White balance correction circuit and correction method for display apparatus that display color image by controlling number of emissions or intensity thereof in accordance with plurality of primary color video signals

1. A display method of a plasma display apparatus carrying out color display by letting phosphors for a plurality of primary colors emit light in accordance with a plurality of primary color video signals, the method comprising the steps of:

setting a luminance of a display image through a luminance adjustment input from outside for adjusting a display image luminance;

changing a total number of sustain pulses in a frame depending on the luminance adjustment input;

changing gray levels of the primary color video signals when the total number of sustain pulses in the frame is changed, by making a ratio of change from before alteration of output gray levels of one primary color video signal among the plural primary color video signals different from ratios of change in gray level of the other primary color video signals in order to correct a white balance failure of a display image; and

displaying an image by letting the phosphors emit light in accordance with the primary color video signals with the changed gray levels,

wherein regarding one primary color video signal having at least the longest persistence characteristic among the plurality of primary color video signals, a case where the total number of sustain pulses changes in a decreased direction is larger in ratios of change than a case where the total number of sustain pulses changes in an increased direction.

2. The display method of a plasma display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the gray levels are altered by multiplying amplitudes of the primary color video signals by different coefficients.

3. The display method of a plasma display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein, when the total number of sustain pulses in a frame increases, a ratio of change in gray level of a primary color video signal for green among the plural primary color video signals is made larger than a ratio of change in gray level of the primary color video signal for blue or red.

4. The display method of a plasma display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the total number of sustain pulses in a frame increases, a ratio of change in gray level of a primary color video signal for green among the plural primary color video signals is made larger than a ratio of change in gray level of the primary color video signal for blue or red.

5. A plasma display apparatus which displays an image by letting phosphors for a plurality of primary colors emit light, comprising:

a luminance adjustment input unit for inputting information on luminance adjustment from outside;

a controller for controlling a total number of sustain pulses in a frame in accordance with information from the luminance adjustment input unit and carrying out control to adjust an amplitude of a primary color video signal for at least one primary color among inputted primary color video signals for a plurality of primary colors; and

a drive circuit for driving a plasma display apparatus in accordance with the primary color video signal with the adjusted amplitude,

wherein, when the total number of sustain pulses in the frame is changed in accordance with the information on luminance adjustment, the controller adjusts amplitudes of the plural primary color video signals so that a ratio of change from before adjustment of an amplitude of at least one primary color video signal among the plural primary color video signals is made to differ from ratios of change from before alteration of amplitudes of the other primary color video signals included in the plural primary color video signals in accordance with luminance saturation characteristics of the phosphors,

wherein regarding one primary color video signal having at least the longest persistence characteristic among the plurality of primary color video signals, a case where the total number of sustain pulses changes in a decreased direction is larger in ratios of change than a case where the total number of sustain pulses changes in a decreased direction is larger in ratios of change than a case where the total number of sustain pulses changes in an increased direction.

6. The plasma display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein, when the total number of sustain pulses in a frame is changed in accordance with the information on luminance adjustment, the controller adjusts the amplitude of the primary color video signal by multiplying the primary color video signal by a coefficient different from a coefficient used before the total number of sustain pulses in a frame is changed.

7. The plasma display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein, when the total number of sustain pulses in a frame increases, the controller makes a ratio of change in gray level of a primary color video signal for green among the plural primary color video signals larger than a ratio of change in gray level of the primary color video signal for blue or red in accordance with luminance saturation characteristics of the phosphors.

8. A plasma display apparatus which displays an image by letting phosphors for a plurality of primary colors emit light, comprising:

a luminance adjustment input unit for inputting information on luminance adjustment from outside;

a controller for controlling a total number of sustain pulses in a frame in accordance with information from the luminance adjustment input unit and carrying out control to adjust an amplitude of a primary color video signal for at least one primary color among inputted primary color video signals for a plurality of primary colors; and

a drive circuit for driving a plasma display apparatus in accordance with the primary color video signal with the adjusted amplitude,

wherein, when the total number of sustain pulses in a frame increases in accordance with the information on luminance adjustment, the controller changes an amplitude of a primary color video signal for a primary color corresponding to a phosphor, among the plural phosphors, the energy conversion efficiency of which decreases most with increase in the number of emissions, to a larger extent than amplitudes of primary color video signals for the other primary colors.

9. The plasma display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein, when the total number of sustain pulses in a frame increases, the controller changes a gray level of a primary color video signal for green among the plural primary color video signals to a larger extent than a gray level of the primary color video signal for blue or red.