Liquid crystal display, as well as, a backlight controller and a method for the same

Claim 2

A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal display portion, which is configured to input a video signal to display an image thereon; a backlight, which is provided on a rear side of said liquid crystal display portion, and is configured to illuminates said liquid crystal display portion from a rear surface thereof; a backlight driver portion, which is configured to drive said backlight, and also to have a light control function for controlling a light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight; a feature detector portion, which is configured to detect an averaged brightness of said video signal and also a histogram of brightness or a color, upon basis of said video signal inputted; and a light intensity control portion, which is configured to control the light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight, through the light control function of said backlight driver portion, upon basis of said histogram of brightness or color and also said averaged brightness of said video signal detected by said feature detector portion, wherein said light intensity control portion classifies said histogram of brightness into, at least, three stages, a low brightness region, a middle brightness region and a high brightness region, and classifies a level of said average brightness into, at least three stages, low average brightness, middle average brightness and high average brightness, and in a case that a level of said average brightness level detected by said feature detector portion is middle average brightness, and when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is higher than a first threshold value, said light intensity control portion decreases light intensity of said backlight, as a degree of said high brightness region increases.

Claim 3

The liquid crystal display, as described in claim 1 , wherein said light intensity control sets said light intensity to a first value in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is equal to or lower than said first threshold value, and sets to a second value, which is lower than said first value in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness is equal to or higher than a second threshold value, which is higher than said first threshold value, and decreases light intensity of said backlight between said first value and second value, as a degree of said high brightness region increases, in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness is higher than said first threshold value but lower than said second threshold value.

Claim 4

A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal display portion, which is configured to input a video signal to display an image thereon; a backlight, which is provided on a rear side of said liquid crystal display portion, and is configured to illuminates said liquid crystal display portion from a rear surface thereof; a backlight driver portion, which is configured to drive said backlight, and also to have a light control function for controlling of a light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight; a feature detector portion, which is configured to detect an average brightness of said video signal and also a histogram of brightness or a color, upon basis of said video signal inputted; and a light intensity control portion, which is configured to control the light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight, through the light control function of said backlight driver portion, upon basis of said histogram of brightness and color and also said average brightness of said video signal detected by said feature detector portion, wherein said light intensity control portion classifies said histogram of brightness region, a middle brightness region and a high brightness region, and classifies a level of said average brightness into, at least, three stages, low average brightness, middle average brightness and high average brightness, and in a case that said average brightness level detected by said feature detector portion is middle average brightness, when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is higher than a first threshold value, said light intensity control portion increases light intensity of said backlight, as a degree of said high brightness region increases.

Claim 5

A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal display portion, which is configured to input a video signal to display an image thereon; a backlight, which is provided on a rear side of said liquid crystal display portion, and is configured to illuminates said liquid crystal display portion from a rear surface thereof; a backlight driver portion, which is configured to drive said backlight, and also to have a light control function for controlling of a light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight; a feature detector portion, which is configured to detect an average brightness of said video signal and also a histogram of brightness or a color, upon basis of said video signal inputted; and a light intensity control portion, which is configured to control the light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight, through the light control function of said backlight driver portion, upon basis of said histogram of brightness and color and also said average brightness of said video signal detected by said feature detector portion, wherein said light intensity control portion classifies said histogram of brightness region, a middle brightness region and a high brightness region, and classifies a level of said average brightness into, at least, three stages, low average brightness, middle average brightness and high average brightness, and in a case that said average brightness level detected by said feature detector portion is middle average brightness, when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is higher than a first threshold value, said light intensity control portion increases light intensity of said backlight, as a degree of said high brightness region increases.

Claim 6

The liquid crystal display, as described in claim 3 , wherein said light intensity control sets said light intensity to a first value in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is equal to or lower than said first threshold value, and sets to a second value, which is higher than said first value in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness is equal to or higher than a second threshold value, which is higher than said first threshold value, and increases light intensity of said backlight between said first value and second value, as a degree of said high brightness region increases, in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness is higher than said first threshold value but lower than said second threshold value.

Claim 7

A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal display portion, which is configured to input a video signal to display an image thereon; a backlight, which is provided on a rear side of said liquid crystal display portion, and is configured to illuminate said liquid crystal display portion from a rear surface thereof; a backlight driver portion, which is configured to drive said backlight, and also to have a light control function for controlling of a light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight; a feature detector portion, which is configured to detect an average brightness of said video signal and also a histogram of brightness or a color, upon basis of said video signal inputted; and a light intensity control portion, which is configured to control the light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight, through the light control function of said backlight driver portion, upon basis of said histogram of brightness and color and also said average brightness of said video signal detected by said feature detector portion, wherein said light intensity control portion classifies said histogram of brightness into, at least, three stages, a low brightness region, a middle brightness region and a high brightness region, and classifies a level of said average brightness into, at least, three stages, low average brightness, middle average brightness and high average brightness, and in a case that said average brightness level detected by said feature detector portion is low average brightness, and when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is higher than a first threshold value, said light intensity control portion increases light intensity of said backlight, as a degree of said high brightness region increases.

Claim 8

A liquid crystal display, comprising: a liquid crystal display portion, which is configured to input a video signal to display an image thereon; a backlight, which is provided on a rear side of said liquid crystal display portion, and is configured to illuminate said liquid crystal display portion from a rear surface thereof; a backlight driver portion, which is configured to drive said backlight, and also to have a light control function for controlling of a light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight; a feature detector portion, which is configured to detect an average brightness of said video signal and also a histogram of brightness or a color, upon basis of said video signal inputted; and a light intensity control portion, which is configured to control the light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight, through the light control function of said backlight driver portion, upon basis of said histogram of brightness and color and also said average brightness of said video signal detected by said feature detector portion, wherein said light intensity control portion classifies said histogram of brightness into, at least, three stages, a low brightness region, a middle brightness region and a high brightness region, and classifies a level of said average brightness into, at least, three stages, low average brightness, middle average brightness and high average brightness, and in a case that said average brightness level detected by said feature detector portion is low average brightness, and when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is higher than a first threshold value, said light intensity control portion increases light intensity of said backlight, as a degree of said high brightness region increases.

Claim 9

The liquid crystal display, as described in claim 5 , wherein said light intensity control sets light intensity to a first value in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is equal to or lower than said first threshold value, and sets to a second value, which is higher than said first value in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness is equal to or higher than a second threshold value, which is higher than said first threshold value, and increases light intensity of said backlight between said first value and second value, as a degree of said high brightness region increases, in a case when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness is higher than said first threshold value but lower than said second threshold value.

Claim 10

The liquid crystal display, as described in claim 5 , further comprising: a video compensator portion, which is configured to have input/output amplitude characteristics to be controlled depending on a level of said average brightness and a detection result of said histogram of brightness, and output a video signal by changing amplitude of such a video signal inputted upon basis of the input/output amplitude characteristics, and wherein said video compensator portion is controlled to increase an inclination on a low brightness side of said input/output amplitude characteristics, in a case when a level of said detected average brightness is low average brightness and a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is equal to or higher than said third threshold level.

Claim 11

The liquid crystal display, as described in claim 5 , further comprising: a video compensator portion, which is configured to have input/output amplitude characteristics to be controlled depending on a level of said average brightness and a detection result of said histogram of brightness, and output a video signal by changing amplitude of such a video signal inputted upon basis of the input/output amplitude characteristics, and wherein said video compensator portion is controlled to decrease an inclination on a low brightness side of said input/output amplitude characteristics, in a case when a level of said detected average brightness is low average brightness and a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is equal to or higher than said third threshold level.

Claim 12

A liquid crystal display comprising: a liquid crystal display portion, which is configured to input a video signal to display an image thereon; a backlight, which is provided on a rear side of said liquid crystal display portion, and is configured to illuminates said liquid crystal display portion from a rear surface thereof; a backlight driver portion, which is configured to drive said backlight, and also to have a light control function for controlling of a light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight; a feature detector portion, which is configured to detect an average brightness of said video signal and also a histogram of brightness or a color, upon basis of said video signal inputted; and a light intensity control portion, which is configured to control the light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight, through the light control function of said backlight driver portion, upon basis of said histogram of brightness and color and also said average brightness of said video signal detected by said feature detector portion, wherein said light intensity control portion classifies said histogram of brightness into, at least, three stages, a low brightness region, a middle brightness region and a high brightness region, and classifies a level of said average brightness into, at least, three stages, low average brightness, middle average brightness and high average brightness, and in a case that said average brightness level detected by said feature detector portion is high average brightness, when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is within between a first threshold value and a second threshold value, which is higher than the first threshold value, said light intensity control portion increases light intensity of said backlight between a first value and a second value, which is higher than the first value, as a degree of said high brightness region increases, and when a degree of a high brightness region is within between said second threshold value and a third threshold value, which is higher than the second threshold value, said light intensity control portion decrease light intensity of said backlight between said second value and a third value, which is lower than the second value but higher than the first value, as a degree of said high brightness region increases.

Claim 13

A liquid crystal display comprising: a liquid crystal display portion, which is configured to input a video signal to display an image thereon; a backlight, which is provided on a rear side of said liquid crystal display portion, and is configured to illuminates said liquid crystal display portion from a rear surface thereof; a backlight driver portion, which is configured to drive said backlight, and also to have a light control function for controlling of a light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight; a feature detector portion, which is configured to detect an average brightness of said video signal and also a histogram of brightness or a color, upon basis of said video signal inputted; and a light intensity control portion, which is configured to control the light intensity of the illuminating lights from said backlight, through the light control function of said backlight driver portion, upon basis of said histogram of brightness and color and also said average brightness of said video signal detected by said feature detector portion, wherein said light intensity control portion classifies said histogram of brightness into, at least, three stages, a low brightness region, a middle brightness region and a high brightness region, and classifies a level of said average brightness into, at least, three stages, low average brightness, middle average brightness and high average brightness, and in a case that said average brightness level detected by said feature detector portion is high average brightness, when a degree of said histogram of brightness on a high brightness region is within between a first threshold value and a second threshold value, which is higher than the first threshold value, said light intensity control portion increases light intensity of said backlight between a first value and a second value, which is higher than the first value, as a degree of said high brightness region increases, and when a degree of a high brightness region is within between said second threshold value and a third threshold value, which is higher than the second threshold value, said light intensity control portion decrease light intensity of said backlight between said second value and a third value, which is lower than the second value but higher than the first value, as a degree of said high brightness region increases.

Claim 14

The liquid crystal display, as described in claim 9 , wherein said light intensity control portion sets said light intensity to said first value in a case when a degree of said high brightness region is equal to or lower than said first threshold value, and sets to said third value in a case when a degree of said high brightness region is equal to or higher than said third threshold value.