Electronic device display with charge accumulation tracker

    公开(公告)号:US10102815B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-16

    申请号:US15890517

    申请日:2018-02-07

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: An electronic device may generate content that is to be displayed on a display. The display may have an array of liquid crystal display pixels for displaying image frames of the content. The image frames may be displayed with positive and negative polarities to help reduce charge accumulation effects. A charge accumulation tracker may analyze the image frames to determine when there is a risk of excess charge accumulation. The charge accumulation tracker may analyze information on gray levels, frame duration, and frame polarity. The charge accumulation tracker may compute a charge accumulation metric for entire image frames or may process subregions of each frame separately. When subregions are processed separately, each subregion may be individually monitored for a risk of excess charge accumulation.

    ELECTRONIC DISPLAY TELECINE PULLDOWN SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    25.
    发明申请
    ELECTRONIC DISPLAY TELECINE PULLDOWN SYSTEMS AND METHODS 有权
    电子显示电子抽屉系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160277706A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-09-22

    申请号:US14659723

    申请日:2015-03-17

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling operation of an electronic display are provided. One embodiment describes an electronic display, which includes a display driver that writes image frames to pixels of the electronic display with a first refresh rate or a second refresh rate; and a timing controller that receives a plurality of image frames from an image source, in which the plurality of image frames are displayed on the electronic display to play video content; detects a cadence with which the plurality of image frames are received from the image source; and, based at least in part on the cadence of the plurality of image frames, instructs the display driver to write each of the plurality of image frames either as a single image frame at the first refresh rate or an image frame at the first refresh rate followed by a repeat of the image frame at the second refresh rate.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于控制电子显示器操作的系统和方法。 一个实施例描述了一种电子显示器,其包括以第一刷新率或第二刷新率将图像帧写入电子显示器的像素的显示驱动器; 以及定时控制器,其从图像源接收多个图像帧,其中所述多个图像帧在所述电子显示器上显示以播放视频内容; 从图像源检测接收到多个图像帧的节奏; 并且至少部分地基于多个图像帧的节奏,指示显示驱动器将多个图像帧中的每一个作为第一刷新率的单个图像帧或以第一刷新率的图像帧进行写入 随后以第二刷新率重复图像帧。

    DYNAMIC ARTIFACT COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    26.
    发明申请
    DYNAMIC ARTIFACT COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS 有权
    动态人工补偿系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160246430A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-08-25

    申请号:US14630280

    申请日:2015-02-24

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: One embodiment describes an electronic display. The electronic display includes display driver circuitry that display an image frame on the electronic device using a first display pixel and a second display pixel, touch sensing circuitry that detect user interaction with the electronic display, and a timing controller. The timing controller receives image data, in which the image data describes a target grayscale value of the first pixel and the second pixel to display the image frame, instructs the display driver circuitry to display a first portion of the image frame by writing the image data to the first display pixel, instructs the touch sensing circuitry to determine whether a user touch is present on a surface of the electronic display after the first portion of the image frame is displayed, determines grayscale value displayed by the second display pixel to display a previous image frame, and instructs the display driver circuitry to display a second portion of the image frame by writing adjusted image data to the second display pixel when the displayed grayscale value differs from the target grayscale value of the second pixel by more than a threshold amount.

    Abstract translation: 一个实施例描述了电子显示器。 电子显示器包括使用第一显示像素和第二显示像素在电子设备上显示图像帧的显示驱动器电路,检测用户与电子显示器的交互的触摸感测电路以及定时控制器。 定时控制器接收图像数据,其中图像数据描述第一像素的目标灰度值和用于显示图像帧的第二像素,指示显示驱动器电路通过写入图像数据来显示图像帧的第一部分 指示触摸感测电路在显示图像帧的第一部分之后确定用户触摸是否存在于电子显示器的表面上,确定由第二显示像素显示的灰度值以显示前一个 并且当显示的灰度值与第二像素的目标灰度值不同于阈值时,通过将调整后的图像数据写入第二显示像素来指示显示驱动器电路显示图像帧的第二部分。

    CONTENT DEPENDENT DISPLAY VARIABLE REFRESH RATE
    27.
    发明申请
    CONTENT DEPENDENT DISPLAY VARIABLE REFRESH RATE 有权
    内容相关显示可变刷新率

    公开(公告)号:US20160093239A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-03-31

    申请号:US14500646

    申请日:2014-09-29

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a display by dynamically determining a refresh rate for the display. In certain implementations, a processor determines a number of pixels having medium grayscale levels from a histogram for the image. If the number does not exceed a threshold, the processor sets a refresh rate for the display to a first refresh rate. In certain implementations, if the number exceeds a threshold, the processor may set the refresh rate for the display to a second refresh rate. Moreover, the first refresh rate may be lower than the second threshold. In some implementations, the image may be analyzed by subdividing the image into blocks and determining a refresh rate based on grayscale levels or distributions in the blocks. Based on the analysis of the blocks, a corresponding refresh rate may be selected.

    Abstract translation: 通过动态地确定显示器的刷新率来操作显示器的系统和方法。 在某些实现中,处理器根据图像的直方图确定具有中等灰度等级的像素数。 如果号码不超过阈值,则处理器将显示器的刷新率设置为第一刷新率。 在某些实现中,如果数量超过阈值,则处理器可以将显示器的刷新率设置为第二刷新率。 此外,第一刷新率可以低于第二阈值。 在一些实现中,可以通过将图像细分为块并且基于块中的灰度等级或分布来确定刷新率来分析图像。 基于块的分析,可以选择相应的刷新率。

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMPLIFYING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A HOST SYSTEM AND A DISPLAY SUBSYSTEM
    28.
    发明申请
    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMPLIFYING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A HOST SYSTEM AND A DISPLAY SUBSYSTEM 有权
    用于简化主机系统和显示器子系统之间的通信的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US20150199292A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-07-16

    申请号:US14500944

    申请日:2014-09-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    CPC classification number: G06F13/4221

    Abstract: A method for simplifying the host-to-display subsystem communications and consolidating the non-volatile memory requirements into a PMIC (power management integrated circuit) is disclosed. Hardware and software resource reduction in both the client devices (located in the display subsystem) and the host System on a Chip (SOC) can be realized with a novel PMIC design. The novel PMIC design achieves the resource reduction by providing for the following features: (1) Single-point communication, (2) Single-point notification, (3) Client device status storage, (4) Client device initialization from PMIC non-volatile memory, and (5) Subsystem calibration retrieval from PMIC non-volatile memory.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于简化主机到显示器子系统通信并将非易失性存储器需求整合到PMIC(电力管理集成电路)中的方法。 可以通过新颖的PMIC设计来实现客户端设备(位于显示子系统中)和主机片上系统(SOC)的硬件和软件资源减少。 新型PMIC设计通过提供以下特点实现资源减少:(1)单点通信,(2)单点通知,(3)客户端设备状态存储,(4)PMIC非易失性的客户端设备初始化 存储器和(5)PMIC非易失性存储器的子系统校准检索。

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