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Image display device, image display method, and image display program
Assignee: 138 East LCD Advancements Ltd
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Filing: 2008-06-13
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Granted: 2010-06-29
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Expires: 2028-06-13
Abstract
Abstract An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displaying a display image based on the display information includes: a unit adjusting the amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from the light source on the basis of brightness information on the brightness of the display image based on the display information; a color conversion processing unit that performs a color conversion process according to the brightness information with respect to the display information so that the display image can be color-reproduced within a predetermined color space; and a display and driving unit that drives the optical modulation element on the basis of the display information having been subjected to the color conversion process so as to display the display image.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasunaga Miyazawa
- 👤 Hiroshi Hasegawa
- 👤 Hidehito Iisaka
- 👤 Hidehiro Akahane
- 👤 Takashi Toyooka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:14
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/31; H04N9/3141; H04N9/315; H04N9/3155
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
272 words
An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displays a display image based on the display information, in a predetermined color space, the image display device comprising: a unit adjusting an amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from a light source based on brightness information of brightness of a display image based on a display information; a color conversion processing unit that performs a color conversion process so that the display image can be color-reproduced, and both a color space of the display image obtained when the amount of illumination light is not adjusted and a color space of the display image obtained when the illumination light is adjusted define a predetermined color space; a display and driving unit that drives an optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the color conversion process to display the display image; and a color conversion information storage unit that stores a plurality of conversion tables corresponding to the brightness information, each of the plurality of conversion tables associating each input pixel value corresponding to each color with each output pixel value for making the display image color-reproduced within the predetermined color space in correspondence with each input pixel value, wherein, when the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process, the color conversion processing unit converts each input pixel value for each color, which corresponds to each pixel, included in the display information into each output pixel value based on one of the plurality of conversion tables corresponding to the brightness information.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
272 words
An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displays a display image based on the display information, in a predetermined color space, the image display device comprising: a unit adjusting an amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from a light source based on brightness information of brightness of a display image based on a display information; a color conversion processing unit that performs a color conversion process so that the display image can be color-reproduced, and both a color space of the display image obtained when the amount of illumination light is not adjusted and a color space of the display image obtained when the illumination light is adjusted define a predetermined color space; a display and driving unit that drives an optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the color conversion process to display the display image; and a color conversion information storage unit that stores a plurality of conversion tables corresponding to the brightness information, each of the plurality of conversion tables associating each input pixel value corresponding to each color with each output pixel value for making the display image color-reproduced within the predetermined color space in correspondence with each input pixel value, wherein, when the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process, the color conversion processing unit converts each input pixel value for each color, which corresponds to each pixel, included in the display information into each output pixel value based on one of the plurality of conversion tables corresponding to the brightness information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
87 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a gray-scale range change processing unit that performs a gray-scale range change process of changing the gray-scale range of the display information by increasing each pixel value, corresponding to each pixel, included in the display information based on the brightness information, wherein the display and driving unit drives the optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the gray-scale range change process and the color conversion process to display the display image.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process with respect to the display information such that the display information can also be subjected to a gray-scale characteristic correction process corresponding to a gray-scale characteristic of the optical modulation element.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , further comprising: a gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit that performs a gray-scale characteristic correction process, which corresponds to a gray-scale characteristic of the optical modulation element, with respect to the display information, wherein the gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit performs the gray-scale characteristic correction process corresponding to the brightness information.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
236 words
An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displays a display image based on the display information, in a predetermined color space, the image display device comprising: a unit adjusting an amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from a light source; a color conversion processing unit that performs a color conversion process so that both a color space of the display image obtained when the amount of illumination light is not adjusted and a color space of the display image obtained when the illumination light is adjusted define a predetermined color space; a display and driving unit that drives an optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the color conversion process to display the display image; and a color conversion information storage unit that stores a plurality of conversion tables corresponding to the amount of illumination light, each of the plurality of conversion tables associating an input pixel value corresponding to a color with an output pixel value, wherein, when the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process, the color conversion processing unit converts the input pixel value for the color, which corresponds to a pixel, included in the display information into the output pixel value based on one of the plurality of conversion tables corresponding to the amount of illumination light.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
236 words
An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displays a display image based on the display information, in a predetermined color space, the image display device comprising: a unit adjusting an amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from a light source; a color conversion processing unit that performs a color conversion process so that both a color space of the display image obtained when the amount of illumination light is not adjusted and a color space of the display image obtained when the illumination light is adjusted define a predetermined color space; a display and driving unit that drives an optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the color conversion process to display the display image; and a color conversion information storage unit that stores a plurality of conversion tables corresponding to the amount of illumination light, each of the plurality of conversion tables associating an input pixel value corresponding to a color with an output pixel value, wherein, when the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process, the color conversion processing unit converts the input pixel value for the color, which corresponds to a pixel, included in the display information into the output pixel value based on one of the plurality of conversion tables corresponding to the amount of illumination light.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
95 words
The image display device according to claim 5 , further comprising: a gray-scale range change processing unit that performs a gray-scale range change process of changing the gray-scale range of the display information by increasing each pixel value, corresponding to each pixel, included in the display information based on brightness information of a display image based on a display information, wherein the display and driving unit drives the optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the gray-scale range change process and the color conversion process to display the display image.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The image display device according to claim 5 , wherein the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process with respect to the display information such that the display information can also be subjected to a gray-scale characteristic correction process corresponding to a gray-scale characteristic of the optical modulation element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
59 words
The image display device according to claim 6 , further comprising: a gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit that performs a gray-scale characteristic correction process, which corresponds to a gray-scale characteristic of the optical modulation element, with respect to the display information, wherein the gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit performs the gray-scale characteristic correction process corresponding to the brightness information.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
61 words
The image display device according to claim 5 , further comprising: a gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit that performs a gray-scale characteristic correction process, which corresponds to a gray-scale characteristic of the optical modulation element, with respect to the display information, wherein the gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit performs the gray-scale characteristic correction process corresponding to the amount of illumination light.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
209 words
An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displays a display image based on the display information, in a predetermined color space, the image display device comprising: a unit adjusting an amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from a light source; a color conversion processing unit that performs a color conversion process so that both a color space of the display image obtained when the amount of illumination light is not adjusted and a color space of the display image obtained when the illumination light is adjusted define a predetermined color space; a display and driving unit that drives an optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the color conversion process to display the display image; and wherein, when the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process, the color conversion processing unit calculates an output pixel value by using the amount of illumination light and an input pixel value for a color, which correspond to a pixel, included in the display information based on a color conversion function using the amount of illumination light and the input pixel value for the color as conversion parameters.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
209 words
An image display device having an optical modulation element, which modulates light emitted from a light source according to display information, and displays a display image based on the display information, in a predetermined color space, the image display device comprising: a unit adjusting an amount of illumination light with respect to light emitted from a light source; a color conversion processing unit that performs a color conversion process so that both a color space of the display image obtained when the amount of illumination light is not adjusted and a color space of the display image obtained when the illumination light is adjusted define a predetermined color space; a display and driving unit that drives an optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the color conversion process to display the display image; and wherein, when the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process, the color conversion processing unit calculates an output pixel value by using the amount of illumination light and an input pixel value for a color, which correspond to a pixel, included in the display information based on a color conversion function using the amount of illumination light and the input pixel value for the color as conversion parameters.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
95 words
The image display device according to claim 10 , further comprising: a gray-scale range change processing unit that performs a gray-scale range change process of changing the gray-scale range of the display information by increasing each pixel value, corresponding to each pixel, included in the display information based on brightness information of a display image based on a display information, wherein the display and driving unit drives the optical modulation element based on the display information having been subjected to the gray-scale range change process and the color conversion process to display the display image.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
51 words
The image display device according to claim 10 , wherein the color conversion processing unit performs the color conversion process with respect to the display information such that the display information can also be subjected to a gray-scale characteristic correction process corresponding to a gray-scale characteristic of the optical modulation element.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
59 words
The image display device according to claim 11 , further comprising: a gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit that performs a gray-scale characteristic correction process, which corresponds to a gray-scale characteristic of the optical modulation element, with respect to the display information, wherein the gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit performs the gray-scale characteristic correction process corresponding to the brightness information.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
61 words
The image display device according to claim 10 , further comprising: a gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit that performs a gray-scale characteristic correction process, which corresponds to a gray-scale characteristic of the optical modulation element, with respect to the display information, wherein the gray-scale characteristic correction processing unit performs the gray-scale characteristic correction process corresponding to the amount of illumination light.
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