Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/JPWO2008143130A1/en
Timestamp: 2020-01-17 19:16:19
Document Index: 760531319

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 106', 'art 110', 'art 114', 'art 116', 'art 118', 'art 120', 'art 122', 'art 124', 'art 126']

JPWO2008143130A1 - Display device, display device driving method, and computer program - Google Patents
Display device, display device driving method, and computer program Download PDF
JPWO2008143130A1
JPWO2008143130A1 JP2009515187A JP2009515187A JPWO2008143130A1 JP WO2008143130 A1 JPWO2008143130 A1 JP WO2008143130A1 JP 2009515187 A JP2009515187 A JP 2009515187A JP 2009515187 A JP2009515187 A JP 2009515187A JP WO2008143130 A1 JPWO2008143130 A1 JP WO2008143130A1
JP2009515187A
秀人 森
菊池　健
泰夫 井上
剛也 目黒
英彦 設楽
真博 伊東
東洋 大角
2007-05-18 Priority to JP2007133229 priority Critical
2007-05-18 Priority to JP2007133229 priority
2008-05-15 Application filed by ソニー株式会社 filed Critical ソニー株式会社
2008-05-15 Priority to PCT/JP2008/058935 priority patent/WO2008143130A1/en
2010-08-05 Publication of JPWO2008143130A1 publication Critical patent/JPWO2008143130A1/en
A light emission amount detection unit for detecting a light emission amount from a video signal having linear characteristics; a light emission time calculation unit for calculating a light emission time of the light emitting element based on the light emission amount detected by the light emission amount detection unit; and recording the calculated light emission time A luminance acquisition unit that acquires luminance information of the light emitting element using the emission time recorded in the emission time recording unit; a coefficient that multiplies the video signal based on the luminance information acquired by the luminance acquisition unit And a coefficient multiplier that multiplies the video signal by the coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculator. [Selection] Figure 12
The present invention relates to a display device and a driving method of the display device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a scanning line for selecting a pixel at a predetermined scanning period, a data line for providing luminance information for driving the pixel, and the luminance information. The present invention relates to an active matrix display device including a pixel circuit that controls the amount of current based on the pixel circuit and emits light-emitting elements in accordance with the amount of current, and a driving method thereof.
As flat and thin display devices, liquid crystal display devices using liquid crystals, plasma display devices using plasma, and the like have been put into practical use.
The liquid crystal display device is a display device that displays an image by providing a backlight and changing the arrangement of liquid crystal molecules by applying a voltage so as to allow or block light from the backlight. In addition, the plasma display device enters a plasma state by applying a voltage to the gas sealed in the substrate, and the phosphor is irradiated with ultraviolet rays generated by energy generated when returning from the plasma state to the original state. This is a display device that displays visible light.
On the other hand, in recent years, a self-luminous display device using an organic EL (electroluminescence) element that emits light when a voltage is applied has been developed. When receiving energy by electrolysis, the organic EL element changes from a ground state to an excited state, and emits differential energy as light when returning from the excited state to the ground state. The organic EL display device is a display device that displays an image using light emitted from the organic EL element.
Unlike a liquid crystal display device that requires a backlight, the self-luminous display device does not require a backlight because the element emits light by itself, and thus can be made thinner than a liquid crystal display device. In addition, since the moving image characteristics, viewing angle characteristics, color reproducibility, and the like are superior to liquid crystal display devices, self-luminous display devices using organic EL elements are attracting attention as next-generation flat thin display devices. .
JP 2005-84353 A
However, since the element emits light by itself in the self-luminous display device, deterioration of the light-emitting element occurs when light emission continues. The light emitting element has different deterioration characteristics for each of the three primary colors red, green, and blue. Therefore, the light emission balance of the three colors of red, green, and blue is lost as the light emitting element deteriorates. As a result, there is a problem that the color temperature of the image is displayed on the screen different from the desired one.
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to calculate the light emission time from the video signal and acquire the luminance of the light emitting element from the calculated light emission time. It is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved display device, a display device driving method, and a computer program capable of correcting a color temperature based on the luminance information.
In order to solve the above-described problem, according to one aspect of the present invention, a pixel including a light-emitting element that emits light according to an amount of current and a pixel circuit that controls a current applied to the light-emitting element according to a video signal; A display device including a display unit in which a scanning line for supplying a selection signal for selecting a pixel to emit light to the pixel at a predetermined scanning cycle and a data line for supplying a video signal to the pixel are arranged in a matrix: A light emission amount detection unit that inputs a video signal having linear characteristics and detects a light emission amount from the video signal; a light emission time calculation unit that calculates a light emission time of the light emitting element based on the light emission amount detected by the light emission amount detection unit; A light emission time recording unit that records the calculated light emission time; a luminance acquisition unit that acquires luminance information of the light emitting element using the light emission time recorded in the light emission time recording unit; and based on the luminance information acquired by the luminance acquisition unit, Video signal A coefficient calculation unit for calculating a coefficient to be multiplied; a coefficient multiplying portion for multiplying the coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculation unit for the video signal; including, the display device is provided.
According to this configuration, the light emission amount detection unit inputs a video signal having linear characteristics, detects the light emission amount from the video signal, and the light emission time calculation unit detects the light emission element based on the light emission amount detected by the light emission amount detection unit. The light emission time is calculated, the light emission time recording unit records the calculated light emission time, the luminance acquisition unit acquires the luminance information of the light emitting element using the light emission time recorded in the light emission time recording unit, and the coefficient calculation unit acquires the luminance. A coefficient for multiplying the video signal is calculated based on the luminance information acquired by the unit, and the coefficient multiplier multiplies the video signal by the coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculator. As a result, the light emission time is calculated from the video signal, the luminance of the light emitting element is acquired from the calculated light emission time, and the coefficient is calculated based on the acquired luminance information. Then, the color temperature of the video displayed on the screen can be corrected by multiplying the video signal by the calculated coefficient.
The display device may further include a linear conversion unit that converts a video signal having gamma characteristics into a video signal having linear characteristics. According to this configuration, the linear conversion unit converts the video signal having gamma characteristics into a video signal having linear characteristics. The video signal having linear characteristics converted by the linear conversion unit is input to the light emission amount detection unit, and the light emission amount is detected from the video signal. As a result, it is possible to easily perform various signal processing on the video signal.
The display device may further include a gamma conversion unit that converts the output signal of the coefficient multiplication unit having linear characteristics so as to have gamma characteristics. According to this configuration, the gamma conversion unit converts the output signal of the coefficient multiplication unit having linear characteristics so as to have gamma characteristics. As a result, since the video signal has a gamma characteristic, the gamma characteristic of the display unit can be canceled, and the self-light emitting element in the display unit can emit light according to the current of the signal.
The coefficient calculation unit may calculate a coefficient that matches the luminance of the color having the lowest luminance with the luminance of the other color as a result of acquiring the luminance information by the luminance acquisition unit. According to such a configuration, the coefficient calculation unit calculates a coefficient that matches the luminance of the other color with the luminance of the color having the lowest luminance as a result of acquiring the luminance information by the luminance acquisition unit. As a result, the luminance of the color with the lowest luminance is matched with the luminance of the other color, and the image is displayed with the luminance reduced, so that the deterioration rate of the self-light emitting element can be delayed.
The light emission amount detection unit may detect the light emission amount for a plurality of regions on the screen, and the signal level correction unit may correct the light emission amount in accordance with the region where the luminance is the lowest. According to such a configuration, the light emission amount detection unit detects the light emission amount for a plurality of regions on the screen, and the signal level correction unit corrects the light emission amount according to the region where the luminance is the lowest. As a result, the luminance of the entire screen is adjusted to the region where the luminance is the lowest, so that the color temperature of the entire screen can be adjusted.
The light emission amount detection unit may detect the light emission amount by moving the region up and down with respect to a plurality of regions on the screen. According to this configuration, when detecting the light emission amount, the light emission amount detection unit detects the light emission amount by moving the region up and down with respect to the plurality of regions on the screen. As a result, the brightness on the screen can be detected evenly, and more effective color temperature correction can be performed.
In order to solve the above-described problem, according to another aspect of the present invention, a pixel including a light emitting element that emits light according to the amount of current and a pixel circuit that controls a current applied to the light emitting element according to a video signal. Driving a display device including a display unit in which a scanning line for supplying a selection signal for selecting a pixel to emit light to the pixel in a predetermined scanning cycle and a data line for supplying a video signal to the pixel are arranged in a matrix A method of inputting a video signal having linear characteristics and detecting a light emission amount; a light emission time calculating step of calculating a light emission time based on the light emission amount detected in the light emission amount detection step; A light emission time recording step for recording the emitted light emission time; a luminance acquisition step for acquiring the luminance of the light emitting element from the relationship between the light emission time recorded in the light emission time recording step and the luminance of the light emitting element; A coefficient calculation step for calculating a coefficient for multiplying the video signal based on the luminance information acquired in the degree acquisition step; and a coefficient multiplication step for multiplying the video signal by the coefficient calculated in the coefficient calculation step. A method of driving the apparatus is provided.
According to this configuration, the light emission amount detection step inputs a video signal having linear characteristics, detects the light emission amount, and the light emission time calculation step calculates the light emission time based on the light emission amount detected in the light emission amount detection step, The emission time recording step records the calculated emission time, the luminance acquisition step acquires the luminance of the light emitting element from the relationship between the emission time recorded in the emission time recording step and the luminance of the light emitting element, and the coefficient calculation step acquires the luminance. Based on the luminance information acquired in the step, a coefficient to be multiplied by the video signal is calculated, and the coefficient multiplication step multiplies the video signal by the coefficient calculated in the coefficient calculation step. As a result, the light emission time is calculated from the video signal, the luminance of the light emitting element is acquired from the calculated light emission time, and the coefficient is calculated based on the acquired luminance information. Then, the color temperature of the video displayed on the screen can be corrected by multiplying the video signal by the calculated coefficient.
In order to solve the above-described problem, according to another aspect of the present invention, a pixel including a light emitting element that emits light according to the amount of current and a pixel circuit that controls a current applied to the light emitting element according to a video signal. And a display device including a display unit in which a scanning line for supplying a selection signal for selecting a pixel to emit light to the pixel at a predetermined scanning period and a data line for supplying a video signal to the pixel are arranged in a matrix A computer program for causing a computer to execute: a light emission amount detection step for inputting a video signal having linear characteristics and detecting a light emission amount; and a light emission time for calculating a light emission time based on the light emission amount detected in the light emission amount detection step A time calculation step; a light emission time recording step for recording the calculated light emission time; and a relationship between the light emission time recorded in the light emission time recording step and the luminance of the light emitting element, A luminance acquisition step for acquiring the luminance of the optical element; a coefficient calculation step for calculating a coefficient to be multiplied to the video signal based on the luminance information acquired in the luminance acquisition step; a coefficient calculated in the coefficient calculation step for the video signal And a coefficient multiplication step for multiplying by.
According to this configuration, the light emission amount detection step inputs a video signal having linear characteristics, detects the light emission amount, and the light emission time calculation step calculates the light emission time based on the light emission amount detected in the light emission amount detection step, The emission time recording step records the calculated emission time, the luminance acquisition step acquires the luminance of the light emitting element from the relationship between the emission time recorded in the emission time recording step and the luminance of the light emitting element, and the coefficient calculation step acquires the luminance. Based on the luminance information acquired in the step, a coefficient to be multiplied to the video signal is calculated, and the coefficient multiplication step multiplies the video signal by the coefficient calculated in the coefficient calculation step. As a result, the light emission time is calculated from the video signal, the luminance of the light emitting element is acquired from the calculated light emission time, and the coefficient is calculated based on the acquired luminance information. Then, the color temperature of the video displayed on the screen can be corrected by multiplying the video signal by the calculated coefficient.
As described above, according to the present invention, a new and improved display capable of calculating the light emission time from the video signal and correcting the color temperature based on the information on the light emission time and the luminance of the light emitting element. An apparatus, a driving method of a display device, and a computer program can be provided.
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of a display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A is an explanatory diagram illustrating a change in characteristics of a signal flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention using a graph. FIG. 2B is an explanatory diagram illustrating, in the form of a graph, changes in characteristics of signals flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2C is an explanatory diagram illustrating, in the form of a graph, changes in characteristics of signals flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2D is an explanatory diagram illustrating, in the form of a graph, changes in characteristics of signals flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2E is an explanatory diagram illustrating, in the form of a graph, changes in characteristics of signals flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2F is an explanatory diagram illustrating, in the form of a graph, changes in characteristics of signals flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a cross-sectional structure of a pixel circuit provided in the panel 158. FIG. 4 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 5 is a driving timing chart of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6A is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6C is an explanatory diagram illustrating an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6D is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6E is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6F is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6G is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6H is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 6I is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 7 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 8 is a driving timing chart of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 9A is an explanatory diagram illustrating an on / off state of each transistor of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 9B is an explanatory diagram illustrating an on / off state of each transistor of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 9C is an explanatory diagram illustrating an on / off state of each transistor of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 9D is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 9E is an explanatory diagram showing an on / off state of each transistor of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 9F is an explanatory diagram illustrating an on / off state of each transistor of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 10 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the 4Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 11 is an equivalent circuit diagram of the 3Tr / 1C driving circuit. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the components related to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 and the long-term color temperature correction unit 124. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an example of the LT characteristic of the organic EL element. FIG. 14A is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of LT characteristics of an organic EL element. FIG. 14B is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of the LT characteristic of the organic EL element. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an area on the screen to be divided for acquiring luminance according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the horizontal coordinate of the screen and the gain in a graph according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining a color temperature correction method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 18 is a flowchart for explaining a color temperature correction method according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 19A is an explanatory diagram for explaining the adjustment of the color temperature according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 19B is an explanatory diagram illustrating adjustment of the color temperature according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating, in a graph, the relationship between time and a detection area according to an embodiment of the present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Display apparatus 104 Control part 106 Recording part 110 Signal processing integrated circuit 112 Edge blurring part 114 I / F part 116 Linear conversion part 118 Pattern generation part 120 Color temperature adjustment part 122 Still image detection part 124 Long-term color temperature correction part 126 Light emission time Control unit 128 Signal level correction unit 130 Unevenness correction unit 132 Gamma conversion unit 134 Dither processing unit 136 Signal output unit 138 Long-term color temperature correction detection unit 140 Gate pulse output unit 142 Gamma circuit control unit 150 Storage unit 152 Data driver 154 Gamma circuit 156 Overcurrent detection unit 158 Panel 162 Light emission time calculation unit 164 Light emission time storage unit 166 Brightness acquisition unit 168 Coefficient calculation unit 170 Coefficient multiplication unit
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in this specification and drawing, about the component which has the substantially same function structure, the duplicate description is abbreviate | omitted by attaching | subjecting the same code | symbol.
First, the configuration of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the configuration of a display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the configuration of the display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, a display device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a control unit 104, a recording unit 106, a signal processing integrated circuit 110, a storage unit 150, a data driver 152, and a gamma circuit. 154, an overcurrent detection unit 156, and a panel 158.
The signal processing integrated circuit 110 includes an edge blurring unit 112, an I / F unit 114, a linear conversion unit 116, a pattern generation unit 118, a color temperature adjustment unit 120, a still image detection unit 122, a long-term color temperature. Correction unit 124, light emission time control unit 126, signal level correction unit 128, unevenness correction unit 130, gamma conversion unit 132, dither processing unit 134, signal output unit 136, and long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 A gate pulse output unit 140, and a gamma circuit control unit 142.
Upon receiving the video signal, the display device 100 analyzes the video signal and displays a video through the panel 158 by turning on pixels arranged in the panel 158 described later according to the analyzed content. Is.
The control unit 104 controls the signal processing integrated circuit 110, and exchanges signals with the I / F unit 114. The control unit 104 performs various signal processing on the signal received from the I / F unit 114. The signal processing performed by the control unit 104 includes, for example, calculation of a gain used for adjusting the luminance of an image displayed on the panel 158.
The recording unit 106 stores information for controlling the signal processing integrated circuit 110 in the control unit 104. As the recording unit 106, it is preferable to use a memory that can store information without being erased even when the display device 100 is powered off. As a memory employed as the recording unit 106, for example, an EEPROM (Electronically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory) that can be electrically rewritten is desirably used. The EEPROM is a non-volatile memory in which data can be written and erased while being mounted on the substrate, and is suitable for storing information of the display device 100 that changes every moment.
The signal processing integrated circuit 110 inputs a video signal and performs signal processing on the input video signal. In the present embodiment, the video signal input to the signal processing integrated circuit 110 is a digital signal, and the signal width is 10 bits. Signal processing on the input video signal is performed by each unit in the signal processing integrated circuit 110.
The edge blurring unit 112 performs signal processing for blurring edges on the input video signal. Specifically, the edge blurring unit 112 prevents the image burn-in phenomenon by blurring the edge by intentionally shifting the image in order to prevent the image burn-in phenomenon on the panel 158.
The linear conversion unit 116 performs signal processing for converting a video signal whose output corresponding to an input has a gamma characteristic from a gamma characteristic so as to have a linear characteristic. By performing signal processing so that the output with respect to the input has linear characteristics in the linear conversion unit 116, various processes for the image displayed on the panel 158 are facilitated. By the signal processing in the linear conversion unit 116, the signal width of the video signal is expanded from 10 bits to 14 bits. When the video signal is converted so as to have a linear characteristic by the linear conversion unit 116, the gamma conversion unit 132 described later converts the video signal so as to have a gamma characteristic.
The pattern generation unit 118 generates a test pattern used for image processing inside the display device 100. As a test pattern used for image processing inside the display device 100, for example, there is a test pattern used for display inspection of the panel 158.
The color temperature adjustment unit 120 adjusts the color temperature of the image, and adjusts the color displayed on the panel 158 of the display device 100. Although not shown in FIG. 1, the display device 100 includes color temperature adjusting means for adjusting the color temperature, and an image displayed on the screen when the user operates the color temperature adjusting means. The color temperature of can be adjusted manually.
The long-term color temperature correction unit 124 corrects aging deterioration caused by differences in luminance / time characteristics (LT characteristics) of R (red), G (green), and B (blue) colors of the organic EL element. Since the organic EL element has different LT characteristics for R, G, and B colors, the color balance is lost as the light emission time elapses. The color balance is corrected.
The light emission time controller 126 controls the light emission time of the organic EL element by calculating a duty ratio of a pulse when displaying an image on the panel 158. The display device 100 displays an image by causing the organic EL element to emit light by applying a current to the organic EL element in the panel 158 while the pulse is in the HI state.
The signal level correction unit 128 adjusts the luminance of the video displayed on the panel 158 by correcting the signal level of the video signal in order to prevent the image burn-in phenomenon. The image burn-in phenomenon is a phenomenon in which light emission characteristics are deteriorated when the light emission frequency of a specific pixel is higher than that of other pixels. A deteriorated pixel is compared with other non-deteriorated pixels. The brightness is lowered, and the brightness difference from the surrounding non-deteriorated part is increased. Due to this difference in brightness, it appears that characters are burned on the screen.
The signal level correction unit 128 calculates the light emission amount of each pixel or pixel group from the video signal and the duty ratio of the pulse calculated by the light emission time control unit 126, and based on the calculated light emission amount, brightness is obtained as necessary. The gain for dropping the image is calculated, and the calculated gain is multiplied to the video signal.
The long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 detects information to be corrected by the long-term color temperature correction unit 124. Information detected by the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 is sent to the control unit 104 through the I / F unit 114, and is recorded in the recording unit 106 through the control unit 104.
The unevenness correction unit 130 corrects unevenness of an image or video displayed on the panel 158. In the unevenness correction unit 130, the horizontal stripes, vertical stripes, and spots on the entire screen of the panel 158 are corrected based on the level of the input signal and the coordinate position.
The gamma conversion unit 132 performs signal processing for converting the video signal converted to have linear characteristics by the linear conversion unit 116 so as to have gamma characteristics. The signal processing performed by the gamma converter 132 cancels the gamma characteristic of the panel 158 and converts the signal into a signal having linear characteristics so that the organic EL element inside the panel 158 emits light according to the signal current. It is processing. By performing signal processing in the gamma conversion unit 132, the signal width changes from 14 bits to 12 bits.
The dither processing unit 134 performs dithering on the signal converted by the gamma conversion unit 132. Dithering is to display a combination of displayable colors in order to express intermediate colors in an environment where the number of usable colors is small. By performing dithering by the dither processing unit 134, colors that cannot be originally displayed on the panel can be apparently created and expressed. Due to the dithering in the dither processing unit 134, the signal width changes from 12 bits to 10 bits.
The signal output unit 136 outputs the signal after the dithering is performed by the dither processing unit 134 to the data driver 152. The signal passed from the signal output unit 136 to the data driver 152 is a signal on which information on the light emission amounts of the R, G, and B colors is placed, and the signal on which the light emission time information is placed is in the form of pulses from the gate pulse output unit 140 Is output.
The gate pulse output unit 140 outputs a pulse for controlling the light emission time of the panel 158. The pulse output from the gate pulse output unit 140 is a pulse based on the duty ratio calculated by the light emission time control unit 126. The light emission time of each pixel on the panel 158 is determined by the pulse from the gate pulse output unit 140.
The gamma circuit control unit 142 gives a set value to the gamma circuit 154. The set value given by the gamma circuit control unit 142 is a reference voltage to be given to the ladder resistance of the D / A converter included in the data driver 152.
The storage unit 150 associates information on a pixel or a pixel group that emits light above a predetermined luminance and information on the amount that exceeds the predetermined luminance, which is necessary when the signal level correction unit 128 corrects the luminance. Are stored. As the storage unit 150, unlike the recording unit 106, a memory whose contents are erased when the power is turned off may be used. For example, an SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) may be used. desirable.
The overcurrent detection unit 156 detects the overcurrent and notifies the gate pulse output unit 140 when the overcurrent occurs due to a short circuit of the substrate or the like. The overcurrent occurrence notification from the overcurrent detection unit 156 can prevent the overcurrent from being applied to the panel 158 when an overcurrent occurs.
The data driver 152 performs signal processing on the signal received from the signal output unit 136 and outputs a signal for displaying an image on the panel 158 to the panel 158. Although not shown, the data driver 152 includes a D / A converter. The D / A converter converts a digital signal into an analog signal and outputs the analog signal.
The gamma circuit 154 gives a reference voltage to the ladder resistor of the D / A converter included in the data driver 152. The reference voltage to be applied to the ladder resistor is generated by the gamma circuit control unit 142 as described above.
The panel 158 receives an output signal from the data driver 152 and an output pulse from the gate pulse output unit 140, and causes an organic EL element, which is an example of a self-light-emitting element, to emit light according to the input signal and pulse. Or a still image. The panel 158 has a flat surface for displaying an image. An organic EL element is a self-luminous element that emits light when a voltage is applied, and the amount of light emitted is proportional to the voltage. Therefore, the IL characteristic (current-light emission amount characteristic) of the organic EL element also has a proportional relationship.
Although not shown in FIG. 1, the panel 158 controls the amount of current based on a scanning line for selecting a pixel at a predetermined scanning period, a data line for providing luminance information for driving the pixel, and the luminance information. The pixel circuit that emits light from the organic EL element, which is a light emitting element according to the amount of current, is arranged in a matrix, and the scanning lines, data lines, and pixel circuits are thus configured. The display device 100 can display an image according to the image signal.
The configuration of the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above with reference to FIG. In the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIG. 1, after the video signal is converted by the linear conversion unit 116 to have linear characteristics, the converted video signal is input to the pattern generation unit 118. However, the pattern generation unit 118 and the linear conversion unit 116 may be interchanged.
Next, a change in characteristics of signals flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 2A to FIG. 2F are explanatory diagrams for explaining the transition of the characteristic of the signal flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention using graphs. Each graph in FIGS. 2A to 2F shows the horizontal axis as an input and the vertical axis as an output.
In FIG. 2A, when a subject is input, a linear gamma curve (linear gamma) is multiplied by a linear conversion unit 116 to a video signal whose output A with respect to the amount of light of the subject has a gamma characteristic. It shows that the video signal is converted so that the output of the signal has linear characteristics.
In FIG. 2B, the gamma conversion unit 132 multiplies the video signal converted so that the characteristic of the output B with respect to the input of the amount of light of the subject has a linear characteristic, so that the output for the input of the amount of light of the subject is obtained. It shows that the video signal has been converted to have a gamma characteristic.
FIG. 2C shows that the D / A conversion is performed in the data driver 152 on the video signal converted so that the characteristic of the output C with respect to the input of the amount of light of the subject has a gamma characteristic. In the D / A conversion, the relationship between input and output has a linear characteristic. Therefore, when the light amount of the subject is input by performing D / A conversion by the data driver 152, the output voltage has a gamma characteristic.
FIG. 2D shows that the video signal after the D / A conversion is input to a transistor included in the panel 158, thereby canceling the gamma characteristics of both. The VI characteristic of the transistor is a gamma characteristic having a curve opposite to the gamma characteristic of the output voltage with respect to the input of the amount of light of the subject. Therefore, when the amount of light of the subject is input, it can be converted again so that the output current has a linear characteristic.
FIG. 2E shows that when a light amount of a subject is input, a signal having an output current having a linear characteristic is input to the panel 158, and thus the signal having the linear characteristic and the IL characteristic of the organic EL element having the linear characteristic as described above. And are multiplied.
As a result, as shown in FIG. 2F, when the light amount of the subject is input, the light emission amount of the panel (OLED: Organic Light Emitting Diode) has a linear characteristic. By converting the video signal so as to have a linear characteristic by multiplying, it is possible to perform signal processing as a linear region between the linear conversion unit 116 and the gamma conversion unit 132 in the signal processing integrated circuit 110 shown in FIG. Become.
The transition of the signal characteristics of the signal flowing through the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
Next, an example of the structure of the pixel circuit provided in the panel 158 will be described.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of a cross-sectional structure of a pixel circuit provided in the panel 158. As shown in FIG. 3, the pixel circuit provided in the panel 158 includes an insulating film 1202, an insulating planarizing film 1203, and a window insulating film 1204 in that order on a glass substrate 1201 on which a driving circuit including a driving transistor 1022 and the like is formed. Thus, the organic EL element 1021 is provided in the recess 1204A of the window insulating film 1204. Here, only the drive transistor 1022 is shown in the components of the drive circuit, and the other components are omitted.
The organic EL element 1021 includes an anode electrode 1205 made of metal or the like formed on the bottom of the recess 1204A of the window insulating film 1204, and an organic layer (electron transport layer, light emitting layer, hole transport) formed on the anode electrode 1205. Layer / hole injection layer) 1206 and a cathode electrode 1207 made of a transparent conductive film or the like formed on the organic layer 1206 in common to all pixels.
In the organic EL element 1021, the organic layer 1206 is formed by sequentially depositing a hole transport layer / hole injection layer 2061, a light emitting layer 2062, an electron transport layer 2063, and an electron injection layer (not shown) on the anode electrode 1205. It is formed. When a current flows from the driving transistor 1022 to the organic layer 1206 through the anode electrode 1205 under current driving by the driving transistor 1022, electrons and holes are recombined in the light emitting layer 2062 in the organic layer 1206. It emits light.
The driving transistor 1022 includes a gate electrode 1221, a source / drain region 1223 provided on one side of the semiconductor layer 1222, a drain / source region 1224 provided on the other side of the semiconductor layer 1222, and a gate electrode of the semiconductor layer 1222. The channel forming region 1225 is a portion facing 1221. The source / drain region 1223 is electrically connected to the anode electrode 1205 of the organic EL element 1021 through a contact hole.
As shown in FIG. 3, the organic EL element 1021 is formed on a glass substrate 1201 on which a driving circuit including the driving transistor 1022 is formed, on a pixel basis through an insulating film 1202, an insulating planarizing film 1203, and a window insulating film 1204. After the formation, the sealing substrate 1209 is bonded with the adhesive 1210 through the passivation film 1208, and the organic EL element 1021 is sealed with the sealing substrate 1209, whereby the panel 158 is formed.
Next, an example of a structure of a driver circuit provided in the panel 158 will be described.
There are various types of driving circuits for driving the light emitting unit ELP including the organic EL element. Hereinafter, a driving circuit basically composed of 5 transistors / 1 capacitor unit (hereinafter referred to as 5Tr / 1C driving circuit). A drive circuit basically composed of 4 transistors / 1 capacitor section (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a 4Tr / 1C drive circuit), and a drive basically composed of 3 transistors / 1 capacitor section. Common matters to a circuit (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a 3Tr / 1C drive circuit) and a drive circuit (hereinafter also referred to as a 2Tr / 1C drive circuit) basically composed of two transistors / 1 capacitor First, a description will be given.
For the sake of convenience, the description will be given assuming that each transistor constituting the drive circuit is composed of an n-channel thin film transistor (TFT) in principle. However, in some cases, some of the transistors can be formed of p-channel TFTs. Note that a transistor may be formed on a semiconductor substrate or the like. There is no particular limitation on the structure of the transistor included in the driver circuit. In the following description, the transistors constituting the drive circuit will be described as an enhancement type, but the present invention is not limited to this. A depletion type transistor may be used. In addition, the transistor included in the driver circuit may be a single gate type or a dual gate type.
In the following description, the display device includes (N / 3) × M pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and one pixel includes three subpixels (a red light emitting subpixel that emits red light, It is assumed that it is composed of a green light emitting subpixel emitting green light and a blue light emitting subpixel emitting blue light. In addition, the light emitting elements constituting each pixel are driven line-sequentially, and the display frame rate is FR (times / second). That is, (N / 3) pixels arranged in the m-th row (where m = 1, 2, 3... M), more specifically, each of N sub-pixels. The light emitting elements are driven simultaneously. In other words, in each light-emitting element constituting one row, the timing of light emission / non-light emission is controlled in units of rows to which they belong. The process of writing a video signal for each pixel constituting one row may be a process of writing a video signal for all the pixels simultaneously (hereinafter, simply referred to as a simultaneous writing process), A process of sequentially writing video signals for each pixel (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as a sequential writing process) may be used. Which writing process is used may be appropriately selected according to the configuration of the drive circuit.
Here, in principle, driving and operation related to the light emitting element located in the m-th row and the n-th column (where n = 1, 2, 3... N) will be described. Called the (n, m) th light emitting element or the (n, m) th subpixel. Various processes (threshold voltage canceling process, writing process, and mobility correction process described later) are performed before the horizontal scanning period (m-th horizontal scanning period) of each light emitting element arranged in the m-th row ends. ) Is performed. Note that the writing process and the mobility correction process need to be performed within the m-th horizontal scanning period. On the other hand, depending on the type of the drive circuit, the threshold voltage canceling process and the accompanying preprocessing can be performed ahead of the mth horizontal scanning period.
And after all the various processes mentioned above are complete | finished, the light emission part which comprises each light emitting element arranged in the m-th line is made to light-emit. It should be noted that the light emitting unit may emit light immediately after the above-described various processes are completed, or the light emitting unit is caused to emit light after a predetermined period (for example, a horizontal scanning period of a predetermined number of rows) has elapsed. Also good. This predetermined period can be appropriately set according to the specifications of the display device, the configuration of the drive circuit, and the like. In the following description, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the light emitting unit emits light immediately after the completion of various processes. The light emission of the light emitting units constituting the light emitting elements arranged in the mth row is continued until just before the start of the horizontal scanning period of the light emitting elements arranged in the (m + m ′) th row. Here, “m ′” is determined by the design specifications of the display device. That is, the light emission of the light emitting units constituting the light emitting elements arranged in the mth row of a display frame is continued until the (m + m′−1) th horizontal scanning period. On the other hand, from the beginning of the (m + m ′) th horizontal scanning period to the mth horizontal scanning period in the next display frame until the writing process and the mobility correction process are completed, they are arranged in the mth row. As a general rule, the light-emitting portion constituting each light-emitting element maintains a non-light-emitting state. By providing the above-described non-light emitting period (hereinafter, simply referred to as a non-light emitting period), the afterimage blur caused by the active matrix driving can be reduced, and the moving image quality can be further improved. However, the light emission state / non-light emission state of each sub-pixel (light-emitting element) is not limited to the state described above. The time length of the horizontal scanning period is a time length of less than (1 / FR) × (1 / M) seconds. When the value of (m + m ′) exceeds M, the excess horizontal scanning period is processed in the next display frame.
In two source / drain regions of one transistor, the term “one source / drain region” may be used to mean a source / drain region on the side connected to the power supply portion. Further, the transistor being in an on state means a state in which a channel is formed between the source / drain regions. It does not matter whether current flows from one source / drain region of the transistor to the other source / drain region. On the other hand, the transistor being in an off state means a state in which no channel is formed between the source / drain regions. In addition, the source / drain region of a certain transistor is connected to the source / drain region of another transistor means that the source / drain region of a certain transistor and the source / drain region of another transistor occupy the same region. The form is included. Furthermore, the source / drain regions can be composed not only of conductive materials such as polysilicon or amorphous silicon containing impurities, but also metals, alloys, conductive particles, their laminated structures, organic materials (conductive Polymer). In the timing chart used in the following description, the length of the horizontal axis (time length) indicating each period is a schematic one and does not indicate the ratio of the time length of each period.
The driving method of the light emitting unit ELP using the driving circuit shown in FIG.
(A) The potential difference between the first node ND 1 and the second node ND 2 exceeds the threshold voltage of the drive transistor TR D , and the second node ND 2 and the cathode electrode provided in the light emitting unit ELP the potential difference between the, so as not to exceed the threshold voltage of the light emitting section ELP, the first node initialization voltage is applied to the first node ND 1, and applies the second node ND 2 initialization voltage to the second node ND 2 Pre-processing, then
(B) while maintaining the potential of the first node ND 1 towards the voltage obtained by subtracting the threshold voltage of the driving transistor TR D from the potential at the first node ND 1, the threshold for changing the second node ND 2 potential Perform voltage cancellation processing, then
(C) A writing process of applying a video signal from the data line DTL to the first node ND 1 through the writing transistor TR W turned on by the signal from the scanning line SCL,
The first node ND 1 in a floating state by the write transistor TR W to an off state by a signal from the (d) scanning lines SCL, via the driving transistor TR D from the power supply unit 2100, first node ND 1 and the The light emitting unit ELP is driven by causing a current corresponding to the value of the potential difference between the two nodes ND 2 to flow through the light emitting unit ELP.
It consists of a process.
As described above, in the step (b), the threshold voltage canceling process for changing the potential of the second node ND 2 toward the potential obtained by subtracting the threshold voltage of the driving transistor TR D from the potential of the first node ND 1 is performed. Do. More specifically, in order to change the potential of the second node ND 2 toward the potential obtained by subtracting the threshold voltage of the driving transistor TR D from the potential of the first node ND 1 , the second node in the step (a) is performed. A voltage exceeding the voltage obtained by adding the threshold voltage of the drive transistor TR D to the potential of ND 2 is applied to one source / drain region of the drive transistor TR D. Qualitatively, in the threshold voltage canceling process, the potential difference between the first node ND 1 and the second node ND 2 (in other words, the potential difference between the gate electrode and the source region of the driving transistor TR D ) is driven. The degree of approaching the threshold voltage of the transistor TR D depends on the threshold voltage cancellation processing time. Therefore, for example, in a mode in which the threshold voltage cancel processing time is sufficiently long, the potential of the second node ND 2 reaches the potential obtained by subtracting the threshold voltage of the drive transistor TR D from the potential of the first node ND 1 . Then, the first node ND 1 and the potential difference between the second node ND 2 reaches the threshold voltage of the driving transistor TR D, the driving transistor TR D is turned off. On the other hand, for example, in a case where the threshold voltage cancellation processing time has to be set short, the potential difference between the first node ND 1 and the second node ND 2 is larger than the threshold voltage of the drive transistor TR D. The drive transistor TR D may not be turned off. As a result of the threshold voltage canceling process, the driving transistor TR D is not necessarily turned off.
Next, the configuration of the driving circuit and the driving method of the light emitting unit ELP using these driving circuits will be described in detail below for each driving circuit.
[5Tr / 1C drive circuit]
An equivalent circuit diagram of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit is shown in FIG. 4, a driving timing chart of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit shown in FIG. 4 is schematically shown in FIG. 5, and the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit shown in FIG. The on / off state of each transistor is schematically shown in FIGS. 6A to 6I.
This 5Tr / 1C drive circuit is composed of five transistors, a write transistor TR W , a drive transistor TR D , a first transistor TR 1 , a second transistor TR 2 , and a third transistor TR 3 , and further, one capacitance unit. and a C 1. Note that the write transistor TR W , the first transistor TR 1 , the second transistor TR 2 , and the third transistor TR 3 may be formed of a p-channel TFT.
[First transistor TR 1 ]
One source / drain area of the first transistor TR 1 is connected to the power source unit 2100 (voltage V CC), the other source / drain region of the first transistor TR 1, one of the source / drain of the drive transistor TR D Connected to the region. Further, the on / off operation first transistor TR 1 extends from a first transistor control circuit 2111 is controlled by a first-transistor control line CL 1, which is connected to the first gate electrode of the transistor TR 1. The power supply unit 2100 is provided to supply current to the light emitting unit ELP and cause the light emitting unit ELP to emit light.
[Drive transistor TR D ]
As described above, one source / drain region of the driving transistor TR D is connected to the other source / drain region of the first transistor TR 1 . On the other hand, the other source / drain region of the drive transistor TR D is
(1) Anode electrode of light emitting unit ELP,
(2) the other source / drain region of the second transistor TR 2 , and
(3) one electrode of the capacitor C 1 ,
To the second node ND 2 . The gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D is
(1) The other source / drain region of the write transistor TR W
(2) the other source / drain region of the third transistor TR 3 , and
(3) the other electrode of the capacitor C 1 ,
And constitutes the first node ND 1 .
Here, the drive transistor TR D is driven so that the drain current I ds flows according to the following formula (1) in the light emitting state of the light emitting element. In the light emitting state of the light emitting element, one source / drain region of the driving transistor TR D serves as a drain region, and the other source / drain region serves as a source region. For convenience of description, in the following description, one source / drain region of the drive transistor TR D may be simply referred to as a drain region, and the other source / drain region may be simply referred to as a source region. still,
μ: effective mobility L: channel length W: channel width V gs : potential difference between gate electrode and source region V th : threshold voltage C ox : (relative permittivity of gate insulating layer) x (vacuum dielectric) Rate) / (thickness of gate insulating layer)
k≡ (1/2) ・ (W / L) ・ C ox
I ds = k · μ · (V gs −V th ) 2 (1)
When the drain current I ds flows through the light emitting unit ELP, the light emitting unit ELP emits light. Furthermore, the light emission state (luminance) in the light emitting unit ELP is controlled by the magnitude of the drain current I ds .
[Write transistor TR W ]
The other source / drain region of the write transistor TR W is connected to the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D as described above. On the other hand, one source / drain region of the write transistor TR W is connected to a data line DTL extending from the signal output circuit 2102. Then, the video signal V Sig for controlling the luminance in the light emitting unit ELP is supplied to one source / drain region via the data line DTL. Note that various signals / voltages (signals for precharge driving, various reference voltages, etc.) other than V Sig may be supplied to one source / drain region via the data line DTL. The on / off operation of the write transistor TR W is extended from a scanning circuit 2101 are controlled by a scanning line SCL connected to the gate electrode of the write transistor TR W.
[Second transistor TR 2 ]
The other source / drain region of the second transistor TR 2 is connected to the source region of the drive transistor TR D as described above. On the other hand, a voltage V SS for initializing the potential of the second node ND 2 (that is, the potential of the source region of the driving transistor TR D ) is supplied to one source / drain region of the second transistor TR 2. . Further, the on / off operation the transistor TR 2 is extended from the second transistor control circuit 2112 is controlled by a second-transistor control line AZ 2, which is connected to the second gate electrode of the transistor TR 2.
[Third transistor TR 3 ]
The other source / drain region of the third transistor TR 3 is connected to the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D as described above. On the other hand, a voltage V Ofs for initializing the potential of the first node ND 1 (that is, the potential of the gate electrode of the driving transistor TR D ) is supplied to one source / drain region of the third transistor TR 3. . The on / off operation of the third transistor TR 3 may extend from the third transistor control circuit 2113 is controlled by a third-transistor control line AZ 3, which is connected to the gate electrode of the third transistor TR 3.
[Light emitting part ELP]
The anode electrode of the luminescence part ELP, as described above, is connected to the source area of the driving transistor TR D. On the other hand, the voltage V Cat is applied to the cathode electrode of the light emitting unit ELP. The capacity of the light emitting part ELP is represented by the symbol C EL . Further, the threshold voltage required for light emission of the light emitting unit ELP is set to V th-EL . That is, when a voltage equal to or higher than V th-EL is applied between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode of the light emitting unit ELP, the light emitting unit ELP emits light.
In the following description, the voltage or potential value is as follows. However, this is merely a value for explanation, and is not limited to these values.
V Sig : Video signal for controlling luminance in the light emitting unit ELP... 0 V to 10 V V CC : Voltage of the power supply unit 2100... 20 V V Ofs : Potential of the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D (first Voltage for initializing the potential of 1 node ND 1 ) 0 volt V SS : Voltage for initializing the potential of the source region of drive transistor TR D (potential of second node ND 2 ) -10 volts V th : threshold voltage of the drive transistor TR D ... 3 volts V Cat : voltage applied to the cathode electrode of the light emitting part ELP ... 0 volts V th-EL : threshold voltage of the light emitting part ELP・ 3 volts
The operation of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit will be described below. Note that, as described above, it is assumed that the light emission state starts immediately after all the various processes (threshold voltage canceling process, writing process, mobility correction process) are completed, but the present invention is not limited to this. The same applies to the description of the 4Tr / 1C drive circuit, the 3Tr / 1C drive circuit, and the 2Tr / 1C drive circuit described later.
[Period -TP (5) −1 ] (see FIGS. 5 and 6A)
This [period-TP (5) −1 ] is, for example, an operation in the previous display frame, and is a period in which the (n, m) th light emitting element is in a light emitting state after the completion of various previous processes. That is, the drain current I ′ ds based on the formula (5) described later flows in the light emitting part ELP in the light emitting element constituting the (n, m) th subpixel, and the (n, m) th subpixel is flowing. The luminance of the light emitting element constituting the subpixel is a value corresponding to the drain current I ′ ds . Here, the write transistor TR W , the second transistor TR 2, and the third transistor TR 3 are in an off state, and the first transistor TR 1 and the drive transistor TR D are in an on state. The light emission state of the (n, m) th light emitting element is continued until just before the start of the horizontal scanning period of the light emitting elements arranged in the (m + m ′) th row.
[Period-TP (5) 0 ] to [Period-TP (5) 4 ] shown in FIG. 5 are from the end of the light emission state after completion of the previous various processes to immediately before the next writing process is performed. Is the operation period. That is, [Period-TP (5) 0 ] to [Period-TP (5) 4 ] are, for example, from the start of the (m + m ′) th horizontal scanning period in the previous display frame to the 1st in the current display frame. (M-1) A period of a certain length of time until the end of the horizontal scanning period. [Period-TP (5) 1 ] to [Period-TP (5) 4 ] may be included in the m-th horizontal scanning period in the current display frame.
In [Period -TP (5) 0 ] to [Period -TP (5) 4 ], the (n, m) th light emitting element is in a non-light emitting state in principle. That is, in [Period-TP (5) 0 ] to [Period-TP (5) 1 ] and [Period-TP (5) 3 ] to [Period-TP (5) 4 ], the first transistor TR 1 Since it is in the off state, the light emitting element does not emit light. In [Period -TP (5) 2 ], the first transistor TR 1 is turned on. However, a threshold voltage canceling process described later is performed during this period. As will be described in detail in the description of the threshold voltage canceling process, the light emitting element does not emit light on the assumption that the following formula (2) is satisfied.
Hereinafter, each period of [Period-TP (5) 0 ] to [Period-TP (5) 4 ] will be described first. Incidentally, and the beginning of [Period -TP (5) 1], [Period -TP (5) 1] ~ [Period -TP (5) 4] The length of each period of, as appropriate depending on the design of the display device You only have to set it.
[Period -TP (5) 0 ]
As described above, in the [period-TP (5) 0 ], the (n, m) th light emitting element is in a non-light emitting state. The write transistor TR W , the second transistor TR 2 , and the third transistor TR 3 are in an off state. In addition, since the first transistor TR 1 is turned off at the time of moving from [Period-TP (5) −1 ] to [Period-TP (5) 0 ], the second node ND 2 (driving transistor TR D The potential of the source region or the anode electrode of the light-emitting portion ELP is reduced to (V th−EL + V Cat ), and the light-emitting portion ELP enters a non-light-emitting state. In addition, the potential of the floating first node ND 1 (the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D ) is also lowered so as to follow the potential drop of the second node ND 2 .
[Period -TP (5) 1 ] (see FIGS. 6B and 6C)
In [Period -TP (5) 1 ], pre-processing for performing threshold voltage cancellation processing described later is performed. That is, at the start of [Period -TP (5) 1 ], the second transistor control line AZ 2 and the third transistor control line AZ 3 are set to the high level, thereby setting the second transistor TR 2 and the third transistor TR 3 . Turn on. As a result, the potential of the first node ND 1 becomes V Ofs (for example, 0 volt). On the other hand, the potential of the second node ND 2 is V SS (for example, −10 volts). Before the completion of [Period -TP (5) 1 ], the second transistor TR 2 is turned off by setting the second transistor control line AZ 2 to the low level. The second transistor TR 2 and the third transistor TR 3 may be turned on simultaneously, the second transistor TR 2 may be turned on first, or the third transistor TR 3 may be turned on first. .
With the above processing, the potential difference between the gate electrode and the source region of the driving transistor TR D becomes V th or more. The drive transistor TR D is in an on state.
[Period -TP (5) 2 ] (see FIG. 6D)
Next, threshold voltage cancellation processing is performed. That is, the first transistor TR 1 is turned on by setting the first transistor control line CL 1 to the high level while maintaining the on state of the third transistor TR 3 . As a result, although the potential of the first node ND 1 does not change (V Ofs = 0 is maintained), the potential of the first node ND 1 increases toward the potential obtained by subtracting the threshold voltage V th of the driving transistor TR D from the potential of the first node ND 1 . The potential of the two node ND 2 changes. That is, the potential of the floating second node ND 2 is increased. Then, when the potential difference between the gate electrode and source area of the driving transistor TR D reaches V th, the drive transistor TR D is turned off. Specifically, the potential of the second node ND 2 in the floating state approaches (V Ofs −V th = −3 volts> V SS ) and finally becomes (V Ofs −V th ). Here, if the following formula (2) is guaranteed, in other words, if the potential is selected and determined so as to satisfy the formula (2), the light emitting unit ELP does not emit light.
(V Ofs −V th ) <(V th−EL + V Cat ) (2)
In this [period-TP (5) 2 ], the potential of the second node ND 2 is finally (V Ofs −V th ). That is, the threshold voltage V th of the driving transistor TR D, and the gate electrode of the driving transistor TR D and the voltage V Ofs for initializing the potential of the second node ND 2 is determined. In other words, it does not depend on the threshold voltage V th-EL of the light emitting unit ELP.
[Period -TP (5) 3 ] (see FIG. 6E)
Thereafter, the first transistor TR 1 is turned off by setting the first transistor control line CL 1 to low level while maintaining the on state of the third transistor TR 3 . As a result, the potential of the first node ND 1 does not change (V Ofs = 0 is maintained), and the potential of the second node ND 2 in the floating state does not change (V Ofs −V th = −3 volts). Hold.
[Period -TP (5) 4 ] (see FIG. 6F)
Next, the third transistor TR 3 is turned off by setting the third transistor control line AZ 3 to a low level. The potentials of the first node ND 1 and the second node ND 2 do not change substantially. In practice, potential changes can occur due to electrostatic coupling such as parasitic capacitance, but these can usually be ignored.
Next, each period of [Period-TP (5) 5 ] to [Period-TP (5) 7 ] will be described. As will be described later, is performed write processing in [period -TP (5) 5], the mobility adjusting process is executed in [period -TP (5) 6]. As described above, these processes need to be performed within the mth horizontal scanning period. For convenience of explanation, the end of the beginning of [Period -TP (5) 5] [Period -TP (5) 6], respectively, which match to the beginning and end of the m-th horizontal scanning period Will be described.
[Period -TP (5) 5 ] (see FIG. 6G)
Thereafter, a writing process for the driving transistor TR D is executed. Specifically, an image for controlling the luminance of the light-emitting portion ELP with the potential of the data line DTL while maintaining the off state of the first transistor TR 1 , the second transistor TR 2 , and the third transistor TR 3. By setting the signal V Sig and then setting the scanning line SCL to the high level, the writing transistor TR W is turned on. As a result, the potential of the first node ND 1 rises to V Sig .
Here, the capacitance of the capacitor C 1 is represented as a value c 1, and the capacitor C EL of the light emitting unit ELP is represented as a value c EL . The value of the parasitic capacitance between the gate electrode and the source region of the driving transistor TR D is set as c gs . When the potential of the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D changes from V Ofs to V Sig (> V Ofs ), the potentials at both ends of the capacitor C 1 (the potentials of the first node ND 1 and the second node ND 2 ) are: As a rule, it changes. That is, the charge based on the change (V Sig −V Ofs ) of the potential of the gate electrode of the driving transistor TR D (= the potential of the first node ND 1 ) becomes the capacitance C 1 , the capacitance C EL of the light emitting unit ELP, It is distributed to the parasitic capacitance between the gate electrode and the source region of the transistor TR D. However, if the value c EL is sufficiently larger than the values c 1 and c gs , the drive transistor TR based on the change in potential of the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D (V Sig −V Ofs ). The change in the potential of the source region (second node ND 2 ) of D is small. And, in general, the capacitance value c EL of the capacitance C EL of the luminescence part ELP is larger than the value c gs of the parasitic capacitance of the capacitance value c 1 and the driving transistor TR D capacitance section C 1. Therefore, for convenience of description, the description will be made without considering the potential change of the second node ND 2 caused by the potential change of the first node ND 1 unless otherwise required. The same applies to other driving circuits. The drive timing chart shown in FIG. 5 is also shown without considering the potential change of the second node ND 2 caused by the potential change of the first node ND 1 . Potential V g of the gate electrode of the driving transistor TR D (the first node ND 1), when the potential of the source area of the driving transistor TR D (the second node ND 2) was V s, the value of V g, V s The value of is as follows. Therefore, the potential difference between the first node ND 1 and the second node ND 2 , in other words, the potential difference V gs between the gate electrode and the source region of the driving transistor TR D can be expressed by the following equation (3). it can.
V g = V Sig
V s ≈V Ofs −V th
V gs ≈V Sig − (V Ofs −V th ) (3)
That, V gs obtained in the writing process for the driving transistor TR D, the video signal V Sig for controlling the luminance of the light emitting section ELP, the threshold voltage V th of the driving transistor TR D, and the gate of the driving transistor TR D It depends only on the voltage V Ofs for initializing the electrodes. And it is unrelated to the threshold voltage V th-EL of the light emitting unit ELP.
[Period -TP (5) 6 ] (see FIG. 6H)
Thereafter, the source region of the drive transistor TR D based on the magnitude of the mobility μ of the driving transistor TR D (the second node ND 2) Correction of the potential of (mobility correction process).
In general, when the driving transistor TR D is made of a polysilicon thin film transistor or the like, it is unavoidable that the mobility μ varies among the transistors. Therefore, even if the video signal V Sig having the same value is applied to the gate electrodes of the plurality of drive transistors TR D having different mobility μ, the drain current I ds flowing through the drive transistor TR D having the high mobility μ and the movement A difference is generated between the drain current I ds flowing through the driving transistor TR D having a small degree μ. And when such a difference arises, the uniformity (uniformity) of the screen of a display apparatus will be impaired.
Therefore, specifically, the first transistor TR 1 is turned on by setting the first transistor control line CL 1 to the high level while maintaining the on state of the write transistor TR W , and then the predetermined time ( After elapse of t 0 ), the scanning line SCL is set to a low level, thereby turning off the writing transistor TR W and bringing the first node ND 1 (gate electrode of the driving transistor TR D ) into a floating state. The above results, if the value of the mobility mu of the driving transistor TR D is large, the driving amount of increase of the potential of the source area of the transistor TR D [Delta] V (potential correction value) is large, the mobility of the drive transistor TR D mu Is small, the amount of increase ΔV (potential correction value) in the source region of the drive transistor TR D is small. Here, the potential difference V gs between the gate electrode and the source region of the driving transistor TR D is transformed from the equation (3) into the following equation (4).
V gs ≈V Sig − (V Ofs −V th ) −ΔV (4)
The predetermined time for executing the mobility correction process (the total time t 0 of [period-TP (5) 6 ]) may be determined in advance as a design value when designing the display device. Further, the total time t 0 of [period-TP (5) 6 ] is set so that the potential (V Ofs −V th + ΔV) in the source region of the driving transistor TR D at this time satisfies the following expression (2 ′). Has been determined. As a result, the light emitting unit ELP does not emit light in [Period -TP (5) 6 ]. Furthermore, the variation of the coefficient k (≡ (1/2) · (W / L) · C ox ) is also corrected simultaneously by this mobility correction processing.
(V Ofs −V th + ΔV) <(V th−EL + V Cat ) (2 ′)
[Period -TP (5) 7 ] (see FIG. 6I)
With the above operation, the threshold voltage canceling process, the writing process, and the mobility correcting process are completed. Incidentally, as a result of the scanning line SCL becoming low level, the writing transistor TR W is turned off, and the first node ND 1 , that is, the gate electrode of the driving transistor TR D is in a floating state. On the other hand, the first transistor TR 1 is kept on, and the drain region of the drive transistor TR D is connected to the power supply unit 2100 (voltage V CC , for example, 20 volts). Therefore, as a result of the above, the potential of the second node ND 2 rises.
Here, as described above, the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D is in a floating state, and since the capacitor portion C 1 exists, the same phenomenon as that in the so-called bootstrap circuit occurs in the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D. As a result, the potential of the first node ND 1 also rises. As a result, the potential difference V gs between the gate electrode and the source region of the drive transistor TR D maintains the value of Expression (4).
Further, since the potential of the second node ND 2 rises and exceeds (V th−EL + V Cat ), the light emitting unit ELP starts light emission. At this time, since the current flowing through the light emitting unit ELP is the drain current I ds flowing from the drain region to the source region of the driving transistor TR D , it can be expressed by Expression (1). Here, from the formulas (1) and (4), the formula (1) can be transformed into the following formula (5).
I ds = k · μ · (V Sig −V Ofs −ΔV) 2 (5)
Accordingly, the current I ds flowing through the light emitting unit ELP is, for example, the movement of the driving transistor TR D from the value of the video signal V Sig for controlling the luminance in the light emitting unit ELP when V Ofs is set to 0 volt. This is proportional to the square of the value obtained by subtracting the value of the potential correction value ΔV at the second node ND 2 (source region of the drive transistor TR D ) caused by the degree μ. Stated words, current I ds flowing through the light emitting section ELP, the threshold voltage V th-EL of the luminescence part ELP, and does not depend on the threshold voltage V th of the driving transistor TR D. That is, the light emitting quantity of the light emitting portion ELP (luminance), the influence of the threshold voltage V th-EL of the luminescence part ELP, and not affected by the threshold voltage V th of the driving transistor TR D. The luminance of the (n, m) th light emitting element is a value corresponding to the current Ids .
In addition, since the potential correction value ΔV increases as the driving transistor TR D has a higher mobility μ, the value of V gs on the left side of Equation (4) decreases. Therefore, in the equation (5), even if the value of the mobility μ is large, the value of (V Sig −V Ofs −ΔV) 2 becomes small, so that the drain current I ds can be corrected. That is, even in the drive transistors TR D having different mobility μ, if the value of the video signal V Sig is the same, the drain current I ds becomes substantially the same, so that the light flows through the light emitting part ELP and controls the luminance of the light emitting part ELP. The current I ds to be made uniform. That is, it is possible to correct the variation in luminance of the light emitting portion due to the variation in mobility μ (further, the variation in k).
The light emission state of the light emitting unit ELP is continued until the (m + m′−1) th horizontal scanning period. This time corresponds to the end of [period-TP (5) −1 ].
Thus, the light emission operation of the light emitting element 10 constituting the (n, m) th subpixel is completed.
Next, the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit will be described.
[2Tr / 1C drive circuit]
An equivalent circuit diagram of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit is shown in FIG. 7, a driving timing chart is schematically shown in FIG. 8, and on / off states of the respective transistors are schematically shown in FIGS. 9A to 9F.
In this 2Tr / 1C driving circuit, the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit described above, the first transistor TR 1, the second transistor TR 2, and the three transistors of the third transistor TR 3 are omitted. That is, the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit is composed of two transistors, that is, a writing transistor TR W and a driving transistor TR D , and is further composed of one capacitor C 1 .
Structure of the drive transistor TR D is the same as the structure of the driving transistor TR D described for the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit, the detailed description thereof is omitted. However, the drain region of the drive transistor TR D is connected to the power supply unit 2100. From the power supply unit 2100, a voltage V CC-H for causing the light emitting unit ELP to emit light and a voltage V CC-L for controlling the potential of the source region of the drive transistor TR D are supplied. Here, as values of the voltages V CC-H and V CC-L ,
V CC-H = 20 volts V CC-L = -10 volts can be exemplified, but is not limited to these values.
Configuration of the writing transistor TR W is the same as the structure of the write transistor TR W described for the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit, the detailed description thereof is omitted.
Since the configuration of the light emitting unit ELP is the same as the configuration of the light emitting unit ELP described in the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit, detailed description thereof is omitted.
The operation of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit will be described below.
[Period -TP (2) −1 ] (see FIGS. 8 and 9A)
This [Period-TP (2) −1 ] is, for example, an operation in the previous display frame, and is substantially the same as [Period-TP (5) −1 ] described in the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit. is there.
[Period-TP (2) 0 ] to [Period-TP (2) 2 ] shown in FIG. 8 correspond to [Period-TP (5) 0 ] to [Period-TP (5) 4 ] shown in FIG. This is an operation period until immediately before the next writing process is performed. As in the case of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit, the (n, m) th light emitting element is in a non-light emitting state in principle during [Period-TP (2) 0 ] to [Period-TP (2) 2 ]. . However, in the operation of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit, as shown in FIG. 8, in addition to [Period-TP (2) 3 ], [Period-TP (2) 1 ] to [Period-TP (2) 2 ] However, this is different from the operation of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit in that it is included in the mth horizontal scanning period. For convenience of explanation, the start of [Period-TP (2) 1 ] and the end of [Period-TP (2) 3 ] are the start and end of the mth horizontal scanning period, respectively. It will be assumed that they match.
Hereinafter, each period of [Period-TP (2) 0 ] to [Period-TP (2) 2 ] will be described. As described in the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit, the length of each period of [Period-TP (2) 1 ] to [Period-TP (2) 3 ] is appropriately set according to the design of the display device. do it.
[Period -TP (2) 0 ] (see FIG. 9B)
This [period-TP (2) 0 ] is, for example, an operation from the previous display frame to the current display frame. That is, this [period-TP (2) 0 ] is a period from the (m + m ′) th horizontal scanning period in the previous display frame to the (m−1) th horizontal scanning period in the current display frame. is there. In [Period -TP (2) 0 ], the (n, m) th light emitting element is in a non-light emitting state. Here, at the time of shifting from [Period-TP (2) -1 ] to [Period-TP (2) 0 ], the voltage supplied from the power supply unit 2100 is switched from V CC-H to voltage V CC-L . . As a result, the potential of the second node ND 2 drops to V CC-L and the light emitting unit ELP enters a non-light emitting state. Further, the potential of the floating first node ND 1 (the gate electrode of the drive transistor TR D ) is also lowered so as to follow the potential drop of the second node ND 2 .
[Period -TP (2) 1 ] (see FIG. 9C)
Then, the horizontal scanning period of the mth row in the current display frame starts. In this [period-TP (2) 1 ], pre-processing for performing threshold voltage cancellation processing is performed. At the start of [Period -TP (2) 1 ], the writing transistor TR W is turned on by setting the scanning line SCL to the high level. As a result, the potential of the first node ND 1 becomes V Ofs (for example, 0 volt). The potential of the second node ND 2 is maintained at V CC-L (for example, −10 volts).
The above process, the potential difference between the gate electrode and the source region of the drive transistor TR D becomes above V th, the driving transistor TR D is turned on.
[Period -TP (2) 2 ] (see FIG. 9D)
Next, threshold voltage cancellation processing is performed. That is, the voltage supplied from the power supply unit 2100 is switched from V CC-L to the voltage V CC-H while the write transistor TR W is kept on. As a result, although the potential of the first node ND 1 does not change (V Ofs = 0 is maintained), the potential of the first node ND 1 increases toward the potential obtained by subtracting the threshold voltage V th of the driving transistor TR D from the potential of the first node ND 1 . The potential of the two node ND 2 changes. That is, the potential of the floating second node ND 2 is increased. Then, when the potential difference between the gate electrode and source area of the driving transistor TR D reaches V th, the drive transistor TR D is turned off. Specifically, the potential of the second node ND 2 in a floating state approaches (V Ofs −V th = −3 volts) and finally becomes (V Ofs −V th ). Here, if the above formula (2) is guaranteed, in other words, if the potential is selected and determined so as to satisfy the formula (2), the light emitting unit ELP does not emit light.
In this [period-TP (2) 2 ], the potential of the second node ND 2 is finally (V Ofs −V th ). That is, the threshold voltage V th of the driving transistor TR D, and the gate electrode of the driving transistor TR D and the voltage V Ofs for initializing the potential of the second node ND 2 is determined. And it is unrelated to the threshold voltage V th-EL of the light emitting unit ELP.
[Period -TP (2) 3 ] (see FIG. 9E)
Next, the writing process for the driving transistor TR D, and the correction of the potential of the source area of the driving transistor TR D based on the magnitude of the mobility μ of the driving transistor TR D (the second node ND 2) of the (mobility correction process) Do. Specifically, the potential of the data line DTL is set to the video signal V Sig for controlling the luminance in the light emitting unit ELP while the write transistor TR W is kept on. As a result, the potential of the first node ND 1 rises to V Sig and the drive transistor TR D is turned on. Note that the write transistor TR W, once the OFF state, the potential of the data line DTL, and change the video signal V Sig for controlling the luminance of the light emitting section ELP, then the scan line SCL to be at high level Thus, the drive transistor TR D may be turned on by turning on the write transistor TR W.
Unlike described in the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit, the drain region of the drive transistor TR D since the potential V CC-H is applied from the power source unit 2100, the potential of the source area of the driving transistor TR D rises. After a predetermined time (t 0 ) elapses, the scanning line SCL is set to the low level, thereby turning off the writing transistor TR W and setting the first node ND 1 (the gate electrode of the driving transistor TR D ) to the floating state. To do. The total time t 0 of [period-TP (2) 3 ] is a design value when designing the display device so that the potential of the second node ND 2 becomes (V Ofs −V th + ΔV). What is necessary is just to determine beforehand.
Also in this [period -TP (2) 3], if the value of the mobility μ of the driving transistor TR D is large, the rise amount ΔV of the potential of the source area of the driving transistor TR D is large, the driving transistor TR D When the value of the mobility μ is small, the potential increase amount ΔV in the source region of the drive transistor TR D is small.
[Period -TP (2) 4 ] (see FIG. 9E)
With the above operation, the threshold voltage canceling process, the writing process, and the mobility correcting process are completed. Then, the same processing as [period-TP (5) 7 ] described in the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit is performed, and the potential of the second node ND 2 rises and exceeds (V th−EL + V Cat ). The ELP starts to emit light. At this time, since the current flowing through the light emitting unit ELP can be obtained by the above-described equation (5), the current I ds flowing through the light emitting unit ELP is determined by the threshold voltage V th-EL of the light emitting unit ELP and the drive transistor. It does not depend on the threshold voltage V th of the TR D. That is, the light emitting quantity of the light emitting portion ELP (luminance), the influence of the threshold voltage V th-EL of the luminescence part ELP, and not affected by the threshold voltage V th of the driving transistor TR D. In addition, the occurrence of variations in drain current I ds due to variations in mobility μ in the drive transistor TR D can be suppressed.
Then, the light emitting state of the light emitting unit ELP is continued until the (m + m′−1) th horizontal scanning period. This time point corresponds to the end of [period-TP (2) −1 ].
Although the description has been given based on the preferred examples, the configuration of the drive circuit is not limited to these examples in the present invention. The structure and structure of various components constituting the display device, the light emitting element, and the driving circuit described in each example, and the steps in the driving method of the light emitting unit are examples, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, the 4Tr / 1C driving circuit shown in FIG. 10 or the 3Tr / 1C driving circuit shown in FIG. 11 may be used as the driving circuit.
In the description of the operation of the 5Tr / 1C driving circuit, the writing process and the mobility correction are performed separately, but the present invention is not limited to this. Similarly to the description of the operation of the 2Tr / 1C driving circuit, a configuration in which the mobility correction process is also performed in the writing process can be adopted. Specifically, the video signal V Sig_m may be applied to the first node from the data line DTL via the write transistor T Sig while the light emission control transistor T EL_C is turned on.
Next, components related to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 and the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the components related to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 and the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 and the components related to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.
The long-term color temperature correction unit 124 receives the video signals corresponding to the R, G, and B colors and the correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ sent from the control unit 104, and the video corresponding to the R, G, and B colors. The signal is multiplied by the gain calculated from the correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ corresponding to the R, G, and B colors, and the video signal (R ′) corresponding to each of the R, G, and B colors after the gain is multiplied. , G ′, B ′).
As shown in FIG. 12, the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 includes a coefficient multiplication unit 170. The coefficient multiplier 170 multiplies the video signal by correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ calculated by a coefficient calculator 168, which will be described later, and the video signal (R ′) corresponding to each color of R, G, and B after the multiplication. , G ′, B ′).
The control unit 104 inputs information on the light emission amounts of the R, G, and B colors obtained by the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 which is an example of the light emission amount detection unit of the present invention, and uses the input light emission amount to input a panel. 158 calculates a light emission time of the organic EL element inside 158, and based on the calculated light emission time, a correction coefficient for correcting a video signal corresponding to each color of R, G, B input to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 Cr ', Cg', and Cb 'are calculated.
The control unit 104 includes a light emission time calculation unit 162, a light emission time storage unit 164, a luminance acquisition unit 166, and a coefficient calculation unit 168. Hereinafter, the configuration of the control unit 104 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The light emission time calculation unit 162 calculates the light emission time of the organic EL element from the information on the light emission amount of the organic EL element input from the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138. Information on the calculated light emission time is sent to the light emission time storage unit 164.
The light emission time storage unit 164 temporarily stores the light emission time calculated by the light emission time calculation unit 162 and records the stored light emission time in the recording unit 106 at a predetermined interval. The recording unit 106 is an example of a light emission time recording unit of the present invention.
The luminance acquisition unit 166 acquires luminance using information on the light emission time recorded in the recording unit 106. The acquired luminance of each color of R, G, B is sent to the coefficient calculation unit 168.
The coefficient calculation unit 168 calculates the correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ using the luminance acquired by the luminance acquisition unit 166, and uses the calculated correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ as the long-term color temperature correction unit 124. To send to.
When the correction coefficient Cr ′, Cg ′, Cb ′ is calculated by the coefficient calculation unit 168, information relating to the relationship (LT characteristic) between the light emission time and the luminance of the organic EL element recorded in advance in the recording unit 106 is used. Calculate based on Information regarding the LT characteristics of the organic EL elements recorded in the recording unit 106 may be stored, for example, in the form of a look-up table (LUT; LookUp Table).
FIG. 13, FIG. 14A, and FIG. 14B are explanatory views for explaining an example of the LT characteristic of the organic EL element. As shown in FIG. 13, a general organic EL element does not have the same LT characteristics for R, G, and B colors, but has different LT characteristics for each of R, G, and B colors. In the LT characteristics shown in FIG. 13, the deterioration of the luminance proceeds in the order of R, G, and B as the light emission time elapses.
Therefore, from FIG. 13, if the light emission time is known, the luminance of the light emitted from the organic EL element can be known. Therefore, based on the luminance information obtained from the light emission time, the correction coefficient (gain) is adjusted so as to match the color with the lowest luminance. It is the role of the coefficient calculation unit 168 that calculates.
In the present embodiment, information regarding the LT characteristics of the organic EL element as shown in FIG. 13 is stored in the recording unit 106 in advance. Then, as shown in FIG. 14A, the light emission time is derived from the light emission amount of each color input to the control unit 104. Then, using the information regarding the LT characteristics stored in the recording unit 106, the luminance acquisition unit 166 acquires the luminance information of each color of R, G, and B from the derived light emission time. Then, the coefficient calculation unit 168 calculates a gain for correcting the signal level of the video signal, using the luminance information of the R, G, and B colors acquired by the luminance acquisition unit 166. In order to suppress the deterioration of the organic EL element, it is desirable to calculate the gain so as to match the color with the lowest luminance among the R, G, and B colors.
By calculating the correction coefficient in this way, an image can be displayed without destroying the white balance. Then, as shown in FIG. 14B, the gain is calculated so that the luminance of the other color is matched with the color having the lowest luminance, so that the deterioration of the organic EL element can be suppressed.
The configuration of the control unit 104 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above.
The long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 inputs a video signal and calculates the luminance of each color of R, G, and B from the input video signal. In the present embodiment, the luminance of one color is calculated from one frame of video signal. In other words, three frames of video signals are input to calculate the luminance of the R, G, and B colors.
The long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 divides the screen into a plurality of areas and calculates an average luminance for each area. FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an area on the screen to be divided for calculating the luminance according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 15, in the present embodiment, the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 divides the area on the screen into three areas, and calculates the light emission amounts of the R, G, and B colors in each area. Then, the calculated light emission amount is sent from the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 to the control unit 104. Then, the control unit 104 obtains the light emission time based on the light emission amount of each color for each region.
Thus, by calculating the average luminance of each color for each region, when calculating the gain in the coefficient calculation unit 168, the gain is calculated for each region in addition to the R, G, and B color units. Temperature correction can be performed.
In this embodiment, the screen is divided into a plurality of areas, and the average luminance for each area is calculated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the luminance is calculated in units of pixels, and the luminance calculated in units of pixels is used. Thus, the color temperature may be corrected.
Heretofore, the components related to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 and the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 according to the embodiment of the present invention have been described. Next, a color temperature correction method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.
First, a video signal is input to the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138. The video signal input to the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 is a video signal after passing through the signal level correction unit 128, and is a signal that is actually the source of the video displayed on the panel 158.
When a video signal is input to the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138, the light emission amounts of R, G, and B colors are calculated for each region from the video signal.
As described above, since the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 can obtain the luminance of one color with one frame of video signal, in order to acquire the luminance for R, G, and B three colors, the video signal of three frames is obtained. Cost. In this embodiment, the screen is divided into three areas, and the average value of the luminance of each color in each area is calculated. Therefore, in order to obtain the average value of all the colors in all areas, a video signal of 9 frames is obtained. Entered.
As described above, the organic EL element has a linear relationship between the amount of input current and the amount of light emission. The current and voltage also have a linear relationship. Accordingly, by detecting the signal level (voltage value) of the video signal, it is possible to acquire the light emission amount corresponding to the signal level.
When the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 calculates the average light emission amount for each region, the calculated average light emission amount for each region is sent to the control unit 104. In the control unit 104, the light emission time is obtained from the information of the average light emission amount for each region and recorded in the recording unit 106, and the correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, Cb ′ are calculated from the information of the cumulative light emission time of each color of the organic EL element. To do.
In the present embodiment, the correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ are calculated using information related to the LT characteristics of the organic EL elements recorded in the recording unit 106. By using information on the LT characteristics of the organic EL element, the luminance of the organic EL element can be derived from the information on the light emission times of the R, G, and B colors in each region. Then, a correction coefficient for correcting the video signal is calculated from the derived luminance of the organic EL element.
In the present embodiment, the calculated light emission time is quantized. Then, the quantized light emission time is temporarily stored at an arbitrary interval (for example, 1 minute interval), and the light emission time is recorded on the recording unit 106 at another arbitrary interval (for example, 1 hour interval). Then, when the luminance level is acquired by the luminance acquisition unit 166, the luminance level of each color of R, G, and B is acquired from the information on the light emission time recorded in the recording unit 106.
When the luminance acquisition unit 166 acquires the luminance levels of the R, G, and B colors, correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb for correcting the signal level of the video signal by the coefficient calculation unit 168 using the acquired luminance levels. 'Is calculated.
The correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ calculated by the coefficient calculation unit 168 are sent from the control unit 104 to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124. The long-term color temperature correction unit 124 corrects the signal level of the video signal by multiplying the video signal by the coefficient multiplication unit 170 by the correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ calculated by the coefficient calculation unit 168.
The coefficient calculation unit 168 detects the obtained correction coefficients Cr ′, Cg ′, Cb ′, that is, the one with the lowest luminance level from the luminance levels of the R, G, B colors, and the luminance level is the highest. A gain that matches the brightness level of another color with a small color is calculated. For example, if the luminance level of R is the smallest among the acquired luminance levels of R, G, and B colors, a gain that matches the luminance levels of the other G and B2 colors with the luminance level of R is calculated.
FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram that graphically shows the relationship between the horizontal coordinate of the screen and the gain according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 16, the gain is reduced in the area not emitting light so as to match the area where the luminance is the lowest.
The calculated gain is sent from the coefficient calculation unit 168 to the coefficient multiplication unit 170. The coefficient multiplier 170 multiplies the R, G, and B color components of the video signal by a gain to correct the signal level.
A color temperature correction method according to an embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
17 and 19 are flowcharts for explaining the color temperature correction method according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the flow from acquiring the light emission amount to recording the light emission time. FIG. 18 shows the flow from acquiring the luminance from the light emission time to multiplying the video signal by the gain. It is explanatory drawing demonstrated.
First, when a video signal is input to the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138, the light emission amounts of R, G, and B colors are acquired from the input video signal (step S102). Since the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 can obtain the luminance of one color with one frame of video signal, three frames of video signal are required to acquire the luminance for R, G, and B colors.
After inputting 3 frames of video signals and obtaining the light emission data for each set of R, G, and B colors, the next set of light emission data for each color of R, G, and B is obtained continuously. Alternatively, it may be acquired after a predetermined time.
In this embodiment, after acquiring the light emission amount data of each set of R, G, and B colors, the next set of light emission amount data of each color of R, G, and B is obtained after a period of three frames. It will be acquired. Therefore, the interval for acquiring the light emission amount data is 6 V time (= 0.1 second). Accordingly, the number of data sets of light emission that can be acquired in one minute is 600.
When a predetermined number of light emission amount data is acquired by the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138, the light emission amount data is sent from the long-term color temperature correction detection unit 138 to the control unit 104 via the I / F unit 114. The light emission amount data is received by the light emission time calculation unit 162, and the average value of the light emission amounts acquired by the light emission time calculation unit 162 is calculated (step S104).
In the present embodiment, when the light emission amount data is acquired for one minute, that is, when 600 light emission amount data sets are acquired, the average light emission amount for one minute is calculated using the 600 light emission amount data sets. calculate.
When the light emission time calculation unit 162 calculates the average light emission amount, the light emission time calculation unit 162 then calculates the light emission time from the calculated average light emission amount (step S106). In the present embodiment, the light emission time is calculated from the average light emission amount for 1 minute. The light emission time can be calculated by the following equation.
Light emission time = average light emission amount / reference value Here, the reference value in the present embodiment is a value corresponding to all white 200 cd / m 2, and is 64 when the duty is 25%.
When the light emission time is calculated, the calculated light emission time is recorded in the recording unit 106. First, in order to record in the recording unit 106, the calculated light emission time is quantized (step S108). Quantization is performed by multiplying the light emission time by 4 and rounding off the decimal part in order to record the value in units of 15 seconds, with the integer part as “minutes” and the decimal part as “seconds”.
The light emission time can be recorded with high accuracy in the recording unit 106 by multiplying the light emission time by four times and rounding off the decimal part. Note that the present invention is not limited to this, and the recording time may be recorded as it is without changing the light emission time.
When the light emission time is quantized, the quantized light emission time is recorded in the recording unit 106 (step S110). Recording to the recording unit 106 may be performed every time it is quantized, or the temporarily quantized light emission time may be stored and stored in the recording unit 106 at predetermined time intervals.
Here, depending on the specifications of the memory employed as the recording unit 106, if the light emission time is recorded every time it is quantized, there is a possibility that the memory rewrite limit number will be exceeded. In the present embodiment, in consideration of the case where such a memory is employed as the recording unit 106, the light emission time storage unit 164 temporarily stores the quantized light emission time. It is desirable to record the light emission time from the light emission time storage unit 164 to the recording unit 106 at an interval longer than the interval for calculating the average light emission amount. In the present embodiment, the light emission time is recorded from the light emission time storage unit 164 to the recording unit 106 at one hour intervals. Of course, if there is no limit on the number of rewrites of the recording unit 106, the light emission time may be recorded directly from the light emission time calculation unit 162 to the recording unit 106.
When recording in the recording unit 106, the recording is performed so as to accumulate the light emission time instead of overwriting the light emission time. The information on the light emission time recorded in the recording unit 106 is read out and added to the information on the light emission time that has been quantized or quantized and stored for a fixed time, and the information on the light emission time is recorded in the recording unit 106.
As the light emission time information is accumulated in the recording unit 106, the luminance of each color of the organic EL element can be derived using the light emission time information and the LT characteristic information. Therefore, the luminance acquisition unit 166 derives the luminance of each color of the organic EL element using the information on the light emission time accumulated in the recording unit 106 (step S112).
When the luminance acquisition unit 166 derives the luminance of each color of the organic EL element, the luminance of the derived color is sent to the coefficient calculation unit 168. The coefficient calculation unit 168 calculates a correction coefficient from the luminance of each color (step S114), and outputs the calculated correction coefficient to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 (step S116). When the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 receives the correction coefficient, the coefficient multiplication unit 170 multiplies the R, G, and B color components of the video signal by the correction coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculation unit 168 to correct the signal level. (Step S118).
The luminance levels of R, G, and B colors obtained from the light emission times of the organic EL elements derived by the luminance acquisition unit 166 are Yr, Yg, and Yb, respectively. Since the life curves of the R, G, and B colors are different from the light emission times of the R, G, and B colors, the values of Yr, Yg, and Yb are also different.
Therefore, first, the brightness level of the R, G, B color is calculated with the lowest brightness level from the brightness levels Yr, Yg, Yb, and the brightness levels of the other colors are adjusted so as to match the brightness level with the lowest brightness level. A correction coefficient for correction is calculated.
Ymin = min (Yr, Yg, Yb)
Cr ′ = Ymin / Yr
Cg ′ = Ymin / Yg
Cb ′ = Ymin / Yb
In this way, the light emission time is calculated from the information on the light emission amount, and the luminance levels of the R, G, and B colors are obtained from the calculated light emission time. The color temperature can be corrected by calculating a correction coefficient that matches the luminance levels of the R, G, and B colors.
19A and 19B are explanatory diagrams for explaining the adjustment of the color temperature according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 19A, the display device 100 according to the present embodiment can display an image having a horizontal to vertical ratio of 16: 9 (horizontal 960 dots, vertical 540 dots) on the panel. However, in television broadcasting, there are still images with a horizontal to vertical ratio of 4: 3. When such a video is displayed on the display device 100 according to the present embodiment, the video may be displayed only in the central portion, and may be displayed in black without any video being displayed on the left and right end portions of the screen.
Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 19B, if the display device 100 continues to display an image having a horizontal / vertical ratio of 4: 3, the central portion is particularly deteriorated as compared with both end portions displayed in black. Become.
In this way, when the display device 100 continues to display an image having a horizontal to vertical ratio of 4: 3 and the light emission characteristics of the central portion deteriorate, the luminance of the left and right end portions of the screen is set to the central portion of the screen. Correction may be performed to match the brightness of the image, or correction may be performed on the entire screen so that the brightness of the center portion of the screen matches the color with the lowest brightness level.
In the present embodiment, the detection area on the screen when detecting the light emission amount is 512 lines vertically (512 = 2 9 ). On the other hand, it has 540 lines in the vertical direction on the panel. Therefore, when detecting the light emission amount, the detection region may be moved up and down over time.
FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram illustrating, in a graph, the relationship between time and a detection area according to an embodiment of the present invention. The horizontal axis represents time (t), and the vertical axis represents the start line at the upper end of the detection area with the top of the panel as a reference.
When the time (t) is 0, the detection area detects the amount of light emission by using 512 lines as the detection area vertically from the top of the panel. Thereafter, the upper end of the detection area is gradually lowered as time passes. When the upper end of the detection area reaches the 28th line from the top, the upper end of the detection area is gradually lowered. In this way, the amount of light emitted from the entire screen can be obtained evenly by moving the detection area up and down over time.
Note that the slope of the straight line in the graph shown in FIG. 20, that is, the amount of movement of the detection region per time may be a fixed value or a variable value. In the case of a variable value, the movement amount may be released as a parameter in order to enable setting from the outside.
The color temperature correction method according to one embodiment of the present invention has been described above. The color temperature correction method according to the embodiment of the present invention described above is executed in advance on the recording medium (for example, the recording unit 106) of the display device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The computer program created may be recorded on the computer, and the computer program may be read and executed sequentially by an arithmetic device (for example, the control unit 104).
As described above, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the light emission amount of the organic EL element is obtained from the video signal, the light emission time is calculated from the obtained light emission amount, and R, G, The brightness level of each color B can be calculated. Then, a gain is calculated so as to match the color with the lowest luminance level among the calculated luminance levels of R, G, and B, and the color temperature is corrected by multiplying the calculated gain by the video signal, and the display device The white balance of the image displayed on the screen through 100 panels can be prevented from being lost.
In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, since the luminance level of each color of R, G, B can be calculated from the signal level of the video signal having linear characteristics, the R, G, Even without acquiring information on the luminance level of each color of B, it is possible to correct the color temperature by acquiring the luminance level of each color of R, G, and B. In addition, since various signal processing for video signals having linear characteristics can be performed with simple calculations, a simple circuit configuration is sufficient for a circuit for performing calculations. As a result, the entire circuit area is reduced, and consequently, the display device 100 is reduced in thickness and weight.
For example, in the above embodiment, the luminance acquisition unit 166 provided in the control unit 104 acquires the luminance from the light emission time and the LUT recorded in the recording unit 106, and the coefficient calculation unit 168 calculates the correction coefficient from the acquired luminance. Cr ′, Cg ′, and Cb ′ are calculated, and the calculated correction coefficient is sent to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124, so that the coefficient is multiplied by the coefficient multiplication unit 170 provided inside the long-term color temperature correction unit 124. However, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to such examples. For example, the inside of the control unit 104 performs the acquisition of the luminance levels of R, G, and B colors, sends the acquired luminance level to the long-term color temperature correction unit 124, and the long-term color temperature correction unit 124 corrects the correction coefficients Cr ′ and Cg ′. , Cb ′ may be calculated.
A pixel including a light emitting element that emits light according to the amount of current and a pixel circuit that controls a current applied to the light emitting element according to a video signal, and a selection signal for selecting the pixel to emit light at a predetermined scanning cycle. A display device comprising a display unit in which scanning lines for supplying pixels and data lines for supplying the video signals to the pixels are arranged in a matrix:
A light emission amount detection unit for inputting a video signal having linear characteristics and detecting a light emission amount from the video signal;
A light emission time calculation unit that calculates a light emission time of the light emitting element based on the light emission amount detected by the light emission amount detection unit;
A light emission time recording unit for recording the calculated light emission time;
A luminance acquisition unit that acquires luminance information of the light emitting element using the light emission time recorded in the light emission time recording unit;
A coefficient calculation unit that calculates a coefficient to be multiplied with the video signal based on the luminance information acquired by the luminance acquisition unit;
A coefficient multiplier that multiplies the video signal by the coefficient calculated by the coefficient calculator;
Including a display device.
The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a linear conversion unit that converts a video signal having gamma characteristics into a video signal having linear characteristics.
The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a gamma conversion unit that converts an output signal of the coefficient multiplication unit having linear characteristics so as to have gamma characteristics.
The display device according to claim 1, wherein the coefficient calculation unit calculates a coefficient that matches the luminance of a color having the lowest luminance with the luminance of another color as a result of acquiring the luminance information by the luminance acquisition unit.
The light emission amount detection unit detects light emission amounts for a plurality of areas on the screen,
The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a signal level calculation unit that corrects a light emission amount in accordance with a region where the luminance is the lowest.
The display device according to claim 5, wherein when detecting the light emission amount, the light emission amount detection unit detects the light emission amount by moving the region up and down with respect to the plurality of regions on the screen.
A pixel having a light emitting element that emits light in accordance with an amount of current and a pixel circuit that controls a current applied to the light emitting element in accordance with a video signal, and a selection signal for selecting the pixel to emit light at a predetermined scanning cycle. A driving method of a display device including a display unit in which scanning lines to be supplied to and data lines to supply the video signal to the pixels are arranged in a matrix form:
A light emission amount detecting step for inputting a video signal having linear characteristics and detecting the light emission amount;
A light emission time calculating step of calculating a light emission time based on the light emission amount detected in the light emission amount detection step;
A light emission time recording step for recording the calculated light emission time;
A luminance acquisition step of acquiring the luminance of the light emitting element from the relationship between the light emitting time recorded in the light emitting time recording step and the luminance of the light emitting element;
A coefficient calculating step for calculating a coefficient to be multiplied with the video signal based on the luminance information acquired in the luminance acquiring step;
A coefficient multiplying step of multiplying the video signal by the coefficient calculated in the coefficient calculating step;
A method for driving a display device.
The display device driving method according to claim 7, further comprising a step of converting a video signal having a gamma characteristic into a video signal having the linear characteristic.
The display device driving method according to claim 7, further comprising a step of converting an output signal of the coefficient multiplying step having a linear characteristic so as to have a gamma characteristic.
8. The display device according to claim 7, wherein the coefficient calculating step calculates a coefficient that matches the luminance of the color having the lowest luminance with the luminance of another color as a result of acquiring the luminance information in the luminance acquiring step. Driving method.
The light emission amount detecting step detects light emission amounts for a plurality of regions on the screen,
The method for driving a display device according to claim 7, further comprising a signal level calculation step of correcting a light emission amount in accordance with a region where the luminance is most lowered.
12. The method of driving a display device according to claim 11, wherein the light emission amount detection step detects the light emission amount by moving the region up and down relative to the plurality of regions on the screen when detecting the light emission amount.
A pixel having a light emitting element that emits light in accordance with an amount of current and a pixel circuit that controls a current applied to the light emitting element in accordance with a video signal, and a selection signal for selecting the pixel to emit light at a predetermined scanning cycle. A computer program for causing a computer to control a display device including a display unit in which scanning lines to be supplied to and data lines to supply the video signals to the pixels are arranged in a matrix:
Including computer programs.
JP2009515187A 2007-05-18 2008-05-15 Display device, display device driving method, and computer program Pending JPWO2008143130A1 (en)
JP2007133229 2007-05-18
PCT/JP2008/058935 WO2008143130A1 (en) 2007-05-18 2008-05-15 Display device, display device drive method, and computer program
JPWO2008143130A1 true JPWO2008143130A1 (en) 2010-08-05
ID=40027029
JP2009515187A Pending JPWO2008143130A1 (en) 2007-05-18 2008-05-15 Display device, display device driving method, and computer program
US (2) US8228268B2 (en)
EP (1) EP2148316A4 (en)
JP (1) JPWO2008143130A1 (en)
KR (2) KR101487548B1 (en)
CN (2) CN101675463B (en)
AU (1) AU2008254175B2 (en)
BR (1) BRPI0811208A2 (en)
CA (1) CA2683663A1 (en)
MX (1) MX2009010996A (en)
RU (1) RU2469415C2 (en)
TW (1) TW200910298A (en)
WO (1) WO2008143130A1 (en)
JP5446216B2 (en) * 2008-11-07 2014-03-19 ソニー株式会社 Display device and electronic device
JP5321032B2 (en) * 2008-12-11 2013-10-23 ソニー株式会社 Display device, brightness adjusting device, brightness adjusting method and program
KR20110006112A (en) * 2009-07-13 2011-01-20 삼성전자주식회사 Apparatus and method for controlling backlight of display panel in camera system
JP5582778B2 (en) * 2009-12-21 2014-09-03 キヤノン株式会社 Projection device, program, and control method of projection device
KR101142590B1 (en) * 2010-05-03 2012-05-03 삼성모바일디스플레이주식회사 Organic Light Emitting Display Device and Driving Method Thereof
JP5696463B2 (en) * 2010-12-15 2015-04-08 ソニー株式会社 Display device and driving method of display device
EP2469505B1 (en) * 2010-12-23 2019-02-27 BlackBerry Limited Handheld electronic communication device having an age compensating display
CN102890924B (en) * 2011-07-21 2015-07-22 晨星软件研发(深圳)有限公司 Method for correcting color of panel and related correction module
CN103050071B (en) * 2011-10-14 2016-06-22 晨星软件研发(深圳)有限公司 The method of correction panel and relevant display controller
JP2014126699A (en) 2012-12-26 2014-07-07 Sony Corp Self-luminous display device, and control method and computer program for self-luminous display device
JP2014126698A (en) * 2012-12-26 2014-07-07 Sony Corp Self-luminous display device
US20150080142A1 (en) * 2013-09-19 2015-03-19 Michael J. Kline System, Apparatus, And Method For Using Mobile Sporting Goods
US9083320B2 (en) 2013-09-20 2015-07-14 Maofeng YANG Apparatus and method for electrical stability compensation
CN106163374B (en) * 2014-05-14 2018-02-23 奥林巴斯株式会社 Camera system
CN104185059A (en) * 2014-09-02 2014-12-03 上海杠点信息技术有限公司 Device and method for improving television terminal visual effect
CN104318893B (en) * 2014-09-29 2019-02-22 青岛海信电器股份有限公司 A kind of method and system for eliminating still image display area ghost defect
KR20160049942A (en) 2014-10-28 2016-05-10 삼성디스플레이 주식회사 Display panel driving device, display device having the same, and method of driving the display device
JP6566663B2 (en) * 2015-03-10 2019-08-28 キヤノン株式会社 Image display apparatus and control method thereof
CN106157929B (en) * 2015-04-22 2018-06-26 上海和辉光电有限公司 The adjustment system and its luminance regulating method of brightness of display screen attenuation
KR20170011871A (en) * 2015-07-24 2017-02-02 삼성전자주식회사 A display apparatus and a display method
WO2017033709A1 (en) * 2015-08-24 2017-03-02 三菱電機株式会社 Led display device and method for correcting luminance thereof
CN106611583A (en) * 2017-02-24 2017-05-03 京东方科技集团股份有限公司 Gamma voltage debugging method and device of electroluminescent display device
JP2019146120A (en) * 2018-02-23 2019-08-29 オムロン株式会社 Image sensor system and image sensor
CN109147663A (en) * 2018-11-28 2019-01-04 南京中电熊猫平板显示科技有限公司 A kind of organic light-emitting display device and its luminance compensation method
JP2000338922A (en) * 1999-03-25 2000-12-08 Victor Co Of Japan Ltd Image processor
JP2003177713A (en) * 2001-09-28 2003-06-27 Semiconductor Energy Lab Co Ltd Light emitting device and electronic apparatus
JP2004252289A (en) * 2003-02-21 2004-09-09 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Driving method of image display device
US6072526A (en) * 1990-10-15 2000-06-06 Minolta Co., Ltd. Image sensing device that can correct colors corresponding to skin in a video signal
JP3887060B2 (en) * 1997-04-09 2007-02-28 ペンタックス株式会社 Image correction information recording apparatus and image restoration processing apparatus for electronic still camera
RU2249858C2 (en) * 1999-03-30 2005-04-10 Эвикс Инк. Full color light-diode display system
JP4292679B2 (en) * 1999-05-10 2009-07-08 コニカミノルタホールディングス株式会社 Solid-state imaging device
TW518528B (en) * 2001-01-08 2003-01-21 Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corp Driving method of active matrix electro-luminescent display
KR100472438B1 (en) * 2001-11-14 2005-02-21 삼성전자주식회사 luminance attenuator apparatus and method in the PDP
EP1391865A1 (en) * 2002-08-23 2004-02-25 Deutsche Thomson-Brandt Gmbh Plasma display panel (PDP) - Reduction of dithering noise while displaying less video levels than required
JP3715969B2 (en) * 2003-03-05 2005-11-16 キヤノン株式会社 Color signal correction apparatus and image display apparatus
JP2005084335A (en) 2003-09-08 2005-03-31 Sony Corp Optical waveguide module
JP3960287B2 (en) 2003-09-09 2007-08-15 ソニー株式会社 Image processing apparatus and method
JP4855648B2 (en) * 2004-03-30 2012-01-18 グローバル・オーエルイーディー・テクノロジー・リミテッド・ライアビリティ・カンパニーＧｌｏｂａｌ Ｏｌｅｄ Ｔｅｃｈｎｏｌｏｇｙ Ｌｌｃ． Organic EL display device
US20050285828A1 (en) * 2004-06-25 2005-12-29 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Signal processing circuit and method for self-luminous type display
CN100423063C (en) 2004-06-25 2008-10-01 三洋电机株式会社 Signal processing circuit and method for self-luminous type display
JP4974507B2 (en) * 2004-10-29 2012-07-11 株式会社半導体エネルギー研究所 Display device
EP1865709A4 (en) * 2005-03-29 2010-07-07 Panasonic Corp Image display and image displaying method
JP5352047B2 (en) * 2005-07-27 2013-11-27 株式会社半導体エネルギー研究所 Display device and electronic device
2008-04-28 KR KR20080039192A patent/KR101487548B1/en active IP Right Grant
2008-05-15 MX MX2009010996A patent/MX2009010996A/en active IP Right Grant
2008-05-15 US US12/595,246 patent/US8228268B2/en active Active
2008-05-15 CA CA 2683663 patent/CA2683663A1/en not_active Abandoned
2008-05-15 KR KR1020097023420A patent/KR20100016387A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
2008-05-15 RU RU2009142410/08A patent/RU2469415C2/en active
2008-05-15 WO PCT/JP2008/058935 patent/WO2008143130A1/en active Application Filing
2008-05-15 JP JP2009515187A patent/JPWO2008143130A1/en active Pending
2008-05-15 BR BRPI0811208 patent/BRPI0811208A2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
2008-05-15 US US12/121,437 patent/US8144085B2/en active Active
2008-05-15 AU AU2008254175A patent/AU2008254175B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
2008-05-15 EP EP08764298A patent/EP2148316A4/en not_active Ceased
2008-05-15 CN CN 200880014871 patent/CN101675463B/en active IP Right Grant
2008-05-16 TW TW97118199A patent/TW200910298A/en unknown
2008-05-19 CN CN 200810093271 patent/CN101308626B/en active IP Right Grant
AU2008254175B2 (en) 2013-05-02
CN101308626A (en) 2008-11-19
AU2008254175A1 (en) 2008-11-27
CA2683663A1 (en) 2008-11-27
RU2469415C2 (en) 2012-12-10
KR101487548B1 (en) 2015-01-29
US8228268B2 (en) 2012-07-24
US8144085B2 (en) 2012-03-27
KR20100016387A (en) 2010-02-12
BRPI0811208A2 (en) 2014-10-29
EP2148316A4 (en) 2012-03-14
KR20080101675A (en) 2008-11-21
US20100118062A1 (en) 2010-05-13
MX2009010996A (en) 2009-10-30
WO2008143130A1 (en) 2008-11-27
CN101675463B (en) 2012-06-20
CN101308626B (en) 2011-06-15
US20080284767A1 (en) 2008-11-20
TW200910298A (en) 2009-03-01
RU2009142410A (en) 2011-05-27
EP2148316A1 (en) 2010-01-27
CN101675463A (en) 2010-03-17
JP4923505B2 (en) 2012-04-25 Pixel circuit and display device
US8686925B2 (en) 2014-04-01 Organic light emitting diode display device and driving method thereof
JP5455307B2 (en) 2014-03-26 Image display device and driving method thereof
KR101301111B1 (en) 2013-08-27 Electroluminescent display compensated drive signal
JP4501429B2 (en) 2010-07-14 Pixel circuit and display device
JP2006113586A (en) 2006-04-27 Light emitting display apparatus and pixel circuit
JP5535627B2 (en) 2014-07-02 Method and display for compensating for pixel luminance degradation
JP5347033B2 (en) 2013-11-20 Method for compensating for variations in EL emitter characteristics in EL subpixels
US7804469B2 (en) 2010-09-28 Display apparatus and driving method for display apparatus
KR20080101675A (en) 2008-11-21 Display device, control method and computer program for display device
TWI424410B (en) 2014-01-21 Display device and method of driving the same
TW200915267A (en) 2009-04-01 Display device, driving method and computer program for display device
WO2009144936A1 (en) 2009-12-03 Display device, and manufacturing method and control method thereof
WO2011125109A1 (en) 2011-10-13 Display method for an organic el display device, and organic el display device