IP Library Granted Patent US 11,120,758
Granted Patent B2
US 11,120,758 · App. 16/831,006 · Granted Sep 14, 2021

Display apparatus and control method thereof

Inventors: Younghun Jo (Suwon-si, KR); Huijung Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Gangmo Koo (Suwon-si, KR); Shinhaeng Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Wonseok Song (Suwon-si, KR); Yoosun Jung (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3648G09G3/3607G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0242G09G2320/0626
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Patent No.
US 11,120,758
App. No.
16/831,006
Granted
Sep 14, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image corresponding to an image signal, a backlight including a plurality of light sources, and configured to independently operate a light emitting block corresponding to each of the plurality of light sources to provide light to the display panel, and a processor configured to control an amount of light of each of the plurality of light sources according to the image signal. The processor is configured to calculate an amount of a red (R) light, an amount of a green (G) light, and an amount of a blue (B) light that at least one light source among the plurality of light sources is configured to emit to one area on the display panel, identify the color information of the one area based on each of the calculated amounts of the R light, the G light, and the B light, and adjust an image signal corresponding to the one area based on the identified color information.

Claims (68)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel including a plurality of pixels and configured to display an image based on an image signal;

a backlight including a plurality of light sources, and configured to independently operate a light emitting block corresponding to each of the plurality of light sources to provide light to the display panel; and

a processor configured to control an amount of light of each of the plurality of light sources based on the image signal,

wherein the processor is configured to:

obtain an amount of a red (R) light, an amount of a green (G) light, and an amount of a blue (B) light that at least one light source among the plurality of light sources is configured to emit to one area on the display panel based on a distance between the at least one light source and the one area and a strength of the at least one light source,

adjust an image signal corresponding to the one area based on each of the obtained amounts of the R light, the G light, and the B light.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to:

identify color information of the one area based on a sum of an amount of a red (R) light, an amount of a green (G) light, and an amount of a blue (B) light that a first light source among the plurality of light sources is configured to emit to the one area and an amount of a red (R) light, an amount of a green (G) light, and an amount of a blue (B) light that a second light source among the plurality of light sources is configured to emit to the one area,

adjust the image signal corresponding to the one area based on the color information.

3. The display apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to:

identify color information based on conversion of each of the obtained amounts of the R light, the G light, and the B light to a color coordinate,

adjust the image signal corresponding to the one area based the color information.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 ,

wherein the color information includes a color temperature.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the one area includes an area corresponding to at least one light emitting block among the plurality of light emitting blocks or an area corresponding to at least one among the plurality of pixels of the display panel.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to:

identify color information of the one area based on each of the obtained amounts of the R light, the G light, and the B light, and

adjust a ratio among a red (R) signal, a green (G) signal, and a blue (B) signal of an image signal corresponding to the one area based on the identified color information.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6 ,

wherein the processor is configured to:

based on a color temperature according to the identified color information being greater than or equal to a threshold temperature, adjust the ratio among the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal such that a strength of the B signal is relatively increased compared to a strength of the R signal and a strength of the G signal, and

based on a color temperature according to the identified color information being less than a threshold temperature, adjust the ratio among the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal such that the strength of the B signal is relatively decreased compared to the strength of the R signal and the strength of the G signal.

8. The display apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising:

a memory storing information on the ratio of the strength of R image signal, the strength of the G image signal and the strength of the B image signal for each color information,

wherein the processor is configured to:

adjust the ratio among the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal of an image signal corresponding to the one area based on the information stored in the memory and the identified color information.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory including information on the amount of light of each of the R light, G light, and B light according to a distance between the at least one light source among the plurality of light sources and the display panel,

wherein the processor is configured to:

calculate the amount of the red (R) light, the amount of the green (G) light, and the amount of the blue (B) light based on the distance between the at least one light source and the one area based on the information on the amount of light stored in the memory.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the backlight further comprises a light sheet separately arranged in an upper part of the plurality of light sources, and

the information on the amount of light includes information calculated based on a first amount of light emitted from the at least one light source that reaches an area of the light sheet and a second amount of light emitted from the at least one light source reflected on the light sheet that reaches an area of the light sheet.

11. The display apparatus of claim 9 wherein the backlight comprises a light sheet, and

each of the plurality of light sources includes a blue LED, and

the light sheet includes a quantum dot sheet.

12. A method of controlling a display apparatus comprising a backlight including a plurality of light sources, and configured to independently operate a light emitting block corresponding to each of the plurality of light sources to provide light to a display panel, the method comprising:

obtaining an amount of a red (R) light, an amount of a green (G) light, and an amount of a blue (B) light that at least one light source among the plurality of light sources is configured to emit to an area on the display panel based on a distance between the at least one light source and the area and a strength of the at least one light source;

and

adjusting an image signal corresponding to the area based on each of the obtained amounts of the R light, the G light, and the B light.

13. The method of claim 12 ,

further comprising:

identifying color information of the area based on the sum of an amount of a red (R) light, an amount of a green (G) light, and an amount of a blue (B) light that a first light source among the plurality of light sources emits to the area and an amount of a red (R) light, an amount of a green (G) light, and an amount of a blue (B) light that a second light source among the plurality of light sources emits to the area, and

wherein the adjusting the image signal comprises adjusting the image signal corresponding to the area based on the color information.

14. The method of claim 12 ,

further comprises:

identifying color information based on conversion of each of the calculated amounts of the R light, the G light, and the B light to a color coordinate, and

wherein the adjusting the image signal comprises adjusting the image signal corresponding to the area based on the color information.

15. The method of claim 14 ,

wherein the color information includes a color temperature.

16. The method of claim 12 ,

wherein the area is an area corresponding to at least one light emitting block among the plurality of light emitting blocks or an area corresponding to at least one among the plurality of pixels of the display panel.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

identifying color information of the area based on each of the obtained amounts of the R light, the G light, and the B light

wherein the adjusting an image signal comprises:

adjusting a ratio among a red (R) signal, a green (G) signal, and a blue (B) signal of an image signal corresponding to the area based on the identified color information.

18. The method of claim 17 ,

wherein the adjusting an image signal comprises:

based on a color temperature according to the identified color information being greater than or equal to a threshold temperature, adjusting the ratio among the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal such that the strength of the B signal is relatively increased compared to the strength of the R signal and the strength of the G signal; and

based on a color temperature according to the identified color information being less than a threshold temperature, adjusting the ratio among the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal such that the strength of the B signal is relatively decreased compared to the strength of the R signal and the strength of the G signal.

19. The method of claim 17 ,

wherein the adjusting an image signal comprises:

reading the ratio of the strength of RGB image signals corresponding to the identified color information from a memory storing information on the ratio of the strength of R image signal, the strength of the G image signal and the strength of the B image signal for each color information and adjusting the ratio among the R signal, the G signal, and the B signal of an image signal corresponding to the area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2020
From: JO, YOUNGHUN; LEE, HUIJUNG; KOO, GANGMO; KIM, SHINHAENG; SONG, WONSEOK; JUNG, YOOSUN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0148785 · Nov 19, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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