Liquid crystal display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10416511-B2
Application number	US-201715688376-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2017
Priority date	Aug 31, 2016
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

A liquid crystal display device includes: a first display panel displaying a color image, a second display panel that is disposed farther away from the observer with respect to the first display panel and displays a monochrome image, and an image processor that generates color image data and monochrome image data. The image processor includes an extension filtering unit that performs extension filtering on first monochrome image data, which is made monochrome using a maximum value in a value of each color expressing color information included in the input video signal. The extension filtering unit performs the extension filtering on the first monochrome image data using a large filter size in a larger luminance difference region, and performs the extension filtering on the first monochrome image data using a small filter size in a small luminance difference region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display device in which a plurality of display panels are disposed while overlapping each other, an image being displayed on each of the display panels,
the liquid crystal display device comprising:
a first display panel displays a color image;
a second display panel that is disposed farther away from the observer than the first display panel is and displays a monochrome image; and
an image processor that generates first image data corresponding to the color image and second image data corresponding to the monochrome image based on an input video signal,
wherein
the image processor includes:
an extension filtering unit that performs extension filtering on first monochrome image data, which is made monochrome using a maximum value in a value of each color expressing color information included in the input video signal, to set maximum luminance in a filter size as luminance of a target pixel with a region constructed with the target pixel and pixels around the target pixel as the filter size; and
a luminance difference determinator that determines a luminance difference in second monochrome image data, which is made monochrome using a luminance signal calculated based on the value of each color expressing the color information, and

when the monochrome image corresponding to the second monochrome image data includes a first region having a first luminance difference and a second region having a second luminance difference smaller than the first luminance difference, the extension filtering unit performs the extension filtering on the first monochrome image data using a filter size constructed with a first number of pixels in a region corresponding to the first region, and performs the extension filtering on the first monochrome image data using a filter size constructed with a second number of pixels smaller than the first number of pixels in a region corresponding to the second region.

2. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the extension filtering unit performs the extension filtering using the filter size that becomes smaller with decreasing luminance difference.

3. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a table in which a luminance difference classified into a plurality of levels and a filter size corresponding to each of the levels are stored while associated with each other,
wherein
the extension filtering unit refers to the table to select the filter size corresponding to the luminance difference.

4. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein
when the target pixel corresponds to white while pixels around the target pixel correspond to red, the extension filtering unit performs the extension filtering using a larger filter size compared with a case that the target pixel corresponds to the white while the pixels around the target pixel correspond to the white.

5. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the image processor performs differential filtering based on the luminance signal in order to detect a boundary at which the luminance changes in the second monochrome image data.

6. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 5 , wherein
the image processor performs common extension filtering on the second monochrome image data subjected to the differential filtering using a filter size common to all pixels in order to set the maximum luminance as the luminance of the target pixel.

7. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 6 , wherein
the luminance difference determinator determines the luminance difference of the second monochrome image data subjected to the common extension filtering.

8. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 7 , wherein
the image processor generates the second image data by performing smoothing on the first monochrome image data subjected to the extension filtering, using a filter size common to all pixels.

9. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising
a storage in which a plurality of filter tables are stored, a luminance difference classified into a plurality of levels and filter sizes corresponding to respective levels being stored in each of the filter tables while associated with each other,
wherein
the extension filtering unit obtains gamma setting information, selects one of the filter tables from the storage based on the obtained gamma setting information, and refers to the selected filter table to perform the extension filtering.

10. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein
the gamma setting information is information about a gamma value that is set in a system provided outside the liquid crystal display device based on the input video signal.

11. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 9 , wherein
the storage includes a first filter table and a second filter table,
in the first filter table, a filter size constructed with a plurality of pixels is set in a range where the luminance difference is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and a filter size constructed with one pixel is set in a range where the luminance difference is less than the first threshold,
in the second filter table, the filter size constructed with the plurality of pixels is set in a range where the luminance difference is greater than or equal to a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and the filter size constructed with the one pixel is set in a range where the luminance difference is less than the second threshold, and
the extension filtering unit selects the first filter table when the gamma setting information is information corresponding to a standard dynamic range (SDR) video, and selects the second filter table when the gamma setting information is information corresponding to a high dynamic range (HDR) video.

12. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a storage in which a plurality of filter tables are stored, the luminance difference and the filter size being associated with each other in each of the filter tables; and
an analyzer that analyzes a characteristic of a luminance distribution of the image based on the input video signal,
wherein
the extension filtering unit selects one of the filter tables from the storage based on the analyzed luminance distribution, and refers to the selected filter table to perform the extension filtering.

13. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein
the image processor performs differential filtering to detect a boundary where the luminance changes in the second monochrome image data based on the luminance signal, and performs common extension filtering on the second monochrome image data subjected to the differential filtering to set the maximum luminance as the luminance of the target pixel using a filter size common to all pixels,
the image processor further includes a frame memory in which the second monochrome image data subjected to the common extension filtering is stored, and
the analyzer analyzes a characteristic of the luminance distribution based on an image of the second monochrome image data stored in the frame memory.

14. The liquid crystal display device according to claim 12 , wherein
the storage includes a first filter table and a second filter table,
in the first filter table, a filter size constructed with a plurality of pixels is set in a range where the luminance difference is greater than or equal to a first luminance difference, and a filter size constructed with one pixel is set in a r

Assignees

• Panasonic Liquid Crystal Displ

Inventors

• Koudo Toshikazu
• Ishii Masahiro
• Kikuchi Katsuhiro
• Mori Ikuko

Classifications

• G09G2300/023

  Display panel composed of stacked panels · CPC title

• G09G3/3648

  using an active matrix (G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02F1/13471 Primary

  in which all the liquid crystal cells or layers remain transparent, e.g. FLC, ECB, DAP, HAN, TN, STN, SBE-LC cells (G02F1/13475 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F2001/133531

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F1/133531

  characterised by the arrangement of polariser or analyser axes · CPC title