A display device includes a display portion comprising pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, a source driver for applying a pixel voltage to pixels through signal lines, and a control portion for controlling the source driver. The first and second pixels each include a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel. The first sub-pixel includes a light exit portion and a color filter for a first hue. The second sub-pixel includes a light exit portion and a color filter for a second hue. An area of the light exit portion of the first sub-pixel of the first pixel is smaller than that of the first sub-pixel of the second pixel. The control portion converts the video signal for the first sub-pixel into a brighter one. The source driver applies the pixel voltage to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel based on the video signal after conversion.
1. A display device, comprising:
a display in which a plurality of pixels comprising a first pixel and a second pixel are arranged in a matrix shape;
a source driver for applying a pixel voltage to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of signal lines; and
a controller that controls the source driver based on a video signal input from outside,
the first pixel and the second pixel each comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel different from the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel,
the first sub-pixel comprising:
a light exit portion from which light exits; and
a color filter for a first hue,
the second sub-pixel comprising:
the light exit portion; and
a color filter for a second hue,
the third sub-pixel comprising:
a color filter for a third hue different from the first hue and the second hue,
wherein:
an area of the light exit portion included in the first sub-pixel of the first pixel is smaller than an area of the light exit portion included in the first sub-pixel of the second pixel;
an area of the light exit portion included in the second sub-pixel of the first pixel is substantially equal to an area of the light exit portion included in the second sub-pixel of the second pixel;
the controller converts, when the video signal input to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel is less than a predetermined value, the video signal input to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel into a video signal exhibiting a luminance higher than a luminance exhibited by the video signal input to the first sub-pixel;
the source driver applies the pixel voltage to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel based on the video signal after conversion; and
the controller converts, when the video signal input to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel after the conversion exceeds the predetermined value, the respective video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel into respective video signals exhibiting luminances higher than luminances exhibited by the respective video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller converts the respective video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel based on a relationship between the video signal exceeding the predetermined value and the predetermined value.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller converts, when one of the video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel after the conversion exceeds a predetermined value, the other of the video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel into a video signal exhibiting a luminance higher than a luminance exhibited by the other of the video signals.
4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the controller converts the other of the video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel based on a relationship between the one of the video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel and the predetermined value.
5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller converts, based on a ratio of visibilities of the color filters for the first hue, the second hue, and the third hue, the respective video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel into respective video signals exhibiting the luminances higher than the luminances exhibited by the respective video signals input to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel.
6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first sub-pixel of the first pixel further comprises an interference portion for inhibiting the light from exiting; and
the interference portion causes the area of the light exit portion of the first sub-pixel of the first pixel to be smaller than the area of the light exit portion of the first sub-pixel of the second pixel.
7. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a first substrate and a second substrate,
wherein the interference portion is a spacer placed between the first substrate and the second substrate.
8. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the interference portion is a sensor.
9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first hue is blue.
10. A display device, comprising:
a display in which a plurality of pixels comprising a first pixel and a second pixel are arranged in a matrix shape;
a source driver for applying a pixel voltage to the plurality of pixels through a plurality of signal lines; and
a controller that controls the source driver based on a video signal input from outside,
the first pixel and the second pixel each comprising a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel,
the first sub-pixel comprising:
a light exit portion from which light exits; and
a color filter for a first hue,
the second sub-pixel comprising:
the light exit portion; and
a color filter for a second hue, wherein:
an area of the light exit portion included in the first sub-pixel of the first pixel is smaller than an area of the light exit portion included in the first sub-pixel of the second pixel;
the controller converts, when the video signal exhibiting a fixed luminance less than a first predetermined value is input from the outside to the first sub-pixel included in each of the first pixel and the second pixel, the video signal input to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel into a video signal exhibiting a luminance higher than a luminance exhibited by the video signal input to the first sub-pixel of the second pixel; and
the source driver applies the pixel voltage to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel based on the video signal after conversion.
11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein:
an area of the light exit portion included in the second sub-pixel of the first pixel is substantially equal to an area of the light exit portion included in the second sub-pixel of the second pixel;
the controller converts, when the video signal after the conversion which is input to the first sub-pixel of the first pixel is the video signal exhibiting a luminance of the first predetermined value and when the video signal exhibiting a fixed luminance less than a second predetermined value is input to each of the second sub-pixels included in the first pixel and the second pixel, the video signal input to the second sub-pixel of the first pixel into a video signal exhibiting a luminance higher than a luminance exhibited by the video signal input to the second sub-pixel of the second pixel; and
the source driver applies the pixel voltage to the second sub-pixel of the first pixel based on the video signal after the conversion.