Specific embodiment
Some vocabulary is used in the description to censure specific component.Person with usual knowledge in their respective areas should can
Understand, manufacturer may call same component with different nouns.This specification not with the difference of title as
The mode of component is distinguished, but with the difference of component functionally as the benchmark of difference.Mentioned in specification in the whole text
"comprising" be an open term, therefore should be construed to " including but not limited to ".In addition, " coupling " word includes to appoint herein
What direct and indirect electrical connection.Therefore, if it is described herein that a first device is coupled to a second device, then institute is represented
Stating first device may be directly connected to the second device, or be coupled indirectly to described by other devices or connection means
Two devices.
Referring to FIG. 2, Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of the one display equipment 12 of a calculator system 10 coupling of the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in Fig. 2, 10 basic framework of calculator system of the present embodiment include as mainboard, processor, memory, hard disk, south bridge module,
North bridge module etc. should be known in the art, and for the sake of clarity, Fig. 2 only shows the central processing unit 100 of calculator system 10
With storage device 102.Storage device 102 can be read-only memory, flash memory, floppy disk, hard disk, CD, Portable disk, tape, can
By the database of network access, or be familiar with any other storage media well-known to those skilled in the art etc., to store
One program code, 100 executable program code of central processing unit carry out the display methods that is applicable in of display equipment 12.This
Outside, the display equipment 12 in the present embodiment includes a display panel 120, gate drivers GD_1~GD_N, source electrode driver
A SD_1~SD_N and clock controller TCON.Display panel 120 couples gate drivers GD_1~GD_N simultaneously and source electrode drives
Dynamic device SD_1~SD_N, and clock controller TCON also couples gate drivers GD_1~GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1 simultaneously
~SD_N, and according to a clock control signal of clock controller TCON, it controls gate drivers GD_1~GD_N and source electrode drives
Dynamic device SD_1~SD_N and the multiple display units for driving display panel 120, to allow display panel 120 to show data.
Meanwhile in the present embodiment also do not limit display data source why, may be, for example, at an image of display calculator system 10
The image data of unit is managed, or is multi-medium data person provided by a multimedia video source or a top box of digital machine, is all belonged to
In one of scope of the invention.
It refer again to Fig. 3, Fig. 3 is the signal that a calculator system 10 of the embodiment of the present invention couples another display equipment 30
Figure.Compared to display equipment 12 shown in Fig. 2, source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N and clock controller TCON is to be independently arranged
And electric property coupling each other, and clock control signal transmitted by clock controller TCON respectively come drive source electrode driver SD_1~
The work of SD_N and gate drivers GD_1~GD_N show that every one source driver of equipment 30 is also integrated with clock in Fig. 3
Controller forms SD_1+TCON~SD_N+TCON, accordingly, shows source electrode driver SD_1+TCON~SD_N+ of equipment 30
The display work of sequential start itself is synchronized by source electrode driver SD_1+TCON and generates clock signal come control gate by TCON
The related display work of driver GD_1~GD_N, also belongs to one of scope of the invention.
In the case, whether 12 or shown in Fig. 3 display equipment 30 of display equipment shown in Fig. 2, in the present embodiment
It is all electric property coupling between every one source driver and gate drivers, and the clock controller for being collocated with different designs opens to correspond to
Moving grid driver and source electrode driver receive an image processing unit (such as image procossing of calculator system 10 with corresponding
Unit, or be multimedia video source and the image processor of top box of digital machine etc.) display data, fit display panel 120 can
Property display display data.In addition to this, source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N in the present embodiment and gate drivers GD_1~GD_
All include an image-zooming unit in N each, can be used to adaptive and convert display data into a conversion display data, to provide
Different proportion, size display data shown.Certainly, the present embodiment is not limiting as calculator system 10, display equipment
12, the coupling mode between 30 and image processing unit, and those skilled in the art can also be according to the display data to be handled
Transmission quantity is correspondingly arranged the transmission mode for wire transmission or wireless transmission, and for convenience of explanation, state sample implementation below
All to be illustrated in such a way that calculator system 10 couples display equipment 12, and image processing unit is integrated in calculator system
In system 10, rather than to limit scope of the invention.
The display methods that the present embodiment shows that equipment 12 is applicable in can be summarized as a flow for displaying 20, and be compiled as program
Code and be stored in storage device 102, as shown in Figure 4 A or another embodiment can also will be corresponding to flow for displaying 20
Program code storage carries out the journey by a processing unit of display equipment 12 in a storage element of display equipment 12
The work of sequence code shows that equipment 12 can work independently display methods, and need not couple calculator system 10 again, nor to
Limit scope of the invention.
Further, the flow for displaying 20 of the present embodiment includes following steps.
Step 200: starting.
Step 202: abnormal when having at least one in gate drivers GD_1~GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N
When driver, display data are converted by person working properly in gate drivers GD_1~GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N
Data are shown for a conversion, and are transmitted conversion display data and carried out a display job to display panel 120.
Step 204: terminating.
In this present embodiment, flow for displaying 20 be avoid display equipment 12 in work abnormal gate drivers GD_1~
GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N display display data, and only control and driven by grid working properly in display equipment 12
Dynamic device GD_1~GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N carries out display work, and adaptive scale, adjust and former show number
According to size and picture cutting mode, Lai Fuhe current Gate driver GD_1~GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N's
Working condition.
In addition, another display methods that the present embodiment shows that equipment 12 is applicable in can also be summarized as a flow for displaying 40, and
It is compiled as program code and is stored in storage device 102, as shown in Figure 4 B or another embodiment can also flow display
Program code storage corresponding to journey 40 in display equipment 12 storage element in, and by the processing unit of display equipment 12 come into
The work of row said program code shows that equipment 12 can work independently display methods, and need not couple again calculator system 10,
Nor to limit scope of the invention.
Further, the flow for displaying 40 of the present embodiment includes following steps.
Step 400: starting.
Step 402: setting in gate drivers GD_1~GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N one as a master control
Unit, and other drivers are set as multiple controlled units.
Step 404: main control unit receives multiple status datas of multiple controlled units, to judge to be in multiple controlled units
It is no to there is at least one abnormal controlled unit.
Step 406: when there is at least one abnormal controlled unit in multiple controlled units, the judgement knot of master unit transmissions one
Fruit turns to multiple controlled units, and by person working properly in gate drivers GD_1~GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1~SD_N
Display data are changed as conversion display data, and then transmits conversion display data and is shown to display panel 120.
Step 408: terminating.
Compared to flow for displaying 20, flow for displaying 40 provided by the present embodiment is also comprising being set separately in display equipment 12
Multiple drivers are main control unit and controlled unit, to establish transmitted in both directions work used between the driver.As for
Setting basis can be selected one in multiple drivers by user's adaptive, or initial according to the factory setting of manufacturer
Value, and a software/hardware interface is additionally provided to allow user's sets itself, rather than to limit scope of the invention.
Accordingly, in step 402, the display equipment 12 of the present embodiment will set gate drivers GD_1~GD_N and source electrode
One is main control unit in driver SD_1~SD_N, and the gate drivers or source electrode of main control unit are not set to as other
Driver will be set to multiple controlled units.Preferably, by gate drivers GD_1~GD_N and source electrode in this present embodiment
Driver SD_1~SD_N is all to be electrically connected, and accordingly, the gate drivers or source electrode driver for being set to main control unit can
Other are set to the gate drivers of controlled unit and/or the related work of source electrode driver for corresponding control, and form master control
Transmitted in both directions work between unit and multiple controlled units.
In step 404, main control unit receives multiple status datas of multiple controlled units, to judge multiple controlled units
In with the presence or absence of at least one abnormal controlled unit.Preferably, the main control unit in the present embodiment will receive controlled unit respectively
Status data, and judge whether the work of controlled unit individually is normal according to status data.In this present embodiment, master control list
Used coding mode may be, for example, inter-integrated circuit (Inter-Integrated between first and multiple controlled units
Circuit, I2C) package transfer mode, be located at different location accordingly, in the present embodiment and have the quilt of different operating mode
Control unit (is located at the gate drivers or source electrode driver for being used to drive the display unit of different zones in display panel 120
Itself) by corresponding transmission include different instruction data transmission package to main control unit so that main control unit can determine whether it is multiple
The person that whether has operation irregularity in controlled unit.
For example, the present embodiment can be set positioned at the 1st row source drive unit as main control unit, accordingly, by multiple
Received in sequence is located at the by established transmitted in both directions work between source drive unit and multiple drive element of the grid, main control unit
Multiple transmission packages of the source drive unit and the drive element of the grid for being located at 1~N row of 2~N column.Preferably, each biography
Defeated package includes the director data that respectively corresponding location information and representative have different working condition, so that main control unit can
It is clear from how many quantity and exception has occurred in the controlled unit for being located at where, such as the 2nd row source drive unit can transmit
Include director data 01h and 010b transmission package to main control unit so that main control unit judges the 2nd row source drive unit
Can be transmitted for normal operation or the 2nd row source drive unit include director data 02h and 010b transmission package to master
Unit is controlled, so that main control unit can determine whether that exception has occurred in the 2nd row source drive unit.After a transmission time, master control list
Member will receive the transmission package of all controlled units, with adaptive detect all controlled units operative scenario why, and record
How much quantity has been abnormal with the controlled unit for being located at where.Certainly, the control instruction of transmission package used above is right with it
The package transfer mode answered is only exemplary illustrated, rather than to limit scope of the invention.
In step 406, when there is at least one abnormal controlled unit in multiple controlled units, the master control list of the present embodiment
Member will transmission judging result to multiple controlled units, and by gate drivers and GD_1~GD_N and source electrode driver SD_1~
It is conversion display data that person working properly, which converts display data, in SD_N, and then transmits conversion display data to display panel 120
To be shown.In other words, once main control unit has judged that how many quantity is driven with the source electrode driver and grid for being located at where
Dynamic device has generated exception, by corresponding transmission judging result to all source electrode driver and gate drivers, wherein judgement knot
Fruit is abnormal location information corresponding to driver and quantity number comprising all, so that all in display panel 120 be positive
The source electrode driver often to work can carry out the corresponding display work for carrying out display data with gate drivers to work together.In this feelings
Under condition, the present embodiment can avoid the source electrode driver being abnormal or gate drivers work on, by being abnormal
Other drivers arround driver have been abnormal the display work of driver script to undertake, meanwhile, in the present embodiment just
The image-zooming unit of normal task driven device also carries out the former scaling work for showing data for corresponding, generates conversion turn with corresponding
Display data are changed to display panel 120, to avoid the source electrode driver by being abnormal from continuing to show with gate drivers
Show work.
For example, the main control unit of the present embodiment can transmit include director data 00h and 000b transmission package extremely
All controlled units, to inform that controlled unit all at present source electrode driver and gate drivers are all to work normally, in another
In one embodiment, main control unit can also transmit include director data 08h and 000b transmission package to all controlled units, with
Inform that only the 2nd row source drive unit is abnormal work to controlled unit at present, and other source electrode drivers and gate drivers are then
To work normally.Certainly, the corresponding package transfer mode of the control instruction of transmission package used above is only that demonstration is said
It is bright, rather than to limit scope of the invention.
Preferably, in this present embodiment, if it is a grid that the main control unit in display equipment 12, which detects abnormal controlled unit,
When driver, person working properly is hung down according to a upright position of abnormal controlled unit in gate drivers GD_1~GD_N
Vertical compression contracting display data show data to form conversion, so that the display conversion display data of display panel 120;Meanwhile this implementation
The display panel 120 of example is by according to the upright position of at least one abnormal controlled unit, in being distinguished into a display in a vertical direction
Region and a non-display area will convert display data and be shown in display area, and non-display area corresponds at least one
The upright position of abnormal controlled unit.
Furthermore if the main control unit in display equipment 12 detects abnormal controlled unit when being one source driver, source electrode
Person working properly will show that data are come according to a upright position of abnormal controlled unit, vertical compression in driver SD_1~SD_N
Conversion display data are formed, so that the display conversion display data of display panel 120;Meanwhile the display panel 120 of the present embodiment will
According to a horizontal position of at least one abnormal controlled unit, in being distinguished into a display area and one non-display in a horizontal direction
Region will convert display data and be shown in display area, and non-display area corresponds to the water of at least one abnormal controlled unit
Prosposition is set.
In other words, will be according to having there is exception in the image-zooming unit of source electrode driver or gate drivers in the present embodiment
Driver horizontal position or upright position, use scaling appropriate convert original display data for conversion display
Data, and control and drive the related display area of display panel 120 to gate drivers simultaneously by normal work source electrode driver
Display conversion display data, and then avoid having occurred the non-of the display panel that abnormal source electrode driver and gate drivers are driven
Display area come continue show work.Compared to may occur in known technology as Figure 1B, Fig. 1 C tomography picture or
Noise picture, the corresponding flow for displaying 20,40 of the provided display equipment 12 of the present embodiment, passes through master control list to adaptive
Transmitted in both directions work between first and multiple controlled units, corresponding conversion raw display data is conversion display data, with Yu Kezheng
The display area often to work come carry out conversion display data presentation, and can avoid abnormal show picture generation and cause using
Unnecessary misjudgment probably occurs for person or understanding is difficult.
It refer again to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram that the embodiment of the present invention one shows data 50.As shown in figure 5, the present embodiment
Display data 50 can be an automobile-used display surface table, and be used to show display data 50 display equipment include there are four source electrode drive
Dynamic device (i.e. the first source electrode driver SD_1, the second source electrode driver SD_2, third source electrode driver SD_3 and the 4th source drive
Device SD_4) and two gate drivers (i.e. first grid driver GD_1 and second grid driver GD_2), and when display
When the main control unit of equipment has discovered that there are at least one in the controlled unit coupled for abnormal work, main control unit will be transmitted
The status data of abnormal controlled unit gives other drivers, to inform how other drivers will show conversion display data.According to
This, Fig. 6 to Figure 11 as shown below will illustrate the display mode and related work of the conversion display data of different embodiments respectively
Mechanism.
As shown in fig. 6, when the third source electrode driver SD_3 for showing equipment occurs abnormal, source electrode driver SD_1, SD_
2 can be used to original display 50 partial of data showing that data are compressed, such as original is shown wherein left half of four points of data 50
Three display picture compression 2/3rds, and source electrode driver SD_4 then show former display data 50 wherein right half of four/
One display picture, and then a conversion display data 60 are formed, and conversion is shown by source electrode driver SD_1, SD_2, SD_4
Show data 60.As shown in fig. 7, when the third source electrode driver SD_3 and the 4th source electrode driver SD_4 of display equipment go out simultaneously
When now abnormal, source electrode driver SD_1, SD_2 can be used to form the size of former display 50 horizontal compression half of data
One conversion display data 70, and the display conversion display data 70 that are averaged by source electrode driver SD_1, SD_2.Certainly, considering
In the case where optimum resolution, conversion shown in Fig. 7 shows that data 70 can also be used for when only third source electrode drives in display equipment
Dynamic device SD_3 is abnormal situation, accordingly, shows that conversion display data 70 shown by equipment turn avoidable generate such as Fig. 6
Change a discontinuous picture of display data 60.Referring again to Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, conversion display data 80 shown in Fig. 8 represent display
The first source electrode driver SD_1 has been abnormal situation in equipment, and conversion is shown by source electrode driver SD_2, SD_3, SD_4
Show data, and a conversion shown in Fig. 9 shows data 90, representing has multiple source electrode drivers in display equipment while occurring different
Often, i.e. the first source electrode driver SD_1, the second source electrode driver SD_2 and the 4th source electrode driver SD_4 are all abnormal, and only by
Third source electrode driver SD_3 converts the situation of display data to show.
Referring again to Figure 10 and Figure 11, wherein conversion display data 92 shown in Fig. 10, represent the first grid in display equipment
Driver GD_1 has been abnormal situation, and accordingly, second grid driver GD_2 divides original display 50 vertical compression two of data
One of size form conversion display data 92, and by second grid driver GD_2 in coming individually to show turn in vertical direction
Change display data 92;As for a conversion display data 94 shown in Figure 11, second grid driver GD_2 in display equipment is represented
It has been abnormal situation, accordingly, first grid driver GD_1 can also be by the big of former display 50 vertical compression half of data
It is small come formed conversion display data 94, and by first grid driver GD_1 in vertical direction come individually show conversion show number
According to 92.
Certainly, the conversion of figure 6 above to the drawn embodiment of Figure 11 shows that data and its corresponding abnormal driver are only to demonstrate
Property explanation, and scaling and the related display side of more than those skilled in the art's adaptive modification/transformation conversion display data
Formula to be applied to the source electrode driver and the situation that is abnormal of gate drivers of different number, or is applied to while in level
And vertical direction all has the situation of at least one abnormal driver, makes normal driving device arround the abnormal driver
In the case where according to the judging result of main control unit and also not losing optimum resolution, generation is corresponded to using zoom control unit and is turned
Raw display data person is changed, one of scope of the invention is come under.
In conclusion the embodiment of the present invention provides display equipment and the display side of a kind of adaptive conversion raw display data
Method by setting multiple drivers as a main control unit and multiple controlled units, and utilizes main control unit and multiple controlled units
Between transmitted in both directions work, with adaptive detect whether to have occurred at least one abnormal controlled unit by main control unit, and then inform
Other drivers will how scaling raw display data.Compared to once display equipment has abnormal electronics in known technology
Component can not completely show display data, and the present embodiment can correspond to the size of scaling raw display data, to avoid exception
Driver carries out related display work, and conversion display data are shown in can work normally display unit corresponding to driver
On, and then the application space of display equipment and the safeguard measure of another display equipment of corresponding offer are provided.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, is not intended to restrict the invention, for the skill of this field
For art personnel, the invention may be variously modified and varied.All within the spirits and principles of the present invention, made any to repair
Change, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.