# US 10,504,483 B2 · Display method and display device

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- Number: US 10,504,483 B2
- Document ID: US10504483B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/102,093
- Filed: 2015-09-18
- Published: 2017-04-20
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2015-06-05
- Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Chungchun Chen; Peng Liu; Pengcheng Lu; Xue Dong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10504483B2

## CPC

- G09G 5/026: {Control of mixing and/or overlay of colours in general (G09G5/022 and G09G5/024 take precedence)}
- G09G 3/2003: {Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)}
- G09G 5/005: {Adapting incoming signals to the display format of the display terminal}
- G09G 2300/0443: with several sub-pixels for the same colour in a pixel, not specifically used to display gradations (G09G3/364 takes precedence)
- G09G 2300/0452: Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components
- G09G 2340/0407: Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas
- G09G 2340/0457: Improvement of perceived resolution by subpixel rendering
- G09G 2340/06: Colour space transformation
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)

## Abstract

A display method and a display device are disclosed. The display method is applicable in display panels in which sub-pixels are arranged in a triangle-shaped arrangement manner. The display method includes generating an original image including a plurality of first virtual pixels (2) according to image information; calculating a display component of a second virtual sub-pixel (31) according to display components of first virtual sub-pixels (21) of a same color as the second virtual sub-pixel (31) in at least one first virtual pixel (2); and calculating a display component of a sub-pixel (11) according to display components of second virtual sub-pixels (31) of a same color as the sub-pixel (11) in at least two adjacent second virtual pixels (3).

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display method applicable in a display panel in which sub-pixels are arranged in a triangle-shaped arrangement manner, the display method comprises:
generating an original image comprising a plurality of first virtual pixels according to image information, each of the first virtual pixels including a plurality of first virtual sub-pixels of different colors, and the first virtual sub-pixels being arranged in a strip-shaped arrangement manner;
calculating a display component of each of a plurality of second virtual sub-pixels of different colors included in a second virtual pixel according to display components of three or more first virtual sub-pixels of a same color as a corresponding second virtual sub-pixel of the plurality of second virtual sub-pixels, the three or more first virtual sub-pixels of the same color being from at least two adjacent first virtual pixels in a row direction and from at least two adjacent first virtual pixels in a column direction, each first virtual sub-pixel and each sub-pixel of a same color having a same length in the column direction, and each second virtual sub-pixel and each sub-pixel of a same color having a same length in the row direction and in the column direction; and
calculating a display component of each of the sub-pixels according to the display component of each of the plurality of second virtual sub-pixels of the same color in at least two adjacent second virtual pixels.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display method according to claim 1, further comprising:
calculating a sum of products of multiplying display components of first virtual sub-pixels of the same color in the at least two adjacent first virtual pixels in the row direction and the column direction by respective proportional coefficients to obtain the display component of the corresponding second virtual sub-pixel of the same color of the plurality of second virtual sub-pixels, each second virtual sub-pixel having an overlapping area with a corresponding first virtual sub-pixel of a same color.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The display method according to claim 2, wherein a sum of proportional coefficients of all the first virtual sub-pixels configured to calculate the display component of each of the plurality of second virtual sub-pixels equals to 1.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The display method according to claim 3, wherein the proportional coefficients used for calculating the display components of each of the plurality of second virtual sub-pixels are identical with each other.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The display method according to claim 2, further comprising:
calculating a sum of products of multiplying a display component of each of the plurality of second virtual sub-pixels of the same color in at least two adjacent second virtual pixels by respective proportional coefficients to obtain the display component of each of the sub-pixels of the same color as the corresponding second virtual sub-pixels, each first virtual sub-pixel having an overlapping area with a corresponding second virtual sub-pixel.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The display method according to claim 2, wherein the three or more first virtual sub-pixels of the same color in the at least two adjacent first virtual pixels in the row direction and in the column direction comprise:
a first virtual sub-pixel from one of the at least two adjacent first virtual pixels in the row direction and in the column direction having a same location and the same color as the corresponding second virtual sub-pixel, and two first virtual sub-pixels from at least two first virtual pixels adjacent to the one of the at least two adjacent first virtual pixels in the row direction and the column direction having the same color as the corresponding second virtual sub-pixel.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The display method according to claim 2, wherein the three or more first virtual sub-pixels of the same color in the at least two adjacent first virtual pixels in the row direction and in the column direction comprises:
a first virtual sub-pixel from one of the at least two adjacent first virtual pixels in the row direction having a same location and the same color as the corresponding second virtual sub-pixel, a first virtual sub-pixel from one of the at least two first virtual pixels adjacent to the one first virtual pixel in the row direction having the same color as the second virtual sub-pixel, and a first virtual sub-pixel from one of the at least two first virtual pixels adjacent to the virtual pixel in the column direction having the same color as the second virtual sub-pixel.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The display method according to claim 1, wherein the second virtual sub-pixel of the same color in the at least two adjacent second virtual pixels comprises:
a second virtual sub-pixel in one of the at least two adjacent second virtual pixels having a same location and the same color as the sub-pixel, and a second virtual sub-pixel in another second virtual pixel adjacent to the one of the at least two adjacent second virtual pixels in the row direction or the column direction having the same color as the sub-pixel.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The display method according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of second virtual sub-pixels has an overlapping area with a corresponding first virtual sub-pixel of the same color.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The display method according to claim 1, wherein the display component of the each sub-pixel is greater than the display component of the corresponding second virtual sub-pixel of the same color as the each sub-pixel.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The display method according to claim 1, wherein a sum of proportional coefficients of all of the first virtual sub-pixels used to calculate the display components of each of the second virtual sub-pixels equals to 1.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The display method according to claim 1, wherein proportional coefficients used for calculating the display component of each of the second virtual sub-pixels are identical with each other.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The display method according to claim 1, wherein a length of a pixel in a row direction is ⅔ of a width of a corresponding second virtual pixel, a width of the pixel is 4/3 times of the width of a corresponding first virtual pixel.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The display method according to claim 13, wherein a length of each first virtual sub-pixel in the row direction is ⅓ of a length of a corresponding first virtual sub-pixel in the column direction.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The display method according to claim 1, wherein a width of each second virtual pixel is 2 times of a width of a corresponding first virtual pixel.