Multi-display system and method for adjusting multi-display system

1. A multi-display system comprising:

a master display device;

a first slave display device that is different from the master display device;

an optical measuring instrument configured to measure luminance and color which are displayed by a first image display unit of the master display device; and

a deterioration factor calculating device configured to calculate a deterioration factor on the basis of a first set of measurement parameters of the first image display unit of the master display device; where the first set of measurement parameters are parameters that represent the luminance and the color measured by the optical measuring instrument, and of initial values of the first set of measurement parameters of the first image display unit of the master display device,

wherein the master display device is configured to perform adjustment of the master display device on the basis of the first set of measurement parameters of the first image display unit of the master display device, and

wherein the first slave display device is configured to perform adjustment of the first slave display device on the basis of a second set of measurement parameters of a second image display unit of the first slave display device, wherein the second set of measurement parameters are calculated from the deterioration factor calculated by the deterioration factor calculating device and from initial values of the second set of measurement parameters of the second image display unit of the first slave display device.

2. The multi-display system according to claim 1 , further comprising a second slave display device,

wherein the second slave display device is configured to perform adjustment of the second slave display device on the basis of a third set of measurement parameters of an image display unit of the second slave display device, where the third set of measurement parameters are calculated from the deterioration factor that has been calculated by the deterioration factor calculating device and from initial values of the third set of measurement parameters of the image display unit of the second slave display device.

3. The multi-display system according to claim 1 , wherein the master display device comprises:

an image signal input device configured to receive an input of an image signal;

an image processing device configured to process the image signal, received by the image signal input device, to generate an image display data, and to allow the image display unit of the master display device to display an image from the image display data generated by the image processing device;

a control device configured to generate a first control signal for controlling the image processing device and to transmit the first control signal to the image processing device, and the control device configured to generate a second control signal;

a storage device that stores the initial values of the first set of measurement parameters of the image display unit of the master display device; and

a backlight that is controllable by the second control signal generated by the control device and that is configured to light the image display unit of the master display device,

wherein the control device is configured to generate the first control signal and the second control signal on the basis of the deterioration factor calculated by the deterioration factor calculating device, and

wherein the storage device stores the deterioration factor calculated by the deterioration factor calculating device.

4. The multi-display system according to claim 3 , wherein the control device includes the deterioration factor calculating device.

5. The multi-display system according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a deterioration factor transmitting receiving device configured to receive, from the master display device, the deterioration factor that has been calculated by the deterioration factor calculating device, and the deterioration factor transmitting receiving device configured to transmit the received deterioration factor to the first slave display device and the second slave display device.

6. The multi-display system according to claim 5 , wherein the control device is configured to receive, from the deterioration factor transmitting receiving device, the first set of measurement parameters of the image display unit of the master display device.

7. The multi-display system according to claim 3 , wherein the deterioration factor calculating device interpolates the deterioration factor, which is calculated on the basis of the measurement parameters of the image display unit of the master display device and the initial values of the measurement parameters of the image display unit of the master display device, on the basis of a usage time of the backlight.

8. The multi-display system according to claim 7 , wherein at least one of the master display device, the first slave display device, and the second slave display device is configured to predict and adjust at least one of luminance and color shift on the basis of a deterioration coefficient that has been interpolated on the basis of a usage time of the backlight between timings of performing adjustment of the at least one of the master display device, the first slave display device, and the second slave display device.

9. The multi-display system according to claim 1 , wherein the deterioration factor calculating device is separate from the master display device.

10. The multi-display system according to claim 9 , wherein the deterioration factor calculating device is configured to receive, from the optical measuring instrument, the first set of measurement parameters of the first image display unit of the master display device, where the first set of measurement parameters are measured by the optical measuring instrument, and the deterioration factor calculating device is configured to transmit the first set of measurement parameters received to the master display device.

11. A method of adjusting a multi-display system including a master display device and a first slave display device, the method comprising:

measuring luminance and color which are displayed by a first image display unit of a master display device;

calculating a deterioration factor on the basis of a first set of measurement parameters of the first image display unit of the master display device, where the first set of measurement parameters are parameters that represent the luminance and the color measured and of initial values of the first set of measurement parameters of the first image display unit of the master display device,

performing adjustment of the master display device on the basis of the first set of measurement parameters of the first image display unit of the master display device;

calculating a second set of measurement parameters of a second image display unit of the first slave display device on the basis of the deterioration factor calculated and of initial values of the second set of measurement parameters of the image display unit of the first slave display device; and

performing adjustment of the first slave display device on the basis of the second set of measurement parameters of the image display unit of the slave display device.