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Granted Patent B2
US 10,665,142 · App. 16/247,604 · Granted May 26, 2020

Screen calibration method and screen calibration system capable of correcting full screen color tones automatically

Inventors: Hsin-Nan Lin (Taipei, TW); Chung-Yu Huang (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: BenQ Corporation
G09G3/006G01J3/506G09G2320/04G09G2320/0666G09G2320/0693G09G2320/08G09G2340/06G09G2360/145
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Patent No.
US 10,665,142
App. No.
16/247,604
Granted
May 26, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A screen calibration method includes acquiring a full screen image displayed on a screen by a camera, acquiring first optical data of a first region of the screen by a sensor, adjusting the first optical data of the first region of the screen according to first calibration parameters for calibrating colors of the first region to approach target optical data, generating second optical data of a second region of the screen according to the full screen image and the first optical data of the first region, generating second calibration parameters according to the target optical data and the second optical data, and adjusting the second optical data of the second region of the screen according to the second calibration parameters for calibrating colors of the second region to approach the target optical data.

Claims (39)

1. A screen calibration method comprising:

acquiring a full screen image displayed on a screen by a camera;

acquiring first optical data of a first region of the screen by a sensor;

adjusting the first optical data of the first region of the screen according to first calibration parameters for calibrating colors of the first region to approach target optical data;

generating second optical data of a second region of the screen according to the full screen image and the first optical data of the first region;

generating second calibration parameters according to the target optical data and the second optical data; and

adjusting the second optical data of the second region of the screen according to the second calibration parameters for calibrating colors of the second region to approach the target optical data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein acquiring the first optical data of the first region of the screen by the sensor is acquiring the first optical data of a darkest region of the screen by the sensor according to the full screen image.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second optical data is substantially equivalent to real luminous characteristics of the second region, the first optical data is substantially equivalent to real luminous characteristics of the first region, and the method further comprises:

acquiring a set of ambient light parameters according to the full screen image and the first optical data.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein adjusting the second optical data of the second region of the screen according to the second calibration parameters for calibrating colors of the second region to approach the target optical data is adjusting the second optical data according to the second calibration parameters for compensating the real luminous characteristics of the second region to approach the target optical data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first optical data and the second optical data belong to CIE (The International Commission on Illumination) color space data or primary color (RGB) space data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first optical data of the first region of the screen is the first optical data of a center region of the screen.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

setting the target optical data;

generating a plurality of testing patterns on the screen according to the target optical data; and

adjusting the target optical data to generate adjusted target optical data when the plurality of testing patterns displayed on the screen are inconsistent with the target optical data.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

setting the target optical data; and

generating a plurality of testing patterns on the screen according to the target optical data;

wherein the target optical data is supported by a plurality of regions of the screen.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first optical data is substantially equivalent to real luminous characteristics of the first region, the second optical data is substantially equivalent to real luminous characteristics of the second region, and the camera acquires the full screen image displayed on the screen after the sensor acquires the first optical data of the first region of the screen.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting optical data of each region of the screen for verifying optical consistency of a plurality of regions of the screen.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the camera, the sensor, and the screen are disposed on a display device, the camera is rotated to a front of the screen by using at least one bearing for acquiring the full screen image, the sensor is rotated to a position close to the first region of the screen by using at least one bearing for acquiring the first optical data.

12. A screen calibration system comprising:

a screen comprising a plurality of regions and configured to display an image;

a camera configured to acquire a full screen image of the screen;

a sensor close to the screen and configured to acquire first optical data of a first region of the screen; and

a processor coupled to the sensor, the camera, and the screen and configured to calibrate the screen;

wherein after the sensor acquires the first optical data of the first region of the screen, the processor adjusts the first optical data of the first region of the screen according to first calibration parameters for calibrating colors of the first region to approach target optical data, generates second optical data of a second region according to the full screen image and the first optical data of the first region, generates second calibration parameters according to the target optical data and the second optical data, and adjusts the second optical data of the second region of the screen according to the second calibration parameters for calibrating colors of the second region to approach the target optical data.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first region is a darkest region of the screen.

14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the second optical data is substantially equivalent to real luminous characteristics of the second region, the first optical data is substantially equivalent to real luminous characteristics of the first region, and the processor acquires a set of ambient light parameters according to the full screen image and the first optical data.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the processor generates the second calibration parameters according to the target optical data and the second optical data for compensating real luminous characteristics of the second region to approach the target optical data.

16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the first region is a center region of the screen.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the processor sets the target optical data, generates a plurality of testing patterns to the screen according to the target optical data, and adjusts the target optical data to generate adjusted target optical data when the plurality of testing patterns displayed on the screen are inconsistent with the target optical data.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the processor sets the target optical data and generates a plurality of testing patterns to the screen according to the target optical data, and the target optical data is supported by the plurality of regions of the screen.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the first optical data is substantially equivalent to real luminous characteristics of the first region, the second optical data is substantially equivalent to real luminous characteristics of the second region, and the camera acquires the full screen image displayed on the screen after the sensor acquires the first optical data of the first region of the screen.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein optical data corresponding to each region of the screen is detected for verifying optical consistency of the plurality of regions.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: LIN, HSIN-NAN; HUANG, CHUNG-YU
To: BENQ CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2018 1 0065573 · Jan 23, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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