Signal generation apparatus, signal generation program, signal generation method, and image display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10152928-B2
Application number	US-201414913351-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2014
Priority date	Aug 23, 2013
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

An image display apparatus includes: an image display section in which a first sub-pixel for displaying a first primary color, a second sub-pixel for displaying a second primary color, a third sub-pixel for displaying a third primary color, and a fourth sub-pixel for displaying a fourth color are arranged in a 2D matrix; and a signal generation section to generate a signal for driving the image display section based on a first input image signal for displaying the first primary color, a second input image signal for displaying the second primary color, and a third input image signal for displaying the third primary color, that are supplied in correspondence with pixels of an image to be displayed, the signal generation section carries out processing of decreasing chroma and generates signals for driving the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel based on those signals.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A signal generation apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
receive, as input image signals, a first input image signal, a second input image signal, and a third input image signal,
wherein each of the input image signals corresponds to a first pixel of a plurality of pixels of an image;
calculate a position in a color space, based on a value of each of the input image signals;
calculate a chroma decrease amount, based on the calculated position in the color space;
output as output image signals, a fourth output image signal, a fifth output image signal, and a sixth output image signal,
wherein a first chroma of each of the output image signals is different from a second chroma of each of the input image signals, by the calculated chroma decrease amount;
generate drive signals to drive the first pixel, based on the output image signals; and
control an image display device to display at least the first pixel, based on the drive signals,
wherein the first pixel comprises:
a first sub-pixel to display a first primary color;
a second sub-pixel to display a second primary color;
a third sub-pixel to display a third primary color; and
a fourth sub-pixel to display a fourth color.

2. The signal generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first primary color, the second primary color, and the third primary color are red, green, and blue, respectively; and
the circuitry is further configured to calculate the position in the color space, based on conversion of the first input image signal, the second input image signal, and the third input image signal into Hue, Saturation, and value (HSV) color signals.

3. The signal generation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to calculate the chroma decrease amount, based on a V value and an S value in the HSV color signals.

4. The signal generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first primary color, the second primary color, and the third primary color are red, green, and blue, respectively; and
the circuitry is further configured to calculate the position in the color space, based on conversion of the first input image signal, the second input image signal, and the third input image signal into Hue, Saturation, and Lightness (HSL) color signals.

5. The signal generation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to calculate the chroma decrease amount based on an L value and an S value in the HSL color signals.

6. The signal generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is further configured to output the output image signals, based on:
arithmetic operation processing of the first input image signal, the second input image signal, and the third input image signal, and
the chroma decrease amount.

7. The signal generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth color is white.

8. The signal generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel are in a 2D matrix.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a computer cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
receiving, as input image signals, a first input image signal, a second input image signal, and a third input image signal,
wherein each of the input image signals corresponds to a first pixel of a plurality of pixels of an image;
calculating a position in a color space, based on a value of each of the input image signals;
calculating a chroma decrease amount, based on the calculated position in the color space;
outputting as output image signals, a fourth output image signal, a fifth output image signal, and a sixth output image signal,
wherein a first chroma of each of the output image signals is different from a second chroma of each of the input image signals, by the calculated chroma decrease amount;
generating drive signals to drive the first pixel, based on the output image signals; and
controlling an image display device to display at least the first pixel, based on the drive signals,
wherein the first pixel comprises:
a first sub-pixel to display a first primary color;
a second sub-pixel to display a second primary color;
a third sub-pixel to display a third primary color; and
a fourth sub-pixel to display a fourth color.

10. A signal generation method, comprising:
in a signal generation apparatus:
receiving, as input image signals, a first input image signal, a second input image signal, and a third input image signal,
wherein each of the input image signals corresponds to a first pixel of a plurality of pixels of an image;
calculating a position in a color space, based on a value of each of the input image signals;
calculating a chroma decrease amount, based on the calculated position in the color space;
outputting as output image signals, a fourth output image signal, a fifth output image signal, and a sixth output image signal,
wherein a first chroma of each of the output image signals is different from a second chroma of each of the input image signals, by the calculated chroma decrease amount;
generating drive signals to drive the first pixel, based on the output image signals; and
controlling an image display device to display at least the first pixel, based on the drive signals,
wherein the first pixel comprises:
a first sub-pixel to display a first primary color;
a second sub-pixel to display a second primary color;
a third sub-pixel to display a third primary color; and
a fourth sub-pixel to display a fourth color.

11. An image display apparatus, comprising:
an image display device comprising:
a first plurality of pixels in a 2D matrix; and
circuitry configured to:
receive, as input image signals, a first input image signal, a second input image signal, and a third input image signal,
wherein each of the input image signals corresponds to a first pixel of a second plurality of pixels of an image;
calculate a position in a color space, based on a value of each of the input image signals;
calculate a chroma decrease amount, based on the calculated position in the color space;
output as output image signals, a fourth output image signal, a fifth output image signal, and a sixth output image signal,
wherein a first chroma of each of the output image signals is different from a second chroma of each of the input image signals, by the calculated chroma decrease amount;
generate drive signals to drive the first pixel, based on the output image signals; and
control the image display device to display at least the first pixel, based on the drive signals,
wherein the first pixel comprises:
a first sub-pixel to display a first primary color;
a second sub-pixel to display a second primary color;
a third sub-pixel to display a third primary color; and
a fourth sub-pixel to display a fourth color.

12. A signal generation apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
receive as input image signals, a first input image signal, a second input image signal, and a third input image signal,
wherein each of the input image signals corresponds to a first pixel of a plurality of pixels of an image, and
wherein each of the input image signals comprises bit information;

convert the input image signals into one of Hue, Saturation, and value (HSV) color signals or Hue, Saturation, and Lightness (HSL) color signals;
calculate a position in a color space based on the conversion;
calculate a chroma decrease amount, based on:
the

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Funatsu Yohei
• Shimizu Hidehisa

Classifications

• G09G5/06

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• G09G2340/06

  Colour space transformation · CPC title

• G09G2320/0666

  for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature · CPC title

• G09G2300/0452

  Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components · CPC title

• G09G2320/0242

  Compensation of deficiencies in the appearance of colours · CPC title