Image display apparatus and image display method
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, an image display apparatus comprises a detector configured to detect an illuminance of surroundings, an upper and lower limit calculator configured to calculate an upper limit and a lower limit of luminance based on the detection result of the illuminance, a luminance calculator configured to calculate the luminance of each of light sources to display an image based on an input image signal in the range of the upper limit to the lower limit, a correction module configured to correct the input image signal based on the calculated luminance, a light emitter configured to emit light based on the calculated luminance, the light emitter includes the light sources, and a light modulator configured to display an image by modulating light from each of the light sources based on the corrected input image signal.
1. An image display apparatus comprising:
a detector configured to detect an illuminance of surroundings;
an attribute detector configured to detect an attribute of an input image signal;
an upper and lower limit calculator configured to calculate an upper limit and a lower limit of luminance based on the detected attribute and the detected illuminance, wherein the upper limit is a first upper limit when the detected attribute of the input image signal indicates that a signal is not converted from a film image and a second upper limit that is smaller than the first upper limit when the detected attribute of the input image signal indicates that a signal is converted from a film image;
a luminance calculator configured to calculate a luminance of each light source in a group of one or more light sources based on the input image signal, the luminance of each light source being in the range of the upper limit to the lower limit,
a correction module configured to correct the input image signal based on the calculated luminance;
a light emitter configured to emit light based on the calculated luminance, the light emitter comprising the group of light sources; and
a light modulator configured to display an image by modulating light from each of the light sources based on the corrected input image signal.
2. An image display apparatus comprising:
a detector configured to detect an illuminance of surroundings;
an attribute detector configured to detect an attribute of an input image signal;
an upper and lower limit calculator configured to calculate an upper limit and a lower limit of luminance based on the detected attribute and the detected illuminance, wherein the lower limit is a first lower limit when the detected attribute of the input image signal indicates that a signal is not converted from a film image and a second lower limit that is smaller than the first lower limit when the detected attribute of the input image signal indicates that a signal is converted from a film image;
a luminance calculator configured to calculate a luminance of each light source in a group of one or more light sources based on the input image signal, the luminance of each light source being in the range of the upper limit to the lower limit,
a correction module configured to correct the input image signal based on the calculated luminance;
a light emitter configured to emit light based on the calculated luminance, the light emitter comprising the group of light sources; and
a light modulator configured to display an image by modulating light from each of the light sources based on the corrected input image signal.
3. An image display apparatus comprising:
a detector configured to detect an illuminance of surroundings;
an attribute detector configured to detect an attribute of an input image signal;
an upper and lower limit calculator configured to calculate a ratio of an upper limit to lower limit of luminance based on the detected attribute and the detected illuminance, wherein the ratio is a first ratio of a first upper limit to a first lower limit when the detected attribute of the input image signal indicates that a signal is not converted from a film image and a second ratio of a second upper limit to a second lower limit when the detected attribute of the input image signal indicates that a signal is converted from a film image, the second ratio is lower than the first ratio;
a luminance calculator configured to calculate a luminance of each light source in a group of one or more light sources based on the input image signal, the luminance of each light source being in the range of the upper limit to the lower limit;
a correction module configured to correct the input image signal based on the calculated luminance;
a light emitter configured to emit light based on the calculated luminance, the light emitter comprising the group of light sources; and
a light modulator configured to display an image by modulating light from each of the light sources based on the corrected input image signal.