Signal processing device, signal processing method, program, and electronic apparatus

1. A signal processing device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing program code executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:

synthesizing an image signal to cause a first light emitting element used for displaying an image to emit light with a dummy pixel signal to cause second light emitting elements used for measuring brightness to emit light, thereby to generate a single first synthesis signal;

converting the generated first synthesis signal into a second synthesis signal to cause the first light emitting element to emit light at a predetermined brightness regardless of a degradation degree of the first light emitting element; and

causing the first light emitting element and the second light emitting elements to emit light, on a basis of the second synthesis signal, wherein

the second light emitting elements are respectively supplied with different currents and respectively emit light at different brightness, and

converting the first synthesis signal into the second synthesis signal is on a basis of a measurement result of brightness by a sensor configured to measure brightness of the second light emitting elements.

2. The signal processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein converting the generated first synthesis signal comprises correcting the image signal included in the first synthesis signal to an image signal to cause the first light emitting element to emit light at the predetermined brightness, regardless of the degradation degree of the first light emitting element, and converting the first synthesis signal into the second synthesis signal including the image signal after the correction.

3. The signal processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the converting the generated first synthesis signal comprises further correcting the dummy pixel signal included in the first synthesis signal to an identical dummy pixel signal with the dummy pixel signal included in the first synthesis signal, and converting the first synthesis signal into the second synthesis signal.

4. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , the operations further comprising:

displaying an image by a display screen that has the first light emitting element, the second light emitting elements, and the sensor built therein,

wherein the causes the first light emitting element to emit light is on a basis of the image signal included in the second synthesis signal, and displays an image on the display screen, and

the causes the second light emitting elements to emit light is on a basis of the dummy pixel signal included in the second synthesis signal, and causes the sensor to measure brightness.

5. A signal processing method of a signal processing device to process a signal, the signal processing method comprising:

synthesizing an image signal to cause a first light emitting element used for displaying an image to emit light with a dummy pixel signal to cause second light emitting elements used for measuring brightness to emit light, thereby generating a single first synthesis signal, by the signal processing device;

converting the generated first synthesis signal into a second synthesis signal to cause the first light emitting element to emit light at a predetermined brightness, regardless of a degradation degree of the first light emitting element, by the signal processing device; and

causing the first light emitting element and the second light emitting elements to emit light, on a basis of the second synthesis signal, by the signal processing device,

wherein

the second light emitting elements are respectively supplied with different currents and respectively emit light at different brightness, and

the converting comprises converting the first synthesis signal into the second synthesis signal, on a basis of a measurement result of brightness by a measurement unit to measure brightness of each of the second light emitting elements.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a program executable by a computer to perform operations comprising:

synthesizing an image signal to cause a first light emitting element used for displaying an image to emit light with a dummy pixel signal to cause second light emitting elements used for measuring brightness to emit light, thereby generating a single first synthesis signal;

converting the generated first synthesis signal into a second synthesis signal to cause the first light emitting element to emit light at a predetermined brightness, regardless of a degradation degree of the first light emitting element; and

causing the first light emitting element and the second light emitting elements to emit light, on a basis of the second synthesis signal,

wherein

the second light emitting elements are respectively supplied with different currents and respectively emit light at different brightness, and

the converting comprises converting the first synthesis signal into the second synthesis signal, on a basis of a measurement result of brightness by a measurement unit to measure brightness of each of the second light emitting elements.

7. An electronic apparatus that has a signal processing device to process a signal built therein,

wherein the signal processing device includes a processor and a memory storing program code executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:

synthesizing an image signal to cause a first light emitting element used for displaying an image to emit light with a dummy pixel signal to cause second light emitting elements used for measuring brightness to emit light, thereby to generate a single first synthesis signal,

converting the generated first synthesis signal into a second synthesis signal to cause the first light emitting element to emit light at a predetermined brightness, regardless of a degradation degree of the first light emitting element, and

causing the first light emitting element and the second light emitting elements to emit light, on a basis of the second synthesis signal,

wherein

the second light emitting elements are respectively supplied with different currents and respectively emit light at different brightness, and

converting the first synthesis signal into the second synthesis signal is on a basis of a measurement result of brightness by a sensor configured to measure brightness of each of the second light emitting elements.

8. A signal processing device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing program code executable by the processor to perform operations comprising:

synthesizing an image signal to cause a first light emitting element used for displaying an image to emit light with a dummy pixel signal to cause second light emitting elements used for measuring brightness to emit light to generate a single first synthesis signal;

converting the generated first synthesis signal into a second synthesis signal to increase an amount of a current flowing to the first light emitting element according to a light emission time of the first light emitting element; and

causing the first light emitting element and the second light emitting elements to emit light, on a basis of the second synthesis signal

wherein

the second light emitting elements are respectively supplied with different current and respectively emit light at different brightness, and

converting the first synthesis signal into the second synthesis signal is on a basis of a measurement result of brightness by a sensor configured to measure brightness of each of the second light emitting elements.