Display, image processing unit, and display method for improving image quality

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9666113-B2
Application number	US-201313909863-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2013
Priority date	Jun 22, 2012
Publication date	May 30, 2017
Grant date	May 30, 2017

Abstract

A display includes: a gain calculation section obtaining, according to an area of a high luminance region in a frame image, a first gain for each pixel in the region; a determination section determining, based on first luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region and the first gain, second luminance information for each pixel in the high luminance region; and a display section performing display based on the second luminance information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display unit, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
obtain, based on an area of a first luminance region in a frame image, a first gain for each pixel in the first luminance region;
obtain a second gain, different from the first gain, for each pixel based on first luminance information for each pixel in the first luminance region;
obtain a third gain based on average picture level of the frame image;
calculate a fourth gain by a computation based on the first gain, the second gain and the third gain;
determine second luminance information for each pixel in the first luminance region based on the first luminance information and the fourth gain; and
display the pixels based on the second luminance information.

2. The display unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first gain is increased as the area of the first luminance region is decreased.

3. The display unit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to obtain the first gain, based on the area of the first luminance region in each of divided regions into which an image region of the frame image is divided.

4. The display unit according to claim 3 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to obtain the first gain, based on an average of pixel luminance values derived from the first luminance information in each of the divided regions.

5. The display unit according to claim 4 , wherein each of the pixel luminance values is a value of V information in an HSV color space.

6. The display unit according to claim 3 ,
wherein the circuitry is configured to obtain the first gain, based on a number of pixels that each has a pixel luminance value equal to or larger than a threshold, and wherein the pixel luminance value is derived from the first luminance information in each of the divided regions.

7. The display unit according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
generate a first map based on the area of the first luminance region in each of the divided regions; and
generate a second map that includes map information for each pixel based on the first map, wherein the second map has the same number of pixels as the number of pixels of the display unit, and obtain the first gain based on the second map.

8. The display unit according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
include a lookup table that indicates a relationship between the first gain and the map information; and
obtain the first gain by use of the second map and the lookup table.

9. The display unit according to claim 7 ,
wherein the first gain is decreased as a value of the map information is increased.

10. The display unit according to claim 7 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
smooth the first map, and generate the second map based on the smoothed first map.

11. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second gain is increased as a pixel luminance value is increased in a range where a pixel luminance value derived from the first luminance information is equal to or above a luminance value.

12. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein
the display unit includes a plurality of display pixels, and
each of the display pixels includes a first subpixel, a second subpixel, and a third subpixel respectively associated with wavelengths different from one another.

13. The display unit according to claim 12 , wherein the circuitry is configured to:
compress the first luminance information to a lower luminance level; and
obtain the first gain, based on the compressed first luminance information.

14. The display unit according to claim 12 , wherein each of the display pixels further includes a fourth subpixel that emits color light different from color light of the first subpixel, the second subpixel, and the third subpixel.

15. The display unit according to claim 14 , wherein
the first subpixel, the second subpixel, and the third subpixel emit the color light of red, green, and blue, respectively, and
luminosity factor for the color light emitted by the fourth subpixel is substantially equal to or higher than luminosity factor for the color light of green emitted by the second subpixel.

16. The display unit according to claim 15 , wherein the fourth subpixel emits the color light of white.

17. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first luminance region is a region that has pixels that each has a pixel luminance value equal to or larger than a threshold, and wherein the frame image has a second region that has pixels that each has a pixel luminance value smaller than a threshold.

18. The display unit according to claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is configured to determine the second luminance information based on multiplication of the first luminance value and the fourth gain.

19. An image processing unit, comprising:
circuitry configured to:
obtain, based on an area of a first luminance region in a frame image, a first gain for each pixel in the first luminance region;
obtain a second gain, different from the first gain, for each pixel based on first luminance information for each pixel in the first luminance region;
obtain a third gain based on average picture level of the frame image;
calculate a fourth gain by a computation based on the first gain, the second gain and the third gain; and
determine second luminance information for each pixel in the first luminance region based on the first luminance information and the fourth gain.

20. A display method, comprising:
obtaining, based on an area of a first luminance region in a frame image, a first gain for each pixel in the first luminance region;
obtaining a second gain, different from the first gain, for each pixel based on first luminance information for each pixel in the first luminance region;
obtaining a third gain based on average picture level of the frame image;
calculating a fourth gain by a computation based on the first gain, the second gain and the third gain;
determining second luminance information for each pixel in the first luminance region based on the first luminance information and the fourth gain; and
displaying the pixels based on the second luminance information.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Nakagawa Makoto
• Yano Tomoya
• Asano Mitsuyasu
• Inoue Yasuo
• Funatsu Yohei

Classifications

• G09G2300/0452

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

• G09G2320/066

  for control of contrast · CPC title

• G09G2360/16

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

• G09G2340/06

  Colour space transformation · CPC title

• G09G3/3208 Primary

  organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title