the output of the transmission module and an output connected to the input of the source drive circuit, the decompression module being integrated in the timing controller.

18. The portable display device according to claim 16 , further comprising: a gamma correction circuit with an input connected to the output of the decompression module and an output connected to the input of the source drive circuit.

Assignees

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

Inventors

• He Quanhua
• Zhang Hao
• Shi Lingyun
• Wang Guangquan
• Bo Jian

Classifications

• H04N19/12

  Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264 · CPC title

• G09G2310/08

  Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery · CPC title

• G09G2320/0673

  for control of gamma adjustment, e.g. selecting another gamma curve · CPC title

• H04N19/172

  the region being a picture, frame or field · CPC title

• H04N19/156

  Availability of hardware or computational resources, e.g. encoding based on power-saving criteria · CPC title