Display control apparatus and method

1. A display control apparatus that controls first and second modulation sections optically connected in series, the display control apparatus comprising:

a storage unit that stores information to specify a defective pixel of the first modulation section; and

a control unit that controls the second modulation section in response to a defect of the defective pixel being stored in the storage unit, the second modulation section including at least one of a plurality of color panels and a luminance panel,

wherein the control unit varies the amount of control responsive to the defective pixel step by step in response to the positional relationship between the defective pixel of the first modulation section and a plurality of pixels of the at least one of the plurality of color panels and the luminance panel, and controls the plurality of pixels which the second modulation section has at a position corresponding to the defective pixel being stored in the storage unit and at positions adjacent to the corresponding position, and

a state of the defective pixel is not changed prior to or during the compensation;

the first modulation section including three panels respectively corresponding to different colors;

the second modulation section includes the luminance panel module modulating the luminances of all wavelength ranges; and

pixels corresponding to the defective pixel included in non-defective panels and the luminance panel compensate for the defective pixel by an amount of compensation determined according to an amount of defect.

2. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 ,

the control unit controlling a pixel in response to the defect, the second modulation section having the pixel at a position corresponding to the defective pixel being stored in the storage unit, the control unit further controlling pixels in response to the defect, two out of the three panels of the first modulation section not having the defective pixel and having the pixels at positions corresponding to the defective pixel.

3. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , the control unit performing pixel control responsive to the defect by modifying a gamma setting.

4. The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , the control unit performing pixel control responsive to the defect upon input of a pixel value adjusted in response to the information stored in the storage unit.

5. A display control method of controlling first and second modulation sections optically connected in series, the method comprising:

using a storage unit that stores information to specify a defective pixel of the first modulation section;

controlling the second modulation section in response to a defect of the defective pixel being stored in the storage unit, the second modulation section including at least one of a plurality of color panels and a luminance panel; and

varying the amount of controlling responsive to the defective pixel step by step in response to the positional relationship between the defective pixel of the first modulation section and a plurality of pixels of the at least one of the plurality of color panels and the luminance panel, and controlling the plurality of pixels which the second modulation section has at a position corresponding to the defective pixel being stored in the storage unit and at positions adjacent to the corresponding position,

wherein a state of the defective pixel is not changed prior to or during the compensation;

the first modulation section including three panels respectively corresponding to different colors;

the second modulation section includes the luminance panel module modulating the luminances of all wavelength ranges; and

pixels corresponding to the defective pixel included in non-defective panels and the luminance panel compensate for the defective pixel by an amount of compensation determined according to an amount of defect.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second modulation section corrects a brighter than normal defect of the first modulation section by decreasing a brightness that is controlled by the second modulation section.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second modulation section corrects a darker than normal defect of the first modulation section by increasing a brightness that is controlled by the second modulation section.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a brightness, which is output by the luminance panel of the second modulation section, is varied to correct for defects in the first modulation section.

9. The display control method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second modulation section corrects a brighter than normal defect of the first modulation section by decreasing a brightness that is controlled by the second modulation section.

10. The display control method according to claim 5 ,

wherein the second modulation section corrects a darker than normal defect of the first modulation section by increasing a brightness that is controlled by the second modulation section.

11. The display control method according to claim 5 ,

wherein a brightness, which is output by the luminance panel of the second modulation section, is varied to correct for defects in the first modulation section.