Image display device, image display method and image display program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12354566-B2
Application number	US-202218723867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2022
Priority date	Feb 1, 2022
Publication date	Jul 8, 2025
Grant date	Jul 8, 2025

Abstract

A display device that displays an image, including a light source; a plurality of display panels arranged in a stacked manner; a wide area smoothing unit; a narrow area smoothing unit; and a blending unit. The plurality of display panels include a first panel and a second panel disposed between the light source and the first panel, the wide area smoothing unit outputs a wide area smoothing value obtained by performing a smoothing processing on a luminance information value of a target area including a target pixel and surrounding pixels of the target pixel in an input image, the narrow area smoothing unit outputs a narrow area smoothing value obtained by performing a smoothing processing on a luminance information value of a target area that includes the target pixel and surrounding pixels of the target pixel and is smaller than the target area of the wide area smoothing unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display device that displays an image, comprising:
a light source;
a plurality of display panels arranged in a stacked manner;
a wide area smoothing unit;
a narrow area smoothing unit; and
a blending unit, wherein
the plurality of display panels include a first panel and a second panel disposed between the light source and the first panel,
the wide area smoothing unit outputs a wide area smoothing value obtained by performing a smoothing processing on a luminance information value of a target area including a target pixel and surrounding pixels of the target pixel in an input image,
the narrow area smoothing unit outputs a narrow area smoothing value obtained by performing a smoothing processing on a luminance information value of a target area that includes the target pixel and surrounding pixels of the target pixel and is smaller than the target area of the wide area smoothing unit,
the smoothing processing is a process that smooths changes in luminance information values,
the blending unit outputs a blend value obtained by blending the wide area smoothing value and the narrow area smoothing value at a predetermined blending rate that is used to weight each smoothing value,
the blending unit includes a blending rate determining unit and a blending processing unit,
the blending rate determining unit calculates a luminance level using a luminance of the target pixel or a luminance of a neighboring area including the target pixel and neighboring pixels of the target pixel, and determines the blending rate based on the luminance level, and
the blending processing unit outputs the blend value using the blending rate,
the second panel displays an image generated using the blend value, and
the luminance information value is generated using a luminance of a pixel.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the blending rate determining unit determines the blending rate so that the blending rate of the wide area smoothing value is monotonically non-decreasing with respect to the luminance level.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the wide area smoothing unit includes a first preprocessing unit and a first smoothing processing unit,
the first preprocessing unit generates the luminance information value used in the wide area smoothing unit by using at least one selected from a luminance of each pixel in an area including at least the target area of the wide area smoothing unit and a representative value of the luminance of each pixel, and
the first smoothing processing unit outputs the wide area smoothing value obtained by performing smoothing processing on the luminance information value.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
the first preprocessing unit generates the luminance information value of the target area of the wide area smoothing unit by further using a gradation value of a color component of each pixel.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the narrow area smoothing unit includes a second preprocessing unit and a second smoothing processing unit,
the second preprocessing unit generates the luminance information value used in the narrow area smoothing unit by using at least one selected from a luminance of each pixel in an area including at least the target area of the narrow area smoothing unit, and a representative value of the luminance of each pixel, and
the second smoothing processing unit outputs the narrow area smoothing value obtained by performing smoothing processing on the luminance information value.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the second preprocessing unit generates the luminance information value of the target area of the narrow area smoothing unit by further using a gradation value of a color component of each pixel in the area including at least the target area of the narrow area smoothing unit.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the smoothing processing is a processing using an averaging filter.

8. A method of displaying an image on a display device, comprising:
a wide area smoothing step; a narrow area smoothing step; a blending step; and a display step, wherein
the display device includes a light source and a plurality of display panels arranged in a stacked manner,
the plurality of display panels include a first panel and a second panel disposed between the light source and the first panel,
in the wide area smoothing step, a wide area smoothing value obtained by performing a smoothing processing on a luminance information value of a target area including a target pixel and surrounding pixels of the target pixel in an input image is output,
in the narrow area smoothing step, a narrow area smoothing value obtained by performing a smoothing processing on a luminance information value of a target area that includes the target pixel and surrounding pixels of the target pixel and is smaller than the target area in the wide area smoothing step is output,
the smoothing processing is a process that smooths changes in luminance information values,
in the blending step, a blend value obtained by blending the wide area smoothing value and the narrow area smoothing value at a predetermined blending rate that is used to weight each smoothing value is output,
the blending step includes a blending rate determining step and a blending processing step,
in the blending rate determining step, calculates a luminance level is calculated using a luminance of the target pixel or a luminance of a neighboring area including the target pixel and neighboring pixels of the target pixel, and the blending rate is determined based on the luminance level, and
in the blending processing step, the blend value is output using the blending rate,
in the display step, an image generated using the blend value is displayed on the second panel, and
the luminance information value is generated using a luminance of a pixel.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer or a processor provided in a display device to execute a method of displaying an image on the display device, wherein
the method comprises a wide area smoothing step, a narrow area smoothing step, a blending step, and a display step,
the display device includes a light source and a plurality of display panels arranged in a stacked manner,
the plurality of display panels include a first panel and a second panel disposed between the light source and the first panel,
in the wide area smoothing step, a wide area smoothing value obtained by performing a smoothing processing on a luminance information value of a target area including a target pixel and surrounding pixels of the target pixel in an input image is output,
in the narrow area smoothing step, a narrow area smoothing value obtained by performing a smoothing processing on a luminance information value of a target area that includes the target pixel and surrounding pixels of the target pixel and is smaller than the target area in the wide area smoothing step is output,
the smoothing processing is a process that smooths changes in luminance information values,
in the blending step, a blend value obtained by blending the wide area smoothing value and the narrow area smoothing value at a predetermined blending rate that is used to weight each smoothing value is output,
the blending step includes a blending rate determining step and a blending processing step,
in the blending rate determining step, calculates a luminance level is calculated using a luminance of the target pixel or a luminance of a neighboring area including the target pixel and neighboring pixels of the target pixel, and the blending rate is determined based on the luminance level, and
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Assignees

• Eizo Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Tomoya
• Matsuzaki Hiroki
• Murata Kazuya

Classifications

• G09G2360/16

  Calculation or use of calculated indices related to luminance levels in display data · CPC title

• G09G2320/0276

  for the purpose of adaptation to the characteristics of a display device, i.e. gamma correction · CPC title

• G09G2320/0233

  Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen · CPC title

• G09G2300/023

  Display panel composed of stacked panels · CPC title

• G09G2320/04

  Maintaining the quality of display appearance · CPC title