Circuit device and display system

1. A circuit device that executes local dimming control on a display device including a display panel and a backlight having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged light source elements, the circuit device comprising:

a luminance analysis circuit configured to execute luminance analysis on image data and obtain dimming information for the local dimming control based on a result of the luminance analysis;

a luminance information calculation circuit configured to calculate, based on the dimming information on n×m light source elements arranged around a target pixel for color correction in the local dimming control among the plurality of light source elements, each of n and m being an integer of two or more and eight or less, luminance information indicating a luminance of light reaching the target pixel from the n×m light source elements; and

a color correction circuit configured to execute color correction on image data on the target pixel based on the luminance information and output the image data after the color correction to the display device,

wherein the luminance information calculation circuit calculates the luminance information based on an attenuation characteristic of light reaching the display panel from each of the n×m light source elements and distance information on a distance between each of the light source elements and the target pixel, and

the attenuation characteristic is a non-attenuation characteristic in a predetermined distance range from a position of the light source element.

2. The circuit device according to claim 1 wherein

when a horizontal distance in a horizontal direction between a light source element in a j-th column among the n×m light source elements and the target pixel is uj, j being an integer of one or more and m or less, a vertical distance in a vertical direction between a light source element in an i-th row among the n×m light source elements and the target pixel is vi, i being an integer of one or more and n or less, an emission luminance of the light source element in the i-th row and the j-th column among the n×m light source elements is LED_BLij, and a function indicating the attenuation characteristic is α, the luminance information calculation circuit calculates a luminance PIX_BL as the luminance information by an equation (1) and an equation (2)

Lij

=

ui

2

+

vi

2

(

1

)

PIX_BL

=

∑

j

=

1

m

∑

i

=

1

n

LED_BLij

×

α

⁡

(

Lij

)

.

(

2

)

3. The circuit device according to claim 1 wherein

the luminance information calculation circuit calculates the luminance information based on the distance information and a table in which the attenuation characteristic is associated with the distance information.

4. The circuit device according to claim 3 , wherein

the distance information includes a horizontal distance in a horizontal direction between each of the n×m light source elements and the target pixel and a vertical distance in a vertical direction between each of the light source elements and the target pixel, and

the table is a two-dimensional table in which the attenuation characteristic is associated with the horizontal distance and the vertical distance.

5. The circuit device according to claim 1 wherein

the distance information includes a square of the distance between each of the light source elements and the target pixel.

6. The circuit device according to claim 1 wherein

the attenuation characteristic is set based on a relationship between the distance information and an attenuation rate of the light reaching the display panel from each of the light source elements.

7. The circuit device according to claim 6 , wherein

the display device includes a diffusion sheet provided between the backlight and the display panel and configured to diffuse light from the backlight, and

the attenuation characteristic is set based on the relationship between the distance information and the attenuation rate, and a diffusion characteristic of the diffusion sheet.

8. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein

when the plurality of light source elements of the backlight are arranged in a non-square lattice, the luminance information calculation circuit calculates the luminance information assuming that s×t light source elements including the n×m light source element are virtually arranged in an s×t square lattice, s and t being integers such that s×t is an integer larger than n×m.

9. The circuit device according to claim 8 , wherein

the luminance information calculation circuit calculates the luminance information assuming that the n×m light source elements among the s×t light source elements are in a light-emitting state or a turn-off state based on the dimming information calculated by the luminance analysis circuit, and virtual light source elements other than the n×m light source elements among the s×t light source elements are in a turn-off state.

10. A display system comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 1 ; and

the display device.

11. A circuit device that executes local dimming control on a display device including a display panel and a backlight having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged light source elements, the circuit device comprising:

a luminance analysis circuit configured to execute luminance analysis on image data and obtain dimming information for the local dimming control based on a result of the luminance analysis;

a luminance information calculation circuit configured to calculate, based on the dimming information on n×m light source elements arranged around a target pixel for color correction in the local dimming control among the plurality of light source elements, each of n and m being an integer of two or more and eight or less, luminance information indicating a luminance of light reaching the target pixel from the n×m light source elements; and

a color correction circuit configured to execute color correction on image data on the target pixel based on the luminance information and output the image data after the color correction to the display device,

wherein the luminance information calculation circuit calculates the luminance information based on an attenuation characteristic of light reaching the display panel from each of the n×m light source elements and distance information on a distance between each of the light source elements and the target pixel, and

the luminance information calculation circuit calculates the luminance information based on the distance information and a table in which the attenuation characteristic is associated with the distance information.

12. A circuit device that executes local dimming control on a display device including a display panel and a backlight having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged light source elements, the circuit device comprising:

a luminance analysis circuit configured to execute luminance analysis on image data and obtain dimming information for the local dimming control based on a result of the luminance analysis;

a luminance information calculation circuit configured to calculate, based on the dimming information on n×m light source elements arranged around a target pixel for color correction in the local dimming control among the plurality of light source elements, each of n and m being an integer of two or more and eight or less, luminance information indicating a luminance of light reaching the target pixel from the n×m light source elements; and

a color correction circuit configured to execute color correction on image data on the target pixel based on the luminance information and output the image data after the color correction to the display device,

wherein, when the plurality of light source elements of the backlight are arranged in a non-square lattice, the luminance information calculation circuit calculates the luminance information assuming that s×t light source elements including the n×m light source element are virtually arranged in an s×t square lattice, s and t being integers such that s×t is an integer larger than n×m.