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• the present invention relates to a method for displaying video images on a display device.
• the invention is very particularly intended to correct the visualization defects produced by cell display panels operating in all or nothing, in particular plasma display panels, namely the effects of wide area flicker and the effects of false contours. , and to reduce the amplitude of the current consumption peaks appearing when displaying a video image.
• the technology of plasma display panels hereinafter called PAP, makes it possible to obtain flat and large display screens.
• the PAP generally comprise two insulating slabs delimiting between them a space filled with gas in which are defined elementary spaces delimited by barriers. Each slab is provided with one or more networks of electrodes.
• An elementary cell corresponds to an elementary space provided on either side of said elementary space with at least one electrode.
• an electrical discharge is caused in the corresponding elementary space by applying a voltage between the electrodes of the cell. The electric discharge then causes an emission of UV rays in the elementary cell.
• Luminophores deposited on the cell walls transform UV into visible light.
• the period of operation of an elementary cell of a PAP corresponds to the period of display of a video image called video frame.
• Each video frame is composed of several elementary periods commonly called sub-scans.
• Each underscan has an addressing period, a maintenance period and an erasure period.
• Addressing or switching on a cell consists in sending or not sending an electrical pulse of high amplitude to the cell in order to place the latter in an on or off state. Maintaining the cell in this state is effected by sending a succession of weaker pulses during the maintenance period.
• Each sub-sweep has its own duration of the maintenance period and a weight which is a function of the duration of its maintenance period. The cell is erased or extinguished by canceling electrical charges inside the cell using a damped discharge.
• the periods of illumination of the cell correspond to the periods of maintenance of the cell. These periods are distributed over the entire video frame. The human eye then integrates these light periods to recreate the corresponding gray level.
• a problem of flickering large area commonly called “large area flicker” in English, can appear in the uniform areas of the image having a high gray level.
• the frame frequency of current screens cathode ray tube or plasma
• this frequency is relatively low (less than 60 Hz) for the human eye, the latter perceives a flicker in areas with a high video level.
• the addressing periods occupy approximately 70% of the video frame against 30 % for maintenance periods.
• a gray level 255 is obtained by switching on all the sub-scans of the video frame.
• the video information is then spread over the entire video frame.
• the percentage value 100% corresponds to the intensity of the current to be supplied to the PAP when all of the cells of the PAP are lit simultaneously, called maximum current intensity.
• the PAP supply circuit must supply a current whose intensity is equal to 80% of the intensity of maximum current during the maintenance period of the sub-sweep SB1, at 60% of the maximum current intensity during the maintenance period of the sub-sweep SB2, at 40% of the maximum current intensity during the period d '' maintenance of the subscale SB3 and at 20% of the maximum current intensity during the maintenance period of the subscanning SB4.
• An object of the invention is to eliminate the wide area flicker. Another object of the invention is to reduce the intensity of the current to be supplied to the PAP during the least significant sub-scans of the video frame.
• the invention is a method of displaying a video image on a display device during a video frame.
• the device includes a plurality of cells arranged in rows and columns.
• the video frame is composed of a plurality of periods called sub-scans during which each elementary cell is either in an on state or in an off state for a duration proportional to an illumination weight.
• Each sub-scan includes:
• At least one subscan associated with the odd lines comprises at least two maintenance periods separated by at least one even maintenance period and / or an even erasure period. At least one subscan associated with the even lines comprises at least two maintenance periods separated by at least one odd maintenance period and / or an odd erasure period.
• the method distributes, for the even and odd lines of the panel, the subscans into two groups of sub-scans, the first group comprising the least significant sub-scans and the second group comprising the most significant sub-scans, the two groups having substantially equal durations.
• the movement of the current video image is estimated with respect to a previous video image so as to generate a motion vector for each pixel of the current video image. For each pixel of the current video image, the sub-scans of one of the groups for the even lines of the panel are displaced and the sub-scans of the other of the groups for the odd lines by an amount substantially equal to half of the estimated motion vector.
• the sub-scans of the video frame of the even lines of the panel are displayed in the same order as those of the odd lines of the panel but are offset in time by about half a video frame relative to the latter.
• the sub-scans of the second group are moved for the odd lines of the panel and the sub-scans of the first group for the even lines of the panel by an amount substantially equal to half of the estimated motion vector, and the sub-scans of the second group for the even lines of the panel by an amount substantially equal to the estimated motion vector.
• the sub-scans of the second group are displaced for the even lines of the panel and the sub-scans of the first group for the odd lines of the panel by an amount substantially equal to the half of the estimated motion vector, and the sub-scans of the second group for the odd lines of the panel by an amount substantially equal to the estimated motion vector.
• the most significant sub-scans of the even lines of the panel are, for the same image, displayed during the low-weight sub-scans of the odd lines, and Conversely. Or, for each pixel of the current video image, the sub-scans of the second group are moved for the odd lines of the panel and the sub-scans of the first group for the even lines of the panel by an amount substantially equal to half of the estimated motion vector. Or, for each pixel of the current video image, the sub-scans of the second group are displaced for the even lines of the panel and the sub-scans of the first group for the odd lines of the panel by an amount substantially equal to the half of the estimated motion vector.
• the invention is also a plasma display panel comprising a device implementing the display method of the invention.
• FIG. 4 illustrates a first embodiment of the method of the invention with motion compensation
• FIG. 6 illustrates a second embodiment of the method of the invention with motion compensation
• FIG. 7 shows an example of a device making it possible to implement the method of the invention
• the addressing of the cells of the odd lines of the PAP is separated from that of the cells of the odd lines.
• the same is done for cell deletion.
• the display frame of a video image consequently comprises periods I of addressing the cells of the odd lines of the PAP, periods P of addressing the cells of the even lines of the PAP, periods E (l) of erasure. cells of the odd lines of the PAP, periods E (P) of erasing the cells of the odd lines of the PAP, and maintenance periods common to all the cells of the PAP.
• This new structure of the video frame is illustrated in FIG. 3, to be compared with FIG. 2 representing a structure of video frame of the prior art.
• FIG. 2 represents a video frame comprising 4 sub-scans SB1, SB2, SB3, SB4 of respective weights 1, 2, 4 and 8.
• Each sub-scan comprises an erasure period E (l + P) during which all of the cells of the even and odd lines of the PAP are erased sequentially, an addressing period l + P during which all the cells of the even and odd lines of the PAP are addressed sequentially, and a maintenance period the duration of which is proportional to the weight of the underscan considered.
• the lines of the PAP are addressed one after the other, that is to say an odd line then an even line then an odd line and so on.
• the display frame of a video image comprises periods I and P of addressing the cells of the odd and even lines of the PAP respectively, periods E (l ) and E (P) for erasing the cells of the odd and even lines of the PAP, and maintenance periods which are common to all the cells of the PAP.
• the maintenance period of the sub-scan SB4 of weight 8 is divided into 4 maintenance periods of shorter duration, namely two maintenance periods of weight 1, a maintenance period of weight 2 and a period d weight maintenance 4.
• the video frame of figure 3 now includes 8 elementary periods:
• a first period P1 comprising an erasing period E (l), an addressing period I and a weight maintenance period 1;
• a third period P3 comprising an erasing period E (l), an addressing period I and a weight maintenance period 4;
• a fourth period P4 comprising an erasing period E (l), an addressing period I, an erasing period E (P), an addressing period P and a weight maintenance period 1;
• a fifth period P5 comprising an erasure period E (P), an addressing period P and a weight maintenance period 2;
• a sixth period P6 comprising an erasing period E (P), an addressing period P and a weight maintenance period 4; - finally, a seventh period P7 comprising an erasure period E (P), an addressing period P and a weight maintenance period 1.
• the period P7 of the video frame preceding the current video frame is also represented by dashed lines in figure 3.
• the overall time of the maintenance periods in the video frame remains unchanged compared to the video frame of figure 2. The same is true for the addressing and erasing periods.
• each period of maintenance of the frame relates to two sub-scans of different weights, one relating to the display of the odd lines of the PAP and the other to the display of the lines pairs.
• the periods P1, P2 and P3 respectively constitute the sub-scans SB1, SB2 and SB3 of the video frame and the periods P4, P5, P6 and P7 together form the subscan SB4 (the cells of the odd lines are not erased at the start of periods P5, P6 and P7).
• the periods P4, P5, P6 respectively form the sub-scans SB1, SB2 and SB3 of the video frame.
• the sub-scanning SB4 is formed: a) either by the period P7 of the current video frame and the periods P1, P2 and P3 of the following video frame; b) or by the period P7 of the previous video frame (in dotted lines) and the periods P1, P2 and P3 of the current video frame.
• the sub-scans associated with the even lines of the PAP are displayed in the same order, namely SB1 then SB2 then SB3 then SB4, as those associated with the odd lines of the PAP but this display is offset by about half a video frame from odd lines;
• the subscans associated with the even lines are not displayed in the same order as those associated with the odd lines of the PAP, namely in the order (SB1, SB2, SB3, SB4) for the lines odd and in order (SB4, SB1, SB2, SB3) for even lines; moreover, the display of the even lines of the PAP is slightly offset with respect to the odd lines; the offset corresponds to period P7.
• FIG. 4 shows the current consumed by the PAP during a video frame when the display method of the invention is applied. As in FIG.
• an image having an equiprobable distribution of the possible gray levels is considered (20% of the cells of the PAP have a gray level 0; 20% of the cells are lit only during the subscan SB1; 20% of the cells are lit only during SB1 and SB2 subscans; 20% of cells are lit only during SB1, SB2 and SB3 subscans and 20% of cells are lit during the 4 SB1, SB2, SB3 and SB4 subscans ).
• the intensity of the current to be supplied to the PAP does not exceed 50% of the maximum current intensity (case where all the cells of the PAP are lit simultaneously). This makes it possible to use a less expensive current supply, in particular with a discharge capacitor of lower capacity.
• the sub-scans are then spatially displaced in the direction of movement as a function of their time position in the video frame to correct these defects.
• the sub-scans of each image j are divided into two groups of consecutive sub-scans, a first group Lj comprising the least significant sub-scans and a group Hj comprising the most significant sub-scans. For example, if we take a video frame comprising four sub-scans as in FIG.
• the group Lj comprises the sub-scans SB1, SB2 and SB3 and the group Hj comprises the sub-scans SB4. These two groups have roughly equal durations. Then, for each pixel of the video image to be displayed, a motion vector M representative of the movement of the video image considered with respect to the previous image is calculated. Finally, at least one of the sub-sweep groups is moved in the direction of movement.
• FIG. 4 illustrates the displacement of the sub-scans in the case where the video frame associated with the even lines of the PAP is offset by about half a frame with respect to that associated with the odd lines of the PAP (case referenced a previously). In this figure, the ordinate axis represents the time axis and the abscissa axis represents the pixels.
• i denotes a pixel displayed on an even line of the PAP and p denotes a pixel displayed on an odd line of the PAP.
• the groups L1 and H1 represent the least significant sub-scans and the most significant sub-scans for an image 1.
• the groups L2 and H2 respectively represent the least significant sub-scans and the sub-scans of most significant for an image 2.
• the sub-scanning groups L1 and H1 of pixel i are displayed one after the other between the instants 0 and T, and those of pixel p are displayed between T / 2 and 3T / 2.
• T represents the duration of a video frame.
• the group H1 of pixel i and the group L1 of pixel p are offset by an amount equal to M / 2. Furthermore, the group H1 of the pixel p is displaced by an amount equal to M. The final position of the displaced sub-sweep groups is shown in dotted lines in the figure.
• the compensation is limited to a displacement amplitude of at most M / 2.
• the compensation is -M / 2 for a group, 0 for two groups, and M / 2 for the last group by performing a global displacement of -M / 2 for the previous examples.
• FIG. 6 illustrates the displacement of the sub-scans in the case where the order of the sub-scans associated with the odd lines of the PAP is different from that associated with the even lines (case referenced b previously).
• the sub-scanning groups L1 and H1 of pixel i are displayed in this order between times 0 and T.
• the sub-scanning groups L1 and H1 of pixel p are also displayed between 0 and T but in reverse order (group H1 is displayed before group L1). In this case, only the group H1 of pixel i and the group L1 of pixel p are offset by an amount equal to M / 2. This second scenario limits the number of sub-sweep movements to be carried out.
• the groups L1 and H1 of pixel p and pixel i could have been displayed in reverse order.
• the group H1 of pixel i and the group L1 of pixel p would be shifted by an amount equal to M / 2.
• An image coding unit 10 receives a stream of images. The function of this unit is to generate video frames in accordance with the method of the invention.
• a motion compensation unit 11 for example a signal processor, then calculates the motion vectors to be associated with the different pixels of the image considered, shifts the groups of sub-scans as indicated above and supplies the ignition signals to control circuits for lines 12 and columns 13 of a plasma panel 14.
• a synchronization circuit 15 is provided for synchronizing the control circuits 12 and 13. This structure is given only by way of illustration.
• the previous embodiments relate to a division which authorizes 16 gray levels. These examples have been chosen for the simplicity of the explanations. Transposition to 256 gray levels is automatic. If a binary decomposition is used, the breakdown of the maintenance periods shown in FIG. 8 is obtained. It is also not necessary to use a binary decomposition of the gray levels. As an example, a more progressive code that reduces the effects of false contours can be used. As an example, Figure 9 shows an example of cutting the maintenance periods for the following lighting weight breakdown: 1-2-4-7-11-16-22-30-40-54-72 . more generally, any type of grayscale coding is possible when it is possible to separate them into two groups of approximately equivalent weights.

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