Electronic apparatus, display panel control device and display panel control method

A display panel control device which controls a display panel provided in an electronic apparatus, comprising:

• a power supply control module configured to power on or power off the display panel;
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• a control module configured to execute, after the electronic apparatus is powered on, a process of powering on the display panel by using the power supply control module, a process of receiving a hot-plug detection signal from the display panel, a link training process for determining a video signal transmission mode, and a process of transmitting a video signal to the display panel in the video signal transmission mode determined by the link training process,
• wherein the control module is configured to stop the transmission of the video signal to the display panel in a state in which the display panel is kept in a power-on state, when a display OFF request event occurs after the transmission of the video signal to the display panel, and to transmit the video signal to the display panel in the determined video signal transmission mode, when a display ON request event occurs in a state in which the display panel is in the power-on state and the transmission of the video signal to the display panel is stopped.

A display panel control method of controlling a display panel provided in an electronic apparatus, comprising:

• executing, after the electronic apparatus is powered on, a process of powering on the display panel by using the power supply control module, a process of receiving a hot-plug detection signal from the display panel, a link training process for determining a video signal transmission mode, and a process of transmitting a video signal to the display panel in the video signal transmission mode determined by the link training process;
• stopping the transmission of the video signal to the display panel in a state in which the display panel is kept in a power-on state, when a display OFF request event occurs after the transmission of the video signal to the display panel;
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• transmitting the video signal to the display panel in the determined video signal transmission mode, when a display ON request event occurs in a state in which the display panel is in the power-on state and the transmission of the video signal to the display panel is stopped.