Multi-primary colour display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9311841-B2
Application number	US-201214343186-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 4, 2012
Priority date	Sep 7, 2011
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 2016

Abstract

This multi-primary-color display device ( 100 ) includes a multi-primary-color display panel ( 10 ) and a signal converter ( 20 ). The display device assigns a plurality of subpixels that form each pixel to a plurality of virtual pixels and is able to conduct a display operation using each of the plurality of virtual pixels as a minimum color display unit. The signal converter ( 20 ) includes: a low-frequency multi-primary-color signal generating section ( 21 ) which generates a low-frequency multi-primary-color signal; a high-frequency luminance signal generating section ( 22 ) which generates a high-frequency luminance signal; and a rendering processing section ( 23 ) which performs rendering processing on the plurality of virtual pixels based on the low-frequency multi-primary-color signal and the high-frequency luminance signal. The signal converter ( 20 ) further includes a magnitude of correction calculating section ( 24 ) which calculates, based on an input image signal, the magnitude of correction to be made on the high-frequency luminance signal during the rendering processing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A multi-primary-color display device comprising a plurality of pixels which are arranged in columns and rows to form a matrix pattern, each of the plurality of pixels being comprised of a plurality of subpixels that represent mutually different colors and that include at least four subpixels, the device further comprising:
a multi-primary-color display panel in which each of the plurality of pixels is comprised of the plurality of subpixels; and
a signal converter which converts an input image signal representing the three primary colors into a multi-primary-color image signal representing four or more primary colors,
wherein the display device assigns the plurality of subpixels that form each said pixel to a plurality of virtual pixels and is able to conduct a display operation using each of the plurality of virtual pixels as a minimum color display unit,
the signal converter includes:
a low-frequency multi-primary-color signal generating section which generates, based on the input image signal, a low-frequency multi-primary-color signal that is a signal obtained by converting low-frequency components of the input image signal into multiple primary colors;
a high-frequency luminance signal generating section which generates, based on the input image signal, a high-frequency luminance signal that is a signal obtained by converting high-frequency components of the input image signal into a luminance; and
a rendering processing section which performs rendering processing on the plurality of virtual pixels based on the low-frequency multi-primary-color signal and the high-frequency luminance signal, and
the signal converter further includes a magnitude of correction calculating section which calculates, based on the input image signal, the magnitude of correction to be made on the high-frequency luminance signal during the rendering processing.

2. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 1 , wherein the magnitude of correction calculating section calculates the magnitude of correction based on the hue of a color specified by the input image signal.

3. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 2 , wherein the magnitude of correction to be calculated by the magnitude of correction calculating section has a positive value if the color specified by the input image signal is an expansive color and has a negative value if the color specified by the input image signal is a contractive color.

4. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 2 , wherein if the color specified by the input image signal is an achromatic color, the magnitude of correction calculated by the magnitude of correction calculating section is zero.

5. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 1 , wherein the low-frequency multi-primary-color signal generating section includes:
a low-frequency component extracting section which extracts low-frequency components from the input image signal; and
a multi-primary-color converting section which converts the low-frequency components that have been extracted by the low-frequency component extracting section into multiple primary colors.

6. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 1 , wherein the high-frequency luminance signal generating section includes:
a luminance converting section which generates a luminance signal by subjecting the input image signal to a luminance conversion; and
a high-frequency component extracting section which extracts, as the high-frequency luminance signal, high-frequency components of the luminance signal that have been generated by the luminance converting section.

7. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 1 , wherein the pattern of assigning the plurality of subpixels to the plurality of virtual pixels is changeable.

8. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of virtual pixels is comprised of at least two of the plurality of subpixels.

9. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 1 , wherein the rows run substantially parallel to a horizontal direction on a display screen, and
in each of the plurality of pixels, the plurality of subpixels are arranged in one row and multiple columns.

10. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of subpixels includes red, green and blue subpixels representing the colors red, green and blue, respectively.

11. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of subpixels further includes at least one of cyan, magenta, yellow and white subpixels representing the colors cyan, magenta, yellow and white, respectively.

12. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of subpixels includes another red subpixel representing the color red.

13. The multi-primary-color display device of claim 1 , wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display device.

Assignees

• Nakagawa Shinji
• Furukawa Hiroyuki
• Yoshiyama Kazuyoshi
• Yoshida Yasuhiro
• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Nakagawa Shinji
• Furukawa Hiroyuki
• Yoshiyama Kazuyoshi
• Yoshida Yasuhiro

Classifications

• G09G2300/0452

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

• G09G2340/0457

  Improvement of perceived resolution by subpixel rendering · CPC title

• G09G2320/0242

  Compensation of deficiencies in the appearance of colours · CPC title

• G09G3/3607

  for displaying colours or for displaying grey scales with a specific pixel layout, e.g. using sub-pixels (display of colours in flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; grey scales specific for television H04N3/127) · CPC title

• G09G3/2003 Primary

  Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607) · CPC title