Method and apparatus for adjusting luminance of display device
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for adjusting luminance of a display device. The method of adjusting luminance of the display device includes: determining a gray scale level interval on a target gray scale curve based on a maximum luminance value and a minimum luminance value to be set; determining a target luminance value for each grayscale level of the display device on the target gray scale curve according to the gray scale level interval; and adjusting luminance of the grayscale level of the display device based on the determined target luminance value.
1. A method of adjusting luminance of a display device, the method comprising:
enabling the display device to display a grayscale level image for each grayscale level;
obtaining an initial luminance value of each grayscale level; and
determining the maximum luminance value and the minimum luminance value according to the initial luminance values;
determining a gray scale level interval on a target gray scale curve based on a maximum luminance value and a minimum luminance value to be set;
determining a target luminance value for each grayscale level of the display device on the target gray scale curve according to the gray scale level interval; and
adjusting luminance of the grayscale level of the display device based on the determined target luminance value,
wherein said adjusting the luminance of the grayscale levels of the display device comprises:
increasing the initial luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted, if the target luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted is higher than the initial luminance value thereof; and
decreasing the initial luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted, if the target luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted is lower than the initial luminance value thereof;
determining, for each of the adjusted grayscale levels, whether the adjusted initial luminance value satisfies a predetermined condition; and
repeating the adjusting step if the adjusted initial luminance value does not satisfy the predetermined condition, until all the adjusted initial luminance values satisfy the predetermined condition,
wherein the predetermined condition is:
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2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum luminance value and the minimum luminance value to be set are a maximum luminance value and a minimum luminance value of the grayscale levels of the display device, respectively.
3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the maximum luminance value and the minimum luminance value to be set are a maximum luminance value and a minimum luminance value, respectively, which are set according to a predefined standard.
4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said determining the target luminance value for each grayscale level comprises:
equally dividing the gray scale level interval by the number of the grayscale levels of the display device; and
determining a luminance value corresponding to each equal-division point on the target gray scale curve as the target luminance value for corresponding grayscale level of the display device.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the initial color component value is read from the display device; the initial luminance value which is closest to the target luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted is selected from the initial luminance values of the respective grayscale levels of the display device; and the initial color component value of the grayscale level corresponding to the selected initial luminance value is used as the initial color component value of the grayscale level to be adjusted.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein an initial luminance value of a grayscale level is increased or decreased by increasing or decreasing an initial color component value of the grayscale level.
7. An apparatus for adjusting luminance of a display device, the apparatus comprising:
a memory storing target gray scale curve data; and
a processor configured to:
enable the display device to display a grayscale level image for each grayscale level;
obtain an initial luminance value of each grayscale level;
determine the maximum luminance value and the minimum luminance value according to the initial luminance values;
determine a gray scale level interval on a target gray scale curve based on the maximum luminance value and the minimum luminance value;
determine a target luminance value for each grayscale level of the display device on the target gray scale curve according to the gray scale level interval;
adjust luminance of the grayscale level of the display device based on the determined target luminance value;
increase the initial luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted, if the target luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted is higher than the initial luminance value thereof; and
decrease the initial luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted, if the target luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted is lower than the initial luminance value thereof;
determine, for each of the adjusted grayscale levels, whether the adjusted initial luminance value satisfies a predetermined condition; and
repeat the adjusting if the adjusted initial luminance value does not satisfy the predetermined condition, until all the adjusted initial luminance values satisfy the predetermined condition;
wherein the predetermined condition is:
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8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the maximum luminance value and the minimum luminance value are a maximum luminance value and a minimum luminance value of the grayscale levels of the display device, respectively.
9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the maximum luminance value and the minimum luminance value to be set are a maximum luminance value and a minimum luminance value, respectively, which are set according to a predefined standard.
10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
equally divide the gray scale level interval by the number of the grayscale levels of the display device; and
determine a luminance value corresponding to each equal-division point on the target gray scale curve as the target luminance value for corresponding grayscale level of the display device.
11. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the initial color component value is read from the display device, and the processor is further configured to:
select the initial luminance value which is closest to the target luminance value of the grayscale level to be adjusted from the initial luminance values of the respective grayscale levels of the display device; and
use the initial color component value of the grayscale level corresponding to the selected initial luminance value as the initial color component value of the grayscale level to be adjusted.
12. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to increase or decrease an initial luminance value of a grayscale level by increasing or decreasing an initial color component value of the grayscale level.