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US 9,460,687 · App. 14/313,137 · Granted Oct 4, 2016

Calibration system and calibration method for display device

Inventors: Chih-Chiang Chiu (Zhubei, TW); Chi-Hsien Lo (Zhubei, TW)
Assignee: MStar Semiconductor, Inc.
G09G5/08G09G2320/0673G09G2320/0693
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Patent No.
US 9,460,687
App. No.
14/313,137
Granted
Oct 4, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A calibration system for a display device is provided. The calibration system includes an image signal source, a user-motion sensing module, a control module, and a calibration interface. The image source drives the display device to display a reference image and an indication icon included in the reference image. The user-motion sensing module detects a user motion and generating a corresponding sensing result. The control module controls the image signal source to move the indication icon according to the sensing result. After selecting a region to be calibrated in the reference image by the indication icon through the user-motion sensing module, a user can adjust an image characteristic parameter of the display device that corresponds to the region to be calibrated through the calibration interface.

Claims (25)

1. A calibration system for a display device, comprising:

an image signal source, coupled to the display device, configured to drive the display device to display a reference image and an indication icon in the reference image;

a user-motion sensing module, configured to detect a user motion and to generate a corresponding sensing result;

a control module, coupled to the user-motion sensing module and the image signal source, configured to control the image signal source to move the indication icon according to the sensing result; and

a calibration interface, which allows a user to adjust an image characteristic parameter of the display device corresponding to a region after the user selects the region in the reference image by the indication icon,

wherein the indication icon comprises a cursor; the control module fills coordinate information of the cursor into a hardware cursor address buffer of the display device, fetches image information associated with the image characteristic parameter from a corresponding data buffer, and retrieves the image characteristic parameter according to the image information.

2. The calibration system according to claim 1 , wherein the user-motion sensing module is a mouse, a touch pad or an on-screen display (OSD) indication controller.

3. The calibration system according to claim 1 , wherein the user selects the region by clicking or by cropping through the user-motion sensing module.

4. The calibration system according to claim 1 , wherein the region comprises one or a plurality of pixels.

5. The calibration system according to claim 1 , wherein the image characteristic parameter is a gamma curve parameter.

6. The calibration system according to claim 1 , wherein the control module controls the image signal source to display the image characteristic parameter in form of an OSD on the display device.

7. The calibration system according to claim 1 , wherein the calibration interface comprises an input device.

8. A calibration method for a display device comprising:

a) providing an image signal that drives the display device to display a reference image and an indication icon in the reference image;

b) detecting a user motion and generating a corresponding sensing result;

c) controlling to move the indication icon according to the sensing result; and

d) providing a calibration interface, which allows a user to adjust an image characteristic parameter of the display device corresponding to a region after the user selects the region in the reference image by the indication icon,

the method further comprising:

filling coordinate information of the cursor into a hardware cursor address buffer of the display device;

fetching image information associated with the image characteristic parameter from a corresponding data buffer; and

retrieving the image characteristic parameter according to the image information.

9. The calibration method according to claim 8 , wherein the region comprises one or a plurality of pixels.

10. The calibration method according to claim 8 , wherein the image characteristic parameter is a gamma curve parameter.

11. The calibration method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

controlling the image signal to display the image characteristic parameter in form of an OSD on the display device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 18, 2021
From: MEDIATEK INC.
To: XUESHAN TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 056593/0167 →
MERGER Recorded Jun 12, 2020
From: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
To: MEDIATEK INC.
Reel/Frame 052931/0468 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2014
From: CHIU, CHIH-CHIANG; LO, CHI-HSIEN
To: MSTAR SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 033166/0972 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 102122583 A · Jun 25, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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