JP5337764B2 - Liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal control circuit, flicker prevention method, and liquid crystal driving method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for compensating for a slow response speed, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for suppressing flicker caused by a slow response speed in a liquid crystal display device.

  In recent years, in addition to CRTs, liquid crystal display devices (LCDs) have been widely adopted as display devices for image display and various monitors of personal computers (PCs) and televisions. This LCD can be significantly reduced in size and weight as compared with a CRT. Further, in terms of display performance, in addition to the fact that there is little geometric distortion and the like, the image quality has been remarkably improved, and has attracted a great deal of attention as a favorite display device in future video equipment.

  However, there is a potential problem that the response speed of the LCD is slow due to the poor response characteristics of the liquid crystal itself. That is, in a display used in the industry as a standard, the screen is rewritten at a rate of 60 frames per second, that is, (1 ÷ 60 =) 16.7 ms. On the other hand, the response speed (response speed) of the liquid crystal used in current LCDs often changes from black to white using 10 to 50 ms, and is 20 to 30 ms on average. In other words, the time for one frame on the display is shorter than the response time of most liquid crystals, and as a result, due to the delay in the response speed of the LCD, it can cope with afterimages during moving image display and images that move quickly. The problem of not being able to do so was manifested. In the case of “response speed” in the industry, 1) the time required to invert the color by applying a voltage to the liquid crystal cell, 2) the time required to remove the applied voltage and return to the original color , Often the sum of In addition, “frame” in the industry indicates that all the images (picture elements) that constitute one screen are scanned on the display.

  In order to solve such a slow response speed in the LCD, for example, JP-A-2-153687, JP-A-4-36594, JP-A-6-62355, JP-A-7-56532 are disclosed. Etc. In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-153687, it is necessary to discriminate between a still image region with little motion and a moving image region with much motion, and to perform signal processing for emphasizing image changes in the time direction only for the moving image region. An LCD is provided that improves the response speed only in a clear image area and generates less afterimage and noise. Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-36594 discloses that when image data changes, the optimal image data stored in advance is read out and the LCD is driven according to the direction and degree of the change. An LCD is provided so that it can quickly follow even rapidly changing images. Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-62355 discloses a display element in an LCD by performing pulse step driving in which a difference component between fields or frames is superimposed on the video signal when the video signal changes between fields or frames. A technique for improving the responsiveness of the system is disclosed. Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-56532, in order to improve the response change due to the gradation change of the liquid crystal panel, a table memory storing a table of image increase / decrease value data is provided, and the liquid crystal panel (liquid crystal cell) is added and subtracted. Is disclosed. However, the amount of addition / subtraction is limited to the word “optimum”, and the specific content is not disclosed at all.

JP-A-2-153687 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-365094 JP-A-6-62355 JP 7-56532 A

  Here, there is a problem of flicker occurring on the LCD as a problem on the screen quality that does not occur on the CRT display in the LCD. For example, when a wire frame model is displayed on an LCD in CAD and an operator (user) moves continuously at a relatively low speed such as about several tens of pixels per second, the entire wire frame model starts from several Hz. It is a phenomenon that appears to flicker with a period of about several tens of Hz. This phenomenon does not occur in CRT displays, but on the other hand, it occurs in almost all types of existing LCDs, and there are many requests from customers for early improvement. Note that the flicker problem here is different from flicker caused by screen refresh on a CRT display in terms of symptoms and causes.

  On the screen of the wire frame model in CAD, the model is usually displayed by a thin line consisting of a large number of white and other colors on a black background. Assuming white (R (red) / G (green) / B (blue) are both ON) as an example, if the wire frame model is stationary on the screen, the problem is that the correct brightness is reached in a few frames. Does not occur. However, when the operator performs an operation of moving the model on the screen, the brightness is not completely obtained. That is, as described above, since the response time of the LCD itself is slow, even if a certain pixel is lit for only one frame, the pixel may not reach a prescribed luminance. This state will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the movement of the line on the screen when this wire frame model is moved on the screen. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing ON / OFF of pixels for each frame on the line (i) at this time. Further, FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a change in luminance at the pixel (j). Here, as shown in FIG. 9, when attention is paid to a certain pixel, the line of the wire frame 200 sequentially moves on the pixel of the frame (n−1) 201, the frame (n) 202, and the frame (n + 1) 203, Shall pass. That is, the light is turned on for one frame when the line passes over the pixel, and the light is turned off immediately. At this time, focusing on the line (i) 205 indicated by the broken line and focusing on the pixel which is a specific pixel microscopically, as shown in FIG. Is driven from off to on, and returns to off after one frame. However, as described above, since the response speed of the normal liquid crystal is longer than 16.7 ms, the pixel (j) 206 returns to the original black before returning completely from black to white. That is, as shown in FIG. 11, pixel (j) 206 that was off in frame (n−1) 201 is turned off in frame (n + 1) 203 after it was turned on in frame (n) 202, Even if the frame (n) 202 is turned on so that the luminance becomes 100%, the pixel (j) 206 does not reach the target luminance. As a result, the brightness of the moving line drawing is low. Even if it is said that the wire frame model is continuously moved on the screen by CAD, it actually moves and stops repeatedly every few frames, and the wire frame model blinks due to the difference in display brightness between this movement and at rest. However, the inventors have found that this difference causes so-called flicker.

  Currently, as countermeasures against LCD flicker, companies are actively working on methods for improving the response speed of the liquid crystal panel by improving the material of the liquid crystal itself or narrowing the gap between the glasses. In addition, as the current product level, a product that has risen to about 25 ms with rise and fall has appeared on the market. In addition, those with response speeds of several ms have been announced at academic societies and the like. However, these countermeasures for the liquid crystal itself are difficult to deal with as a mass-produced product in terms of reliability and the like, and many problems remain as practical levels.

  The main object of the present invention is to suppress the flicker phenomenon in appearance on the panel drive circuit side for driving the LCD based on such a technical problem. Another object is to drive an offset model with respect to a moving model without globally determining whether the model is moving or stationary.

In order to solve the above problems, a liquid crystal display device of the present invention is a liquid crystal display device that displays an image by driving a liquid crystal cell based on an input video signal, and an input unit that inputs the video signal; An offset amount based on the relationship between the brightness level when the image is stationary and the brightness level when moving in the liquid crystal cell; and a brightness level storage means for storing the immediately preceding brightness level in the video signal input by the input means From the offset amount corresponding to the previous luminance level stored in the luminance level storage means and the next luminance level in the next video signal input to the input means, with respect to the next brightness level, back off from a pixel when rewritten in a specific frame corresponding to the next brightness level is changed to oN The time integral of the brightness change and integration in time of the pixels to the luminance of the pixel is returned to 0, the ideal amount of light at rest of the image continuously a case where the turned on for the specific frame It is characterized by comprising determining means for determining the output luminance level so as to approximate , and driving means for driving the liquid crystal cell based on the output luminance level determined by the determining means.

Here, the bright level as the value of the luminance of interest, it is also possible to express as the gradation can be understood as capable of expressing the visual characteristic for the human brightness. Further, the luminance change can be considered as a response characteristic that varies depending on the type of the liquid crystal cell (liquid crystal panel). The amount of light can be grasped as a time integration amount of luminance change, and can be grasped as luminance × time if the luminance is constant. Further, “substantially the same level” means a level that is not completely coincident but is recognized as being substantially equivalent, and includes a level that approximates the light amount at rest as compared with a case where no countermeasure is taken.

The determining means stores an offset amount based on the relationship between the luminance level when the image is stationary and the luminance level when moving in the liquid crystal cell in correspondence with the previous luminance level and the next luminance level. A storage unit is provided, and the next luminance level is corrected based on the offset amount read from the offset amount storage unit to determine the output luminance level. With such a configuration, it is not necessary to determine globally whether the model is moving or stationary, and flicker due to a change in the amount of light during movement can be suppressed. Further, correction in so-called intermediate gradation can be easily performed, and it is possible to appropriately cope with a decrease in luminance level that is particularly noticeable in intermediate gradation.

Further, the video signal input by the input means is composed of a plurality of color signals, and the offset amount storage means in the determination means is provided for each color signal. It is preferable in that the luminance level of each color can be corrected with respect to the flicker sensitivity, and the difference in luminance can be reduced to provide a liquid crystal display device that can be easily viewed by the user. Examples of the color signal include R (red), G (green), and B (blue) color signals used for display display, but other display systems may be employed.

The present invention also provides a liquid crystal control circuit including a function for preventing flicker caused by a luminance difference when an input wire frame model is displayed on a liquid crystal cell, wherein the wire frame has a predetermined gradation. The time integration amount obtained by integrating the luminance change during movement, which changes from frame to frame , from when the specific pixel through which the model passes changes to ON until it returns to OFF and the luminance of the specific pixel returns to 0 a storage unit for storing the offset amount for approximating the ideal amount of light at rest when turned on continuously over this particular pixel number frames wireframe model passes with gradation is the input and when the wire frame model is during movement wireframe offset amount stored in the storage unit, when the specific pixel changes from oFF to oN It can be characterized by comprising a correction unit for performing for a given tone with Dell.

  Further, the image processing apparatus further includes a frame buffer for storing the input luminance information of the wire frame model as the previous luminance, and the storage unit stores the previous luminance stored in the frame buffer and the luminance of the next input wire frame model. If the feature is that the offset amount is stored as table information based on the correspondence relationship, it is excellent in that flicker during movement can be suppressed without having separate determination units for movement and stationary. ing.

  Note that the wire frame model in the present invention is, for example, a model composed of a collection of many thin lines using white or other colors in CAD or the like, and flicker due to this wire frame model becomes a particular problem. The flicker suppression effect by correcting the gradation at the time of movement in such a wire frame model is great. Further, as this liquid crystal control circuit, for example, a mode provided in a liquid crystal display monitor as an interface board can be considered. As this liquid crystal display monitor, in addition to a monitor used for a so-called desktop personal computer or CAD, a monitor integrated with the host side like a notebook type is conceivable.

When grasping the present invention by changing the category, the present invention is a flicker prevention method for preventing flicker caused by a luminance difference when an input wire frame model is displayed on a liquid crystal cell. Time integration amount that integrates the luminance change at the time of movement that changes every frame from the time when the specific pixel through which the wire frame model has a tone changes to ON until it returns to OFF and the luminance of the specific pixel returns to 0 Is stored as an offset amount for approximating the ideal amount of light at rest when this specific pixel that the wire frame model having the predetermined gradation passes is continuously turned on for several frames. If this wire frame models is when moving the offset amount based on the stored correspondence relationship, when the specific pixel changes from oFF to oN Subjecting for a given tone having wireframe model can and displaying a wire frame model by driving the liquid crystal cell on the basis of gray scale the offset amount is applied.

The time integration quantity of the luminance change integrated over time during the moving is over the specific pixel in wire-frame model passes, this particular pixel is returned to again off after one frame is driven from OFF to ON It can be characterized in that it is the amount of light formed by the brightness at the time. By configuring as these, when moved in the wire frame model, its possible to reduce the luminance difference between quiescent and become, it is intact in that it is possible to suppress the flicker was significantly generated preferable.

Further, when the present invention is grasped as a liquid crystal driving method, the liquid crystal driving method of the present invention stores the first luminance information of the input pixels input in units of frames in a frame buffer and is input in the next frame. Based on the second luminance information of the input pixel and the first luminance information stored in the frame buffer, the input pixel has a time integration amount of the luminance change of the second luminance information of the input pixel over several frames. A step of applying an offset amount for approximating an ideal light amount at rest output by being displayed to the second luminance information when the input pixel changes from off to on, and this offset amount is applied. this the second luminance information, comprising the steps of outputting to a drive circuit for driving the liquid crystal cell, and storing the second luminance information before the offset is applied to the frame buffer was The can be characterized. According to this liquid crystal driving method, it is possible to suppress flicker using a simple device without globally determining whether the model is moving or stationary.

  The input pixel is composed of a plurality of color signals. In the step of storing in the frame buffer, the first luminance information is stored for each color signal, and in the step of applying the offset amount, the offset amount is applied for each color signal. If it is characterized, it becomes possible to correct | amend a brightness | luminance for every color with respect to the color image which consists of a several color signal, and can suppress a flicker more appropriately. The step of applying the offset amount includes reading the offset amount stored in advance based on the correspondence between the first luminance information and the second luminance information, and applying the read offset amount to the second luminance information. Can be a feature. Moreover, if the luminance information at the time of movement used when being stored based on this correspondence is a light amount obtained by integrating the luminance change with time for each color signal, it is in line with human visual characteristics. This is preferable in that correction can be performed and a problem caused by human beings visually confirming the occurrence of flicker can be dealt with more appropriately.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to suppress a flicker phenomenon in an LCD which is a serious problem with a wire frame model or the like with a simple configuration.

It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the whole structure of the liquid crystal display device in this Embodiment. 5 is a graph showing an example of luminance in a moving wire frame in the LCD used in the present embodiment. It is the chart which calculated | required the measurement result of the response speed of the liquid crystal in the highest brightness | luminance about 5 types (model A-model E). It is the figure which showed the response characteristic of the ideal liquid crystal. (a), (b) is the figure which showed the response characteristic of the brightness | luminance versus time when only 1 frame turns on the pixel in the model A and the model B shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the effect at the time of setting a brightness | luminance in consideration of required offset amount. It is the figure which showed the response | compatibility with the brightness | luminance L1 and the brightness | luminance L2 in the format of a table | surface. It is a graph which shows the relationship between the brightness | luminance to display and the brightness | luminance actually displayed in the case of falling. It is a figure which shows the motion of the line on the screen at the time of moving a wire frame model on a screen. It is a figure which shows ON / OFF of the pixel for every flame | frame on a line (i). It is a figure which shows the change of the brightness | luminance in a pixel (j).

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the overall configuration of the liquid crystal display device according to the present embodiment. Reference numeral 10 denotes a liquid crystal display monitor (LCD monitor) as a liquid crystal display panel, which is connected to, for example, a liquid crystal module 30 having a thin film transistor (TFT) structure and a digital interface or an analog interface from a PC or WS system. And an interface (I / F) board 20 for supplying a video signal. In the case of a notebook PC, a system unit (not shown) is added to the liquid crystal display monitor 10, and when the display device constitutes a monitor independent of the system device, the system device is added to the liquid crystal display monitor 10. (Not shown) is added to form a liquid crystal display device.

  The I / F board 20 includes an input unit 27 for inputting video data from a host side such as a PC / WS system, a comparison logic 24 for comparing the previous luminance with the next luminance for the input video signal, and an addition. An ASIC 21 having a logic circuit having an addition correction unit 25 and the like for executing the correction is provided. In addition, it has a frame buffer 22 for temporarily storing the input video signal that has been input, and a ROM 23 in which various information necessary for the operation of the ASIC 21 is stored. The frame buffer 22 stores the value of the input video signal input immediately before and supplies it to the ASIC 21. In addition, the ROM 23 is provided with a graph base table 26 that is necessary for addition correction by the ASIC 21 and is set for each input color signal of R / G / B. In the graph base table 26, the luminance level to be output based on the correspondence between the immediately preceding luminance and the next luminance is stored in a table format as described later.

  On the other hand, the liquid crystal module 30 is roughly composed of three blocks of a liquid crystal cell control circuit 31, a liquid crystal cell 32, and a backlight 33. The liquid crystal cell control circuit 31 includes components such as an LCD controller LSI 34, a source driver (X driver) 35, and a gate driver (Y driver) 36 as panel drivers. The LCD controller LSI 34 processes a signal received from the I / F board 20 via the video interface, and outputs a signal to be supplied to each IC of the source driver 35 and the gate driver 36 at a necessary timing. The liquid crystal cell 32 receives a voltage from the source driver 35 and the gate driver 36, and outputs an image by TFT arrangement arranged on the matrix. The backlight 33 includes a fluorescent tube (not shown) and is arranged on the back surface or side surface of the liquid crystal cell 32 so as to irradiate light from the back surface.

  FIG. 2 is a graph showing an example of luminance in a moving wire frame in the LCD used in the present embodiment. In FIG. 2, the horizontal axis indicates the luminance [%] to be displayed, and the vertical axis indicates the actually displayed luminance [%]. A line 51 indicated by a broken line indicates the relationship between the luminance desired to be displayed at rest and the luminance actually displayed. A line 50 indicated by a solid line indicates the relationship between the luminance to be displayed in the moving R (red) signal and the luminance actually displayed. The moving G (green) signal is indicated by a two-dot chain line, and the moving B (blue) signal is indicated by a one-dot chain line. These moving characteristics are different for each liquid crystal panel.

  First, let us consider a case where a 50% luminance wire frame, which is an intermediate gradation, is displayed on the LCD having the characteristics shown in FIG. When the liquid crystal is driven at a voltage at which 50% luminance can be obtained at rest 51, there is no problem because the pixels reach 50% luminance in several frames. On the other hand, when moving, as is apparent with reference to moving 50 in the R signal, even if the liquid crystal is driven with a voltage equivalent to 50% luminance, only 21% luminance can be obtained on the actual screen. Can not. In order to make the actually displayed luminance 50%, it is necessary to drive the liquid crystal with a voltage equivalent to 83% luminance. That is, it is necessary to further offset 33% of the input voltage corresponding to 50% luminance. In the B signal, this offset amount is further increased, and in the G signal, it is necessary to apply the same offset although it is slightly closer to the stationary state 51.

  Here, the relationship between the response characteristics of the liquid crystal and the flicker will be further considered. FIG. 3 is a table showing the measurement results of the response speed of the liquid crystal at the maximum luminance for five models (model A to model E). In the model 61 in the first column, parentheses indicate the degree of flicker at the highest gradation, and “◯” indicates that the flicker is hardly visually recognized. Further, “Δ” indicates a level where flicker is almost acceptable, and “x” indicates that flicker is violently recognized. The second column shows the response time rising 62 time, and the third column shows the response time falling 63. The light intensity ratio 64 in the fourth column indicates the ratio with the light intensity in the ideal liquid crystal, and the fifth column indicates the luminance ratio 65 between when the line drawing is moving and when it is stationary. The luminance ratio 65 between the movement of the line drawing and the stationary time indicates how dark the luminance of the moving wire frame model is compared to the stationary time. The model A is hardly dark (1.0: 1), the model B (0.8: 1), the model D (0.7: 1), and the model E (0.3: 1) in which flicker is visually recognized. ), It can be seen that the brightness when moving has dropped.

  In the model A, the response time rise 62 and the response time fall 63 are both slower than the model B in that the response speed at the highest gradation is sufficiently high. However, when the wire frame model in an actual CAD is displayed and moved, the model A has less flicker. This reason can be well explained by considering the characteristics of human vision. That is, it is known that human vision has an integral effect in time (Television Society: Television Image Information Engineering Handbook, 1st Edition, pp. 39-40 (1990)). In order to discuss the light and darkness of a pixel in the human eye, it is necessary to consider the amount of light, that is, the change in luminance integrated over time, not simply the speed of arrival at the specified luminance.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing ideal response characteristics of the liquid crystal, and shows a state when a certain pixel is kept lit at the luminance L1, that is, a state at rest. At this time, the amount of light S emitted during the time (T) for one frame is L1 × T (that is, luminance × time) as shown by the hatched portion in FIG. FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing luminance vs. time response characteristics when the pixel is turned on for only one frame in the models A and B shown in FIG. 3 (On → Off). The response characteristic of the model A shown in FIG. 5A has a gentle rise but a slow fall. As a result, as the light amount SA ′, it is possible to obtain a light amount (SA′≈S) comparable to that of the ideal liquid crystal shown in FIG. On the other hand, the response characteristic of the model B shown in FIG. 5B has a fast rise, but the fall is faster and steep. Therefore, as shown by the light quantity ratio 64 in FIG. 3, the light quantity SB ′ is only about 81% of the ideal liquid crystal shown in FIG. Therefore, although the response speed is faster than that shown in FIG. 5 (a), there is a luminance difference due to the difference in light quantity (SB '<SA') when stationary or moving, and flicker when the wire frame model is moved. Will occur. From the results of model C to model E shown in FIG. 3, it can be understood that the display having a smaller light quantity ratio 64 has a smaller luminance ratio 65 between moving and stationary line drawings and more flicker.

  The fundamental solution to these problems is to develop a liquid crystal element having ideal response characteristics as shown in FIG. 4, but it still takes time to put it into practical use. For this reason, there is a need for a measure that can suppress flicker even with a liquid crystal having a normal response speed. As one of effective countermeasures, a method of applying the measurement of the luminance difference between stationary 51 and moving 50 shown in FIG. That is, during the movement of the wire frame model, the model is drawn with a considerable amount of gradation in consideration of the necessary offset amount that can be read from the graph shown in FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an effect when the luminance is set in consideration of a necessary offset amount. When the luminance L1 to be displayed is driven with the luminance L1 as a target, only the light quantity (S ′) indicated by reference numeral 71 can be obtained due to the response speed of the liquid crystal described above. This light quantity (S ′) 71 is much smaller than the light quantity (S) based on the ideal response characteristic shown in FIG. On the other hand, when the luminance L2 larger than the luminance L1 to be displayed is driven as a target, the light quantity (S ″) indicated by reference numeral 72 is obtained. By overdriving to this luminance L2, the response of the liquid crystal reaches L1 quickly, and the light amount (S ″) 72 can obtain a light amount substantially equal to the light amount (S) by the ideal response characteristic. Yes (S ″ ≈S). The optimum L2 for L1 at this time can be obtained from the data shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the correspondence between the luminance L1 and the luminance L2 in the form of a table, and shows the contents of the graph base table 26 stored in the ROM 23 shown in FIG. The content of the graph base table 26 shown in FIG. 7 shows the correspondence between the previous luminance and the next luminance for the liquid crystal cell 32 having the characteristics shown in FIG. 2 in consideration of the effect of FIG. ing. The luminance immediately before this is obtained from the video signal input by the ASIC 21 shown in FIG. 1 and stored in the frame buffer 22. The next luminance is obtained from the next video signal input to the ASIC 21. The graph base table 26 is formed for each color signal of R, G, and B, and the contents of the liquid crystal cell 32 are different if the characteristics of the liquid crystal cell 32 are different.

  The first line of the graph base table 26 shown in FIG. 7 shows the luminance output with respect to the next luminance when the previous luminance is 0, and the R signal moving 50 shown in the graph of FIG. It matches the reading at. For example, if the next luminance is 10, 10% can be seen from the vertical axis of the graph of FIG. 2 and 28% of the luminance to be displayed can be read from the intersection with the line 50 during movement. Further, in the case of increasing from a specific intermediate gradation to another intermediate gradation, the difference in offset amount may be added to the immediately preceding luminance value. For example, when the previous luminance is 10 and the next luminance is 20, (48−28) + 10 = 30, and when the next luminance is 30, (63−28) + 10 = 45. Similarly, when the previous luminance is 20 and the next luminance is 30, (63−48) + 20 = 35, and when the previous luminance is 30 and the next luminance is 40, (74−63) + 30 = 41. In this embodiment, when the difference between the previous luminance and the next luminance is larger than the offset amount, the next luminance is output as it is. For example, when the previous luminance is 10 and the next luminance is 80, the offset amount is (96−28 = 68), and becomes 78 even if the previous luminance value of 10 is added. In this case, in order to secure the next luminance, the next luminance value 80 is output.

  On the other hand, when descending from a specific intermediate gradation to another intermediate gradation, the output may be reduced by the offset amount. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the liquid crystal cell 32 has the same characteristics when rising (when turned on) and when falling (when turned off) as shown in FIG. 6. In this example, when the previous luminance is 100 and the next luminance is 10, the output value is 100−98 = 2. This “98” is a value when the previous luminance shown in FIG. 7 is 0 and the next luminance is 90. Similarly, when the previous luminance is 100 and the next luminance is 20, 100−96 = 4. When the previous luminance is 90 and the next luminance is 30, 100−75 = 25. This “75” is a value when the previous luminance shown in FIG. 7 is 10 and the next luminance is 70. Similarly, when the previous luminance is 90 and the next luminance is 40, 100−70 = 30. This “70” is a value when the previous luminance shown in FIG. 7 is 10 and the next luminance is 60. In FIG. 7, for the sake of easy understanding, the previous luminance and the next luminance have been described using a chart divided by 10; however, in actuality, it can be read from the measurement results as shown in FIG. All combinations are configured to be stored in advance in a table. For example, it is stored for each unit of luminance, and the accuracy can be arbitrarily determined depending on the scale of the apparatus. In FIG. 7, the display is based on percentages. However, the addresses and stored values in this table are not limited to percentages, and values that are appropriately quantized may be used so that the circuits can be handled easily.

  FIG. 8 is a graph showing the relationship between the luminance desired to be displayed and the actually displayed luminance in the descending case. In the example of FIG. 8, a liquid crystal that falls with the same characteristic as that shown in FIG. 2 is taken as an example. As a result, the moving 80 shown in FIG. 8 is a curve that is vertically inverted with respect to the moving 50 line shown in FIG. However, the scale on the horizontal axis is also reversed. In the moving line 80 in FIG. 8, when the actually displayed luminance is 50%, the luminance to be displayed is 17%. It can be seen that this is the same as the value in the diagram shown in FIG. 7 when the previous luminance is 100 and the next luminance is 50. That is, the moving line 50 shown in FIG. 8 shows the case where the previous luminance in FIG. 7 falls from 100%. In this embodiment, an example in which the rise (when turned off from on) and the fall (when turned on from off) show similar characteristics has been described. However, these characteristics differ depending on the type of liquid crystal. Come. For this reason, the present embodiment is configured so as to cope with the problem by changing the values in the chart of FIG. 7 in accordance with the liquid crystal.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the offset amount is stored in a tabular format based on the relationship between the luminance level at rest and the luminance level at the time of movement so as to obtain an ideal light amount. doing. As a result, even when the display image on the LCD screen is moving, it can be displayed with the same brightness as when it is stationary, and flicker on the screen can be suppressed. In the present embodiment, the previous luminance level (gradation value) is stored in the frame buffer 22, and the ASIC 21 uses the graph base based on the correspondence between the luminance level of the next video data and the previous luminance level. An addition correction is made according to the contents of the table 26. As a result, it is not necessary to determine whether the model is moving globally or stationary, and it is possible to determine when the model is moving based on the difference between the determined luminance level and the previous luminance level. As a result, flicker can be suppressed with a simple circuit configuration. Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the flicker problem caused by the response speed of the liquid crystal panel is dealt with by paying attention to the importance of the amount of light (brightness × time) for vision. As a result, for any liquid crystal (TN, IPS, MVA, etc.), it is possible to compensate for a slow response speed by making a reference table according to the characteristics of each liquid crystal, and it is versatile. A liquid crystal control circuit and a liquid crystal display device can be provided.

10 ... Liquid crystal display monitor (LCD monitor)
20 ... Interface (I / F) board 21 ... ASIC
22 ... Frame buffer 23 ... ROM
24 ... Comparison logic 25 ... Addition correction unit 26 ... Graph base table 27 ... Input unit 30 ... Liquid crystal module 31 ... Liquid crystal cell control circuit 32 ... Liquid crystal cell 33 ... Backlight 34 ... LCD controller LSI
35 ... Source driver (X driver)
36 ... Gate driver (Y driver)

Claims (9)

A liquid crystal display device that displays an image by driving a liquid crystal cell based on an input video signal,
Input means for inputting the video signal;
Luminance level storage means for storing the previous luminance level in the video signal input by the input means;
An offset amount storage unit that stores an offset amount based on a relationship between a luminance level when the image is stationary and a luminance level when the image is moved in the liquid crystal cell, and the previous luminance level stored in the luminance level storage unit; When the offset amount corresponding to the next luminance level in the next video signal input to the input means is rewritten to a specific frame corresponding to the next luminance level with respect to the next luminance level. The amount of time integration obtained by integrating the change in luminance of the pixel over time until the luminance of the pixel returns to 0 after turning on.
Determining means for determining an output luminance level so as to approximate an ideal light amount when the image is stationary when the specific frame is continuously turned on;
A liquid crystal display device comprising: driving means for driving the liquid crystal cell based on the output luminance level determined by the determining means. The video signal input by the input means is composed of a plurality of color signals,
The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1, wherein the offset amount storage unit in the determination unit is provided for each of the color signals. A liquid crystal control circuit including a function for preventing flicker caused by a luminance difference when displaying an input wire frame model in a liquid crystal cell,
The luminance change during movement, which changes from frame to frame , from when the specific pixel through which the wire frame model having a predetermined gradation passes changes to ON until it returns to OFF and the luminance of the specific pixel returns to 0 the integrated time integrated amount, the offset for approximating the ideal amount of light at rest when the specific pixel that the wire frame model passes is turned on continuously over several frames with the predetermined tone A storage unit for storing the quantity;
When the wire frame model that is input is during the movement, the predetermined gradation said offset amount stored in the storage unit, wherein the specific pixel is included in the wire frame model in which changes from off to on A liquid crystal control circuit. A frame buffer for storing the input luminance information of the wire frame model as the previous luminance;
The storage unit stores the offset amount as table information based on a correspondence relationship between the previous luminance stored in the frame buffer and luminance of a wire frame model input next. 3. A liquid crystal control circuit according to 3. A flicker prevention method for preventing flicker caused by a luminance difference when displaying an input wire frame model in a liquid crystal cell,
The luminance change during movement, which changes from frame to frame , from when the specific pixel through which the wire frame model having a predetermined gradation passes changes to ON until it returns to OFF and the luminance of the specific pixel returns to 0 the integrated time integrated amount, the offset for approximating the ideal amount of light at rest when the specific pixel that the wire frame model passes is turned on continuously over several frames with the predetermined tone Remember the quantity,
When the wire frame model that is input is during movement performs the offset amount stored, the specific pixel with respect to the predetermined gradation included in the wire frame model in which changes from off to on ,
A flicker prevention method, wherein the wire frame model is displayed by driving the liquid crystal cell based on the gradation to which the offset amount is applied.   The time integration amount obtained by integrating the luminance change during the movement with time is when the wire frame model passes over the specific pixel, and the specific pixel is driven from OFF to ON, and then returns to OFF after one frame. The flicker prevention method according to claim 5, wherein the light intensity is a light quantity formed by the brightness of the light. Storing first luminance information of input pixels input in units of frames in a frame buffer;
A second luminance information of the input pixels input in the next frame, based on the first luminance information stored in the frame buffer, the time integral of the luminance change of the second luminance information of the input pixel The second offset when the input pixel changes from off to on, as an offset amount for approximating the amount to an ideal amount of light output when the input pixel is displayed over several frames. Applying to luminance information;
The second luminance information the offset amount is performed, and outputting to the drive circuit for driving the liquid crystal cell,
Storing the second luminance information in the frame buffer before the offset amount is applied ;
A liquid crystal driving method comprising: The input pixel is composed of a plurality of color signals,
In the step of storing in the frame buffer, the first luminance information is stored for each color signal,
8. The liquid crystal driving method according to claim 7, wherein in the step of applying the offset amount, an offset amount is applied for each color signal.   The step of applying the offset amount reads the offset amount stored in advance based on the correspondence relationship between the first luminance information and the second luminance information, and applies the read offset amount to the second luminance information. The liquid crystal driving method according to claim 7.

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