Abstract:
The present invention relates to a grayscale rendition method in an active matrix OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display) where each cell of the display is controlled via an association of several Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs). In order to improve the grayscale rendition in an AM-OLED when displaying low grayscale levels and/or when displaying moving pictures, it is proposed to split each frame into a plurality of subframes wherein the amplitude of the data signal applied to a cell of the AM-OLED can be adapted to conform to the visual response of a CRT display. According to the invention, the video frame used for displaying an image is divided into N consecutive subframes, with N≧2, and the data signal applied to the cell comprises N independent elementary data signals, each of said elementary data signals being applied to the cell during a subframe. The grayscale level displayed by the cell during the video frame is depending on the amplitude of the elementary data signals and the duration of the subframes.

Description:
[0001]    The present invention relates to a grayscale rendition method in an active matrix OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display) where each cell of the display is controlled via an association of several Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs). This method has been more particularly but not exclusively developed for video application. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    The structure of an active matrix OLED or AM-OLED is well known. It comprises:
   an active matrix containing, for each cell, an association of several TFTs with a capacitor connected to an OLED material; the capacitor acts as a memory component that stores a value during a part of the video frame, this value being representative of a video information to be displayed by the cell during the next video frame or the next part of the video frame; the TFTs act as switches enabling the selection of the cell, the storage of a data in the capacitor and the displaying by the cell of a video information corresponding to the stored data;   a row or gate driver that selects line by line the cells of the matrix in order to refresh their content;   a column or source driver that delivers the data to be stored in each cell of the current selected line; this component receives the video information for each cell; and   a digital processing unit that applies required video and signal processing steps and that delivers the required control signals to the row and column drivers.   
 
         [0007]    Actually, there are two ways for driving the OLED cells. In a first way, each digital video information sent by the digital processing unit is converted by the column drivers into a current whose amplitude is proportional to the video information. This current is provided to the appropriate cell of the matrix. In a second way, the digital video information sent by the digital processing unit is converted by the column drivers into a voltage whose amplitude is proportional to the video information. This current or voltage is provided to the appropriate cell of the matrix. 
         [0008]    From the above, it can be deduced that the row driver has a quite simple function since it only has to apply a selection line by line. It is more or less a shift register. The column driver represents the real active part and can be considered as a high level digital to analog converter. The displaying of a video information with such a structure of AM-OLED is the following. The input signal is forwarded to the digital processing unit that delivers, after internal processing, a timing signal for row selection to the row driver synchronized with the data sent to the column drivers. The data transmitted to the column driver are either parallel or serial. Additionally, the column driver disposes of a reference signaling delivered by a separate reference signaling device. This component delivers a set of reference voltages in case of voltage driven circuitry or a set of reference currents in case of current driven circuitry. The highest reference is used for the white and the lowest for the smallest gray level. Then, the column driver applies to the matrix cells the voltage or current amplitude corresponding to the data to be displayed by the cells. 
         [0009]    Independently of the driving concept (current driving or voltage driving) chosen for the cells, the grayscale level is defined by storing during a frame an analog value in the capacitor of the cell. The cell up to the next refresh coming with the next frame keeps this value. In that case, the video information is rendered in a fully analog manner and stays stable during the whole frame. This grayscale rendition is different from the one in a CRT display that works with a pulse.  FIG. 1  illustrates the grayscale rendition in the case of a CRT and an AM-OLED. 
         [0010]      FIG. 1  shows that in the case of CRT display (left part of  FIG. 1 ), the selected pixel receives a pulse coming from the beam and generating on the phosphor of the screen a lighting peak that decreases rapidly depending on the phosphor persistence. A new peak is produced one frame later (e.g. 20 ms later for 50 hz, 16.67 ms later for 60 Hz). In this example, a level L 1  is displayed during the frame N and a lower level L 2  is displayed during a frame N+1. In case of an AMOLED (right part of  FIG. 1 ), the luminance of the current pixel is constant during the whole frame period. The value of the pixel is updated at the beginning of each frame. The video levels L 1  and L 2  are also displayed during the frames N and N+1. The illumination surfaces for levels L 1  and L 2 , shown by hatched areas in the figure, are equal between the CRT device and the AM-OLED device if the same power management system is used. All the amplitudes are controlled in an analog way. 
         [0011]    The grayscale rendition in the AM-OLED has currently some defects. One of them is the rendition of low grayscale level rendition.  FIG. 2  shows the displaying of the two extreme gray levels on a 8-bit AM-OLED. This figure shows the difference between the lowest gray level produced by using a data signal C 1  and the highest gray level (for displaying white) produced by using a data signal C 255 . It is obvious that the data signal C 1  must be much lower than C 255 . C 1  should normally be 255 times as low as C 255 . So, C 1  is very low. However, the storage of such a small value can be difficult due to the inertia of the system. Moreover, an error in the setting of this value (drift . . . ) will have much more impact on the final level for the lowest level than for the highest level. 
         [0012]    Another defect of the AM-OLED appears when displaying moving pictures. This defect is due to the reflex mechanism, called optokinetic nystagmus, of the human eyes. This mechanism drives the eyes to pursue a moving object in a scene to keep a stationary image on the retina. A motion-picture film is a strip of discrete still pictures that produces a visual impression of continuous movement. The apparent movement, called visual phi phenomenon, depend on persistence of the stimulus (here the picture).  FIG. 3  illustrates the eye movement in the case of the displaying of a white disk moving on a black background. The disk moves towards left from the frame N to the Frame N+1. The brain identifies the movement of the disk as a continuous movement towards left and creates a visual perception of a continuous movement. The motion rendition in an AM-OLED conflicts with this phenomenon, unlike the CRT display. The perceived movement with a CRT and an AM-OLED when displaying the frame N and N+1 of  FIG. 3  is illustrated in  FIG. 4 . In the case of a CRT display, the pulse displaying suits very well to the visual phi phenomenon. Indeed, the brain has no problem to identify the CRT information as a continuous movement. However, in the case of the AM-OLED picture rendition, the object seems to stay stationary during a whole frame before jumping to a new position in the next frame. Such a movement is quite difficult to be interpreted by the brain that results in either blurred pictures or vibrating pictures (judder). 
         [0013]    It is an object of the present invention to disclose a method and an apparatus for improving the grayscale rendition in an AM-OLED when displaying low grayscale levels and/or when displaying moving pictures. 
         [0014]    In order to solve these problems, it is proposed to split each frame into a plurality of subframes wherein the amplitude of the signal can be adapted to conform to the visual response of a CRT display. 
         [0015]    The invention concerns a method for displaying an image in an active matrix organic light emitting display comprising a plurality of cells, a data signal being applied to each cell for displaying a grayscale level of a pixel of the image during a video frame, characterized in that the video frame is divided into N consecutive subframes, with N≧2, and in that the data signal of a cell comprises N independent elementary data signals, each of said elementary data signals being applied to the cell during a subframe and the grayscale level displayed by the cell during the video frame depending on the amplitude of the elementary data signals and the duration of the subframes and in that the duration of the subframes is increasing from the first subframe to the last subframe of the video frame and, for each grey level, the amplitude of the elementary data signals is decreasing from the first subframe to the last subframe of the video frame. 
         [0016]    The amplitude of each elementary data signal is either greater than a first threshold for emitting light or equal to an amplitude C black  less than the first threshold for disabling light emission. This first threshold is the same value for each subframe. 
         [0017]    The amplitude of each elementary data signals is furthermore less than or equal to a second threshold. 
         [0018]    In a first embodiment, this second threshold is different for each subframe and is decreasing from the first subframe to the last subframe of the video frame. In said first embodiment, for each one of a plurality of reference grayscale levels, the amplitude of the elementary data signals used for displaying said reference grayscale levels which are different from the amplitude C black  can be defined as cut-off amplitudes and then, for displaying the next higher grayscale level to said reference grayscale levels in the range of possible grayscale levels, the amplitude of each of said elementary data signals is lowered from an amount such that the amplitude of the first next elementary data signals is increased from an amount greater than the first threshold. 
         [0019]    In a second embodiment, the second threshold is the same value in each subframe of the video frame and is equal to C 255 . In said second embodiment, the grayscale levels for which the amplitude of the elementary data signals used for displaying said grayscale levels are equal to either said second threshold or C black  are defined as reference grayscale levels. For displaying the next higher grayscale level to said reference grayscale levels in the range of possible grayscale levels, the amplitude of at least one of the elementary data signals equal to the second threshold is lowered from an amount such that the amplitude of the first next elementary data signals is increased from an amount greater than the first threshold. 
         [0020]    Advantageously, the inventive method comprises also the following steps for generating motion compensated images:
   calculating a motion vector for at one pixel of the image;   calculating a shift value for each subframe and for said at least one pixel in accordance with the motion vector calculated for said pixel; and   processing the data signal of the cell used for displaying said at least one pixel in accordance with the shift value calculated for said pixel.   
 
         [0024]    In the invention, it is possible to redistribute the energy of the elementary data signal for displaying a grayscale level of said at least one pixel during a subframe to cells of the display in accordance with the shift value for said at least one pixel and said subframe. 
         [0025]    The invention concerns also an apparatus for displaying an image comprising an active matrix comprising a plurality of organic light emitting cells, a row driver for selecting line by line the cells of said active matrix, a column driver for receiving data signals to be applied to the cells for displaying grayscale levels of pixels of the image during a video frame, and a digital processing unit for generating said data signals and control signals to control the row driver. This apparatus is characterized in that the video frame is divided into N consecutive subframes and the duration of the subframes is increasing from the first subframe to the last subframe of the video frame, with N≧2, and in that the digital processing unit generates data signal each comprising N independent elementary data signals such that, for each grey level, the amplitude of the elementary data signals is decreasing from the first subframe to the last subframe of the video frame, each of said elementary data signals being applied via the column driver to a cell during a subframe, the grayscale level displayed by the cell during the video frame depending on the amplitude of the elementary data signals and the duration of the subframes. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0026]    Exemplary embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings and in more detail in the following description. 
           [0027]    In the figures: 
           [0028]      FIG. 1  shows the illumination during frames in the case of a CRT and an AM-OLED; 
           [0029]      FIG. 2  shows the data signal applied to a cell of the AM-OLED for displaying two extreme grayscale levels in a classical way; 
           [0030]      FIG. 3  illustrates the eye movement in the case of a moving object in a sequence of images; 
           [0031]      FIG. 4  illustrates the perceived movement of the moving object of  FIG. 3  in the case of a CRT and an AM-OLED; 
           [0032]      FIG. 5  illustrates the method of the invention in a general way; 
           [0033]      FIG. 6  illustrates the elementary data signals applied to a cell for displaying different grayscale levels according two embodiments of the invention; 
           [0034]      FIG. 7  illustrates the displaying of specific grayscale levels according to the first embodiment of the invention; 
           [0035]      FIG. 8  illustrates the displaying of specific grayscale levels according to the second embodiment of the invention; 
           [0036]      FIG. 9  shows the positions during each subframe of a pixel moving according to a motion vector between two frames; 
           [0037]      FIG. 10  shows the position of the pixel of  FIG. 9  during the seventh subframe of a video frame; 
           [0038]      FIG. 11  illustrates an embodiment of the invention in the case of a PC application; 
           [0039]      FIG. 12  shows a first apparatus wherein the inventive method is implemented; and 
           [0040]      FIG. 13  shows a second apparatus wherein the inventive method is implemented. 
       
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
       [0041]    According to the invention, the video frame is divided in a plurality of subframes wherein the amplitude of the data signal applied to the cell is variable and the data signal of a cell comprises a plurality of independent elementary data signals, each of these elementary data signals being applied to the cell during a subframe. The number of subframes is higher than two and depends on the refreshing rate that can be used in the AMOLED. 
         [0042]    In the present specification, the following notations will be used:
   C L  designates the amplitude of the data signal of a cell for displaying a grayscale level L in a conventional method like in  FIG. 2 ;   SF i  designates the i th  subframe in a video frame;   C′(SF i ) designates the amplitude of the elementary data signal for a subframe SF i  of the video frame;   D i  designates the duration of the subframe SF i ;   C min  is a first threshold that represents a value of the data signal above which the working of the cell is considered as good (fast write, good stability . . . );   C black  designates the amplitude of the elementary data signal to be applied to a cell for disabling light emission; C black  is lower than C min .   
 
         [0049]      FIG. 5  can illustrate the method of the invention. In this example, the original video frame is divided into 6 subframes SF 1  to SF 6  with respective durations D 1  to D 6 . 6 independent elementary data signals C′(SF 1 ), C′(SF 2 ), C′(SF 3 ), C′(SF 4 ), C′(SF 5 ) and C′(SF 6 ) are used for displaying a grayscale level respectively during the subframes SF 1 , SF 2 , SF 3 , SF 4 , SF 5  and SF 6 . 
         [0050]    Some parameters have to be defined for each subframe:
   a second threshold, called value C max (SF i ), that represents the maximum data value during the subframe SF i ; and   the duration D i  of the subframe SF i , I ε [0 . . . 5].   
 
         [0053]    In the invention, the amplitude of each elementary data signal C′(SF i ) is either C black  or higher than C min . Furthermore, C′(SF i+1 )≦C′(SF i ) in order to avoid moving artifacts as known for the PDP technology. 
         [0054]    The durations Di of the subframes SF i  are defined to meet the following conditions:
   D 1 ×C min &lt;C 1 ×T where T represents the video frame duration; this condition ensures that the lowest grayscale level can be rendered with a data signal above the threshold C min ; the surface C×T represents the lowest grayscale level and it is possible to find a new C′(SF 1 ) so that we have: D 1 ×C′(SF 1 )=C 1 ×T with C′(SF 1 )&gt;C min .   For all D i  with i&gt;1, D&gt;D i−1  and D i ×C min &lt;D i−1 ×C max (SF i−1 ); this condition ensures that it is possible to have continuity in the grayscale rendition by always adding subframes.   
 
         [0057]    The invention will be described by two main embodiments. In a first embodiment, C max (SF i ) is decreasing from one subframe to the next one in the video frame and the value C max  for the first subframes of the video frame is higher than C 255 . In a second embodiment, C max (SF i ) is the same value for all subframes and equals to the value C 255  of  FIG. 2 . 
         [0058]      FIG. 6  is a table illustrating the two embodiments. The first embodiment is detailed in a first column of the table and the second embodiment in a second one. This table shows the amplitude of the elementary data signals to be applied to a cell for displaying the grayscale levels  1 ,  5 ,  20 ,  120  and  255  in the two embodiments. 
         [0059]    In the first embodiment, the second thresholds C max (SF i ) are defined such that 
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         [0060]    In the second embodiment, C max (SF i ) is the same value for the 6 subframes and equals to C 255 . 
         [0061]    In these two embodiments, the amplitudes C′(SF i ) i ε [106]  for displaying the grayscale levels  1 ,  5 ,  20 ,  120  and  255  are the following ones:
   for level  1 , C′(SF 1 )&gt;C min  and C′(SF i )=C black  for i ε [206];   for level  5 , C′(SF 1 )&gt;C min  and C′(SF i )=C black  for i ε [206];   for level  20 , C′(SF 1 )&gt;C′(SF 2 )&gt;C′(SF 3 )&gt;C min  and C′(SF i )=C black  for i ε [406];   for level  120 , C′(SF 1 )&gt;C′(SF 2 )&gt;C′(SF 3 )&gt;C′(SF 4 )&gt;C′(SF 5 )&gt;C′(SF 6 )&gt;C min      for level  255 , C′(SF 1 )&gt;C′(SF 2 )&gt;C′(SF 3 )&gt;C′(SF 4 )&gt;C′(SF 5 )&gt;C′(SF 6 )&gt;C min  in the first embodiment and C′(SF i )=C 255  for i ε [1□6] in the second embodiment;   
 
         [0067]    C′(SF i+1 ) is preferably lower than C′(SF i ), as in the first embodiment, in order to avoid moving artifacts as known for the PDP technology. Consequently, the light emission in the first embodiment is similar to the one with a cathode ray tube (CRT) presented in  FIG. 1  whereas, in the second embodiment, the light emission is similar to the one with a CRT only for the first half of the grayscale levels (low levels to middle levels). 
         [0068]    Concerning the low level rendition, both embodiments are equivalent. As the first elementary data signal is not applied to the cell during the entire video frame, it can be higher than the threshold C min . Besides, these embodiments are identical for the rendition of low level up to mid grayscale. 
         [0069]    Concerning the motion rendition, the first embodiment offers a better motion rendition than conventional methods because the second threshold for the last subframes of the video frame is less than C 255 . This motion rendition is better for all the grayscale levels. For the second embodiment, the motion rendition is only improved for the low levels up to the midlevels. 
         [0070]    It appears that the first embodiment is more adapted for improving low-level rendition and motion rendition. However, as the maximal data signal amplitude C max  used for the first subframes is much higher than the usual one C 255 , it could have an impact on the cell lifetime. So, this last parameter must be taken into account for selecting one of these embodiments. 
         [0071]    The invention presents another advantage: the resolution of the grayscale levels is increased. Indeed, the analog amplitude of an elementary data signal to be applied to a cell is defined by a column driver. If the column driver is a 6-bit driver, the amplitude of each elementary data signal is 6-bit. As 6 elementary data signals are used, the resolution of the resulting data signal is higher than 6 bits. 
         [0072]    In an improved embodiment, for displaying a given grayscale level, it is possible to lower the amplitude of one of the elementary data signals used for displaying the preceding lower grayscale level in the possible grayscale levels range in order to be sure that the amplitudes of all elementary data signals different from C black  are greater than C min . The main idea behind this improvement is that, when a new subframe is used, the former value of the previous ones should be reduced accordingly so that the amplitude of the new non-zero elementary data signal is necessarily above C min . 
         [0073]      FIG. 7  illustrates this improvement for the first embodiment. For displaying the first low level, the amplitudes of the elementary data signals are the following ones:
   C′(SF 1 )=A&gt;C   C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;1.     
         [0076]    For the first further grayscale levels, the value of C′(SF 1 ) increases while keeping C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;1. For some reference grayscale levels, like for example 10 or 19, the amplitudes of the elementary data signals different from C black  are considered as cut-off amplitudes. They are referenced C′ cut (SF i ,L) for the subframe SFi and the reference grayscale level L. For example, for displaying the grayscale level  10 , we have:
   C′(SF 1 )=C′ cut (SF 1 ,10)   C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;1.   
 
         [0079]    For displaying the grayscale level  11 , the amplitude C′(SF 1 ) is lowered in order that the amplitude of the next elementary data signal, C′(SF 2 ), be greater than C min . Preferably, the amplitude C′(SF 1 ) is lowered from an amount Δ such that Δ×D 1 =C min ×D 2 .
   C′(SF 1 )=C′ cut (SF 1 ,10)−Δ=C′ cut (SF 1 ,10)−(C min ×D 2 )/D 1      C′(SF 2 )&gt;C min      C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;2.   
 
         [0083]    In the same manner, for displaying the grayscale level  19 , we have:
   C′(SF 1 )=C′ cut (SF 1 ,19)   C′(SF 2 )=C′ cut (SF 2 ,19)   C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;2.   
 
         [0087]    For displaying the grayscale level  20 , the amplitudes C′(SF 1 ) and C′(SF 2 ) are lowered in order that the amplitude of the next elementary data signal, C′(SF 3 ), be greater than C min . The amplitudes C′(SF 1 ) and C′(SF 2 ) are preferably lowered respectively from an amount Δ′ and Δ″ such that Δ′×D 1 +Δ″×D 2 =C min ×D 3 .
   C′(SF 1 )=C′ cut (SF 1 ,19)−Δ′   C′(SF 2 )=C′ cut (SF 2 ,19)−Δ″   C′(SF 3 )&gt;C min      C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;3.   
 
         [0092]      FIG. 8  illustrates this improvement for the second embodiment. For displaying the first low level, it is like for the first embodiment:
   C′(SF 1 )=A&gt;C   C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;1.     
         [0095]    For the first further grayscale levels, the value of C′(SF 1 ) increases while keeping C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;1. When the amplitude of an elementary data signal C(SF i ) reaches C 255  for displaying a grayscale level L, the amplitude of this elementary data signal is lowered for displaying the level L+1. It is lowered preferably from an amount Δ such that Δ×D i =C min ×D i+1 . 
         [0096]    It is illustrated in  FIG. 8  for the levels  14 ,  15 ,  25  and  26 . For the level  13 , we have C′(SF 1 )=C 255  and C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;1. For the level  14 , we have
   C′(SF 1 )=C 255 −Δ=C 255 −(C min ×D 2 )/D 1      C′(SF 2 )&gt;C min      C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;2.   
 
         [0100]    In the same manner, for displaying the level  25 , we have C′(SF 1 )=C′(SF 2 )=C 255  and C′(SF 1 )=C black  for all i&gt;2. For the level  26 , we have
   C′(SF 1 )=C 255      C′(SF 2 )=C 255 −Δ′=C 255 −(C min ×D 3 )/D 2      C′(SF 3 )&gt;C min      C′(SF i )=C black  for all i&gt;3.   
 
         [0105]    The method of the invention can be advantageously used when using a motion estimation for generating motion compensated images. The motion estimator generates a motion vector for each pixel of the picture, this vector representing the motion of the pixel from one frame to the next one. Based on this movement information, it is possible to compute a shift value for each subframe and each pixel of the image. Then the data signal of the cells can be processed in accordance with these shift values for generating a motion compensated image. Contrary to the driving method used in a PDP, the analog value of the elementary data signal for a subframe can be adjusted if the displacement of a pixel for said subframe does not coincide with the position of a cell of the AMOLED. By knowing the real displacement of the pixel, it is possible to interpolate a new analog value for the elementary data signal of said subframe depending on its temporal position. 
         [0106]    This improvement is illustrated by  FIGS. 9 and 10 .  FIG. 9  shows the different positions of a pixel during a video frame N comprising 11 subframes according to a motion vector V. As the amplitude of the elementary data signal of each subframe is analog, it is possible to modify its value in order to obtain a better image corresponding to the temporal position of this subframe. For example, as illustrated by  FIG. 10 , the energy of a pixel P for the seventh subframe is distributed on 4 cells of the AMOLED. According to the invention, an interpolation can be done in an analog way by distributing to each of the four cells a part of the energy of the pixel proportional to the area of pixel recovering said cell. 
         [0107]    In  FIG. 10 , the position of the pixel P does not coincide exactly with the position of a cell C of the AM-OLED. The hatched area represents the area of the pixel P that coincides with the cell C. This area equals to x % of the pixel area. So, for a good interpolation, x % of the energy of the pixel P is transferred to the cell C and the rest is either suppressed or distributed to the 3 other cells. 
         [0108]    The principle of the invention is applicable to video or PC applications. For PC applications, it is possible to use only 2 subframes in the main frame, a first subframe having a low duration and a second one having a higher duration as shown in  FIG. 11 . There is no need for more subframes because there are no moving sequences and these two subframes are enough for improving the low level rendition. 
         [0109]    Different devices can be used for implementing the inventive method.  FIG. 12  shows a first device. It comprises an AM-OLED  10 , a row driver  11  that selects line by line the cells of the AM-OLED  10  in order to refresh their content, a column driver  12  that receives a video information for each cell of the AM-OLED and delivers a data representative of the video information to be stored in the cell, and a digital processing unit  13  that delivers appropriate data signals to the row driver  11  and video information to the column driver  12 . 
         [0110]    In the digital processing unit  13 , the video information are forwarded to a standard OLED processing block  20  as usual. The output data of this block are then forwarded to a subframe transcoding table  21 . This table delivers n output data for each pixel, n being the number of subframes and one output data for each subframe. The n output data for each pixel are then stored at different positions in a subframe memory  22 , a specific area in the memory being allocated for each subframe. The subframe memory  22  is able to store the subframe data for 2 images. The data of one image can be written while the data of the other image are read. The data are read subframe by subframe and transmitted to a standard OLED driving unit  23 . 
         [0111]    The OLED driving unit  23  is in charge of driving subframe by subframe the row driver  11  and the column driver  12 . It controls also the duration D of the sub-frames. 
         [0112]    A controller  24  may be used for selecting a video display mode wherein the images are displayed with a plurality of subframes and a PC display mode wherein the images are displayed with one single subframe (as usual) or with two subframes for improving low level rendition. The controller  24  is connected to the OLED processing block  20 , the subframe transcoding table  21  and the OLED driving unit  23 . 
         [0113]      FIG. 13  illustrates another embodiment with motion estimation. The digital processing unit  13  comprises the same blocks, only with a motion estimator  25  before the OLED processing unit  20  and a subframe interpolation block  26  inserted between the subframe transcoding table  21  and the subframe memory  26 . The input signal is forwarded to the motion estimator  26  that computes a motion vector per pixel or group of pixels of the current image. Then, the input signal is further sent to the OLED processing  20  and the subframe transcoding table  21  as explained before. The motion vectors are sent to the subframe interpolation block  26 . They are used with the previous subframes coming from the subframe transcoding table  21  for producing new subframes.