# US 12,223,918 B2 · Display device and calibration method

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- Number: US 12,223,918 B2
- Document ID: US12223918B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/651,701
- Filed: 2024-05-01
- Published: 2024-08-29
- Granted: 2025-02-11
- Earliest claimed: 2021-11-16
- Assignees: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
- Applicants: Radiant Opto-Electronics Corporation
- Inventors: Peng-Hsiang Wu; Hung-Pao Wu; Chun-Yi Sun; Jon-Hong Lin; Lian-Young Lee; Bo-Ru Huang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12223918B2

## CPC

- G09G 3/3406: {Control of illumination source (illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336)}
- G09G 3/3426: {the different display panel areas being distributed in two dimensions, e.g. matrix}
- G09G 3/2081: {with combination of amplitude modulation and time modulation (space and time error diffusion G09G3/2066)}
- G09G 3/006: {Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays (testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309)}
- G09G 2320/0233: Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen
- G09G 2320/0626: for control of overall brightness
- G09G 2320/064: by time modulation of the brightness of the illumination source
- G09G 2320/0693: Calibration of display systems
- G09G 2360/145: the light originating from the display screen
- G09G 2360/16: Calculation or use of calculated indices related to luminance levels in display data
- 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 device includes a display panel, a backlight module and a circuit. The display panel includes multiple regions. The back light module includes multiple light emitting units, and each region corresponds to at least one of the light emitting units. The circuit includes a calibration lookup table corresponding to a first light emitting unit. The calibration lookup table records a parameter and multiple duty cycles. The circuit accesses the calibration lookup table and determines an output duty cycle according to the duty cycles. The circuit determines a current value of the first light emitting unit to drive the first light emitting unit according to the output duty cycle and the parameter.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A calibration method for a display device comprising a display panel, a backlight module and a circuit, wherein the display panel comprises a plurality of regions, the backlight module comprises a plurality of light emitting units, each of the regions corresponds to at least one of the light emitting units, and the calibration method comprises:
driving a first light emitting unit of the light emitting units to produce a first brightness level by a current according to a parameter and a first duty cycle, and measuring the first brightness level of the first light emitting unit;
determining if the first brightness level of the first light emitting unit is less than a predetermined brightness level, and if the first brightness level is less than the predetermined brightness level, adjusting the parameter such that the first brightness level of the first light emitting unit meets the predetermined brightness level, recording the adjusted parameter in a first calibration lookup table corresponding to the first light emitting unit, and defining a brightness-duty-cycle response curve based on the predetermined brightness level, the adjusted parameter and the first duty cycle; and
determining whether the brightness-duty-cycle response curve of the first light emitting unit is linear or non-linear, and if the brightness-duty-cycle response curve is linear, obtaining an adjusted duty cycle according to a brightness level on the brightness-duty-cycle response curve, and if the brightness-duty-cycle response curve is non-linear, then interpolating an adjusted duty cycle according to a turning-point brightness level and a turning-point duty cycle of at least one turning point of the brightness-duty-cycle response curve.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The calibration method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the brightness-duty-cycle response curve of the first light emitting unit is linear or non-linear comprises:
setting a plurality of candidate duty cycles, and driving the first light emitting unit based on the candidate duty cycles to obtain a plurality of candidate brightness levels;
calculating a plurality of slope of the brightness-duty-cycle response curve according to the candidate duty cycles and the candidate brightness levels; and
determining that the brightness-duty-cycle response curve is non-linear if a difference between a maximum slope and a minimum slope of the slops is greater than a threshold.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The calibration method of claim 2, wherein the candidate duty cycles comprises an initial duty cycle, and the calibration method further comprises:
selecting one of the candidate duty cycles in ascending order, and calculating the corresponding slope according to the selected candidate duty cycle and the initial duty cycle to update the maximum slope and the minimum slop; and
if the difference between the maximum slope and the minimum slope is greater than the threshold, setting the selected candidate duty cycle and the corresponding candidate brightness level as a new turning point.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The calibration method of claim 1, further comprising:
if the first brightness level is greater than or equal to the predetermined brightness level, not adjusting the parameter, recording the parameter in the first calibration lookup table corresponding to the first light emitting unit directly, and defining a brightness-duty-cycle response curve based on the predetermined brightness level, the parameter, and the first duty cycle.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The calibration method of claim 1, further comprising:
driving the first light emitting unit to produce a plurality of candidate brightness levels according to a plurality of candidate duty cycles and the parameter, wherein the candidate duty cycles and the candidate brightness levels define the brightness-duty-cycle response curve which is a piecewise linear function consisting of a plurality of linear functions.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The calibration method of claim 5, each of the linear functions comprises a slope and a group of duty cycles, and the duty cycles corresponding to the linear functions comprise a first group of duty cycles and a second group of duty cycles,
wherein a minimum value of the first group of duty cycles is equal to a maximum value of the second group of duty cycles, and the slope of the linear function corresponding to the first group of duty cycles is greater than the slope of the linear function corresponding to the second group of duty cycles.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The calibration method of claim 5, wherein each of the linear functions comprises a slope and a group of duty cycles, and the duty cycles corresponding to the linear functions comprise a first group of duty cycles and a second group of duty cycles,
wherein a minimum value of the first group of duty cycles is equal to a maximum value of the second group of duty cycles, and the slope of the linear function corresponding to the first group of duty cycles is less than the slope of the linear function corresponding to the second group of duty cycles.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The calibration method of claim 1, further comprising:
driving the first light emitting unit to produce a candidate brightness level according to a candidate duty cycle and the parameter, wherein the candidate duty cycle and the candidate brightness level define the brightness-duty-cycle response curve which is a linear function.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The calibration method of claim 1, wherein the light emitting units further comprises a second light emitting unit, and the calibration method further comprises:
driving the second light emitting unit to produce a second brightness level according to the parameter, and measuring the second brightness level of the second light emitting unit;
adjusting the parameter such that the second brightness level meets the predetermined brightness level, and recoding the adjusted parameter in a second calibration lookup table corresponding to the second light emitting unit; and
adding the at least one turning point into the second calibration lookup table if the first calibration lookup table has the at least one turning point.