EP3427543A1 - Method and device for brightness compensation in an led - Google Patents
Method and device for brightness compensation in an ledInfo
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- the present invention is directed to a method for brightness compensation in at least one light-emitting diode.
- the proposed method always achieves the same brightness of the LED regardless of temperature fluctuations.
- the invention is further directed to an appropriately configured device and a memory module for use in the proposed method.
- US 2008/0079371 A1 shows an arrangement for color correction of a light-emitting diode as a function of a measured temperature, wherein a current value is calculated.
- US 2012/0319585 A1 shows a further arrangement for color correction of a light-emitting diode as a function of a measured temperature.
- LEDs are versatile in different colors, sizes and designs use. They are used as signal and light transmitters in the "automotive sector", among others. Typically, a light emitting diode should always provide a set brightness. The disadvantage here is the decreasing luminosity with increasing temperature. The prior art knows methods that should set a luminosity. In this case, known methods primarily address a dimming of light-emitting diodes, while solutions for the general compensation of the luminosity are disadvantageous since typically temperature fluctuations are not or only insufficiently taken into account.
- Known methods provide a pulse width modulation PWM which makes use of the fact that an inertia of the components used is such that a uniform brightness is established even if the light-emitting diode is switched on or off in a certain proportion. The brightness then becomes dependent on the ratio of the on-state to the off-state set. Such a pulsation of the light-emitting diode is typically not perceived by the human eye and a uniform, adjustable brightness results from this activation.
- driving circuits are known by which the LEDs are controlled to an adjustable setpoint, the setpoint is adjustable by a controller.
- a dimming of LEDs is carried out according to known methods directly by the dimming of the current through the LEDs.
- control logic for controlling the power supply to the light emitting diode in dependence on a temperature of the light emitting diode.
- LEDs find use in which they should at least not be detrimental to incandescent lamps. While incandescent lamps can be easily dimmed with regard to their brightness, methods are known with regard to light-emitting diodes, which actuate precisely these LEDs, for example, by means of a predetermined control pattern, thereby enabling optical dimming. In contrast, however, it is often desirable that a light-emitting diode must also be made brighter, for example, with an increasing ambient temperature. This is the case since typically LEDs have a luminous behavior which reduces the emitted luminosity as a function of a rising temperature value.
- LEDs should not vary in temperature depending on their brightness, but if these LEDs heat up in their operation or radiate adjacent components heat, the LEDs should always provide an equal brightness.
- a method for brightness compensation of at least one light-emitting diode as a function of a temperature value comprises the steps of measuring a temperature value with regard to a plurality of light-emitting diodes and reading out a current value from a plurality of current values stored in a memory module, which value is assigned to the read-out temperature value. Furthermore, at least one current regulator, in each case a light-emitting diode, is controlled by means of the read-out current value. According to the invention, brightness compensation takes place in an efficient manner in such a way that substantially analogous components are provided which typically adjust the brightness of a light-emitting diode independently of its color value.
- the inventive method can be combined with conventional methods such that, for example, a color value is set by means of pulse width modulation and also the brightness of the light emitting diode only by means of driving the LED based on the read current value.
- a constant current regulator also referred to as a constant current regulator
- a light-emitting diode should be understood as a device which may also have other LED chips.
- the light-emitting diodes according to the invention in turn consist of further light-emitting diode units or semiconductor chips.
- the known red, green and blue light emitting diode units can be used, which are adjusted with respect to the so-called RGB color space.
- These individual light-emitting diode units are combined in a light-emitting diode housing such that their light is composed to a predetermined color value.
- other devices may be provided, such as a diffuser.
- any desired color light can also be adjusted by suitable control of the individual components.
- color transitions are generated.
- the so-called multi-LED components can be used.
- the proposed method makes it possible to control the brightness substantially independently of the color setting.
- further bits must be provided when setting the color value in order to set the brightness of the light-emitting diode with the color value.
- a current value of the light emitting diode By controlling a current value of the light emitting diode, the disadvantage of conventional methods is overcome, for example, a color value must be set by 8 bits, but here 10 bits must be transmitted.
- a so-called remainder must remain in the coding, which is used to adjust the brightness.
- the bit values to be used are used essentially solely for color adjustment.
- typically analogous components are provided which, independently of the set color value, trigger the current regulator by means of the suitable current value.
- the current value is provided by means of a readout in a particularly advantageous manner.
- This offers the advantage that no separate logic, for example by means of digital components, must be provided.
- the logic which is provided in conventional methods for providing the current value is implemented according to the invention only by reading out a data memory. Thus, no further method steps are necessary, which would cause a calculation of a current value.
- it is possible according to the invention with little technical effort, i. with highly efficient, for example, analog, components and few process steps to provide a suitable current value with which the LEDs are driven.
- the current values which cause a certain brightness in an LED can already be determined before carrying out the method or in preparatory method steps of the method.
- this is done according to the invention typically only once and can thus be used in a variety of uniform light emitting diodes use.
- light-emitting diode compensation devices are possible, which advantageously require fewer components, and in particular less complex components.
- the proposed method makes it possible to robustly determine the current value in such a way that arithmetic or logic errors in determining the current value are avoided.
- the stored current values are prior to delivery corresponding components can be tested arbitrarily. Thus, these current values are not generated at runtime, but rather are a priori determined, tested, and only provided by efficient hardware.
- the temperature value can refer here to a temperature condition of the light emitting diode.
- the temperature value can refer here to a temperature condition of the light emitting diode.
- temperature values of adjacent components can be determined and these are averaged after a summation. If light-emitting diodes are connected in series, several temperature values of a particular light-emitting diode can be measured and these values can be averaged. This too can be realized by means of analog circuits and requires no digital components for this purpose.
- a current value is read from a plurality of current values stored in a memory module, which value is assigned to the read-out temperature value.
- current values are to be determined in preparatory method steps which generate a specific brightness as a function of a temperature value. For example, it is the case that a certain LED at a temperature value of 24 ° C requires a current value of 5 mA, ie 5 milliamps.
- the LED shines weaker with increasing temperature, so less bright, at a temperature of 50 ° C, a current value of 10 mA may be necessary to achieve the same brightness as it is achieved at a temperature of 24 ° C by means of 5 mA .
- a current value of 20 mA may already be necessary in order to achieve the same brightness.
- the same LED reaches the same brightness at 24 ° C and a drive with 5 mA, just like this same LED at a drive by means of 10 mA reached at 50 ° C.
- the brightness behavior of the light emitting diode is set as a function of the determined temperature value. This is particularly advantageous because the viewer of the LED always perceives the same brightness, even if changes in the course of the operation of the LED whose temperature.
- a substantially equal adjustment of the brightness of the light-emitting diode takes place, wherein the brightness is compensated in such a way that the human eye perceives no brightness difference.
- the driving current value is readjusted.
- a time interval may be defined which determines how long the temperature value is measured at the light-emitting diode or in its surroundings.
- a predetermined clock can be maintained, which determines a time interval between two iterations of the method.
- the temperature is 30 ° C. and, after 5 seconds, a renewed determination of the temperature value shows that the light-emitting diode has heated up in such a way that the temperature now amounts to 31 ° C.
- the corresponding current value is read out and the brightness of the light-emitting diode is compensated.
- intervals or frequencies are common, on the basis of which he can measure temperatures and light emitting diodes can control. This can be adjusted, for example, depending on the components used. It is also possible to determine temperature intervals such that temperature ranges are each assigned a current value. For example, it is possible to associate temperature steps of 10 ° C or 20 ° C each with a current value. For example, a temperature value of 60 ° C to 80 ° C, a current value can be assigned. Thus, it is possible to perform the provision of the current value so efficiently that it is not always the brightness of the LED must be adjusted, but only when leaving the limits of a temperature interval.
- a logical table is suitable. This is not limited to the fact that a table actually exists, but rather any representations are possible, for example at least one attribute / value pair or at least one value / value pair. In particular, it is advantageous to store the individual values in such a way that they can be read out and processed efficiently. Thus, hard-coded circuits or hardwired components are also suitable. This is possible because there is no change after a delivery of the corresponding components and thus a hard-wired provision of the corresponding logical table can be performed.
- the memory module or the storage of the current values is to be interpreted such that any type of memory module or a storage is possible.
- the memory module does not have to be set up so dynamically that it has to be writable during a runtime, that is to say during activation of the current regulator. Rather, saving only requires introducing the appropriate information in some way into a hardware module. It may also be necessary not to provide a single memory module, but instead to provide further components which make it possible to provide the current value.
- the assignment of the current values to the temperature values also takes place in preparatory method steps and results in an operation of the proposed method implicitly by the fact that a current value is already available for each measured temperature value.
- this one current value has been read or has been detected, which current value for the measured temperature value for brightness compensation is necessary, so there is a driving at least one current regulator in each case a light-emitting diode by means of the read-out power grid.
- the current regulator is thus set up to apply the predetermined voltage to the light-emitting diode or to the light-emitting diode units.
- the LED is driven by means of the read current value. This is done according to the invention until a new temperature value, together with an associated current value, is determined again and the light-emitting diode is driven with this new current value.
- the brightness of the light emitting diode is fixed, but depending on the prevailing temperature at different times different current values are required.
- At least one sensor is provided for measuring the temperature value at at least one measuring location.
- Several measuring locations are suitable for this purpose, for example a measuring location at exactly one light emitting diode, a measuring location at a respective light emitting diode, a measuring location at a microcontroller, which is connected to a light emitting diode, or a measuring location in the immediate vicinity of a light emitting diode.
- the proposed method is used in several interconnected light-emitting diodes. It is possible that, for example, a plurality of light emitting diodes are connected in series. If this plurality of light-emitting diodes are installed in an automobile, then it may be that different temperatures prevail at different locations.
- the light emitting diodes can not only heat of their own accord, but it can come to a radiation of temperature through adjacent components.
- An immediate environment here describes an environment that allows a conclusion on the temperature of the LED. So this temperature does not have to be determined directly on the light emitting diode, but a temperature sensor can be spaced from the light emitting diode so that a temperature input of adjacent components is negligible. In particular, this means that no physical contact in the sense of touching the temperature sensor and the LED must prevail.
- the light-emitting diode is present as a triple of three light-emitting diode units, and the light-emitting diode units each output a different color.
- This has the advantage that colored LEDs can be used.
- it is possible according to the invention to continue to use conventional LEDs and merely to control the current regulator of these LEDs in such a way that adjusts the advantage according to the invention.
- the proposed method has the advantage that the brightness compensation can take place independently of the color setting of the light-emitting diode.
- other light-emitting diodes are known to those skilled in the art, which have light-emitting diode units which can be reused according to the invention.
- a light-emitting diode unit is present as a semiconductor component or as any light-emitting component. A transmission of different colors, or light in different wavelengths, is used to set a predetermined color value.
- the memory module provides a plurality of temperature values, each associated with a current value. This has the advantage that a large number of temperature values can be taken into account and the temperature values can be predetermined with respect to the current values in such a way that the same brightness value of the light-emitting diode is always set. In particular, the number of current value / temperature value pairs can be determined in a preparatory method step.
- the read current value is associated with a temperature interval in which the measured temperature value is located.
- This has the advantage that if a certain temperature value is present, it is not necessary to directly actuate the light-emitting diode, but that it is only possible to check whether the temperature value lies within a certain interval. For example, a decrease in the temperature value does not directly lead to a visible change in the brightness value. Thus, it can be waited until the measured temperature value falls below a certain threshold, which requires adjusting the brightness.
- this has the advantage that a particularly effective method is proposed which can also be operated with low-performance components. Thus, the number of individual brightness compensation depending on the size of the temperature intervals can be set.
- a first temperature interval may have a first temperature range of 5 ° C and a second temperature interval may have a second temperature range of 10 ° C.
- the current value with respect to the temperature value is selected such that a brightness compensation of the light-emitting diode to be controlled is established as a function of a prevailing temperature.
- the current regulator is present as a constant current regulator.
- This has the advantage that known components can be reused and the arrangement only has to be adapted in such a way that it carries out the method according to the invention.
- known current regulators can be used which actuate the light-emitting diode with the advantageously determined current value.
- the temperature value represents an average of a plurality of measured individual temperature values. This has the advantage that a plurality of temperature values which are determined at different measurement locations can be easily linked to a single temperature value. This can be implemented, for example, by means of hard-wired logic.
- the storage of a plurality of temperature values, each with a current value is carried out using at least one determination routine.
- An empirical determination, a measurement, a two-point measurement, a calculation and a reading of the respective current values are possible.
- storing the current values to the respective temperature values is filling the logical table, which describes to which temperature which current value has to be applied. This can be done in preparatory process steps such that a specific current value is applied to a light-emitting diode at a certain temperature and the brightness is measured. This is carried out iteratively so often that it is possible to determine how the temperature or the applied voltage or the current value has an effect on the emission of light.
- the attribute value pairs or value / value pairs are stored, which lead to a constant brightness.
- the person skilled in the two-point measurement is known, whereby suitable attribute-value pairs can be determined.
- the plurality of stored current values are adjusted with respect to the respective temperature value such that they always cause the same brightness in the driving of the light-emitting diode.
- the at least one current regulator is actuated by means of the read-out current value independently of setting of a color value of the light-emitting diode.
- This has the advantage that known methods can be used to adjust the color of the LED.
- a particular bit value can be used which need not carry any further bits in order to set a brightness.
- This also has the advantage that if, for example, 8 bits are sufficient for setting the color value, and 10 bits are not to be provided for setting a color value and a brightness, as is conventionally the case.
- This has the disadvantage that the pulse width modulation would have to generate faster edges and additional bandwidth would be wasted. According to the invention, this is avoided in that the color values are set separately and independently of this the brightness is set by means of the current regulator.
- the invention is also achieved by a device for brightness compensation of at least one light-emitting diode as a function of a temperature value.
- the device has at least one sensor which is set up for measuring a temperature value with respect to a plurality of light emitting diodes and an interface component which is set up for reading out a current value from a plurality of stored current values from a memory module, which is assigned to the read-out temperature value.
- a current regulator is provided which is set up to drive at least one light-emitting diode each time by means of the read-out current value.
- the object is also achieved by a memory module with stored current values, which are each associated with a temperature value such that when driving a light emitting diode with the respective current value to a prevailing temperature according to this temperature value, the light emitting diode in each case the same bright.
- a storage medium is provided with control commands for carrying out a method according to one of the above-described aspects.
- the device is suitable for carrying out the proposed method and thus assumes its features in a structural manner.
- the method for operating the device can also be used, and the memory module according to the invention can be used both in the proposed method and in the proposed device.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic flow diagram of a method for
- FIG. 3 shows a brightness compensation device according to the invention with further components according to one aspect of the present invention
- FIG. 4 shows a storage of current values as a function of temperature values in accordance with one aspect of the present invention.
- Fig. 1 shows on the Y-axis brightness values, the percentage of the maximum brightness 100% decrease to a non-luminance 0%. Temperature values are entered on the X-axis, which refer to the corresponding LED.
- the course of the upper line which extends in the present Fig. 1 from top left to bottom right, indicates that the brightness of the light emitting diode decreases in the direction of rising temperature.
- the lower line which runs in the present Fig. 1 from bottom left to top right, indicates that with increasing temperature higher current values are necessary to achieve a certain brightness.
- the left scale of the Y axis refers to the upper curve and the right scale to the lower curve. The curve is replaced in the present case by a line.
- FIG. 1 shows a schematic flowchart of the method according to the invention, wherein a measurement 100 of a temperature value takes place with respect to a plurality of light-emitting diodes.
- a drive 102 of at least one current regulator in each case of a light-emitting diode takes place by means of the read-out current value.
- FIG. 3 shows the device 200 according to the invention for brightness compensation of at least one light-emitting diode LED.
- so-called ON / OFF modulators are provided, which set a specific mixing ratio of the individual light-emitting diode units.
- a so-called RGB code is provided, for which in turn 8 bits are provided in each case.
- the light emitting diode units are controlled separately by the device 200 according to the invention. That is, the adjustment of the color value is made independently of the adjustment of the brightness.
- the device 200 connected to a memory module which provides the table with the corresponding current values.
- the device 200 does not calculate current values and therefore also does not provide any logic, but that this device 200 looks only in a connected memory module and thus obtains the corresponding values.
- the ON / OFF modulators operate independently of the setting of the current value.
- the advantageous brightness compensation can be performed in an efficient manner and with little technical effort.
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic diagram of how current values can be provided as a function of measured temperature values. This can be used both in the method according to the invention, in the device and in the memory module. Thus, current values are entered on the Y axis and brightness values on the X axis. Thus, it can be seen here that a certain current value is necessary for a certain bit value. For this purpose, 4 temperature intervals are given on the right side of the present Fig., Each requiring its own current value to reach the preset brightness. As can be seen from the line of lines emanating from the zero point, the corresponding current value can be determined by means of an angle which is set as a function of a prevailing temperature value. In this case, it is particularly advantageous that this can be carried out before the method according to the invention is carried out and thus the results merely have to be stored.
- the current values must be set correspondingly steeper.
- the angle between the X-axis and the line of lines increases with increasing temperature value.
- a maximum current value at a maximum temperature of 125 ° C may already be 20.7 mA.
- a current value of 4.66 mA may suffice.
- a larger compensation is necessary with increasing temperature.
- a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention is the use of the described aspects in an automobile. In general, however, the present invention is not limited thereto, rather the skilled person recognizes various other possible applications in order to always offer an observer of a light-emitting diode the same brightness.
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