IP Library Granted Patent US 8,570,348
Granted Patent B2
US 8,570,348 · App. 12/559,442 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Brightness adjuster, adjustment method, and electronic system utilizing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,570,348
App. No.
12/559,442
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A brightness adjuster generating an image output to a panel, which displays the corresponding image according to the image output. The image output includes a red output signal, a green output signal, and a blue output signal. The brightness adjuster includes a determination unit, a calculation unit, and a digital to analog converting unit. The determination unit determines a main input signal according to a red input signal, a green input signal, and a blue input signal. The calculation unit adjusts the red, the green, and the blue input signals according to the main input signal. The digital to analog converting unit transforms the adjusted red, the adjusted green, and the adjusted blue input signals into the red, the green, and the blue output signals.

Claims (24)

1. A brightness adjuster generating an image output to a panel, which displays a corresponding image according to the image output, wherein the image output comprises a red output signal, a green output signal, and a blue output signal, comprising:

a determination unit receiving a red input signal, a green input signal, and a blue input signal, and determining a main input signal according to the red input signal, the green input signal, and the blue input signal;

a calculation unit receiving the red input signal, the green input signal, and the blue input signal, and adjusting the red, the green, and the blue input signals according to the main input signal;

a digital to analog converting unit transforming the adjusted red, the adjusted green, and the adjusted blue input signals into the red, the green, and the blue output signals; and

a data converting unit directly receiving the red, the green, and the blue input signals and generating a white signal according to the red, the green, and the blue input signals.

2. The brightness adjuster as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit adjusts the white signal according to the main input signal and the digital to analog converting unit transforms the adjusted white signal into a white output signal to the panel.

3. The brightness adjuster as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the determination unit determines a maximum input signal among the red, the green, and the blue input signals to be the main input signal.

4. The brightness adjuster as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the determination unit processes the red, the green, and the blue input signals according to a preset condition and determines a maximum input signal among the processed red, the processed green, and the processed blue input signals, wherein the maximum input signal serves as the main input signal, and wherein the panel further comprises a plurality of luminiferous devices, and wherein the preset condition relates to the characteristics of the luminiferous devices.

5. The brightness adjuster as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the calculation unit adjusts the red, the green, and the blue input signals according to a preset condition and the main input signal, wherein the panel further comprises a plurality of luminiferous devices, and wherein the preset condition relates to the characteristics of the luminiferous devices, wherein the preset condition relates to the intensity of environment light, wherein the preset condition relates to a set, which is set by a user, and wherein the preset condition relates to the red, the green, and the blue input signals.

6. A brightness adjustment method generating an image output to a panel, which displays a corresponding image according to the image output, wherein the image output comprises a red output signal, a green output signal, and a blue output signal, comprising:

receiving a red input signal, a green input signal, and a blue input signal;

determining a main input signal according to the red, the green, and the blue input signals;

utilizing a data converting unit to generate a white signal according to the red, the green, and the blue input signals, wherein the data converting unit directly receives the red, the green, and the blue input signals;

adjusting the red, the green, and the blue input signals according to the main input signal; and

transforming the adjusted red, the adjusted green, and the adjusted blue input signals into the red, the green, and the blue output signals, wherein the red, the green, and the blue input signals are digital signals and the red, the green, and the blue output signals are analog signals.

7. The brightness adjustment method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising:

adjusting the white signal according to the main input signal; and

transforming the adjusted white signal into a white output signal, wherein the white signal is a digital signal and the white output signal is an analog signal.

8. The brightness adjustment method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the main input signal is a maximum input signal among the red, the green, and the blue input signals.

9. The brightness adjustment method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the determining step comprises:

processing the red, the green, and the blue input signals according to a preset condition; and

finding a maximum input signal among the processed red, the processed green, and the processed blue input signals and serving the maximum input signal as the main input signal, wherein the panel further comprises a plurality of luminiferous devices and wherein the preset condition relates to the characteristic of the luminiferous devices.

10. The brightness adjustment method as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising, adjusting the red, the green, and the blue input signals according to a preset condition and the main input signal.

11. The brightness adjustment method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the panel further comprises a plurality of luminiferous devices and wherein the preset condition relates to the characteristic of the luminiferous devices, wherein the preset condition relates to the intensity of environment light, wherein the preset condition relates to a set, which is set by a user, and wherein the preset condition relates to the red, the green, and the blue input signals.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 13, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032672/0813 →
MERGER Recorded Feb 3, 2011
From: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025801/0635 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2009
From: WANG, SHOU-CHENG
To: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
Reel/Frame 023228/0808 →