IP Library Granted Patent US 8,465,335
Granted Patent B2
US 8,465,335 · App. 13/588,788 · Granted Jun 18, 2013

Color calibration system for a video display

Inventor: Grant Arthur John Elliott (New Territories, HK)
Assignee: Barco, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,465,335
App. No.
13/588,788
Granted
Jun 18, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Large digital displays for entertainment, architectural and advertising displays have interconnected display panels with pluralities of light emitting elements. To solve calibration problems, each of the display panels stores measured luminance and chromaticity data for each of the light emitting elements of the panel. The luminance data is independent of the chromaticity data. A central controller can then perform calibration procedures so that the light emitting elements are matched across the entire display.

Claims (11)

1. A method of calibrating a light emitting element within a display, the method comprising:

measuring a normalized power spectral density (NPSD) of the light emitting element and storing the measured NPSD in the display;

measuring a luminance of the light emitting element;

storing the measured luminance in the display;

determining a transformation matrix for the light emitting element based on the measured NPSD, the measured luminance of the light emitting element, and a target color space; and

adjusting an output signal of the light emitting element based on the transformation matrix.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

adjusting the gain of the light emitting element based on the measured luminance in order to normalize a white point of the display.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

verifying the calibration of the light emitting element.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the light emitting element comprises an LED.

Continuity (8)
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