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Image display device, image display method, image display program, recording medium containing image display program, and electronic apparatus
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corp
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Filing: 2007-10-02
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Granted: 2011-07-05
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Expires: 2027-10-02
Abstract
Abstract An image display device corrects image data, which are used for displaying an image, using a gray scale value assigned to each pixel and also controls the amount of source light emitted from a light source. The image display device includes a source light amount control device and an image correction device. The source light amount control device determines the amount of source light and then controls the amount of source light. The image correction device corrects a signal used for changing saturations of the image data so as to reduce a change in the saturations due to a change in the amount of source light, the change in the amount of source light being performed by the light source amount control device.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Mori
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:13
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G5/00; G09G5/003; H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/64; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/3406; G09G3/36; G09G3/3607; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3696; G09G2320/00; G09G2320/02; G09G2320/0242; G09G2320/06; G09G2320/0626; G09G2320/066; G09G2320/0666; G09G2320/0673; G09G2330/00; G09G2330/02; G09G2330/021; G09G2360/00; G09G2360/16; G09G2360/18; G09G5/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
210 words
An image display device that corrects image data, which are used for displaying an image, using a gray scale value assigned to each pixel and that also controls an amount of source light emitted from a light source, comprising: a source light amount control device that determines the amount of source light and then controls the amount of source light; and an image correction device that calculates a saturation correction amount and corrects a signal used for changing saturations of the image data based on the saturation correction amount, so as to reduce a change in the saturations due to a change in the amount of source light, the change in the amount of source light being performed by the light source amount control device, wherein the image correction device corrects the signal so that an average value of saturations of image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has been corrected and the source light amount control device has controlled to change the amount of source light, is substantially equal to an average value of saturations of image data that have been corrected from image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has not been corrected, so that the saturations are approximated to a predetermined saturation reference.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
210 words
An image display device that corrects image data, which are used for displaying an image, using a gray scale value assigned to each pixel and that also controls an amount of source light emitted from a light source, comprising: a source light amount control device that determines the amount of source light and then controls the amount of source light; and an image correction device that calculates a saturation correction amount and corrects a signal used for changing saturations of the image data based on the saturation correction amount, so as to reduce a change in the saturations due to a change in the amount of source light, the change in the amount of source light being performed by the light source amount control device, wherein the image correction device corrects the signal so that an average value of saturations of image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has been corrected and the source light amount control device has controlled to change the amount of source light, is substantially equal to an average value of saturations of image data that have been corrected from image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has not been corrected, so that the saturations are approximated to a predetermined saturation reference.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the image correction device corrects the signal so as to reduce a change in an average value of the saturations of the image data when the source light control device controls to change the amount of source light.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The image display device according to claim 1 , wherein the source light amount control device determines the amount of source light on the basis of luminances and saturations of the image data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein the source light amount control device determines the amount of source light on the basis of a value specified by the luminances or a value specified by the saturations, whichever is larger.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
105 words
The image display device according to claim 4 , wherein the value specified by the luminances includes an average value of the luminances, the value specified by the saturations includes twice an average value of color differences specified by blue-yellow axis and twice an average value of color differences specified by red-green axis, wherein the source light amount control device determines the amount of source light on the basis of a maximum value among the average value of the luminances, twice the average value of the color differences specified by blue-yellow axis, and twice the average value of the color differences specified by red-green axis.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
120 words
The image display device according to claim 4 , wherein the value specified by the luminances includes an average of the luminances, the value specified by the saturations includes twice an average value of saturations, each of which is defined by taking an average of a color difference specified by blue-yellow axis and a color difference specified by red-green axis, wherein the source light amount control device determines the amount of source light on the basis of a maximum value among the average value of the luminances and twice the average value of the saturations, each of which is defined by taking the average of a color difference specified by blue-yellow axis and a color difference specified by red-green axis.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The image display device according to claim 3 , wherein the image correction device corrects the signal on the basis of the amount of source light that is determined by the source light amount control device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
An electronic apparatus comprising: the image display device according to claim 1 ; and a power supply unit that supplies the image display device with voltage.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
171 words
An image display method that corrects image data, which are used for displaying an image, using a gray scale value assigned to each pixel and that controls an amount of source light emitted from a light source, comprising: determining the amount of source light and then controlling the amount of source light; calculating a saturation correction amount; and correcting a signal used for changing saturations of the image data based on the saturation correction amount so as to reduce a change in the saturations due to a change in the amount of source light by controlling the amount of source light, so that an average value of saturations of image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has been corrected and controlled to change the amount of source light, is substantially equal to an average value of saturations of image data that have been corrected from image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has not been corrected, so that the saturations are approximated to a predetermined saturation reference.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
171 words
An image display method that corrects image data, which are used for displaying an image, using a gray scale value assigned to each pixel and that controls an amount of source light emitted from a light source, comprising: determining the amount of source light and then controlling the amount of source light; calculating a saturation correction amount; and correcting a signal used for changing saturations of the image data based on the saturation correction amount so as to reduce a change in the saturations due to a change in the amount of source light by controlling the amount of source light, so that an average value of saturations of image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has been corrected and controlled to change the amount of source light, is substantially equal to an average value of saturations of image data that have been corrected from image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has not been corrected, so that the saturations are approximated to a predetermined saturation reference.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
197 words
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium comprising: an image display program that executes a process to correct image data, which are used for displaying an image, using a gray scale value assigned to each pixel and that also executes a process to control an amount of source light emitted from a light source, the image display program comprising instructions to cause a computer to: determine the amount of source light and then control the amount of source light; calculate a saturation correction amount; and correct a signal used for changing saturations of the image data based on the saturation correction amount so as to reduce a change in the saturations due to a change in the amount of source light by controlling the amount of source light so that an average value of saturations of image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has been corrected and controlled to change the amount of source light, is substantially equal to an average value of saturations of image data which have been corrected from image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has not been corrected, so that the saturations are approximated to a predetermined saturation reference.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
197 words
A non-transitory computer readable recording medium comprising: an image display program that executes a process to correct image data, which are used for displaying an image, using a gray scale value assigned to each pixel and that also executes a process to control an amount of source light emitted from a light source, the image display program comprising instructions to cause a computer to: determine the amount of source light and then control the amount of source light; calculate a saturation correction amount; and correct a signal used for changing saturations of the image data based on the saturation correction amount so as to reduce a change in the saturations due to a change in the amount of source light by controlling the amount of source light so that an average value of saturations of image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has been corrected and controlled to change the amount of source light, is substantially equal to an average value of saturations of image data which have been corrected from image data, in which a signal for changing saturations has not been corrected, so that the saturations are approximated to a predetermined saturation reference.
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