Dynamic modulation transfer function: a method to characterize the temporal performance of liquid-crystal displays

A method to measure the dynamic modulation transfer function (DMTF) of a liquid-crystal display (LCD) is proposed to characterize its performance when rendering motion images. The method includes a measurement system to capture the temporal luminance variation of a LCD while using a well-designed input data sequence and a simulation model based on smooth pursuit eye tracking and temporal light integration at the human retina. It predicts the perceived performance of a moving sine wave pattern on a LCD and subsequently calculates the DMTF. With this approach, several technologies to reduce motion blur were evaluated and discussed.     

基于MEMS传感器的无线位置跟踪控制仿真应用

针对嵌入式工业控制系统终端显示的需要,提出了一种基于微处理器R1610和LCD控制器SSD1963的液晶显示模块的设计方法。详细阐述了硬件接口电路的设计和控制软件的编程,重点介绍了R1610、SSD1963以及TFT液晶屏AT070TN83之间的硬件连接方法,分析了SSD1963液晶控制的使用方法以及针对液晶屏显示时序的系统设置。结合显示控制实例实现了图像在液晶屏上的显示,显示效果良好。该显示模块的设计具有一定的应用前景和参考价值。     

液晶自动立体显示技术研究进展

根据双目视差原理,介绍了液晶自动立体显示技术的基本理论,讨论了当前主要的液晶自动立体显示技术,分析了各种技术的实现方式和技术特点.通过对比几种新型液晶自动立体显示器的内外部参数,总结了目前国内外液晶自动立体显示技术的发展水平,指出了今后主要的发展趋势.     

基于LED背光源区域控制的LCD系统色域分析

介绍了液晶显示(LCD)系统普遍使用的色域计算方法。针对LCD系统的色域主要由背光源的光谱特性、彩膜的光谱透过率特性和液晶面板的特性三个方面的因素决定,采用LED作为背光源来提高系统整体的色彩表现能力,利用色度学的方法,通过对LED背光源光谱的分析计算,比较了有无区域控制的背光源经过彩膜后系统色域的大小,并分析了液晶面板对比度的变化分别对两种模式下背光源色域的影响情况。分析和计算结果表明：采用区域控制的LED背光源可以改善由于彩膜性能的不完善所引起的再现三基色色彩饱和度降低的现象,同时该模式下系统色域受液晶面板对比度变化的影响很小,即降低了系统色域对彩膜性能和液晶面板性能的要求,因此对于提高现有LCD系统的色域具有非常重要的意义。     

Industrial resin inspection for display production using automated fluid-inspection based on multimodal optical detection techniques

The large-scale liquid-crystal display (LCD) industry requires an accurate inspection system for identifying defects, as the LCD quality can be drastically degraded because of defects. In particular, the refractive index of LCD panels can be changed by internal micrometer-range substances, which form as a result of defectiveness and the insufficient solidification of industrial liquid resins. Intrinsically, the defect inspection of the raw materials must be performed prior to the LCD manufacturing process. Thus, optical coherence tomography (OCT) based automated fluid-inspection (AFI) methodology was introduced to demarcate and enumerate the defects in industrial liquid resins and the final product (LCD smartphone). The accuracy of the method was enhanced by implementing an intensity-detection algorithm. Subsequently, the optimal solidification rates of liquid resins were investigated using a fluorescence sensor-based ultraviolet hardening method to prevent the formation of defects between the internal layers of the LCD panel. Therefore, AFI can be implemented as an effective and cost-saving method in the smartphone industry for improving the quality of the final product.     

CIECAM02-UCS based evaluation of colorimetric characterization modeling for a liquid crystal display using a digital still camera

A method for characterizing a liquid crystal display (LCD) was developed using a characterized digital still camera (DSC). Prediction accuracy of the method was evaluated through calculating the Euclidean distance between prediction and the corresponding reference in the most lately standardized color appearance model CIECAM02 with rescaled lightness. This paper describes a framework for obtaining a device-independent representation of displayed colors on the monitor with a less time-consuming method for accurate characterization. A DSC was first characterized using a polynomial model and then an LCD was characterized using two instruments: a tele-spectroradiometer and the characterized DSC. In total, five characterization methods were tested of which PLCC predicted the results most accurately.     

An image-based LCD positioning system utilizing the modified FHT method

In this paper, a LCD positioning system based on an image processing method is described. This method is effective in finding the angle of the geometric features in the cross registration mask. However, when two marks appear in the same frame, the problem of situation verification becomes more complex. We use an algorithm that assists with calculating the location and rotation angle for two marks precisely and quickly using the Fast Hough Transform (FHT). This method determines the locations of two masks and calculates the rotation angle from a blurred edge to adjust the LCD position and orientation.     

Local dimming algorithm and color gamut calibration for RGB LED backlight LCD display

A 32 in RGB LED backlight unit is developed. A local dimming algorithm is designed for the backlight, and grid-noise artifacts in the LC driving signal are successfully removed with consideration of the backlight distribution to provide identical intensity from each LED block. The 32 in RGB LED backlight LCD display has achieved a static display contrast of over 20000:1 and an average power reduction of 30%. We have also obtained the color gamut transformation matrix for transferring a cold cathode fluorescent lamp BLU LCD display gamut system to our RGB LED BLU LCD display gamut system, and extended the color saturation by suppositional color expansion method. As a result, the color has been accurately reproduced in RGB LED BLU LCD display with more richness and more saturation.     

基于滑动峭度相关性准则的局部特征尺度分解分量筛选方法

轴承故障振动信号具有非平稳、非线性特征,且可视为多个调幅-调频分量的叠加,单分量的包络蕴含了轴承的故障特征。局部特征尺度分解可将振动信号准确分解为多个内禀尺度分量之和,某些分量能清晰反映轴承的运行状态,根据包络谱可进行故障诊断。为了准确筛选有用分量,提出了基于滑动峭度相关性准则的分量筛选方法。首先,对信号进行局部特征尺度分解,得到若干个内禀尺度分量;然后,对分量和原始信号分别计算滑动峭度,生成时间序列;最后,依据分量滑动峭度序列与原始信号滑动峭度序列的互相关系数筛选有用分量。通过轴承内圈故障数据分析发现：有用分量与非有用分量之间的滑动峭度互相关系数比互相关系数差异明显,区分度更大,有益于分量的分类、筛选。     

Edge linking and image segmentation by combining optical and digital methods

We present a hybrid method for segmentation of intensity images, which combines an optical contouring technique and digital algorithms for linking edge points or image segmentation. In a first stage, the digital image to be processed is displayed in a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal display (LCD), which is placed between a polarizer–analyzer pair at 45 deg (instead of 90 deg as occurs in standard LCDs). It is not difficult to demonstrate that the proposed setup produces a resultant image with very pronounced dark contours at middle intensity. After the optical preprocessing, two different digital algorithms are applied: an edge linking algorithm (modified chain code) and a simple thresholding technique for image segmentation. The proposed procedure works well with monochromatic and color images. The method could be useful as a robust technique for segmentation of large images in real-time, which presents potential applications in medical and biological imaging.     

基于正弦条纹投影的三维传感及其去包裹处理

采用液晶显示（LCD）投影仪产生的正弦条纹,用四步相移技术对物体进行了三维形貌测量,重点讨论了去包裹问题,对大面积相位间断区的模板标识及含离散相位间断点条纹图的去包裹总是提出了新的处理方法,给出了实际测量及计算结果。     

太阳光对液晶显示器件光学特性的影响

太阳光对液晶显示器件的影响主要表现在它对其液晶显示器件光稳定性和寿命的影响,从而引起液晶显示器件的迅速老化。通过用分光光度计测量经过不同时间太阳光辐照后液晶显示器件的光谱特性,研究长时间阳光辐照对液晶显示器件的光学性能的影响,分析其光学性能的变化。结果表明, B组普通计算器液晶显示器和C组电话液晶显示器两组液晶片的光学特性类似,品质较好;而A组台式计算器液晶显示器液晶片的老化问题明显比B, C两组严重,品质较差。液晶显示器件长时间受阳光辐照,液晶结构会相应发生变化,光学性能也发生相应变化,表现为液晶表面变黄发黑,其光谱透射特性明显下降。这与液晶材料及制作工艺有关。     

多视点自动立体液晶屏的研制

为了研制出不需要立体眼镜，且兼容平面显示的自动立体显示屏，利用液晶制作出透光狭缝，放在面板和背光源之间，使之加上电压时只有狭缝透光，背光变成一排平行的线光源，照射液晶屏时每个光源对应4列子像素，左右眼只能看到不同像素，进而产生立体感。不加电压时背光变成面光源，和普通液晶显示屏一样显示平面图像。为了减少面板表面防眩偏振片的影响，用减反射涂层覆盖防眩偏振片。通过改变普通液晶屏的背光，以及对普通液晶屏表面进行处理，制作出了4个视点的立体显示屏，实现了立体显示和平面显示的切换。该技术方案可满足批量生产的要求。     

Phase Modulation Characteristics Analysis of Optically-Addressed Parallel-Aligned Nematic Liquid Crystal Phase-Only Spatial Light Modulator Combined with a Liquid Crystal Display

An optically addressed parallel-aligned nematic-liquid-crystal spatial light modulator (PAL-SLM) has been studied as a dynamic phase-only light modulation device. The phase modulation characteristics of the PAL-SLM using a liquid crystal display (LCD) as an addressing mask were investigated by analyzing diffraction efficiencies resulting from binary gratings projected from the LCD. A more than 2π phase-only modulation depth was achieved. The highest first-order diffraction efficiency of approximately 38% was also obtained; this is close to the theoretical limit. The experimental results of diffraction efficiencies depending on the phase modulation depth are in good agreement with the simulation for the system operation.     

液晶实时掩膜技术制作连续微光学元件

提出制作连续微光学元件的一种新技术———液晶实时掩膜技术 ,阐述了其基本原理和制作方法。基于部分相干光成像理论 ,采用计算机模拟了用实时掩膜制作微透镜和微轴锥镜阵列的过程。同时建立了实验装置进行实验 ,用全色银盐干板 (Kodak 131)通过酶刻蚀得到口径为 118.7μm ,深为 1.32 2 μm的 5 6× 48的轴锥镜的列阵。     

液晶相息图用于光学检测

根据液晶的动态响应和位相调制特性,研究了一种利用液晶显示器进行光学检测的检测方法.实验中,把液晶显示器改造为纯位相的空间光调制器,并测定了它的位相调制特性.实验测得：改造后的液晶显示器可实现1 λ(λ=632.8 nm)的调制量.通过引入相息图的方法,实现了液晶空间光调制器的大位相调制量.并产生了调制量为3.4 λ的球面波.最后,利用液晶显示器检测了凸透镜的前表面.检测结果发现,干涉条纹为平行直条纹且PV值为0.32λ.     

新型自动立体显示背光板的光学设计

立体显示技术的研究主要是解决虚拟现实领域的三维视觉问题。自动立体显示是不需要配戴特殊眼镜的,使用一个二维平面空间显示屏显示至少一对满足双眼视差的立体图像。当人的双眼接受到具有视差的立体图像对时,在视网膜上形成视差像,经大脑神经系统的融合,从而产生深度感。提出了一种全新的实现自动立体显示的折射式方法,设计了基于此方法的一种新型折射式的、结构简单的、通过透射显示屏(如液晶显示屏)实现自动立体显示的背光系统。根据视差立体显示参量模型,建立了光学系统的结构参量以及分析了光学材料的性质对实现立体显示的影响,并运用先进的光学设计软件进行设计、模拟。     

Homogeneous-aligned high-transmission and fast-response liquid crystal display with three-layer electrodes

A homogeneous-aligned, high-transmission, and fast-response liquid crystal display (LCD) with three-layer electrodes is proposed. The molecules of liquid crystals are more inclined to rotate above and between the pixel electrodes. This induces a much higher transmission than that of the cell driven by the fringe field switching method and a wide viewing angle simultaneously because of the combined fringe and in-plane electric fields. Furthermore, a trigger pulse voltage is applied between the top and common electrodes to forcibly align the liquid crystal molecules vertically to show the transient dark state, which results in a very fast turn-off time (～1 ms). With high degree of transmission and fast response time, this kind of LCD is a potential candidate for large LCD panels.     

Programmable aperture microscopy: A computational method for multi-modal phase contrast and light field imaging

We demonstrate a simple and cost-effective programmable aperture microscope to realize multi-modal computational imaging by integrating a programmable liquid crystal display (LCD) into a conventional wide-field microscope. The LCD selectively modulates the light distribution at the rear aperture of the microscope objective, allowing numerous imaging modalities, such as bright field, dark field, differential phase contrast, quantitative phase imaging, multi-perspective imaging, and full resolution light field imaging to be achieved and switched rapidly in the same setup, without requiring specialized hardwares and any moving parts. We experimentally demonstrate the success of our method by imaging unstained cheek cells, profiling microlens array, and changing perspective views of thick biological specimens. The post-exposure refocusing of a butterfly mouthpart and RFP-labeled dicot stem cross-section is also presented to demonstrate the full resolution light field imaging capability of our system for both translucent and fluorescent specimens.     

基于Hough变换的金刚石颗粒测量方法研究

针对金刚石颗粒图像分析时的颗粒边缘非闭合性问题,本文提出了一种基于Hough变换的金刚石颗粒测量新方法。该方法首先对图像进行形态学去噪、平滑滤波和Canny边缘检测等预处理,得到金刚石颗粒图像的初始边缘曲线,然后采用Hough变换提取边缘曲线的直线特征,并通过极径和极角对多个直线特征进行判断和图形识别,得到确定的金刚石颗粒边缘轮廓,最后对得到的边缘轮廓进行拟合,测量出金刚石颗粒的粒径、椭圆度和圆度等参数大小。该方法在VC+ 环境下,用OpenCV编程技术对其进行了实验验证,结果表明：该方法可以准确快速地测量出金刚石颗粒特征参数,为金刚石颗粒的等级评定提供了技术支持。