Color control method
View Patent ↗Provided is a color control method that allows for a smooth modification of various display colors without using a huge number of parameters. When a duty ratio is changed from a pre-modified duty ratio (Ds) to a post-modified duty ratio (Df) over a color modification time (Td) from the start to the end of a color modification, the modified duty ratio (Dn) is determined through a calculation using equation for a fade-in process and equation for a fade-out process. Determining the modified duty ratio (Dn) in this manner can modify colors smoothly while reducing emergence of any unnatural colors.
1. A color control method for a color display device including a plurality of light-emitting elements with different colors, the color control method comprising:
when gradually modifying a display color by changing duty ratios of the light-emitting elements, determining duty ratios in the course of the modification (modified duty ratios Dn) through a calculation based on equation (1) and on the basis of a duty ratio before a color modification (pre-modified duty ratio Ds) and a duty ratio after the color modification (post-modified duty ratio Df),
Dn
=
{
A
(
Tn
-
Td
)
Td
-
(
Td
-
Tn
)
Td
·
1
A
}
×
(
Df
-
Ds
)
+
Ds
(
1
)
wherein in the equation (1), A denotes a control constant, Td denotes a color modification time from a start to an end of the color modification, and Tn denotes an elapsed time from the start of the color modification, the elapsed time corresponding to each of the duty ratios Dn in the course of the modification to be determined.
2. The color control method according to claim 1 , wherein
the control constant A is set to an arbitrary value, the arbitrary value being selected so that brightnesses of the light-emitting elements change uniformly.
3. A color control method for a color display device including a plurality of light-emitting elements with different colors, the color control method comprising:
when gradually modifying a display color by changing duty ratios of the light-emitting elements, determining duty ratios in the course of the modification (modified duty ratios Dn) through a calculation based on equation (2) and on the basis of a duty ratio before a color modification (pre-modified duty ratio Ds) and a duty ratio after the color modification (post-modified duty ratio Df),
Dn
=
{
A
-
Tn
Td
-
Tn
Td
·
1
A
}
×
(
Ds
-
Df
)
+
Df
(
2
)
wherein in the equation (2), A denotes a control constant, Td denotes a color modification time from a start to an end of the color modification, and Tn denotes an elapsed time from the start of the color modification, the elapsed time corresponding to each of the duty ratios Dn in the course of the modification to be determined.
4. The color control method according to claim 3 , wherein
the control constant A is set to an arbitrary value, the arbitrary value being selected so that brightnesses of the light-emitting elements change uniformly.