IP Library Granted Patent US 9,336,705
Granted Patent B2
US 9,336,705 · App. 14/135,032 · Granted May 10, 2016

Self-luminous display device, control method of self-luminous display device, and computer program

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Patent No.
US 9,336,705
App. No.
14/135,032
Granted
May 10, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a self-luminous display device including a data calculation section configured to calculate, by using a supplied video signal, data relating to a luminance amount accumulated in a unit of a first block in a target region for luminance control in a screen on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a light emitting element which emits light by itself according to a current amount, a resampling section configured to resample the data relating to the luminance amount in the target region, in a unit of a second block, the data relating to the luminance amount being calculated by the data calculation section, the second block being larger than the first block, and a scaling section configured to generate data for luminance control in the target region by scaling the data resampled by the resampling section.

Claims (36)

1. A display device comprising:

a screen on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each pixel of the plurality of pixels including a light emitting element which emits light in accordance with a current amount; and

a display controller that generates a luminance map, wherein the display controller is configured to:

generate, based on luminance data from a video signal, data relating to a luminance amount accumulated in a unit of a first block in a target region for luminance control in the screen on which the plurality of pixels are arranged,

sample the data relating to the luminance amount in the target region in a unit of a second block, wherein the second block is larger than the first block, and

generate data for luminance control in the target region by scaling the data sampled in the unit of the first block.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller is configured to search for a maximum value in the second block and a block surrounding the second block.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller is configured to generate a gain for the target region by using the data for luminance control, wherein the generated gain cancels a gain applied to a high luminance side of the video signal.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller is configured to generate a gain for the target region by using the data for luminance control, wherein the generated gain reduces a luminance of a high luminance side of the video signal.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller is configured to control a conversion ratio for the target region when generating a video signal to be supplied to a white pixel from video signals of red, green and blue by using the data for luminance control.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller is configured to generate a gain applied to the video signal by using data relating to the luminance amount calculated for a partial region of the screen.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display controller is configured to detect a maximum value of the data relating to the luminance amount at only a prescribed region of a periphery of the screen for the data relating to the luminance amount.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the display controller is configured to generate a gain applied to the prescribed region by using information of the maximum value detected at the prescribed region of the periphery of the screen.

9. The display device according to claim 1 wherein the display controller is configured to generate the data relating to the luminance amount in a case where the video signal is equal to or more than a prescribed luminance, and determine whether or not a maximum value of a luminance of a white color generated from video signals of red, green and blue, and a maximum value of a luminance of a monochromic color, are equal to or more than a prescribed luminance.

10. A display device comprising:

a screen on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each pixel of the plurality of pixels including a light emitting element which emits light in accordance with a current amount; and

a display controller that generates a luminance map, wherein the display controller is configured to:

generate data relating to a luminance amount accumulated in a unit of a first block in a target region for luminance control in the screen on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix and an image is displayed with a red pixel, a green pixel, a blue pixel, and a white pixel, and

process a video signal supplied to the screen based on a peak of the data relating to the luminance amount, and

generate a gain for the target region by using the data relating to the luminance amount, wherein the generated gain cancels a gain applied to a high luminance side of the video signal.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display controller is configured to control a conversion ratio for the target region when generating a video signal to be supplied to a white pixel from video signals of red, green and blue by using the data relating to the luminance amount.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display controller is configured to use data for luminance control on a portion of the screen which is generated from the data relating to the luminance amount in the target region.

13. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display controller is configured to generate a second gain for the target region by using the data relating to the luminance amount, wherein the second gain uniformly controls a luminance of a whole of the screen.

14. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the display controller is configured to utilize a peak of the data relating to the luminance amount detected at only a prescribed region of a periphery of the screen.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the display controller is configured to control a second gain applied to the prescribed region.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the display controller is configured to generate a second gain for the target region by using the data relating to the luminance amount, wherein the gain uniformly controls a luminance of a whole of the target region.

17. A display device comprising:

a display panel; and

a display controller, wherein the display controller is configured to:

generate, based on luminance data from a video signal, data relating to a luminance amount accumulated in a unit of a first block in a target region for luminance control in the display panel on which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each pixel of the plurality of pixels including a light emitting element which emits light in accordance with a current amount,

sample the data relating to the luminance amount in the target region in a unit of a second block, wherein the second block is larger than the first block,

generate data for luminance control in the target region by scaling the sampled data in the unit of the first block, and

modify luminance data of the video signal based on the scaled data.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the display controller is configured to search for a maximum value in the second block and a block surrounding the second block.

19. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the display controller is configured to generate a gain for the target region by using the data for luminance control, wherein the generated gain cancels a gain applied to a high luminance side of the video signal.

20. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein the display controller is configured to generate a gain for the target region by using the data for luminance control, wherein the generated gain reduces a luminance of a high luminance side of the video signal.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 035657/0115 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 23, 2013
From: INOUE, YASUO; FUNATSU, YOHEI; SHIMIZU, HIDEHISA; UCHIDA, TAKASHI
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031868/0825 →