IP Library Patent Application 12281109
Patent Application
App. No. 12/281,109

LUMINESCENT DISPLAY DEVICE

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App. No.
12/281,109
Abstract

It is possible for a user to perceive an atmosphere of an image in response to a luminescent pattern of light emitting diodes. An attention area containing a predetermined image pattern is extracted by an attention area analyzing section 12 from an image picked up by a capturing section 11 , a color distribution is analyzed by a color distribution analyzing section 13 based on numerical values of respective images in the extracted attention area, a representative color is selected from the analyzed color distribution by a representative color selecting section, and light emitting diodes 16 are turned on in a pattern corresponding to the selected representative color.

Claims (12)

1 . A luminescent display device, comprising:

a capturing section which captures an image of a subject;

an attention area analyzing section which extracts an attention area containing a predetermined image pattern from the image captured by the capturing section;

a color distribution analyzing section which analyzes a color distribution based on color information of respective pixels in the attention area extracted by the attention area analyzing section;

a representative color selecting section which selects a representative color from the color distribution analyzed by the color distribution analyzing section; and

a light emission control section which controls a light emitting diode to emit a light in the representative color selected by the representative color selecting section.

2 . The luminescent display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a luminescent pattern determine section which determines a luminescent pattern of the light emitting diode;

wherein the light emission control section controls the light emitting diode to emit a light in the representative color selected by the representative color selecting section at a timing that is based upon the luminescent pattern determined by the luminescent pattern determine section.

3 . The luminescent display device according to claim 2 , wherein the luminescent pattern determine section determines the luminescent pattern in response to the representative color selected by the representative color selecting section.

4 . The luminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein, when a plurality of areas as a candidate of the attention area are detected from the image, the attention area analyzing section extracts any one of the plurality of areas as the attention area.

5 . The luminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the color distribution analyzing section analyzes the color distribution based on a numerical value representing the color information of each pixel in the attention area extracted by the attention area analyzing section and a weighting factor being set every color information.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 6, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022363/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2008
From: MATSUYAMA, MAKOTO; MATSUO, HIDEAKI; KAWABATA, AKIHIRO
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021578/0688 →