IP Library Granted Patent US 12,347,396
Granted Patent B2
US 12,347,396 · App. 18/768,374 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Circuit device and display system

Inventors: Sebdani Mahmood Mazrouei (Markham, CA); Kumar Anandabairavasamy Anand (Richmond, CA); Stanislav Zaozerskii (Markham, CA); Yasutoshi Akiba (Chino, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
G09G3/3426G09G3/36G09G2320/0242G09G2320/0626G09G2320/0686
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Patent No.
US 12,347,396
App. No.
18/768,374
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A circuit device controls a display device including light source elements and a display panel. The circuit device includes a luminance analysis circuit and a dimmer circuit. The luminance analysis circuit performs luminance analysis on image data of an input image to output luminance information. The dimmer circuit performs local dimming processing for dimming each of the light source elements based on the luminance information and global dimming processing using a global dimming parameter based on a sensor output of an ambient light sensor, to determine light source luminance information indicating light-emission luminance of each of the light source elements. The dimmer circuit performs dimming processing in which a speed to change the light-emission luminance in the global dimming processing is slower than a speed to change the light-emission luminance in the local dimming processing.

Claims (20)

1. A circuit device that controls a display device including light source elements and a display panel, the circuit device comprising:

a luminance analysis circuit that performs luminance analysis on image data of an input image to output luminance information; and

a dimmer circuit that performs local dimming processing for dimming each of the light source elements based on the luminance information and global dimming processing using a global dimming parameter based on a sensor output of an ambient light sensor, to determine light source luminance information indicating light-emission luminance of each of the light source elements, wherein

the dimmer circuit performs dimming processing in which a speed to change the light-emission luminance in the global dimming processing is slower than a speed to change the light-emission luminance in the local dimming processing.

2. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein

the dimmer circuit performs first filter processing on the global dimming parameter based on a first time constant to make the speed to change the light-emission luminance in the global dimming processing slower than the speed to change the light-emission luminance in the local dimming processing.

3. The circuit device according to claim 2 , wherein

the dimmer circuit performs second filter processing, based on a second time constant shorter than the first time constant, on a result of the local dimming processing.

4. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein

the dimmer circuit receives, from outside of the circuit device, the global dimming parameter subjected to first filter processing based on a first time constant, and

the dimmer circuit determines the light source luminance information by using a result of the local dimming processing and the global dimming parameter.

5. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein

the dimmer circuit performs the dimming processing in which a speed to decrease the light-emission luminance in the global dimming processing is slower than a speed to decrease the light-emission luminance in the local dimming processing.

6. The circuit device according to claim 1 , wherein

the dimmer circuit performs the dimming processing in which a speed to increase the light-emission luminance in the local dimming processing is faster than a speed to increase the light-emission luminance in the global dimming processing.

7. The circuit device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a color correction circuit that performs, based on the light source luminance information, color correction on the image data.

8. A display system comprising:

the circuit device according to claim 1 ; and

the display device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2024
From: MAZROUEI, SEBDANI MAHMOOD; ANAND, KUMAR ANANDABAIRAVASAMY; ZAOZERSKII, STANISLAV; AKIBA, YASUTOSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067948/0640 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-113486 · Jul 11, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250037673A1 · Jan 30, 2025
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