Display device and electronic product
View Patent ↗A display device includes: a screen unit; a drive unit; and a signal processing unit, wherein the screen unit includes rows of scanning lines, columns of signal lines, matrix-state pixel circuits and a light sensor, the drive unit includes a scanner supplying a control signal to the scanning lines and a driver supplying a video signal to the signal lines, the pixel circuit emits light in accordance with the video signal, the light sensor outputs a luminance signal in accordance with the light emission, and the signal processing unit corrects the video signal in accordance with the luminance signal and supplies the signal to the driver.
1. A display device comprising:
a screen unit;
a drive unit; and
a signal processing unit,
wherein the screen unit includes rows of scanning lines, columns of signal lines, matrix-state pixel circuits and a light sensor,
the drive unit includes a scanner supplying a control signal to the scanning lines and a driver supplying a video signal to the signal lines,
the pixel circuit emits light in accordance with the video signal,
the light sensor outputs a luminance signal in accordance with the light emission, and
the signal processing unit corrects the video signal in accordance with the luminance signal and supplies the signal to the driver,
wherein the amount of light received by the light sensor in a detection period is higher than the amount of light received by the light sensor in a display period, and the signal processing unit makes a level of the video signal for detection higher than the maximum level of the video signal for display.
2. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the signal processing unit supplies the video signal for display during the display period in which video is displayed in the screen unit, and supplies a video signal for detection during the detection period in which video is not displayed in the screen unit.
3. The display device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the signal processing unit supplies the video signal for detection in each frame and allows only pixel circuits of detection targets to emit light.
4. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the signal processing unit compares a first luminance signal outputted from the light sensor during a first period with a second luminance signal outputted from the light sensor during a second period after the first period, corrects the video signal in accordance with the comparison result and supplies the signal to the driver.
5. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the light sensor outputs the luminance signal in a time-division manner over plural detection periods.
6. A display device comprising:
a screen unit;
a drive unit; and
a signal processing unit,
wherein the screen unit includes rows of scanning lines, columns of signal lines, matrix-state pixel circuits and a light sensor,
the drive unit includes a scanner supplying a control signal to the scanning lines and a driver supplying a video signal to the signal lines,
the pixel circuit emits light in accordance with the video signal,
the light sensor outputs a luminance signal in accordance with the light emission, and
the signal processing unit corrects the video signal in accordance with the luminance signal and supplies the signal to the driver,
wherein the amount of light received by the light sensor in the detection period is higher than the amount of light received by the light sensor in the display period, and the drive unit adjusts a rate of a light emitting period in which the pixel circuit emits light in one frame to allow the rate of the light emitting period in the detection period to be higher than the rate of the light emitting period in the display period.
7. An electronic product comprising:
a main body; and
a display displaying information inputted to the main body or information outputted from the main body;
wherein the display includes a screen unit, a drive unit and a signal processing unit,
the screen unit includes rows of scanning lines, columns of signal lines, matrix-state pixel circuits and a light sensor,
the drive unit includes a scanner supplying a control signal to the scanning lines and a driver supplying a video signal to the signal lines,
the pixel circuit emits light in accordance with the video signal,
the light sensor outputs a luminance signal in accordance with the light emission, and
the signal processing unit corrects the video signal in accordance with the luminance signal and supplies the signal to the driver,
wherein the amount of light received by the light sensor in a detection period is higher than the amount of light received by the light sensor in a display period, and the signal processing unit makes a level of the video signal for detection higher than the maximum level of the video signal for display.
8. The display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the signal processing unit supplies the video signal for display during the display period in which video is displayed in the screen unit, and supplies a video signal for detection during the detection period in which video is not displayed in the screen unit.
9. The display device according to claim 8 ,
wherein the signal processing unit supplies the video signal for detection in each frame and allows only pixel circuits of detection targets to emit light.
10. The display device according to claim 6 ,
wherein the signal processing unit compares a first luminance signal outputted from the light sensor during a first period with a second luminance signal outputted from the light sensor during a second period after the first period, corrects the video signal in accordance with the comparison result and supplies the signal to the driver.
11. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the light sensor outputs the luminance signal in a time-division manner over plural detection periods.
12. An electronic product comprising the display device of claim 6 .