Embodiment
Hereinafter, describe embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings in detail.Fig. 1 illustrates the skeleton view of display system architectures according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Display system 100 comprises liquid crystal indicator 200 and remote controllers 300.Display device 200 can be any one of OLED, LCD, FED, VFD or PDP.Display device 200 has sending and receiving end 201 (or antenna), communicating with remote controllers 300.The signal that transmits between display device 200 and the remote controllers 300 is RF (radio frequency) signal.Display device shown in Fig. 1 200 can be used as the PID device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Remote controllers 300 comprise display panel 301 and the keyboard 302 that is arranged on remote controllers 300 upper surfaces.Sending and receiving end or antenna (not shown) are arranged on a side of remote controllers 300, communicating with display device 200.
Remote controllers 300 carry out RF in response to the code of institute's button the key on being arranged on keyboard 302 with display device 200 communicates by letter, thereby acquisition is presented on the display panel 301 from the information of display device 200 and with information.In addition, remote controllers 300 are regulated the information of display device 200, then information are sent to display device 200.
Display device 200 offers remote controllers 300 in response to the information that the order that receives from remote controllers 300 will be stored in wherein, and maybe the information stores that will regulate by remote controllers 300 is in display device 200.
According to display system 100 with said structure of the present invention, if the distance between display device 200 and the remote controllers 300 in the scope of RF communication, then the user can monitor or change the information of display device 200 by using remote controllers 300.
Fig. 2 is the block diagram of inner structure that the display device 200 of display system 100 shown in the composition diagram 1 is shown.With reference to Fig. 2, display device 200 comprises liquid crystal panel 210, gate drivers 220, data driver 230, telecommunication circuit 240, controller 250 and external interface 260 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
Many gate lines G L1 to GLn and data line DL to DLm are arranged on the liquid crystal panel 110.In addition, a plurality of pixels as the fundamental of presentation video are arranged in the pixel region that is limited by gate lines G L1 to GLn and data line DL to DLm.Each pixel includes thin film transistor (TFT) Tr and liquid crystal capacitor Clc.For example, in first pixel region, the gate electrode of thin film transistor (TFT) Tr is connected to first grid polar curve GL1, and the source electrode of thin film transistor (TFT) Tr is connected to the first data line DL1, and the drain electrode of thin film transistor (TFT) Tr is connected to the end of liquid crystal capacitor Clc.
Form with chip is prepared gate drivers 220, and it is electrically connected to gate lines G L1 to GLn.Gate drivers 220 sequentially exports gating signal to gate lines G L1 to GLn in response to the first synchronizing signal SYNC1, first and second clock signal CKV and CKVB and the first and second driving voltage VON and VOFF.In addition, prepare data driver 230 with the form of chip, and it is electrically connected to data line DL1 to DLm.Data driver 230 exports data-signal to data line DL1 to DLm in response to the second synchronizing signal SYNC2, simulation gamma electric voltage VGMMA and the 3rd driving voltage AVDD.
Controller 250 is connected to the external device (ED) (not shown) by external interface 260.External interface 260 will be the coherent signal that is used for controller 250 from the conversion of signals of external device (ED) output, subsequently coherent signal will be sent to controller 250.Controller 250 comprises inverter controller (inverter controller) 251, luminance sensor 252, temperature sensor 253, gamma voltage generator 254, timing controller 255, nonvolatile memory 256, is total to voltage generator 257, power supply voltage generator 258 and internal interface 259.
Internal interface 259 is digital serial interface, and the said apparatus of controller 250 (that is, inverter controller 251, luminance sensor 252, temperature sensor 253, gamma voltage generator 254, timing controller 255, nonvolatile memory 256, common voltage generator 257 and power supply voltage generator 258) communicates by internal interface 259 each other.
Internal interface 259 comprises that internal integrated circuit is (hereinafter referred to as I
2C), it is a kind of of digital serial interface.I
2C interface is two-way 2 line interfaces, and comprises the serial time clock line SCL of data communication between the serial data line SDL that is used for data communication and control and the synchronous device.Discern based on the special-purpose address of device and to be connected to I
2The device of C interface, and each device can send or receive data.By the data communication between principal and subordinate's protocol scheme implement device.Main device (master) beginning data transmit and also generate clock signal, the residue device except that main device can be used as with main device carry out data communication from installing (slave).
For example, in controller 250 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, timing controller 255 is as main device, and nonvolatile memory 256, gamma voltage generator 254, voltage generator 257 and power supply voltage generator 258 be as from device altogether.I
2C interface can have a plurality of main devices.In addition, be arranged on the main device that processor 242 (will describe after a while) in the telecommunication circuit 240 can be used as internal interface 259.
Although figure 2 illustrates 2 line I
2The internal interface 259 of C interface form, but 3 line serial peripheral interface (SPI) also can be used as internal interface 259.In this case, 3 line SPI comprise the serial time clock line of data communication between first serial data line, second serial data line that is used for Data Receiving and control and the synchronous device that is used for the data transmission.
Inverter controller 251 controls are used for high voltage is offered the operation of the inverter (not shown) of back light unit (not shown).Luminance sensor 252 detects the brightness that is presented at the image on the liquid crystal panel 210, and temperature sensor 253 detects external temperature.Particularly, temperature sensor 253 detects the surface temperature of liquid crystal panel 210 and the temperature that the substrate of controller 250 is installed.
Timing controller 255 prepares and receives view data I-DATA and outer synchronous signal SYNC, MCLK and DE with chip form.Timing controller 255 is that unit is stored in view data I-DATA in the frame memory (not shown) with 1 frame, and is the reads image data I-DATA of unit with 1 line (line), so that view data I-DATA is sent to data driver 230.In addition, timing controller 255 is exported the first and second synchronizing signal SYNC1 and SYNC2 and first and second clock signal CKV and CKVB by conversion outer synchronous signal SYNC, MCLK and DE.
For example, nonvolatile memory 256 comprises EEPROM.The information relevant with liquid crystal panel 210 primary data that comprises image resolution ratio and panel size of internal interface 259 inputs (that is, by) is stored in the nonvolatile memory 256.In addition, the gamma data with the gray-scale value that can change according to the mean flow rate that is presented at the image on the liquid crystal panel 210 also is stored in the nonvolatile memory 256.If the mean flow rate of image is higher than Benchmark brightness, then the gray level of gamma data is greater than the gray level of benchmark gamma.On the contrary, if the mean flow rate of image is lower than Benchmark brightness, then the gray level of gamma data is less than the gray level of benchmark gamma.
Timing controller 255 is sent to gamma voltage generator 254 by digital gamma data and the synchronizing signal that internal interface 259 will be stored in the nonvolatile memory 256.Gamma voltage generator 254 is converted to simulation gamma data VGMMA in response to the synchronizing signal from timing controller 255 outputs with digital gamma data.Be transferred into data driver 230 from the simulation gamma data VGMMA of gamma voltage generator 254 outputs.
Timing controller 255 generates the driving voltage data based on the data that are stored in the nonvolatile memory 256, by internal interface 259 driving voltage data and synchronizing signal is sent to power supply voltage generator 258 then.Power supply voltage generator 258 is exported first to the 3rd driving voltage VON, VOFF and AVDD and the logic voltage (not shown) that is suitable for liquid crystal panel 210 in response to driving voltage data and synchronizing signal by conversion external voltage Vp.Here, voltage generator 257, timing controller 255 and gamma voltage generator 254 are necessary to logic voltage for driving altogether.
In addition, timing controller 255 generates common-battery pressure data based on the data that are stored in the nonvolatile memory 256, presses data and synchronizing signal to be sent to common voltage generator 257 common-battery by internal interface 259 then.Voltage generator 257 presses data and synchronizing signal to export the common-battery pressure VCOM that is suitable for liquid crystal panel 210 by changing the 3rd driving voltage AVDD in response to common-battery altogether.
Telecommunication circuit 240 comprises transceiver 241, processor 242 and storer 243.When transceiver 241 received RF signal from remote controllers 300 by sending and receiving end (or antenna 201), it was a digital signal with the RF conversion of signals, then digital signal is sent to processor 242.In addition, when transceiver 241 received the digital signal of self-controller 242, it was converted to the RF signal with digital signal, by sending and receiving end 201 the RF signal is sent to remote controllers 300 then.
Processor 242 is connected to the device that is arranged in the controller 250 by internal interface 259.Processor 242 is sent to remote controllers 300 or changes the information that is arranged on device the controller 250 in response to the information of the order that receives from remote controllers 300 with display device 200.Particularly, processor 242 will (for example install relevant information with controller 250, brightness, temperature, common-battery pressure, gray-scale voltage etc.) or be stored in data in the nonvolatile memory 256 (for example, resolution, produce number (manufacturing number), total service time, color parameter, response speed parameter etc.) and be sent to remote controllers 300.The handling procedure that storer 243 storages are carried out by processor 242.
Fig. 3 is the block diagram that illustrates according to the exemplary embodiment of remote controllers 300 shown in Fig. 1 of the present invention.With reference to Fig. 3, remote controllers 300 comprise display panel 301, keyboard 302, optical sensor 303, temperature sensor 304, microcontroller 305, transceiver 306 and sending and receiving end 307.
Display panel 301 comprises LCD or OLED, and it shows the information of display device 200 and the order that will be selected by the user under the control of microcontroller 305.Keyboard 302 comprises a plurality of keys, and will be sent to microcontroller 305 corresponding to the code of user-selected key.If the form with touch panel is prepared display panel 301, then do not need keyboard 302.In this case, when the user touches touch panel, be transferred into microcontroller 305 corresponding to the code of coordinate in the touch panel.Optical sensor 303 is used to detect the brightness of the liquid crystal panel 210 of display device 200.Temperature sensor 304 detects external temperature.If the user has selected the temperature detection pattern by using keyboard 302, then microcontroller 305 operating temperature sensors 304.Under the control of microcontroller 305, be presented on the display panel 301 by temperature sensor 304 detected temperature.The user can regulate the characteristic of display device 200 based on being presented at external temperature on the display panel 301.
If sensor is necessary for the characteristic of monitoring and adjusting display device 200, then except that optical sensor 303 and temperature sensor 304, the remote controllers 300 shown in Fig. 3 also can comprise various sensors.
When transceiver 306 received RF signal from display device 200 by sending and receiving end 307, it was a digital signal with the RF conversion of signals, then digital signal is sent to microcontroller 305.In addition, when transceiver 306 received digital signal from microcontroller 305, it was converted to the RF signal with digital signal, by sending and receiving end 307 the RF signal is sent to display device 200 then.
When remote controllers 300 energisings, on display panel 301, show and select image.Select image to comprise the operator scheme that to select by the user.For example, operator scheme is divided into monitoring mode and adjusting pattern.Monitoring mode comprises total service time of display mode and common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage display mode.In addition, adjusting pattern comprises manual flash adjustment pattern and automatic flash adjustment pattern.
Always be stored in the nonvolatile memory 256 of display device 200 total working time of expression display device 200 service time.Be stored in total service time of the display device 200 in the nonvolatile memory 256 with total display mode demonstration service time.
Be total to the common-battery pressure data of voltage generator 257 and the gamma electric voltage data of gamma voltage generator 254 with the demonstration of common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage display mode.According to present embodiment, voltage generator 257 and gamma voltage generator 254 have register altogether, press data and gamma electric voltage data to store common-battery respectively.Processor 242 is from reading common-battery pressure data and gamma electric voltage data voltage generator 257 and the gamma voltage generator 254 altogether.As another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, processor 242 is designed to this processor 242 can read common-battery pressure data and gamma electric voltage data by common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage display mode from timing controller 255.
Manual and automatic flash adjustment pattern is used to regulate the common-battery pressure data of common voltage generator 257, thereby can will be pressed the caused scintillation of variation of VCOM to minimize by common-battery.
The operator scheme of remote controllers 300 also can comprise and is used for monitoring the pattern of the information relevant with mode of operation with the various devices of display device 200 and the pattern that is used to change the various device informations that are stored in nonvolatile memory 256.
Fig. 4 and Fig. 5 are the process flow diagrams that the running program of the microcontroller 305 that is installed in the remote controllers shown in Fig. 3 300 is shown, and Fig. 6 is the process flow diagram that the running program of the processor 242 that is installed in the display device shown in Fig. 2 200 is shown.With reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, user's select operating mode in step 400.When pressing the keyboard 302 that is arranged in the remote controllers 300, the user realized the selection of operator scheme.Microcontroller 305 is based on the type of determining from the code of keyboard 302 input microcontrollers 305 by user-selected operator scheme.If selected monitoring mode in step 400, then execution in step 401, and if select adjusting pattern, then execution in step 501 (referring to Fig. 5) in step 400.
For example, if selected monitoring mode (step 400), then select total service time of display mode or common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage display mode (step 401) by the user.Code corresponding to the key of being pressed by the user is input to microcontroller 305.If selected total display mode service time (step 401), then microcontroller 305 generates total reading order service time (step 402).On the contrary, if selected common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage display mode (step 401), then microcontroller 305 generates common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage reading order (step 403).Although Fig. 4 shows by two model selection steps 400 and 401 selections total service time of display mode and common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage display mode, but, can select step to select total service time of display mode and common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage display mode by only carrying out one.
Total service time of the reading order that is generated by microcontroller 305 is sent to display device 200 (step 404) by means of transceiver 306 by sending and receiving end 307.
With reference to Fig. 6, if the order that receives is reading order (step 601), then the processor 242 of display device 200 obtains the data that remote controllers 300 are asked by internal interface 259 from related device.If the data that remote controllers 300 are asked are total service time, then processor 242 is read total service time from nonvolatile memory 256 by internal interface 259.In addition, if the data that remote controllers 300 are asked are common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage, then processor 242 is respectively from reading common-battery pressure data and gamma electric voltage data (step 610) voltage generator 257 and the gamma voltage generator 254 altogether.
Processor 242 is sent to remote controllers 300 (step 611) by transceiver 211 and sending and receiving end 201 with signal in response to the order of remote controllers 300.
With reference to Fig. 4, microcontroller 305 receives response signal (step 405) by sending and receiving end 307 and transceiver 306 from display device 200.If the order that is sent to display device 200 from remote controllers 300 is total service time of a reading order, then the response signal that transmits from display device 200 is total service time.In addition, if the order that is sent to display device 200 from remote controllers 300 is a common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage reading order, then the response signal that transmits from display device 200 is common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage data.
Microcontroller 305 is presented at the response signal of display device 200 on the display panel 301 (step 406).
Embodiment shown in Fig. 4 shows total service time of will obtain from display device 200 or common-battery pressure/gamma electric voltage data presentation on the display panel 301 of remote controllers 300.According to the method shown in Fig. 4, the information relevant with display device 200 characteristics (for example, brightness, temperature, resolution, production number, total service time, color parameter or response speed parameter) can be presented on the display panel 301 of remote controllers 300.
Fig. 5 illustrates when having selected adjusting pattern (step 400) in Fig. 4, is arranged on the process flow diagram of the control program of the microcontroller 305 in the remote controllers 300.
User's select operating mode (step 501).Code corresponding to the key of being pressed by the user is imported in the microcontroller 305.If selected manual flash adjustment pattern (step 501), then microcontroller 305 generates the order that the request blinker pattern shows and the common-battery pressure reads in response to the code from keyboard 302.Here, blinker pattern is meant the specific image pattern (step 510) that allows the user to discern scintillation easily.On the contrary, if selected automatic flash adjustment pattern (step 501), microcontroller 305 execution in step 520 then.
In step 511, be sent to display device 200 by the order that sending and receiving end 307 will ask blinker pattern to show and the common-battery pressure reads by means of transceiver 306.
In Fig. 6, if the processor 242 that is arranged in the display device 200 receives the order (step 601) that the request blinker pattern shows and the common-battery pressure reads, then processor 242 is controlled timing controllers 255, to show blinker pattern (step 620) on display panel 210.Therefore, timing controller 255 control gate drivers 220 and source electrode driver 230 are to show the blinker pattern that is stored in the storer (not shown) on liquid crystal panel 210.
Processor 242 reads common-battery and presses data (step 621) from be total to voltage generator 257, and processor 242 presses data to be sent to remote controllers 300 (step 622) common-battery.
With reference to Fig. 5, microcontroller 305 receives common-battery by sending and receiving end 307 and transceiver 306 from display device 200 and presses data, presses data presentation on display panel 301 (step 512) common-battery that receives then.
Microcontroller 305 receives common-battery from keyboard 302 and presses regulated value (step 513).That is, the user can press regulated value by using keyboard 302 input common-batteries based on the blinker pattern on the liquid crystal panel 210 that is presented at display device 200.
Common-battery after microcontroller 305 will be regulated presses data to be sent to display device 200 (step 514).
If received order is that common-battery is pressed regulating command, then processor 242 execution in step 630 in the processor 242 in being arranged on display device 200.In step 630, the common-battery after processor 242 will be regulated by internal interface 259 presses data to be sent to common voltage generator 257.Therefore, press data that blinker pattern is presented on the liquid crystal panel 210 according to the common-battery after regulating.
Referring again to Fig. 5, when the code of expression being finished flash adjustment from keyboard 302 in step 514 was input to the microcontroller 305, microcontroller 305 stopped control program.Otherwise control program turns back to step 513, makes microcontroller 305 receive common-battery once more and presses regulated value.
Step 510 shows based on the blinker pattern on the liquid crystal panel 210 that is presented at display device 200 to 515 presses VCOM to control the method for scintillation by regulating common-battery.
As the another kind of method of control scintillation, can in step 513, automatically common-battery be pressed data to be input in the microcontroller 305.That is, as long as through predetermined time interval, microcontroller 305 just order changes common-battery pressure data, presses data to be sent to display device 200 common-battery that changes then.As a result, showing the blinker pattern of pressing VCOM corresponding to the common-battery after changing on the liquid crystal panel 210.
Therefore, when the blinker pattern on being presented at liquid crystal panel 210 was optimised, the user can stop flash adjustment by using keyboard 302.In step 515, when being input to microcontroller 305 corresponding to the code of finishing flash adjustment, microcontroller 305 stops the adjusting pattern.
Hereinafter, description is detected automatically the control program of the remote controllers 300 of scintillation and adjusting common-battery pressure.If the code (step 501) that microcontroller 305 receives corresponding to automatic flash adjustment pattern from keyboard 302, then microcontroller 305 operations are installed in the optical sensor 303 on remote controllers 300 back sides.Flicker information by optical sensor 303 detected liquid crystal panels 210 is imported in the microcontroller 305.
If the flicker by optical sensor 303 detected liquid crystal panels 210 is optimised (step 521), then microcontroller 305 stops automatic flash adjustment pattern.Otherwise microcontroller 305 presses data to be adjusted to corresponding to the detect predetermine level (step 522) that glimmers common-battery.
Subsequently, the common-battery after microcontroller 305 will be regulated presses data to be sent to display panel 200 (step 523), turns back to step 520 then.
With reference to Fig. 6, if receiving the request common-battery, the processor of display device 200 241 presses the order of regulating (step 601), then processor 241 will press data to be sent to common voltage generator 257 from the common-battery that remote controllers 300 receive by internal interface 259.Therefore, showing the image that is used to represent to press the flicker that VCOM revised on the display panels 210 according to the common-battery after regulating.
In the step 520 of Fig. 5, the flicker information by optical sensor 303 detected liquid crystal panels 210 is transferred into microcontroller 305.If the flicker of liquid crystal panel 210 is optimised (step 521), then finish automatic flash adjustment pattern.
Fig. 7 is the skeleton view that illustrates according to the exemplary embodiment of the external structure of remote controllers 300 shown in Fig. 1 of the present invention.
With reference to Fig. 7, optical sensor 303 is attached to the back side of remote controllers 300.Optical sensor 303 detects the flicker of the liquid crystal panel 210 of display device during automatic flash adjustment pattern under the control of microcontroller 305.At this moment, the optical sensor 303 that is attached to remote controllers 300 back sides more is provided with near liquid crystal panel 210, and optical sensor 303 can accurately detect the flicker of liquid crystal panel 210 thus.According to another embodiment of the invention, on the frame area of liquid crystal panel 210, can form groove holding remote controllers 300, or form and be attached to the support member of liquid crystal panel 210 frame areas so that remote controllers 300 are mounted thereon.During automatic flash adjustment pattern, if remote controllers are accommodated in the groove of liquid crystal panel 210 or are installed on the support member of liquid crystal panel 210, then the optical sensor 303 of remote controllers 300 can more approach liquid crystal panel 210 and is provided with.
Fig. 8 is the block diagram that illustrates according to another exemplary embodiment of liquid crystal indicator inner structure of the present invention.
Display device 800 shown in Fig. 8 has and the 200 essentially identical structures of display device shown in Fig. 2.Yet the structure of the telecommunication circuit 840 of display device 800 is different with operation with the structure of the telecommunication circuit 240 of display device 200 with operation.Telecommunication circuit 840 comprises transceiver 841, processor 842, storer 843 and network communication unit 844.
When transceiver 841 passed through antenna 801 from remote controllers 870 reception RF signals, it was a digital signal with the RF conversion of signals, then digital signal is sent to processor 842.In addition, when transceiver 841 during from processor 842 receiving digital signals, it is converted to the RF signal with digital signal, then the RF signal is sent to remote controllers 870 by antenna 801.
Network communication unit 844 communicates by the antenna 802 and first main frame 880, and communicates by wire message way (cabled communication channel) 803 and second main frame 890.Network communication unit 844 can comprise antenna 802 and wire message way 803, or can only comprise in antenna 802 and the wire message way 803 one.First main frame 880 and/or second main frame 890 be by the information of network communication unit 844 receiving and displaying devices 800, for example, and the production of display device No. 800, panel size, resolution, gamma value or brightness.In addition, first main frame 880 and/or second main frame 890 by network communication unit 844 will be relevant with display device 800 characteristics information (for example, gamma value, brightness or common-battery voltage level) be sent to controller 850.
By this way, mode that the display device shown in Fig. 8 800 can be wired and/or wireless and remote controllers 870 and first main frame 880 and/or second main frame 890 that are connected to display device 800 communicate.Therefore, the user can easily monitor and regulate the characteristic of display device 800 by using first main frame 880 and/or second main frame 890.
Fig. 9 is the block diagram that illustrates according to another exemplary embodiment of display system inner structure of the present invention.
The structure with the display device 800 shown in Fig. 8 is identical basically to be arranged on the structure of the liquid crystal indicator in the display system 900 shown in Fig. 9.The network communication unit 944 of the Department of Communication Force 940 shown in Fig. 9 not only is connected to outside first main frame 980 and/or outside second main frame 990, and is connected to image processing apparatus 995.Image processing apparatus 955 offers display device 900 with view data and drive signal.
Network communication unit 944 communicates by the antenna 902 and first main frame 980 and communicates by the wire message way 903 and second main frame 990.Network communication unit 944 can comprise antenna 902 and wire message way 903, or can only comprise in antenna 902 and the wire message way 903 one.First main frame 980 and/or second main frame 990 are by the information of network communication unit 944 receiving and displaying devices 900.In addition, first main frame 980 and/or second main frame 990 by network communication unit 944 will be relevant with display device 900 characteristics information (for example, gamma value, brightness or common-battery voltage level) be sent to controller 950.
The network communication unit 944 that is arranged in the display device shown in Fig. 9 900 can communicate with image processing apparatus 995, thereby can change the operating characteristic of image processing apparatus 995 according to a control signal that is transmitted from remote controllers 970, first main frame 980 and second main frame 990.
Particularly, if second main frame 990 is connected to display device 900 by communication network (for example, the internet), but the state of user's monitoring display device 900 then, and can change the operating characteristic of display device 900 from remote location, thereby can significantly reduce consumer's support cost.
As mentioned above, make the user easily monitor and regulate the characteristic of display device according to display system of the present invention and method of operating thereof by using remote controllers.
Although described exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art, under the situation that does not deviate from spirit and scope of the invention, can be used as various changes and modification.