IP Library Granted Patent US 11,037,527
Granted Patent B2
US 11,037,527 · App. 16/599,233 · Granted Jun 15, 2021

Display apparatus and display method

Inventor: Yoshiyuki Nagashima (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G09G5/10G06T5/009G06T2207/20208G09G2320/0233G09G2320/08G09G2354/00
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Patent No.
US 11,037,527
App. No.
16/599,233
Granted
Jun 15, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus according to the present invention includes at least one memory and at least one processor which function as: an acquisition unit configured to acquire first image data of which a characteristic of an increase in a gradation value with respect to an increase in brightness is converted so that the characteristic differs between above and below a first brightness; a conversion unit configured to convert, based on a second brightness, the first image data into second image data of which a characteristic of an increase in a gradation value with respect to an increase in brightness differs between above and below the second brightness; and a display control unit configured to perform controls so that an image is displayed based on the second image data, wherein the second brightness is not lower than the first brightness.

Claims (34)

1. A display apparatus comprising at least one memory and at least one processor which function as:

a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first image data of which a characteristic of an increase in a gradation value with respect to an increase in brightness is converted so that the characteristic differs between above and below a first brightness;

a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information on the first brightness;

a setting unit configured to set a second brightness based on the information;

a conversion unit configured to convert, based on the second brightness, the first image data into second image data of which a characteristic of an increase in a gradation value with respect to an increase in brightness differs between above and below the second brightness; and

a display control unit configured to perform controls so that an image is displayed based on the second image data, wherein

the second brightness is not lower than the first brightness.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the first image data and the second image data is image data after knee correction,

the first brightness corresponds to a knee point in knee correction to acquire the first image data, and

the second brightness corresponds to a knee point in knee correction to acquire the second image data.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a brightness range of the first image data is narrower than a brightness range of the second image data.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting unit automatically sets the second brightness based on the information.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the setting unit

receives user operation to specify the second brightness, so that the first brightness is set to a lower limit of the second brightness based on the information, and

sets the second brightness specified by the user operation.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and at least one processor further function as:

a setting unit configured to set the second brightness in accordance with a user operation; and

an output control unit perform control so that information on the second brightness is outputted outside the display apparatus, the information being information for setting the second brightness to an upper limit of the first brightness.

7. A display method comprising:

acquiring first image data of which a characteristic of an increase in a gradation value with respect to an increase in brightness is converted so that the characteristic differs between above and below a first brightness;

acquiring information on the first brightness;

setting a second brightness based on the information;

converting, based on the second brightness, the first image data into second image data of which a characteristic of an increase in a gradation value with respect to an increase in brightness differs between above and below the second brightness; and

displaying an image based on the second image data, wherein

the second brightness is not lower than the first brightness.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a program, wherein the program causes a computer to execute:

acquiring first image data of which a characteristic of an increase in a gradation value with respect to an increase in brightness is converted so that the characteristic differs between above and below a first brightness;

acquiring information on the first brightness;

setting a second brightness based on the information;

converting, based on the second brightness, the first image data into second image data of which a characteristic of an increase in a gradation value with respect to an increase in brightness differs between above and below the second brightness; and

displaying an image based on the second image data, wherein

the second brightness is not lower than the first brightness.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2019
From: NAGASHIMA, YOSHIYUKI
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051373/0700 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-194207 · Oct 15, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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