# US 12,183,260 B2 · Controller configured to generate display area information and display device including the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,183,260 B2 - Document ID: US12183260B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/510,109 - Filed: 2023-11-15 - Published: 2024-03-14 - Granted: 2024-12-31 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-16 - Assignees: Silicon Works Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Silicon Works Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dae Hee Bae; Bo Sung Kim; Jun Hun Park; Ji Hong Yuk; Sung Woo Han; Ji Hoon Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12183260B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/2003: {Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} - G09G 3/22: using controlled light sources - G06T 5/70: Denoising; Smoothing - G09G 3/20: for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters} - G09G 5/37: Details of the operation on graphic patterns (G09G5/38 takes precedence) - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2300/0452: Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components - G09G 2320/0686: with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours - G09G 2340/0407: Resolution change, inclusive of the use of different resolutions for different screen areas - G09G 2360/144: the light being ambient light - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - 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) - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Disclosed is a display device including a display panel having a plurality of pixels, the display panel comprising a first display area having first resolution and a second display area having second resolution, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution, and a controller configured to generate display area information of each of the plurality of pixels, to blur an image that is displayed in the second display area based on the display area information, and to perform control such that the blurred image is displayed on the display panel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a display panel having a plurality of pixels, the display panel comprising a first display area having a first resolution and a second display area having a second resolution, the second resolution being lower than the first resolution; and a controller configured to generate display area information of the plurality of pixels, to determine second image data corresponding to the second display area based on the display area information, and to perform blurring on the second image data, wherein the display area information is generated based on shape information including line-based direction information related to a distance between a border of the second display area and a center axis of the second display area, and width information indicating a width of the second display area, and the plurality of pixels include first light-emitting pixels corresponding to the first display area, second light-emitting pixels and non-light-emitting pixels corresponding to the second display area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the shape information further includes position information of a starting point of the second display area, and vertical length information indicating a vertical length of the second display area. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device according to claim 2, wherein the second display area comprises a left border and a right border, the left border is located at a left side of the second display area with respect to a central axis of the second display area, the right border is located at a right side of the second display area with respect to the central axis of the second display area, the shape information of the second display area comprises left border information about the left border, and right border information about the right border each of the left border information and the right border information comprises direction information and width information of each of a plurality of lines disposed within the vertical length from the starting point, the direction information included in the left border information indicates an extension direction of the left border with respect to the central axis, the direction information included in the right border information indicates an extension direction of the right border with respect to the central axis, and the width information included in the left border information indicates a distance between a leftmost point in a first line included in the second display area and a leftmost point in a second line adjacent to the first line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein a width of the left border at each of a first line, at which the starting point is disposed, to an n-th line is sequentially stored in order of line as the left border information, a width of the right border at each of a first line, at which the starting point is disposed, to an n-th line is sequentially stored in order of line as the right border information, and n corresponds to the vertical length. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein in case a distance between the central axis and a border provided at a first line is less than a distance between the central axis and a border provided at a second line adjacent to the first line, the direction information is set to a first direction value, and in case the distance between the central axis and a border provided at the first line is greater than the distance between the central axis and a border provided at the second line, the direction information is set to a second direction value. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to: extract a leftmost border pixel of each line and a rightmost border pixel of each line based on the position information of the starting point, the line-based direction information, and the width information, decide the leftmost border pixel, the rightmost border pixel, and pixels provided between the leftmost border pixel and the rightmost border pixel, among pixels provided in a relevant line, as second pixels provided in the second display area, and decide other pixels in the display panel as first pixels provided in the first display area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform blurring on the second image data based on locations of the non-light emitting pixels. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform blurring on the second image data based on an arrangement of the second light-emitting pixels and the non-light-emitting pixels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to perform blurring on the second image data using a predetermined blurring filter, and the controller is configured to perform blurring on the second image data such that a center of the predetermined blurring filter corresponds to one of the light emitting pixels. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display area information includes a first display area value corresponding to the first light-emitting pixels, a second display area value corresponding to the second light-emitting pixels, and a third display area value corresponding to the non-light emitting pixels, and the first, second, and third display area values are different. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to not blur first image data corresponding to the first light-emitting pixels specified by the display area information in input image data. ### Claim 12 A controller comprising: a display area information generation unit configured to generate display area information of a plurality of pixels based on shape information of a second display area having lower resolution than a first display area; an image processing unit configured to determine second image data corresponding to the second display area based on the display area information, and to perform blurring on the second image data; and a control unit configured to control the blurred second image data to be displayed on a display panel, wherein the shape information of the second display area includes position information of a starting point of the second display area, vertical length information indicating a vertical length of the second display area, line-based direction information related to a distance between a border of the second display area and a center axis of the second display area, and width information indicating a width of the second display area, and the plurality of pixels include first light-emitting pixels corresponding to the first display area, second light-emitting pixels and non-light-emitting pixels corresponding to the second display area. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The controller according to claim 12, wherein the shape information further includes position information of a starting point of the second display area, and vertical length information indicating a vertical length of the second display area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The controller according to claim 13, further comprising a border pixel extraction unit configured to extract a leftmost border pixel and a rightmost border pixel of each line based on the position information of the starting point, the line-based direction information, and the width information. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The controller according to claim 13, wherein the display area information generation unit is configured: to set the display area information of each of pixels other than pixels provided between the extracted leftmost border pixel and the extracted rightmost border pixel, among pixels provided in each line, to a first display area value; and to set the display area information of each of light-emitting pixels included in the pixels provided between the extracted leftmost border pixel and the extracted rightmost border pixel, among the pixels provided in each line, to a second display area value. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The controller according to claim 12, wherein the image processing unit is configured to perform blurring on the second image data based on locations of the non-light emitting pixels. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The controller according to claim 12, wherein the image processing unit is configured to perform blurring on the second image data based on an arrangement of the second light-emitting pixels and the non-light-emitting pixels. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The controller according to claim 12, wherein the image processing unit comprises an area decision unit configured to determine first image data for the first light-emitting pixels and the second image data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The controller according to claim 12, wherein the image processing unit comprises an image correction unit configured to correct input image data by blurring the second image data using a predetermined blurring filter, and the image processing unit is configured to perform blurring on the second image data such that a center of the predetermined blurring filter corresponds to one of the light emitting pixels. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The controller according to claim 19, wherein the image correction unit is configured to not blur first image data for first light-emitting pixels corresponding to the first display area.