Display system
A display drive circuit of the invention has: an initial-color-gamut-apex-coordinate-storing unit capable of storing initial color gamut apex coordinates; a user-target-color-gamut-apex-coordinate-storing unit capable of storing user target color gamut apex coordinates; a saturation-expansion-coefficient-deciding unit for deciding expansion coefficients of saturation data based on the initial and user target color gamut apex coordinates; and an expansion unit for expanding saturations of display data based on the saturation expansion coefficients. The expansion coefficients of saturation data are decided based on the initial and user target color gamut apex coordinates, and saturations of display data are expanded according to the expansion coefficients. Thus, the degree of expanding the saturations can be controlled for each color gamut or each of R, G and B color properties of an LC display panel.
1. A method of processing image data comprising the steps of:
(a) storing initial color gamut apex coordinates which define a first saturation of the image data to a first storage device;
(b) storing user target color gamut apex coordinates to a second storage device;
(c) deciding saturation expansion coefficients based on the initial color gamut apex coordinates and the user target color gamut apex coordinates by a deciding circuit; and
(d) expanding the first saturation to a second saturation based on the saturation expansion coefficients by an expansion circuit,
wherein the saturation expansion coefficients are decided based on a square root of an area ratio between a color gamut calculated based on the initial color gamut apex coordinates and a color gamut calculated based on the user target color gamut apex coordinates.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of:
(e) displaying the image data on a display device based on the second saturation.
3. A method of processing image data comprising the steps of:
(a) storing initial color gamut apex coordinates which define a first saturation of the image data to a first storage device;
(b) storing user target color gamut apex coordinates to a second storage device;
(c) deciding saturation expansion coefficients of R, G and B based on the initial and user target color gamut apex coordinates by a deciding circuit;
(d) calculating interpolations of the saturation expansion coefficients of R, G and B; and
(e) expanding the first saturation to a second saturation based on the saturation expansion coefficients subjected to the interpolations by an expansion circuit,
wherein in the step (c), the saturation expansion coefficients are decided based on distance values of the initial color gamut apex coordinates and the user target color gamut apex coordinates of R, G and B from a white-color coordinate, and
wherein in the step (c), the saturation expansion coefficients are decided based on a ratio of the distance values of the initial color gamut apex coordinates and the user target color gamut apex coordinates for each of R, G and B.
4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising the step of:
(f) displaying the image data on a display device based on the second saturation.
5. The method according to claim 3 ,
wherein, in the step (d), the interpolations are linear interpolations based on hue data.
6. A method of processing image data comprising the steps of:
(a) storing saturation expansion coefficients of R, G and B to a storage device;
(b) calculating interpolations of the saturation expansion coefficients of R, G and B; and
(c) expanding saturations of the image data based on the saturation expansion coefficients subjected to the interpolations by an expansion circuit,
wherein in the step (c), the saturation expansion coefficients are decided based on distance values of the initial color gamut apex coordinates and the user target color gamut apex coordinates of R, G and B from a white-color coordinate, and
wherein in the step (c), the saturation expansion coefficients are decided based on a ratio of the distance values of the initial color gamut apex coordinates and the user target color gamut apex coordinates for each of R, G and B.
7. The method according to claim 6 further including the step of:
(d) displaying the image data on a display device based on the second saturation.
8. The method according to claim 6 ,
wherein, in the step (b), the interpolations are linear interpolations based on hue data.