IP Library Granted Patent US 8,648,969
Granted Patent B2
US 8,648,969 · App. 12/734,494 · Granted Feb 11, 2014

Brightness adjusting device, display device, computer-readable recording medium, and brightness adjusting method

Inventor: Katsuyuki Matsui (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Display Solutions, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,648,969
App. No.
12/734,494
Granted
Feb 11, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A brightness adjusting device of the present invention includes: a brightness setting section that accepts input of brightness change information that is an instruction to change a brightness setting value; a brightness adjusting section that performs brightness adjustment by either one of a first brightness adjusting unit and a second brightness adjusting unit having different characteristics from each other, in accordance with the instruction that is input from the brightness setting section; a determining section that determines whether or not the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section switches from the first brightness adjusting unit to the second brightness adjusting unit; and an output section that outputs an alarm when the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section is determined to switch from the first brightness adjusting unit to the second brightness adjusting unit based on a determination result of the determining section.

Claims (30)

1. A brightness adjusting device, comprising:

a brightness setting section that accepts an input of brightness change information that comprises an instruction to change a brightness setting value;

a brightness adjusting section that performs a brightness adjustment by one of a brightness adjusting unit and a video signal adjusting unit having different characteristics from each other, in accordance with an instruction that is input from the brightness setting section;

a determining section that determines whether the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section switches from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit;

an output section that outputs an alarm when the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section is determined to switch from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit based on a determination result of the determining section; and

a storage section that stores first and second reference values comprising brightness setting values in cases of the brightness adjustment switching between the brightness adjusting unit and the video signal adjusting unit, the first reference value being less than the second reference value,

wherein the brightness adjusting section performs a brightness adjustment by the video signal adjusting unit in a case where the brightness change information from the brightness setting section is in a range from a minimum value to the first reference value and in a range from the second reference value to a maximum value, and the brightness adjusting section performs a brightness adjustment by the brightness adjusting unit in a case where the brightness change information from the brightness setting section is in a range from the first reference value to the second reference value.

2. The brightness adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the output section displays a warning on a screen of a display device in which the brightness adjusting device is provided.

3. The brightness adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the brightness adjusting section stops a brightness change until an elapse of a fixed time or until an input of a certain operation, even if the brightness change information is input from the brightness setting section when the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section is determined to switch from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit based on the determination result of the determining section.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium that stores a computer program that causes a computer to function as:

a brightness setting section that accepts an input of brightness change information that comprises an instruction to change a brightness setting value;

an adjusting section that performs brightness adjustment by one of a brightness adjusting unit and a video signal adjusting unit having different characteristics from each other, in accordance with an instruction that is input from the brightness setting section;

a determining section that determines whether the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section switches from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit;

an output section that outputs an alarm when the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section is determined to switch from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit based on a determination result of the determining section; and

a storage section that stores first and second reference values comprising brightness setting values in cases of the brightness adjustment switching between the brightness adjusting unit and the video signal adjusting unit, the first reference value being less than the second reference value,

wherein the brightness adjusting section performs a brightness adjustment by the video signal adjusting unit in a case where the brightness change information from the brightness setting section is in a range from a minimum value to the first reference value and in a range from the second reference value to a maximum value, and the brightness adjusting section performs a brightness adjustment by the brightness adjusting unit in a case where the brightness change information from the brightness setting section is in a range from the first reference value to the second reference value.

5. A brightness setting method, comprising:

a brightness setting of accepting an input of brightness change information that comprises an instruction to change a brightness setting value;

performing a brightness adjustment by one of a brightness adjusting unit and a video signal adjusting unit having different characteristics from each other, in accordance with an instruction that is input by the brightness setting;

determining whether the brightness adjustment switches from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit;

outputting an alarm when the brightness adjustment is determined to switch from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit based on a determination result of the determining; and

storing first and second reference values comprising brightness setting values in cases of the brightness adjustment switching between the brightness adjusting unit and the video signal adjusting unit, the first reference value being less than the second reference value,

wherein a brightness adjustment is performed by the video signal adjusting unit in a case where the brightness change information from the brightness setting is in a range from a minimum value to the first reference value and in a range from the second reference value to a maximum value, and a brightness adjustment is performed by the brightness adjusting unit in a case where the brightness change information from the brightness setting is in a range from the first reference value to the second reference value.

6. The brightness adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the brightness change information is input from the brightness setting section when the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section is determined to switch from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit based on the determination result of the determining section, the brightness adjusting section stops a brightness change.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 4 , wherein the brightness adjusting section stops a brightness change until an elapse of a fixed time or until an input of a certain operation, even if the brightness change information is input from the brightness setting section when the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section is determined to switch from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit based on the determination result of the determining section.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 4 , wherein, when the brightness change information is input from the brightness setting section when the brightness adjustment of the brightness adjusting section is determined to switch from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit based on the determination result of the determining section, the brightness adjusting section stops a brightness change.

9. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the brightness adjustment stops a brightness change until an elapse of a fixed time or until an input of a certain operation, even if the brightness change information is input from the brightness adjustment when the brightness adjustment is determined to switch from the brightness adjusting unit to the video signal adjusting unit based on the determination result.

10. The brightness adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein, between the minimum value and the maximum value, the brightness adjusting section performs only one of the brightness adjustment by the video signal adjusting unit and the brightness adjustment by the brightness adjusting unit.

11. The brightness adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the brightness adjusting section performs the brightness adjustment only by the video signal adjusting unit in a case where the brightness change information from the brightness setting section is in the range from the minimum value to the first reference value or in the range from the second reference value to a maximum value.

12. The brightness adjusting device according to claim 1 , wherein the brightness adjusting section performs the brightness adjustment only by the brightness adjusting unit in the case where the brightness change information from the brightness setting section is in the range from the first reference value to the second reference value.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 8, 2021
From: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
To: SHARP NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 055256/0755 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2010
From: MATSUI, KATSUYUKI
To: NEC DISPLAY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024360/0107 →
Continuity (1)
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