IP Library Granted Patent US 9,349,173
Granted Patent B2
US 9,349,173 · App. 14/755,725 · Granted May 24, 2016

Image processor and image processing method

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Patent No.
US 9,349,173
App. No.
14/755,725
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an image processor including: a random number sequence generation section adapted to generate a random number sequence; a random number-superimposed luminance variable generation section adapted to generate a random number-superimposed luminance variable by superimposing the random number sequence on a luminance variable; and a random number-superimposed image signal generation section adapted to generate a random number-superimposed image signal by superimposing the random number-superimposed luminance variable on an image signal.

Claims (14)

1. An image processor for processing an image signal and outputting the image signal to a liquid crystal panel, comprising:

a random number sequence generation section configured to generate a random number sequence;

a random-number-superimposed luminance variable generation section configured to generate a random-number-superimposed luminance variable by superimposing the random number sequence on a luminance variable; and

a random-number-superimposed image signal generation section configured to generate a random-number-superimposed image signal by superimposing the random-number-superimposed luminance variable on an image signal,

wherein the random number sequence generation section changes a timing of inverting polarity of the random number sequence without changing absolute values of the random number sequence, thereby to generate a state such that a polarity of a starting random number and a polarity of a polarity inversion signal to reverse polarity of liquid crystal are different.

2. The image processor according to claim 1 , wherein

the random number sequence generation section generates and outputs the random number sequence having the same set of numbers every frame.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing unit of a computer, cause the processing unit to perform operations for processing an image signal and outputting the image signal to a liquid crystal panel, the operations comprising:

generating, by the processing unit, a random number sequence;

generating, by the processing unit, a random-number-superimposed luminance variable by superimposing the random number sequence on a luminance variable;

generating, by the processing unit, a random-number-superimposed image signal by superimposing the random-number-superimposed luminance variable on an image signal; and

changing, by the processing unit, a timing of inverting polarity of the random number sequence without changing absolute values of the random number sequence, thereby to generate a state such that a polarity of a starting random number and a polarity of a polarity inversion signal to reverse polarity of the liquid crystal are different.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 3 , the operations further comprising:

generating and outputting, by the processing unit, the random number sequence having the same set of numbers every frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
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