KR20140064435A - Apparatus and method for mura defect detection of display device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for detecting a Mura of a display device. According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of detecting blur in a display device, comprising: detecting image candidate regions by analyzing image information obtained from an image displayed on a display panel; Extracting features of the candidate regions; Loading a plurality of weights for each feature of an image; Calculating a quantization value of the candidate regions by applying a weight to each feature of the candidate regions; And comparing the quantified value of the candidate candidate regions with a reference value to detect the variance.
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BACKGROUND OF THE
As a liquid crystal display device (LCD) becomes larger in size, mura defects, that is, stain defects and image quality distortions are increasing in size and frequency. "Mura" means a stain in Japanese, which means that a specific area is displayed unevenly when the entire screen is displayed at a constant gray level.
The mura detection method according to the related art distinguishes all defects in which the contrast of the boundary is a conspicuous level irrespective of the shape and size of the defect. Generally, a defect of mura is discriminated by inspection on the eye of a person. However, there is a limitation in detecting mura defects in the conventional method as the size of the liquid crystal display device becomes larger. In addition, the degree of detection of mura defects may vary depending on the work skill of the operator, and there is a problem that the deviation of the mura detection increases with the larger screen.
1 is a view schematically showing a mura detection method according to the prior art.
Referring to FIG. 1, a mura inspection method using a SEMU developed by Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) has been proposed in order to improve the subjective inspection method of mura.
A method for detecting a mura in accordance with the related art using a SEMU will be described. After the input image data is preprocessed, an image is displayed on a display panel (S1).
Thereafter, the image displayed on the display panel is photographed with a CCD camera to obtain image information, and a non-image candidate area is detected based on the obtained image information (S2).
Thereafter, the luminance difference and the cognitive characteristic information with respect to the background are compared with respect to the candidate candidate region
SEMU method to quantify the distortion value of the image for the candidate candidate region (S3).
Thereafter, the final mura region is detected based on the quantization value generated in S3 (S4).
Although the mura detection method according to the related art eliminates subjective error factors of human beings, it is difficult to detect noise due to non-uniformity of luminance generated due to characteristics of a liquid crystal display device (LCD) .
In addition, although there is a possibility that due to a variety of factors, the characteristics of the candidate regions may be different from each other, the prior art can not reflect the importance of these various features.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for detecting dust in a display device.
Other features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, or may be obvious to those skilled in the art from the description and the claims.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for detecting a mura of a display device, comprising: detecting image candidate regions by analyzing image information obtained from an image displayed on a display panel; Extracting features of the candidate regions; Loading a plurality of weights for each feature of an image; Calculating a quantization value of the candidate regions by applying a weight to each feature of the candidate regions; And comparing the quantified value of the candidate candidate regions with a reference value to detect the null.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a feature detection apparatus for a display device, including: a feature extractor for extracting features of candidate candidate regions obtained from an image displayed on a display panel; A weight applying unit for loading a weight corresponding to a feature of the candidate candidate regions among a plurality of weighted values provided for each feature of the image; A quantization unit for calculating a quantization value of the candidate candidate regions by applying a weight to each feature of the candidate candidate regions; And a non-matching determining unit for comparing the quantized value of the candidate non-candidate areas with a reference value to detect non-matching information.
According to the means for solving the above problems, the apparatus and method for detecting mura in the display apparatus according to the above-described embodiment of the present invention can improve the mura region detection performance.
The apparatus and method for detecting a deviation of a display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention described above can prevent an excessive detection of a mura and improve an error deviation of the mura detection.
The apparatus and method for detecting the defects of the display device according to the embodiments of the present invention can classify defects for products produced by the manufacturing process and provide a criterion for determining the level of defects, have.
Other features and effects of the present invention may be newly understood through the embodiments of the present invention in addition to the features and effects of the present invention mentioned above.
1 schematically shows a mura detection method according to the prior art;
Fig. 2 and Fig. 3 are diagrams showing a mura detection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention; Fig.
4 is a diagram showing a mura detection method according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a diagram showing an example in which the weights of the mura detection method according to the embodiment of the present invention are applied.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a quantization value in which weights are reflected for each candidate candidate. FIG.
7 is a diagram showing a result of detection of mura according to an embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of an apparatus and method for detecting dust in a display device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 are views showing a mura detection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 and 3, the mura detection apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a test
The
Here, each of the plurality of pixels may be composed of three or four sub-pixels. For example, the sub-pixel may be divided into a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. The red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel, and the blue sub-pixel constitute one pixel.
As another example, the sub-pixel may be divided into a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel, and a white sub-pixel. The red sub-pixel, the green sub- Pixels.
The
When the liquid crystal panel is applied to the
Although not shown in the drawing, a driving circuit for driving the
The test
For example, the first test image may be displayed at 32 gray levels, the second test image may be displayed at 64 gradations, the third test image may be displayed at 128 gradations, and the fourth test image may be displayed at 255 gradations. At this time, the test
The non-candidate candidate
Specifically, the non-candidate candidate
At this time, when the first to fourth test images are displayed on the
On the other hand, if only one test image is displayed among the first to fourth test images on the
Referring to FIG. 3, the configuration and operation of the
The image
Specifically, the image
Here, the features of the candidate candidate regions may include the circularity, the size, the contrast, the density, the center point, the diagonal component, the horizontal variance, the vertical variance, and the horizontal and vertical variance of the image.
The
Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the weights are prepared in advance for each feature of the image displayed in the candidate candidate regions and stored in a memory (not shown). Of the plurality of weight values stored in the memory, And at least one weight corresponding to the weighting value. Here, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example in which weights of the mura detection method according to the embodiment of the present invention are applied.
The
Here, the data values of the features of the candidate regions may be sorted in descending order, and the weight may be applied to the data values. As shown in FIG. 6, it is also possible to calculate the quantization value of each candidate region by combining weighted values for each of the plurality of candidate regions, and combining the weighted values. Here, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a quantization value in which weights are reflected for each candidate candidate.
The
For example, the
As shown in Fig. 3, information of the finally detected mura is provided to the
Hereinafter, a method of detecting the brightness of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7. FIG.
First, the non-candidate candidate
Here, the test
At this time, the first test image may be displayed at 32 gray levels, the second test image may be displayed at 64 gradations, the third test image may be displayed at 128 gradations, and the fourth test image may be displayed at 255 gradations. At this time, the test
The non-candidate candidate
Subsequently, the image
For example, the image
Then, the
Then, the
Here, the data values of the features of the candidate regions may be sorted in descending order, and the weight may be applied to the data values. As shown in FIG. 6, it is also possible to calculate the quantization value of each candidate region by combining weighted values for each of the plurality of candidate regions, and combining the weighted values.
Then, a quantization value of the candidate candidate regions is compared with a reference value to detect a null (S50). The
Here, the
On the other hand, the number of mura that is finally detected can be freely set, and if the number of final mura is set to 1, the mura candidate corresponding to the first rank among the predetermined ranks is detected as the final mura. If the number of the semi-final and final mura are set to two, the candidate mura corresponding to the first and second rank among the predetermined rank can be detected as the final mura.
The apparatus and method for detecting mura in the display apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention can improve the mura region detection performance. Further, excessive detection of the mura or improvement of the error deviation of the mura detection can be achieved.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. It is therefore to be understood that the above-described embodiments are illustrative in all aspects and not restrictive.
The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the detailed description and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents are to be construed as being included within the scope of the present invention do.
100: display panel 200: test image supply unit
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410: image feature extraction unit 420: weight application unit
430: quantification unit 440:
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Extracting features of the candidate regions;
Loading a plurality of weights for each feature of an image;
Calculating a quantization value of the candidate regions by applying a weight to each feature of the candidate regions; And
And comparing the quantified value of the candidate candidate regions with a reference value to detect a mura.
The features of the candidate candidate regions are:
Wherein the image includes a circularity, a size, a contrast, a density, a center point, a diagonal component, a horizontal dispersion, a vertical dispersion, and a horizontal and vertical dispersion ratio.
Wherein a quantization value of each of the candidate candidate regions is calculated by applying a weight to each feature of the candidate candidate region.
Arranging a data value of each of the features of the candidate regions by a predetermined reference,
And weighting is applied to each of the plurality of display devices.
In the detecting step,
Setting a ranking for the mura candidate regions based on the quantization value of the mura candidate regions,
And detects at least one deviation according to the set order.
A weight applying unit for loading a weight corresponding to a feature of the candidate candidate regions among a plurality of weighted values provided for each feature of the image;
A quantization unit for calculating a quantization value of the candidate candidate regions by applying a weight to each feature of the candidate candidate regions; And
And a non-uniformity determination unit for comparing the quantized values of the non-uniformity candidate areas with a reference value to detect the unevenness.
The features of the candidate regions are:
Contrast, density, center point, diagonal component, horizontal dispersion, vertical dispersion, and horizontal / vertical dispersion ratio,
Wherein a plurality of weights for each feature of the image are stored in a memory.
The quantification unit may include:
Wherein a quantization value of each of the candidate candidate areas is calculated by applying a weight for each feature of the candidate candidate area.
The above-
Setting a ranking for the mura candidate regions based on the quantization value of the mura candidate regions,
And detects at least one deviation according to a predetermined order.
A test image supply unit for supplying a test image to the display panel; And
Further comprising a candidate candidate area detector for obtaining image information from the image displayed on the display panel and analyzing the obtained image information to detect candidate candidate areas.
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