JP2013161092A - Video display device and television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent brightness and contrast from becoming unnatural when performing multiscreen display while enabling video expression in which the brightness and the contrast are enhanced for a video signal.SOLUTION: A video display device comprises: a control section (signal processing sections 1a, 1b, and an area active control and luminance stretch section 4) for controlling a display section 8 and a backlight section 6; and a display instruction detecting section 13a for detecting display instructions of a first and a second input video signals. The control section increases by stretching a luminance of the backlight section 6, and controls light emitting section enhancement processing according to the detection result. In the light emitting section enhancement processing, a light emitting section which is regarded as a video emitting light is detected on the basis of a predetermined feature quantity related to brightness of input video signals, and a display luminance of the light emitting section is enhanced by decreasing a luminance of a video signal of a non-light emitting section except the light emitting section among input video signals.

Description

  The present invention relates to a video display device and a television receiver, and more particularly to a video display device and a television receiver having an enhancement function for improving the quality of a displayed video.

  In a liquid crystal display device equipped with a liquid crystal panel that modulates light source light in accordance with a video signal and a backlight light source for illuminating the liquid crystal panel, by controlling the light emission luminance of the backlight light source according to the input video signal, display A technique for improving the quality of video is known.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, an average luminance level (Average Picture Level: hereinafter referred to as “APL”) is calculated as a feature amount of an input video signal, and the emission luminance of the backlight light source is adjusted according to the APL. A liquid crystal display device is disclosed.

  However, if the light emission brightness is simply adjusted according to APL, in the case of multi-screen display that displays both dark and bright images, the light emission brightness corresponds to an intermediate APL between the dark image APL and the bright image APL. It becomes a thing, and a feeling of brightness and a feeling of contrast become unnatural.

  In addition, when a personal computer image and a television image are displayed on two screens, the television image is displayed when the luminance of the backlight light source of the entire two screens is controlled according to the APL of the television image. Although the screen is appropriately controlled in light emission luminance, the screen on which the personal computer image is displayed has inappropriate light emission luminance, and the feeling of brightness and contrast becomes unnatural.

  Therefore, in Patent Document 1, the light emission luminance of the backlight light source is adjusted according to the APL, but when performing multi-screen display, the liquid crystal display that stops the light emission luminance adjustment processing according to the APL of the input video signal. An apparatus is disclosed.

  Further, in Patent Document 2, when two-screen display is performed, an image is displayed so that contrast adjustment and light source luminance adjustment are performed for a control target screen, and light source luminance adjustment effect is canceled for a non-control target screen. There has been disclosed an image display device that appropriately improves the visual contrast without causing a sense of incongruity on both screens by correcting the amplitude of the signal.

JP 2007-241250 A JP 2002-55664 A

  In the prior art of Patent Document 1 described above, the APL in one frame is calculated, and the light emission luminance of the backlight light source is adjusted according to the APL, but the light emission is uniformly performed based on only the APL for various images. Even if the brightness is adjusted, there is a problem that a high-contrast image with high contrast is not always obtained.

  Further, in the prior art of Patent Document 2, the amplitude of the video signal of the non-control target screen is corrected depending on the light source luminance adjustment of the control target screen. There is a problem that a high-contrast, high-quality video is not always obtained for the screen.

  When enhancing the display brightness in variously changing images, the brightness of the light source is stretched and increased, and a relatively brightly shining portion (light emitting portion) is detected from the luminance distribution of the image, and the light emitting portion is excluded. If the display brightness of the light emitting part is consciously enhanced by reducing the brightness of the video signal of the non-light emitting part, the human eye will see a contrast and an increase in brightness. Although it is possible to provide an effect that a high-quality display image with improved image quality can be provided by making the light emission portion more prominent, it is difficult to obtain such an effect only by using APL.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and stretches and increases the luminance of a light source, detects a light emitting portion of an image from a video signal, and removes a light emitting portion. When the multi-screen display is performed while enhancing the display brightness of the light-emitting part and making it stand out to enhance the display brightness of the video signal, thereby enabling the video expression with enhanced shine and contrast. Another object of the present invention is to provide a video display device and a television receiver capable of preventing the sense of brightness and contrast from becoming unnatural.

  In order to solve the above problems, a first technical means of the present invention includes a display unit that displays an input video signal, a light source that illuminates the display unit, a display unit and a control unit that controls the light source. A display instruction detection unit that detects whether or not there is an instruction to display a second input video signal together with the first input video signal as the input video signal on the display unit, The control unit stretches and increases the luminance of the light source based on the input video signal and emits light based on a predetermined feature amount related to the brightness of the input video signal. A light emitting unit that enhances the display luminance of the light emitting part of the input video signal by detecting the light emitting part to be regarded and lowering the luminance of the video signal of the non-light emitting part excluding the light emitting part of the input video signal While controlling the enhancement processing, according to the detection result of the display instruction detection unit, switching the control of the light emission partial enhancement processing, further, the control unit divides the image by the input video signal into a plurality of regions, Based on the gradation value of the video signal of the divided area which is the divided area, the lighting rate of the light source area corresponding to the divided area is changed, and the lighting rate of the light source area for the plurality of light source areas The average lighting rate is averaged, and the luminance of the light source is stretched on the basis of the maximum display luminance that can be taken on the screen of the display unit that is related in advance to the average lighting rate. .

  According to a second technical means of the present invention, there is provided a video display device comprising a display unit that displays an input video signal, a light source that illuminates the display unit, and a control unit that controls the display unit and the light source. And a display instruction detection unit for detecting whether or not there is an instruction to display the second input video signal together with the first input video signal on the display unit as the input video signal, and the control unit includes the input video signal Stretching and increasing the luminance of the light source based on the signal, and detecting a light emitting portion that is considered to be a light emitting image based on a predetermined feature amount related to the brightness of the input video signal, Controls light emission partial enhancement processing that enhances the display luminance of the light emission portion of the input video signal by reducing the luminance of the video signal of the non-light emission portion excluding the light emission portion of the input video signal. In both cases, the control of the light emission partial enhancement processing is switched according to the detection result of the display instruction detection unit, and the control unit further controls the brightness of each pixel for a predetermined range of video including the detected light emission region. A score indicating the degree of brightness is calculated by weighting the length and counting the number of pixels, and the luminance of the light source is stretched according to the score.

  The third technical means of the present invention is a television receiver provided with the video display device of the first or second technical means.

  According to the video display device of the present invention, the luminance of the light source is stretched and increased based on the input video signal, and the light emitting part of the video is detected from the video signal and the light emitting part is excluded. By reducing the luminance of the signal, the display luminance of the light emitting portion is enhanced (light emission partial enhancement processing) to make it stand out. As a result, it is possible to perform video expression with enhanced shine and contrast. Furthermore, in order to detect whether or not there is an instruction to display the second input video signal together with the first input video signal on the display unit, and to switch the control of the light emission partial enhancement processing according to the detection result, When the screen display is performed, it is possible to prevent the brightness and contrast from becoming unnatural by stopping the light emission partial enhancement process.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure for demonstrating one Embodiment of the video display apparatus based on this invention, and shows the structural example of the principal part of a video display apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating the process example in the area active control and brightness | luminance stretch part of the video display apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the 2 screen display performed by the video display apparatus of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the calculation process example of the average lighting rate in the area active control and luminance stretch part of the video display apparatus of FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining an average lighting rate of the backlight and a gradation value of a pixel in FIG. 4. It is a figure which shows the example of the Y histogram produced | generated from the luminance signal Y of the input video signal. It is a figure which shows the example of the tone mapping which the mapping part of the video display apparatus of FIG. 1 produces | generates. It is a figure for demonstrating the Max brightness | luminance output in the area active control and brightness | luminance stretch part of the video display apparatus of FIG. It is a figure which shows the state in which screen brightness | luminance is enhanced by the process of the area active control and brightness | luminance stretch part of the video display apparatus of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating other embodiment of the video display apparatus based on this invention, and shows the other structural example of the principal part of a video display apparatus. An example of a histogram generated from a luminance signal of an input video signal is shown. It is a figure which shows the example of a setting of the luminance stretch according to the pixel more than a 3rd threshold value. It is a figure for demonstrating other embodiment of the video display apparatus based on this invention, and shows the other structural example of the principal part of a video display apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating other embodiment of the video display apparatus based on this invention, and shows the other structural example of the principal part of a video display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of the tone mapping which the mapping part of the video display apparatus of FIG. 14 produces | generates. It is a figure for demonstrating the process example in the area active control and brightness | luminance stretch part of the video display apparatus of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating other embodiment of the video display apparatus based on this invention, and shows the other structural example of the principal part of a video display apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating other embodiment of the video display apparatus based on this invention, and shows the other structural example of the principal part of a video display apparatus. It is a figure explaining the method of calculating CMI from the broadcast video signal which should be displayed with a video display apparatus. It is a figure explaining the brightest color in the pixel which has RGB data.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of a video display device according to the present invention, and shows a configuration example of a main part of the video display device. The video display device performs image processing on an input video signal to display a video. For example, the video display device constitutes a television receiver or the like.

  1 includes a signal processing unit 1, an area active control / luminance stretch unit 4, a backlight control unit 5, a backlight unit 6, a display control unit 7, a display unit 8, a video composition unit 9, and a tuner. 10a and 10b, decoder units 11a and 11b, a remote control signal processing unit 12, and a screen setting unit 13.

  Here, the signal processing unit 1 includes a light emission detection unit 2 and a mapping unit 3. The screen setting unit 13 includes a display instruction detection unit 13a. The control unit of the present invention controls the backlight unit 6 and the display unit 8. Examples of the control unit include the signal processing unit 1, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4, and the backlight control unit 5. And the display control unit 7.

  The tuners 10a and 10b receive the broadcast signal designated by the user among the broadcast signals received by the antenna A, and output the received broadcast signals to the decoder units 11a and 11b. This video display device has a one-screen display that displays only the video signal of one program and a two-screen display that displays the video signals of the two programs (first input video signal and second input video signal). In the case of a single screen display, only one tuner 10a is used, and in the case of a two screen display, two tuners 10a and 10b are used.

  In addition, this video display device can perform data broadcast display for displaying a data broadcast video signal (second input video signal) together with a program video signal (first input video signal). Only one tuner 10a is used.

  The decoder units 11 a and 11 b decode the broadcast signals input by the tuners 10 a and 10 b, extract program video signals and data broadcast video signals from the broadcast signals, and output the extracted video signals to the video synthesis unit 9. To do.

  The remote control signal processing unit 12 includes a remote control light receiving unit (not shown). The remote control signal processing unit 12 analyzes the remote control signal received from the remote control R, displays information indicating whether or not to perform two-screen display for displaying video signals of two programs, Information indicating whether or not to perform a two-screen display for displaying a video signal and a video signal of data broadcasting, information on a received program designated by the user, and the like are acquired. Then, the remote control signal processing unit 12 outputs the acquired information to the screen setting unit 13.

  The screen setting unit 13 includes a display instruction detection unit 13a. The display instruction detection unit 13a receives information indicating that the two-screen display for displaying the video signals of the two programs is performed from the remote control signal processing unit 12, so that an instruction to display the video signals of the two programs is received from the user. Detect that there was.

  When the screen setting unit 13 detects that the instruction has been given, both the tuners 10a and 10b are made to function, and the video signal of the program is sent to the video composition unit 9 for each of the decoder units 11a and 11b. Instruct to output. Further, the screen setting unit 13 outputs a signal indicating that the two-screen display is executed to the signal processing unit 1 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  In addition, the display instruction detection unit 13a receives information indicating that a two-screen display for displaying the video signal of the program and the video signal of the data broadcast is received from the remote control signal processing unit 12, and thereby the video signal of the program and the data broadcast It is detected that there is an instruction from the user to display the video signal.

  When the screen setting unit 13 detects that the instruction has been received, the screen setting unit 13 causes only the tuner 10a to function, and also causes the video synthesizing unit 9 to output the video signal of the program and the video signal of the data broadcast to the decoder unit 11a. Instruct to output. Further, the screen setting unit 13 outputs a signal indicating that the two-screen display is executed to the signal processing unit 1 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  When there is no instruction to display the video signals of the two programs or the instruction to display the video signal of the program and the data signal of the data broadcast, the screen setting unit 13 causes only the tuner 10a to function and instructs the decoder unit 11a to Instruct the video composition unit 9 to output the video signal of the program. Furthermore, the screen setting unit 13 outputs a signal indicating that one screen display for displaying only the video signal of one program is executed to the signal processing unit 1 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  When the two-screen display for displaying the video signals of the two programs is executed, the video synthesizing unit 9 synthesizes the video signals of the two programs output by the decoder units 11a and 11b, and the video obtained as a result of the synthesis The signal is output to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  In addition, when a two-screen display for displaying a program video signal and a data broadcast video signal is executed, the video synthesis unit 9 synthesizes the program video signal and the data broadcast video signal output by the decoder unit 11a. The video signal obtained as a result of the synthesis is output to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  In addition, when one screen display for displaying the video signal of one program is performed, the video synthesis unit 9 performs area active without synthesizing the video signal of the program output from the decoder unit 11a with another video signal. Output to the control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  When one-screen display is executed, the video signal of the program output by the decoder unit 11a is applied with tone mapping based on the tone mapping information generated by the mapping unit 3 of the signal processing unit 1. Are input to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  The area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 divides the image based on the video signal into predetermined areas according to the input video signal, and extracts the maximum gradation value of the video signal for each divided area. Based on the extracted value, the lighting rate of the backlight unit 6 is calculated. The lighting rate is determined for each region of the backlight unit 6 corresponding to the divided region of the video, and the lighting rate referred to here is actually changed as described later, and can be said to be a temporary value. .

  Moreover, the backlight part 6 is an example of the light source for illuminating the display part 8, is comprised by several LED, and brightness | luminance control is possible for every area | region. The lighting rate for each area of the backlight unit 6 is determined based on a predetermined arithmetic expression. Basically, in the area having the bright maximum gradation value of high gradation, the brightness of the LED is maintained without decreasing. In a region having a dark maximum gradation value with low gradation, an operation for reducing the luminance of the LED is performed.

  Note that the lighting rate may be calculated from other feature quantities related to the brightness of the input video signal, such as the average gradation value instead of the maximum gradation value, and when the lighting rate is calculated from the average gradation value. In an area having a high average gradation value with a high gradation, the LED brightness is maintained without decreasing, and in an area having a low average gradation value with a low gradation, an operation for decreasing the brightness of the LED, etc. Can be done.

Then, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 calculates the overall average lighting rate of the backlight unit 6 from the lighting rate of each region, and according to the average lighting rate, the backlight unit 6 is calculated by a predetermined arithmetic expression. The maximum amount of light emission luminance stretch (hereinafter referred to as luminance stretch amount) is calculated. By stretching the maximum light emission luminance of the backlight unit 6 (the maximum light emission luminance of the LED) by this luminance stretch amount, the maximum screen luminance that can be obtained in all areas in the screen can be stretched by a predetermined amount from the reference luminance. it can. The reference luminance from which the stretching is performed is such a luminance that the screen luminance is 550 (cd / m ² ) at the maximum gradation value, for example. The reference luminance can be appropriately determined without being limited to this example.

Hereinafter, the maximum screen luminance after stretching at the maximum gradation value that can be taken in the entire area in the screen is referred to as “Max luminance”. As described above, since the luminance stretch amount is a value determined by the average lighting rate, and the Max luminance is a value determined by the luminance stretch amount, the Max luminance is determined according to the average lighting rate as illustrated in the graph of FIG. Value. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of processing in the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 and shows the relationship of the Max luminance (cd / m ² ) to the average lighting rate (window size) of the backlight unit 6. An example of a graph is shown.

In the graph of FIG. 2, the Max luminance is smaller than the reference luminance (550 cd / m ^{2 in} this example) in a range where the average lighting rate is small, which means that the luminance stretch amount is negative. Show. Even if there is a scene where the luminance stretch amount becomes negative depending on the average lighting rate as in this example, the integrated value obtained by integrating the Max luminance graph of FIG. 2 over all the average lighting rates is the reference luminance. Since it is larger than the integral value integrated over all average lighting rates, it can be said that the maximum light emission luminance and the maximum screen luminance (that is, the maximum display luminance) are enhanced by “stretching” as a whole.

  The area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 changes the lighting rate (temporary lighting rate) for each of the above areas so that the maximum light emission luminance is stretched by the luminance stretch amount calculated according to the average lighting rate. Such control of the lighting rate for each divided region including calculation of the lighting rate for each divided region and change of the lighting rate in accordance with the average lighting rate (calculation of the lighting rate after stretching) is referred to as area active control. .

  In this way, the image by the input video signal is divided into a plurality of areas, and the lighting rate of the area of the light source corresponding to the divided area is changed based on the gradation value of the video signal of the divided area, An average lighting rate obtained by averaging the lighting rates of the light source regions is calculated for each of the regions, and based on the maximum display luminance (Max luminance) that can be taken on the screen of the display unit 8 associated in advance with the average lighting rate. It is preferable to stretch the luminance. Therefore, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 outputs the Max luminance determined according to the average lighting rate to the mapping unit 3 of the signal processing unit 1 for feedback.

  In the light emission detection unit 2 of the signal processing unit 1, when one-screen display is performed, the pixel value for each frame is based on a predetermined feature amount related to the brightness of the video signal of the program output by the video synthesis unit 9. Is generated, and the light emitting portion is detected using the histogram. The light emitting portion is obtained from the average value and standard deviation of the histogram, and is detected as a relative value for each histogram. That is, the light emission detection unit 2 generates a histogram in which the number of pixels is integrated for a predetermined feature amount related to the brightness of the video signal, and detects an upper region of the predetermined range of the histogram as a light emission portion. This process will be described in detail later.

Referring to N + 1 th frame f _{N + 1} of the video signal, the mapping unit 3, and the information of the detected light emitting portion for frame f _{N + 1} at the light emission detecting portion 2, N-th output from the area active control and luminance stretching portion 4 using the Max luminance of the frame f _N, generates information tone mapping for the frame f _{N + 1,} and outputs the information to the multiplier to apply to the frame f _{N + 1} of the video signal.

This tone mapping information is generated so as to lower the luminance corresponding to the luminance stretch of the backlight unit 6 with respect to the portion (non-light emitting portion) regarded as not emitting light in the frame fN _{+ 1} . The multiplier is used to apply the tone mapping to the video signal for each pixel value of the frame f _{N + 1} of the video signal, by multiplying the gain coefficient indicated by the tone mapping for the frame f _{N + 1,} the resulting The received video signal is output to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  Further, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 outputs control data for controlling the backlight unit 6 to the backlight control unit 5, and the backlight control unit 5 performs the control of the backlight unit 6 based on the data. The light emission luminance of the LED is controlled for each divided area. This control data is data for controlling the backlight unit 6 so that the lighting rate after stretching for each region described above is obtained.

For control data, the frame f _{N + 1} of the video signal to which the tone mapping obtained by feeding back the Max luminance frame f _N to the backlight unit 6 at the time of displaying the frame f _{N + 1} of the video signal, the backlight unit 6 After calculating the lighting rate for each area based on the above-described predetermined arithmetic expression, it can be obtained by changing by stretching. Although the brightness | luminance of LED of the backlight part 6 is performed by PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) control, it can also be controlled so that it may become a desired value by electric current control or these combination.

Further, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 outputs display control data for controlling the display unit 8 to the display control unit 7, and the display control unit 7 displays the display unit 8 based on the display control data. To control. Display control data when displaying the frame f _{N + 1} of the video signal, the video signal after the application of the tone mapping obtained by feeding back the Max luminance of the frame f _N to the frame f _{N + 1,} the video indicated by the video signal Data for controlling the display unit 8 to display. The display unit 8 is a liquid crystal panel that is illuminated by the LED of the backlight unit 6 and displays an image.

  Thus, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 stretches the backlight luminance in accordance with the average lighting rate to increase the luminance of the LED of the backlight unit 6, and information on the luminance stretch (the above Max luminance). Is returned to the signal processing unit 1 to reduce the luminance corresponding to the luminance stretch of the backlight unit 6 with respect to the video signal. Luminance stretching is performed on the entire backlight unit 6, and a decrease in luminance due to video signal processing occurs in a portion (non-light emitting portion) that is regarded as not emitting light except the light emitting portion.

  That is, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 stretches the backlight luminance to increase the luminance of the LED of the backlight unit 6 and reduces the luminance of the non-light emitting portion of the video signal. The display brightness is enhanced (hereinafter referred to as “light emission partial enhancement process”). By such video signal processing and backlight luminance control processing, it is possible to increase the screen luminance of only the light emitting part, to perform video expression with high contrast, and to improve image quality.

  In the process of reducing the luminance of the non-light-emitting portion of the video signal, reducing the luminance corresponding to the luminance stretch of the backlight unit 6 with respect to the non-light-emitting portion can maintain the screen luminance of the non-light-emitting portion to some extent. preferable. That is, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 uses the luminance of the video signal to increase the display luminance of the display unit 8 due to the luminance stretch of the light source in the non-light-emitting portion (that is, the predetermined region with a low predetermined feature amount). It is preferable to reduce by lowering.

  The main object of the present invention is to perform a light emission partial enhancement process on an input video signal to enhance the shine and contrast, and when the multi-screen display is performed, the shine and contrast become unnatural. It is to be able to prevent this. As a configuration for this, the video display device includes a display instruction detection unit 13a, a signal processing unit 1, which is an example of a control unit of the present invention, an area active control / luminance stretch unit 4, a backlight control unit 5, and display control. Part 7.

  As described above, the display instruction detection unit 13a displays whether or not the user has issued a two-screen display execution instruction for displaying two program video signals, or displays a program video signal and a data broadcast video signal. It is detected whether or not an instruction to execute the two-screen display is received from the user. Then, the signal processing unit 1 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 execute the light emission partial enhancement process when it is not detected that the execution instruction of the two-screen display is received, and it is detected that the execution instruction is received. If this occurs, the light emission partial enhancement process is stopped.

  Note that, as described above, the light emission partial enhancement processing generates a histogram in which the number of pixels is integrated with respect to a predetermined feature amount related to the brightness of the input video signal, while increasing the luminance of the light source to increase it. The display area of the light emitting part is enhanced by detecting the upper area of the predetermined range of the histogram as the light emitting part and reducing the luminance of the video signal of the non-light emitting part excluding the light emitting part of the input video signal. .

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of two-screen display executed by the video display device. FIG. 3A shows images 20a and 20b of two programs. The video 20a is a dark video, and the video 20b is a bright video. If the above-described light emission partial enhancement processing is executed for such a two-screen display, an average lighting rate obtained by averaging the lighting rate of the dark video 20a and the lighting rate of the bright video 20b is used. Since the light emission partial enhancement process is executed, the light emission brightness suitable for the respective images 20a and 20b may not be set. Therefore, the signal processing unit 1 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 perform the light emission partial enhancement processing when the display instruction detection unit 13a detects that the user has issued an instruction to display the video signals of the two programs. To stop.

  FIG. 3B shows a program video 21a and a data broadcast video 21b. When such a two-screen display is performed, the user gazes at the character. Therefore, as a result of executing the light emission partial enhancement process as described above, when the portion of the data broadcast video 21b becomes excessively bright, the image quality deteriorates and the user feels dazzling. In order to prevent this, the signal processing unit 1 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 detect that the instruction to display the video signal of the program and the video signal of the data broadcast is received from the user by the display instruction detection unit 13a. If this occurs, the light emission partial enhancement process is stopped.

  When the light emission partial enhancement processing is stopped, the signal processing unit 1 stops the processing in the light emission detection unit 2, and the mapping unit 3 uses, for example, a default tone mapping (for example, input / output corresponds to one-to-one. Tone curve) to the multiplier. Further, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 stops the processing related to area active control and luminance stretch, and sends control data for controlling the backlight unit 6 to the backlight control unit 5 for the input video signal. In addition to outputting, display control data for controlling the display unit 8 is output to the display control unit 7. As these control data and display control data, for example, default setting data can be used.

  The area active control is to divide the video into a plurality of predetermined areas (areas) and control the light emission luminance of the LED for each divided area, but even when the light emission partial enhancement process is stopped, This area active control may be executed. For example, as shown in FIG. 4C, which will be described later, the maximum gradation value of the video signal is extracted for each divided region, and the LED lighting rate (drive duty) for each region is determined according to the extracted maximum gradation value. decide. In this case, since the luminance stretch is not performed, the process of stretching the backlight luminance according to the Max luminance obtained from the average lighting rate is stopped. Accordingly, the process of feeding back the luminance stretch information (Max luminance) from the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 to the signal processing unit 1 is also stopped.

Hereinafter, a processing example of each unit of the present embodiment having the above-described configuration will be described more specifically.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining a calculation process example of the average lighting rate in the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4, and FIG. 5 explains the average lighting rate of the backlight and the gradation value of the pixel in FIG. It is a figure for doing.

  Area active control applied to the embodiment of the present invention divides an image into a plurality of predetermined regions (areas), and controls the light emission luminance of the LEDs corresponding to the divided regions for each region. Here, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 divides one frame of video into a plurality of predetermined areas (the above-mentioned areas) based on the input video signal, and the LEDs corresponding to the divided areas are displayed. The light emission luminance is controlled for each divided region.

  First, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 divides the image area of the entire screen into 12 parts in the vertical direction and 12 parts in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. Divide into 144 regions. In addition, it is assumed that at least one LED is provided for each region as the backlight unit 6.

  Then, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 extracts the maximum gradation value of the video signal for each region, and determines the provisional lighting rate of the LED for each region according to the extracted maximum gradation value. As described above, other brightness-related feature quantities such as the average gradation value of the video signal may be used instead of the maximum gradation value. A statistical value is used as this feature quantity. Hereinafter, an example in which the maximum gradation value is extracted will be described. In FIG. 4B, the lighting rate of the LED is shown in gray scale for each region. For example, in a bright portion with high gradation such as fireworks in the image of FIG. As shown in B), the lighting rate is increased so that it becomes brighter. The process at this time will be described more specifically.

  FIG. 4C shows an example of the state when the maximum gradation value is extracted from each divided area of one frame and the lighting rate corresponding to the maximum gradation value. FIG. 4D shows the lighting rate of each area and the average lighting rate of the entire screen. 4 (C) and 4 (D), an example in which the screen of one frame is divided into eight areas (areas Nos. 1 to 8) is given for the sake of simplicity, but as shown in FIG. 4 (B). Processing can be performed by dividing into a large number of regions, and processing can be performed by dividing the region into as many regions as the number of LEDs provided.

  First, for each of the areas No. 1 to No. 8, the lighting rate of the temporary LED of the backlight of the area is calculated from the maximum gradation value in the area. The provisional lighting rate can be indicated by, for example, LED drive duty (hereinafter, LED duty). In this case, the maximum value of the lighting rate is 100%. As described above, the brightness of the LED is controlled to be a desired value by PWM and / or current control. In the following description, an example in which only PWM control is employed for the sake of simplification of description. Cite. When the duty in PWM control exceeds 100% due to the stretch process described later, current control can also be used.

  In determining the provisional lighting rate of the LED in each region, the luminance of the backlight is lowered by lowering the lighting rate in a dark region where the maximum gradation value is low. The actual lighting rate of each area is determined so that the gradation to be displayed is accurately displayed and the LED duty is made as low as possible. The LED duty in each area is desired to be as low as possible, but it is necessary to display accurately without squashing the gradation to be displayed. Therefore, an LED that can display the maximum gradation in the area and lowers the LED duty as much as possible. The duty (temporary lighting rate) is set, and the gradation of the display unit 8 (here, the LCD panel) is set based on the duty.

As an example, when the gradation value of the video is expressed by 8-bit data of 0 to 255, the gradation values of a plurality of pixels in one area in FIG. ) Will be described. In the pixel group shown in FIG. 5A, the maximum gradation value is 128. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5B, the lighting rate of the backlight in the area is (1 / (255). / 128)) ^2.2 = 0.217 times (21.7%). Then, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 determines the provisional lighting rate in this way, and considers the gradation value for each pixel in the display unit 8 in consideration of the provisional lighting rate for the region including the pixel. To calculate. For example, when the gradation value to be displayed is 96, since 96 / (128/255) = 192, the pixel may be expressed using the gradation value 192. Similarly, FIG. 5C shows the result of calculating the gradation value for display for each pixel in FIG.

  In the present invention, since the luminance stretch is performed based on the average lighting rate obtained from the provisional lighting rate, the actual lighting rate is not 21.7% in the above-described case. The luminance stretch in the previous frame) is already reflected by the tone mapping by the mapping unit 3, and the result is the gradation value to be displayed (illustrated by “96”). Therefore, the display control unit 7 may perform display control of the display unit 8 with the display control data of the gradation value shown in FIG. 5C for the pixel group shown in FIG.

  In the example of FIG. 4C, the lighting rate of the backlight is determined in the range of 10 to 90% as indicated by the percentage with respect to the maximum gradation value of each region indicated by the gray scale. FIG. 4D is a graph in which the percentages in FIG. 4C are arranged for each area. This lighting rate calculation method shows an example. Basically, a bright high gradation region does not decrease the backlight luminance, and the backlight luminance is decreased in advance in a low gradation dark region. The provisional lighting rate of each area is calculated according to the determined arithmetic expression.

  Next, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 averages the temporary lighting rate of the backlight for each area calculated from the maximum gradation value of the video signal, and calculates the average lighting rate of the backlight unit 6 in one frame. calculate. The calculated average lighting rate of the entire screen naturally increases as the number of regions having a high lighting rate increases in each region. In this example, the average lighting rate becomes a level as shown by a solid line in FIG. 4D, and the actual value is about 53%.

  The actual luminance of the backlight unit 6 is determined based on the maximum light emission luminance value (maximum light emission luminance corresponding to the Max luminance described above) determined according to the average lighting rate, that is, based on the luminance stretch amount. This is enhanced by stretching the provisional lighting rate of each area.

  This Max luminance is the maximum screen luminance that can be taken, and is determined based on the relationship shown in FIG. 2, for example. The horizontal axis in the graph of FIG. 2 is the average lighting rate (window size) of the backlight, and this average lighting rate is calculated between a lighting region (window region) with a lighting rate of 100% and a non-lighting region with a lighting rate of 0%. It can be expressed as a ratio. The average lighting rate is zero when there is no lighting region, the average lighting rate increases as the window of the lighting region increases, and the average lighting rate becomes 100% for all lighting.

In FIG. 2, the Max luminance when the backlight is fully lit (average lighting rate 100%) is, for example, 550 (cd / m ² ), and this is the reference luminance before stretching. In the present embodiment, the Max luminance is increased as the average lighting rate decreases from 100%. In the case of 8-bit representation, a pixel having a gradation value of 255 gradations has the highest screen brightness in the screen, and the maximum possible screen brightness (Max brightness). From this, it can be seen that even with the same average lighting rate, the screen luminance does not increase up to the Max luminance depending on the gradation value of the pixel.

In FIG. 2, when the average lighting rate is P, the value of Max luminance is the largest, and the maximum screen luminance at this time is 1500 (cd / m ² ). In other words, at P, the maximum possible screen brightness is stretched to 1500 (cd / m ² ) compared to 550 (cd / m ² ) when all the lights are on. P is set at a position where the average lighting rate is relatively low. In other words, the brightness of the backlight is stretched to a maximum of 1500 (cd / m ² ) when the screen is a dark screen as a whole with a low average lighting rate and a high gradation peak in part.

  Also, the reason why the backlight brightness is less stretched when the average lighting rate is higher is that the brightness of the backlight may be dazzled if the backlight brightness is excessively high on an originally bright screen. It is to make it.

  In addition, the range with a low average lighting rate corresponds to a dark screen image, and rather than increasing the screen brightness by stretching the backlight brightness, the backlight brightness is reduced to improve the contrast, It is preferable to maintain the display quality by suppressing black float. Therefore, in the example of FIG. 2, such a setting for suppressing black floating at the low average lighting rate is adopted, and the value of Max luminance is gradually decreased from the average lighting rate P to the average lighting rate 0 (all black). I am letting.

  The area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 stretches the luminance of the backlight according to the curve of FIG. 2 and outputs the control signal to the backlight control unit 5. Here, as described above, the average lighting rate changes according to the maximum gradation value detected for each divided region of the video, and the state of the luminance stretch changes according to the average lighting rate.

  The video signal input to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 is applied with tone mapping using information of tone mapping generated by signal processing by the signal processing unit 1 described below, and the low gradation region is gained. Down. As a result, the luminance of the backlight is stretched in the low-tone non-light-emitting area, and the luminance is reduced by reducing the gain of the video signal.As a result, the screen brightness is enhanced only in the light-emitting area, resulting in a sense of brightness. It has come to increase.

  The area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 outputs the Max luminance value obtained from the average lighting rate of the backlight according to the curve of FIG. 2 to the mapping unit 3 of the signal processing unit 1. The mapping unit 3 performs tone mapping using the Max luminance output from the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

Next, the signal processing unit 1 will be described.
The light emission detection unit 2 of the signal processing unit 1 detects the light emitting part from the video signal. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a Y histogram generated from the luminance signal Y of the input video signal. The light emission detection unit 2 adds up the number of pixels for each luminance gradation for each frame of the input video signal to generate a Y histogram. The horizontal axis represents the gradation value of luminance Y, and the vertical axis represents the number of pixels (frequency) integrated for each gradation value. Here, it is assumed that a light emitting portion is detected for luminance Y. The luminance Y is an example of a feature amount of an image for creating a histogram for detecting a light emitting portion, and another example of the feature amount will be described later.

When the Y histogram is generated, an average value (Ave) and a standard deviation (σ) are calculated from the Y histogram, and two threshold values Th are calculated using these.
The second threshold value Th2 defines a light emission boundary, and processing is performed on the assumption that pixels above the threshold value Th2 in the Y histogram are light emitting portions. The second threshold Th2 can be expressed by the following equation (1), where N is a predetermined constant and σ is a standard deviation. That is, the light emission detection unit 2 detects pixels equal to or greater than Th2 in the following expression (1) as light emission portions.
Th2 = Ave + Nσ Expression (1)

The first threshold value Th1 is set to suppress a sense of incongruity such as gradation in a region smaller than Th2, and is expressed by the following expression (2), where M is a predetermined constant that satisfies M <N. Can do.
Th1 = Ave + Mσ Expression (2)
The values of the first and second threshold values Th1 and Th2 detected by the light emission detection unit 2 are output to the mapping unit 3 and used to generate tone mapping.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of tone mapping generated by the mapping unit 3. In FIG. 7, the horizontal axis represents the input gradation of the luminance value of the video, and the vertical axis represents the output gradation. The pixels with the second threshold Th2 or more detected by the light emission detection unit 2 are light emitting portions in the image, and the gain is reduced by applying a compression gain except for the light emitting portions. At this time, if the output gradation is suppressed by uniformly applying a constant compression gain to a region smaller than Th2, which is the light emission boundary, a sense of incongruity occurs in the gradation. Therefore, the light emission detection unit 2 sets and detects the first threshold Th1, sets the first gain G1 for a region smaller than Th1, and sets the second gain so as to linearly connect Th1 and Th2. Tone mapping is performed by setting the gain G2.

Next, a gain setting method will be described.
The mapping unit 3 receives the Max luminance value from the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4. As described above, the Max luminance indicates the maximum screen luminance determined from the average lighting rate of the backlight. As the value of the Max luminance, for example, the corresponding backlight duty (LED duty) indicating the maximum light emission luminance is used. A value can be used.

The first gain G1 is applied to a region smaller than the first threshold Th1, and is set by the following expression (3).
G1 = (Ls / Lm) ^{1 / γ} Expression (3)
Here, Ls is the reference luminance (reference luminance when the backlight luminance is not stretched; for example, the luminance when the maximum screen luminance is 550 cd / m ² ), and Lm is the area active control / luminance stretching unit. Max luminance output from 4. Therefore, the first gain G1 applied to the region smaller than the first threshold Th1 lowers the output gradation of the video signal so as to reduce the screen luminance that increases due to the luminance stretch of the backlight.

For tone mapping of the second threshold Th2 or more, f (x) = x. That is, input gradation = output gradation, and processing for lowering the output gradation is not performed. Between the first threshold Th1 and the second threshold Th2, the output gradation of the first threshold Th1 lowered by the first gain G1 and the output gradation of the first threshold Th1 are connected by a straight line. Set as follows. That is, the second gain G2 is determined by G2 = (Th2-G1 · Th1) / (Th2-Th1).
Through the above processing, tone mapping as shown in FIG. 7 is obtained. At this time, with respect to the connecting portions of Th1 and Th2, a predetermined range (for example, connecting portion ± Δ (Δ is a predetermined value)) may be smoothed by a quadratic function.

  The tone mapping generated by the mapping unit 3 is applied to the video signal output from the video synthesizing unit 9, and the video signal in which the output of the low gradation portion is suppressed based on the luminance stretch amount of the backlight is applied to the area active control / Input to the luminance stretch unit 4.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the Max luminance of the frames f _N and f _{N + 1} output from the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4. The graph shown in FIG. 8 is the same as the graph shown in FIG.

As described above, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 inputs the video signal to which the tone mapping generated by the mapping unit 3 is applied, performs area active control based on the video signal, and Max based on the average lighting rate. The brightness is also determined. The frame of this time is the frame f _N. The value of Max luminance frame _{f N} is output to the mapping portion 3. The mapping unit 3, using the Max luminance of the frame f _N input generates information tone mapping as shown in FIG. 7, it is applied to the frame f _{N + 1} of the video signal.

Thus, in this embodiment, Max luminance based on the average lighting rate of area active control is fed back and used for tone mapping of the next frame. Mapping unit 3, based on the Max luminance determined by the frame f _N, as described in FIG. 7, applying a gain (first gain G1) to reduce the video output for the first threshold value Th1 smaller area To do. The second gain G2 that linearly connects Th1 and Th2 is applied to the region between Th1 and Th2, and the video output between Th1 and Th2 is reduced.

In the example of FIG. 8, the average lighting rate is not less than the high lighting rate region P, the gain to reduce the video output of the non-light emitting portion in the frame f _N is applied, the frame f _{N + 1,} the maximum per area The gradation value tends to decrease and the lighting rate tends to decrease, and the Max luminance tends to increase in the frame fN _{+ 1} . As a result, in the frame fN _{+ 1} , the luminance stretch amount of the backlight is further increased, and the brightness of the screen tends to increase. However, this tendency is not seen in the region where the lighting rate is lower than P, and the reverse tendency occurs.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the screen luminance is enhanced by the processing of the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4. In FIG. 9, the horizontal axis is the gradation value of the input video signal, the vertical axis is the screen luminance (cd / m ² ) of the display unit 8, and S 2 and S 3 are the first and second used in the light emission detection unit 2, respectively. This corresponds to the position of the gradation values of the second threshold values Th1 and Th2.

As described above, in the region equal to or greater than the second threshold Th2 detected by the light emission detection unit 2, signal processing for reducing the output gradation of the video signal according to the luminance stretch amount of the backlight is not performed. As a result, in S3 to S4, the input video signal is enhanced and displayed with a γ curve according to the Max luminance determined by the area active control. S4 indicates the screen luminance when the input video signal has the maximum gradation value (255). For example, when the Max luminance is 1500 (cd / m ² ), the screen luminance at the maximum gradation is 1500 (cd). / M ² ).

  On the other hand, in the case of input gradation values from S1 to S2, as described above, the first gain G1 is applied to the video signal so as to reduce the screen luminance component that increases due to the luminance stretch of the backlight. Therefore, the screen is displayed with a γ curve based on the reference luminance. This is because the output value of the video signal is suppressed in a range smaller than the threshold Th1 (corresponding to S2) corresponding to the luminance stretch by the mapping unit 3 in accordance with the Max luminance determined by the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4. In S2 to S3, the screen brightness changes according to the tone mapping of Th1 to Th2.

When the Max luminance increases, the difference in the screen luminance direction between the curve based on the reference luminance of S1 to S2 and the curve based on the Max luminance of S3 to S4 increases. As described above, the curve based on the reference brightness indicates that the maximum brightness value screen brightness is the reference brightness when the backlight brightness is not stretched (for example, the maximum brightness value screen brightness is 550 cd / m ² ). The curve based on the Max luminance is a γ curve in which the screen luminance of the maximum gradation value becomes the Max luminance determined by the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  In this way, when the input video signal is between 0 gradation (S1) and S2, the screen brightness is controlled with the reference brightness. In the case of dark images with low gradation, if the brightness is increased and displayed, the image quality will be reduced by the video signal processing by the amount of the backlight brightness stretch. Try not to go up.

  In addition, since the range where the input video signal is greater than or equal to S3 is a range that is considered to emit light, the video signal is maintained without being suppressed while the backlight is stretched by luminance stretching. Thereby, the screen brightness is enhanced, and a high-quality image display with a more lustrous feeling can be performed. The γ curves from S1 to S2 do not need to match the reference luminance, and can be set by appropriately adjusting the gain G1 as long as it has a level different from the enhancement region of the light emitting portion. .

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment (Embodiment 2) of the video display device according to the present invention, and shows another configuration example of the main part of the video display device.

  The video display apparatus according to the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the video display apparatus according to the first embodiment. However, unlike the video display apparatus according to the first embodiment, the Max luminance value used when performing tone mapping is set as an area. The light emission detection unit 2 determines the luminance stretch amount based on the detection result of the light emission portion without the active control / luminance stretch unit 4 determining, and the mapping unit 3 executes tone mapping based on the determined luminance stretch amount. To do. Therefore, the mapping unit 3 does not need to acquire the Max luminance value by the luminance stretch from the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 as in the first embodiment. Of course, the light emission detection unit 2 may only detect the light emission portion, and the mapping unit 3 may calculate the luminance stretch amount from the detection result of the light emission portion.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a Y histogram generated from the luminance signal Y of the video signal. This video signal is output by the video synthesis unit 9. In the case of the two-screen display, the signal processing unit 1 stops the process in the light emission detection unit 2 as in the first embodiment, and therefore the processing described below is executed only for the video signal in the one-screen display. .

  As in the first embodiment, the light emission detection unit 2 generates a Y histogram by integrating the number of pixels for each luminance gradation of the pixels for each frame of the input video signal. Then, an average value (Ave) and a standard deviation (σ) are calculated from the Y histogram, and two threshold values Th1 and Th2 are calculated using these values. As in the first embodiment, the second threshold value Th2 defines a light emission boundary, and in the Y histogram, pixels that are equal to or higher than the threshold value Th2 are regarded as light emitting portions.

In the present embodiment, a third threshold Th3 is further set. The third threshold value Th3 is between Th1 and Th2, and is provided for detecting the state of the pixel in the light emitting portion. The threshold value Th3 may be the same value as Th2, but is provided in order to facilitate processing by providing a wider margin for the light emitting portion equal to or greater than Th2. Accordingly, Th3 is expressed by the following equation (4).
Th3 = Ave + Qσ (M <Q ≦ N) (4)

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating a setting example of the luminance stretch according to the pixels having the third threshold Th3 or more. The horizontal axis represents the score of the pixel value equal to or greater than the threshold Th3, and the vertical axis represents the luminance stretch amount according to the score.
The score is defined as [ratio of pixels with luminance greater than a certain threshold] × [distance from threshold (luminance difference)], and counts the number of pixels having a gradation value larger than the third threshold Th3, This indicates the degree of brightness obtained by weighting and calculating the distance from the threshold Th3. For example, it is calculated by the following equation (5).

In equation (5), count [i] is a value obtained by counting the number of pixels for each gradation value i. Further, i ² − (Th3) ² indicates the distance (brightness difference) with respect to the luminance as shown in FIG. 11, and instead, the distance from the threshold value in the lightness L ^* may be adopted. Note that this square represents the luminance and is actually the 2.2th power. That is, when the digital code value is i, the luminance is i ^2.2 . At that time, the lightness L ^* is (i ^2.2 ) ^1/3 ≈ i. As a result of verification with an actual video display device, the difference from the threshold value in luminance was more effective than the difference from the threshold value in brightness. In Equation (5), the total number of pixels is not limited to i> Th3, but is a value obtained by counting all the numbers of pixels. When such a calculated value is adopted as the score, the score increases when there are many high gradation pixels apart from Th3 in the light emitting portion. Even if the number of pixels larger than Th3 is constant, the score is higher as the number of pixels with higher gradation is larger.

When the score is higher than a certain level, the luminance stretch amount is set high, and a high gradation shining video is stretched to a higher luminance to increase the shine. In this example, in a portion where the score is higher than a certain level, the maximum screen luminance that can be obtained after luminance stretching is set to 1500 (cd / m ² ). When the score is low, the luminance stretch amount is set to be smaller as the score is smaller.

  The luminance stretch amount is the same as that described in the first embodiment, and is indicated by, for example, the value of the backlight duty similarly to the Max luminance. The luminance stretch amount determined according to the values of the first and second threshold values Th1 and Th2 detected by the light emission detection unit 2 and the score of the pixel equal to or greater than Th3 is output to the mapping unit 3 for generating tone mapping information. used.

The toe mapping process in the mapping unit 3 is the same as in the first embodiment. That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the first gain G1 is set for a region smaller than Th1 detected by the light emission detector 2, and the second gain G2 is set so as to linearly connect Th1 and Th2. To do. At this time, the mapping unit 3 uses the luminance stretch amount detected by the light emission detection unit 2 when setting the gain G1, and reduces the luminance by video signal processing according to the luminance stretch amount of the backlight.
The obtained tone mapping is applied to the video signal output by the video synthesis unit 9, and then the video signal is output to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4.

  The processing in the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 is the same as in the first embodiment. However, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 does not need to determine the Max luminance from the average lighting rate of the backlight and output it to the signal processing unit 1 as in the first embodiment, and conversely, the light emission of the signal processing unit 1 Based on the luminance stretch amount detected by the detection unit 2, the luminance of the LED of the backlight unit 6 is stretched.

  That is, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 divides the video into a plurality of predetermined areas (areas), extracts the maximum gradation value of the video signal for each of the divided areas, and according to the extracted maximum gradation value. The LED lighting rate for each area is determined. For example, in a dark region where the maximum gradation value is low, the lighting rate is lowered to lower the backlight luminance. In this state, the input power of the entire backlight is increased according to the luminance stretch amount, and the entire luminance of the backlight is increased. As a result, the bright image that is emitted becomes brighter and more radiant. Further, since the luminance corresponding to the luminance stretch is reduced by the video signal processing in the non-light-emitting portion, as a result, the luminance of only the light-emitting portion is increased on the screen, and a high-contrast high-quality image is displayed. be able to. The relationship between the input video signal and the screen luminance is the same as that in FIG. 9 shown in the first embodiment.

  As described above, the light emission detection unit 2 counts the number of pixels by weighting the brightness of each pixel with respect to an image in a predetermined range (in the above example, a range of Th3 or more) including the detected light emission region. Then, a score indicating the degree of brightness is calculated, a luminance stretch amount is determined according to the score, and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 is stretched by the luminance stretch amount. Therefore, the luminance stretch amount is output to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 and the mapping unit 3. The area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 stretches the luminance according to the luminance stretch amount. The mapping unit 3 reduces the stretched luminance by video signal processing, for example, by changing the gain curve according to the luminance stretch amount.

  Then, the signal processing unit 1 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 execute or stop the light emission partial enhancement process according to the detection result of the display instruction detection unit 13a. For example, the signal processing unit 1 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 stop the light emission partial enhancement process and perform the one-screen display when the display instruction detection unit 13a detects that the two-screen display is performed. Is detected by the display instruction detection unit 13a, the light emission partial enhancement process is executed. Since the configuration of the display instruction detection unit 13a according to the present invention is the same as that of the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  When the light emission partial enhancement process is stopped, the signal processing unit 1 stops the process in the light emission detection unit 2, so the luminance stretch amount (N) is not calculated, and the mapping unit 3 and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 The luminance stretch amount (N) is not output.

  In this case, the mapping unit 3 outputs, for example, a default tone mapping (for example, a tone curve corresponding to one-to-one input / output) to the multiplier. Further, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 stops the processing related to area active control and luminance stretch, and sends control data for controlling the backlight unit 6 to the backlight control unit 5 for the input video signal. In addition to outputting, display control data for controlling the display unit 8 is output to the display control unit 7. As these control data and display control data, for example, default setting data can be used.

  The area active control may be executed in the same manner as in the first embodiment. For example, as shown in FIG. 4C described above, the maximum gradation value of the video signal is extracted for each divided region, and the lighting rate (drive duty) of the LED for each region is determined according to the extracted maximum gradation value. decide. In this case, since the luminance stretching is not performed, the process of stretching the backlight luminance according to the Max luminance obtained from the average lighting rate is stopped.

(Embodiment 3)
FIG. 13 is a view for explaining another embodiment (embodiment 3) of the video display device according to the present invention, and shows still another configuration example of the main part of the video display device.

  The video display device of the third embodiment has the same configuration as the video display device of the second embodiment and performs the same operation as that of the second embodiment. However, unlike the video display device of the second embodiment, area active control / brightness Instead of the stretch unit 4, a luminance stretch unit 4a that does not perform area active control is provided. In the luminance stretch unit 4a, the luminance of the backlight unit 6 is stretched using the luminance stretch amount output from the mapping unit 3 of the signal processing unit 1.

  That is, the luminance stretch unit 4a inputs a video signal to which tone mapping is applied using the information of tone mapping generated by the mapping unit 3, and outputs display control data for displaying the video signal to the display control unit 7. . At this time, processing by area active control is not performed. On the other hand, the luminance stretch unit 4 a uniformly stretches the entire backlight unit 6 using the luminance stretch amount output from the light emission detection unit 2.

  As a result, the bright image that is emitted becomes brighter and more radiant. In addition, since the luminance corresponding to the luminance stretch is reduced by the video signal processing in the non-light emitting part, as a result, the luminance of the light emitting part is increased on the screen, and high contrast and high quality images are displayed. Can do.

  Then, the signal processing unit 1 and the luminance stretch unit 4a execute or stop the light emission partial enhancement process according to the determination result of the display instruction detection unit 13a. For example, when the signal processing unit 1 and the luminance stretch unit 4a detect that the two-screen display is performed by the display instruction detection unit 13a, it is possible to stop the light emission partial enhancement process and perform the one-screen display. When it is detected by the unit 13a, a light emission partial enhancement process is executed. Since the configuration of the display instruction detection unit 13a according to the present invention is the same as that of the first and second embodiments, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  When the light emission partial enhancement process is stopped, the signal processing unit 1 stops the process in the light emission detection unit 2, so the luminance stretch amount (N) is not calculated, and the mapping unit 3 and the luminance stretch unit 4a have the luminance stretch amount ( N) is not output.

  In this case, the mapping unit 3 outputs, for example, a default tone mapping (for example, a tone curve corresponding to one-to-one input / output) to the multiplier. In addition, the luminance stretch unit 4a stops the process related to the luminance stretch, outputs control data for controlling the backlight unit 6 to the backlight control unit 5 with respect to the input video signal, and displays the display unit 8 Display control data for control is output to the display control unit 7. As these control data and display control data, for example, default setting data can be used.

  In the first embodiment, instead of the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 of FIG. 1, a luminance stretch unit 4a that does not execute the area active control may be provided as in the third embodiment. In such a configuration, Max luminance is obtained from the average lighting rate (however, in this example, the temporary lighting rate itself is the temporary average lighting rate of the entire screen) in the luminance stretch unit 4a, and the light emission luminance of the LED is based on that. And the Max luminance may be fed back to the mapping unit 3.

(Embodiment 4)
FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment (embodiment 4) of the video display device according to the present invention, and shows another configuration example of the main part of the video display device.

  In the fourth embodiment, when the display instruction detection unit 13a detects that the user has given an instruction to display the second input video signal together with the first input video signal, the genre detection unit 13b The genre of the input video signal and the genre of the second input video signal are detected, and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 is determined according to the genre information of the first input video signal. A light emission partial enhancement process is executed for the first input video signal based on the setting of the control characteristic, and the second control characteristic is set based on the setting of the second control characteristic determined according to the genre information of the second input video signal. The light emission partial enhancement process is executed for the second input video signal.

  Here, the first input video signal and the second input video signal are video signals of the two programs when the two-screen display of the video signals of the two programs is performed. When a two-screen display of a video signal and a data signal of the data broadcast is performed, the video signal of the program and the video signal of the data broadcast are displayed. Hereinafter, this process will be described in detail.

  The genre information of a broadcast program is included as a genre code, for example, in a part of electronic program information (EPG information) transmitted by being superimposed on a digital broadcast signal. The broadcast signals are received by the tuners 10a and 10b and decoded by the decoders 11a and 11b. A genre code is extracted as genre information from the broadcast signal.

  The genre code as genre information is determined by the standard of terrestrial digital broadcasting. For example, “news / report”, “sports”, “information / wide show”, “drama”, “music”, “variety”, “movie”, “animation / special effects”, “documentary / education”, “drama / “Performance”, “Hobby / Education”, and “Other” are defined in advance as major categories.

  A plurality of medium categories are defined for each major category. For example, the major categories of “sports” are “sports news”, “baseball”, “soccer”, “golf”, “other ball games”, “sumo / martial arts”, “olympic / international competitions”, “marathon / “Land and swimming”, “Motor sports”, “Marine winter sports”, “Horse racing / public sports”, and “Others” are defined as medium categories. The major categories of “movies” are “Western”, “Japanese”, “Anime”, etc., as the middle category.

  The video display device illustrated in FIG. 14 includes signal processing units 1a, 1b, and 1c. The signal processing units 1a and 1b are processing units for processing video signals of programs obtained by the decoding processing by the decoders 11a and 11b, respectively. The signal processing unit 1c is for data broadcasting obtained by the decoding processing by the decoder 11a. A processing unit that processes a video signal.

  The signal processing units 1a, 1b, and 1c include light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c, and mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c, respectively. As described in the first embodiment, the light emission detection units 2a and 2b detect the light emission part of the video signal of the program decoded by the decoder units 11a and 11b. The light emission detection unit 2c detects the light emission part of the video signal of the data broadcast that has been decoded by the decoder unit 11a.

  For example, when the genre information is “movie”, the mapping units 3a and 3b have the first threshold Th1 instead of the tone mapping shown in FIG. 7 (dotted line in FIG. 15) as shown in FIG. Tone mapping (thick solid line in FIG. 15) set to a larger value is applied to the video signal. Thereby, the contrast of an image | video can be raised more.

  Similarly, for other genre information and data broadcasting, Max luminance control characteristics and tone mapping are set. Using these, the mapping units 3a and 3b perform tone mapping according to the genre information, and the mapping unit 3c performs tone mapping according to data broadcasting. This makes it possible to perform optimal display for each input video signal.

  The genre detection unit 13b acquires information on the genre of the video signal of the program from the decoder units 11a and 11b. Then, the genre detection unit 13 b outputs the acquired genre information to the signal processing units 1 a and 1 b and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4. Further, when the display detection unit 13a detects that a two-screen display execution instruction for a program video signal and a data broadcast video signal has been received, the genre detection unit 13b causes the data processing video signal to be sent to the signal processing unit 1c. Notify that will be entered. The signal processing unit 1c is activated when this notification is received, and performs signal processing according to the control characteristics set for the video signal of the data broadcast.

  When the video signals of two programs are displayed on two screens, the video synthesis unit 9 synthesizes the video signals of the two programs to which tone mapping is applied, and performs area active control / luminance on the video signal obtained as a result of the synthesis. Output to the stretch unit 4. Even when the video signal of the program and the video signal of the data broadcast are displayed on two screens, the video composition unit 9 synthesizes the video signal of the program to which tone mapping is applied and the video signal of the data broadcast, and obtains the result of the synthesis. The obtained video signal is output to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4. When the video signal of one program is displayed on one screen, the video composition unit 9 does not synthesize the video signal of one program to which tone mapping has been applied with other video signals as it is, and performs area active control / Output to the luminance stretch unit 4.

  The area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 performs a light emission partial enhancement process according to the genre of the input video signal. For example, when the genre information is “movie”, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 replaces the Max luminance control characteristic graph (dotted line in FIG. 16) shown in FIG. 2 as shown in FIG. A graph of control characteristics (solid line in FIG. 16) in which the Max luminance value is suppressed in a region where the average lighting rate is medium and the average lighting rate P at which the Max luminance value is maximized is set to a slightly low position is used. . Accordingly, it is possible to display an image with emphasis on the brightness of a relatively small area and a bright portion while suppressing glare when the user watches the movie carefully.

  When two-screen display is performed, the average lighting rate and Max luminance are calculated for each video signal. That is, the average lighting rate for the video signal is calculated from the lighting rate of each area of the backlight corresponding to one video signal, the Max luminance is determined from the average lighting rate, and the backlight corresponding to the other video signal is determined. An average lighting rate for the video signal is calculated from the lighting rate of each area of the light, and Max luminance is determined from the average lighting rate.

  The other configuration of the video display apparatus shown in FIG. 14 is the same as that described with reference to FIG.

(Embodiment 5)
FIG. 17 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment (embodiment 5) of the video display apparatus according to the present invention, and shows another configuration example of the main part of the video display apparatus.

  The video display device according to the fifth embodiment has the same configuration as the video display device according to the fourth embodiment. However, unlike the video display device according to the fourth embodiment, the value of the Max luminance used for tone mapping is set as an area. Without being determined by the active control / luminance stretch unit 4, the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c determine the luminance stretch amount based on the detection result of the light emission portion, and the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c are determined. Perform tone mapping based on.

  Therefore, the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c do not need to acquire the Max luminance value by luminance stretching from the area active control / luminance stretching unit 4 as in the fourth embodiment. Of course, the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c may only detect the light emission portion, and the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c may calculate the luminance stretch amount from the detection result of the light emission portion.

  The tone mapping is performed as follows. Each of the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c accumulates the number of pixels for each luminance gradation of the pixel for each frame of the input program video signal or data broadcast video signal, and Y as shown in FIG. Generate a histogram.

  Then, the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c calculate an average value (Ave) and a standard deviation (σ) from the Y histogram, and use these to calculate two threshold values Th1 and Th2. Furthermore, the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c set a third threshold Th3, respectively. Th3 is calculated by, for example, the equation (4) shown in the second embodiment.

  Further, for example, as described in the second embodiment, the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c count the number of pixels having a gradation value equal to or greater than the third threshold Th3, and weight the distance from the threshold Th3. A score indicating the degree of brightness obtained by performing the calculation is calculated according to equation (5).

When the score is higher than a certain level, as shown in an example in FIG. 12, the luminance stretch amount is set high, and a high-grayness video is stretched to a higher luminance to increase the brightness. In this example, in a portion where the score is higher than a certain level, the maximum screen luminance that can be obtained after luminance stretching is set to 1500 (cd / m ² ). When the score is low, the luminance stretch amount is set to be smaller as the score is smaller.

  The luminance stretch amount determined according to the values of the first and second threshold values Th1 and Th2 detected by the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c, and the score of the pixel equal to or greater than Th3 is output to the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c. And used to generate tone mapping information.

  The toe mapping process in the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c is the same as that in the fourth embodiment. That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the first gain G1 is set for a region smaller than Th1 detected by the light emission detectors 2a, 2b, 2c, and the second gain is set so as to linearly connect Th1 and Th2. Set the gain G2. At this time, the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c use the luminance stretch amount detected by the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c when setting the gain G1, and perform luminance by video signal processing according to the luminance stretch amount of the backlight. Reduce.

  The obtained tone mapping is applied to the video signal of the program or the video signal of the data broadcast output by the decoder units 11a and 11b. Specifically, when two-screen display of video signals of two programs is performed, tone mapping is applied to each of the video signals of the two programs output by the decoder units 11a and 11b. When two-screen display of a program video signal and a data broadcast video signal is performed, tone mapping is applied to each of the program video signal and the data broadcast video signal output by the decoder unit 11a. . When one-screen display of a video signal of a program is performed, tone mapping is applied to the video signal of the program output by the decoder unit 11a.

  When the two-screen display for displaying the video signals of the two programs is executed, the video synthesis unit 9 synthesizes the video signals of the two programs to which the tone mapping is applied, and the video signal obtained as a result of the synthesis is Output to the active control / luminance stretch unit 4. In addition, when a video signal display of a program and a data broadcast display for displaying a data broadcast video signal are executed, the video synthesis unit 9 synthesizes the video signal of the program and the data broadcast video signal to which tone mapping is applied. Then, the video signal obtained as a result of the synthesis is output to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4. Further, when one screen display of the video signal of the program is performed, the video composition unit 9 performs area active control / brightness without synthesizing the video signal of one program to which tone mapping is applied with other video signals. Output to the stretch unit 4.

  The processing in the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 is the same as that in the fourth embodiment. However, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 does not need to determine the Max luminance from the average lighting rate of the backlight and output it to the signal processing units 1a, 1b, and 1c as in the fourth embodiment. The luminance of the LED of the backlight unit 6 is stretched based on the luminance stretch amount detected by the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c of the units 1a, 1b, and 1c.

  That is, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 divides the video into a plurality of predetermined areas (areas), extracts the maximum gradation value of the video signal for each of the divided areas, and according to the extracted maximum gradation value. The LED lighting rate for each area is determined. For example, in a dark region where the maximum gradation value is low, the lighting rate is lowered to lower the backlight luminance. In this state, the input power of the entire backlight is increased according to the luminance stretch amount, and the entire luminance of the backlight is increased. As a result, the bright image that is emitted becomes brighter and more radiant. Further, since the luminance corresponding to the luminance stretch is reduced by the video signal processing in the non-light-emitting portion, as a result, the luminance of only the light-emitting portion is increased on the screen, and a high-contrast high-quality image is displayed. be able to. The relationship between the input video signal and the screen luminance is the same as that in FIG. 9 shown in the first embodiment.

  As described above, in the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c, with respect to an image in a predetermined range including the detected light emission region (in the above example, a range of Th3 or more), the number of pixels is weighted to the brightness of each pixel. A score indicating the degree of brightness is calculated by counting, and a luminance stretch amount is determined according to the score, and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 is stretched by the luminance stretch amount. Therefore, the luminance stretch amount is output to the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 and the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c. The area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 stretches the luminance according to the luminance stretch amount. The mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c reduce the stretched luminance by video signal processing by changing a gain curve according to the luminance stretch amount.

  Then, as described in the fourth embodiment, the signal processing units 1a, 1b, and 1c and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 are displayed together with the first input video signal by the display instruction detection unit 13a. When it is detected that there is an instruction to display the light emission, the light emission partial enhancement processing is executed for the first input video signal based on the setting of the first control characteristic, and based on the setting of the second control characteristic. Then, the light emission partial enhancement process is executed for the second input video signal.

  Here, the first input video signal and the second input video signal are video signals of the two programs when the two-screen display of the video signals of the two programs is performed. When a two-screen display of a video signal and a data signal of the data broadcast is performed, the video signal of the program and the video signal of the data broadcast are displayed.

  For example, the mapping units 3 a, 3 b, and 3 c perform tone for each video signal according to the genre of the video signal detected by the genre detection unit 13 b in the method described with reference to FIG. 15 in the fourth embodiment. Perform mapping. In addition, the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 performs, for each video signal, according to the genre of the video signal detected by the genre detection unit 13b in the method described with reference to FIG. The brightness of the backlight unit 6 is adjusted.

  The other configuration of the video display device shown in FIG. 17 is the same as the configuration described with reference to FIG.

(Embodiment 6)
FIG. 18 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment (sixth embodiment) of the video display apparatus according to the present invention, and shows another configuration example of the main part of the video display apparatus.

  The video display device of the sixth embodiment has the same configuration as that of the video display device of the fifth embodiment, but unlike the video display device of the fifth embodiment, instead of the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4, an area A luminance stretch unit 4a that does not perform active control is provided. In the luminance stretch unit 4a, the luminance of the backlight unit 6 is stretched using the luminance stretch amount output from the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c of the signal processing units 1a, 1b, and 1c.

  That is, the luminance stretch unit 4 a receives the video signal output from the video synthesis unit 9 and outputs display control data for displaying the video signal to the display control unit 7. At this time, processing by area active control is not performed. On the other hand, the luminance stretch unit 4a stretches the backlight unit 6 with respect to the display screen of the video signal corresponding to each luminance stretch amount, using the luminance stretch amounts output from the light emission detection units 2a, 2b, and 2c.

  As a result, the bright image that is emitted becomes brighter and more radiant. In addition, since the luminance corresponding to the luminance stretch is reduced by the video signal processing in the non-light emitting part, as a result, the luminance of the light emitting part is increased on the screen, and high contrast and high quality images are displayed. Can do.

  Then, as described in the fourth embodiment, the signal processing units 1a, 1b, and 1c and the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 are displayed together with the first input video signal by the display instruction detection unit 13a. When it is detected that there is an instruction to display the light emission, the light emission partial enhancement processing is executed for the first input video signal based on the setting of the first control characteristic, and based on the setting of the second control characteristic. Then, the light emission partial enhancement process is executed on the second input video signal.

  Here, the first input video signal and the second input video signal are video signals of the two programs when the two-screen display of the video signals of the two programs is performed. When a two-screen display of a video signal and a data signal of the data broadcast is performed, the video signal of the program and the video signal of the data broadcast are displayed.

  For example, the mapping units 3 a, 3 b, and 3 c perform tone for each video signal according to the genre of the video signal detected by the genre detection unit 13 b in the method described with reference to FIG. 15 in the fourth embodiment. Perform mapping. In addition, the luminance stretch unit 4a performs the backlight unit 6 according to the genre of the video signal detected by the genre detection unit 13b for each video signal by the method described with reference to FIG. 16 in the fourth embodiment. Adjust the brightness.

  The other configuration of the video display device shown in FIG. 18 is the same as that described with reference to FIG.

  In the above-described fourth embodiment, instead of the area active control / luminance stretch unit 4 of FIG. 14, a luminance stretch unit 4 a that similarly does not execute the area active control may be provided. In such a configuration, Max luminance is obtained from the average lighting rate (however, in this example, the temporary lighting rate itself is the temporary average lighting rate of the entire screen) in the luminance stretch unit 4a, and the light emission luminance of the LED is based on that. And the Max luminance may be fed back to the mapping units 3a, 3b, and 3c.

(Other features)
In each of the above examples, in the light emission portion detection processing in the light emission detection units 2, 2a, 2b, and 2c, the luminance Y is used as the feature amount of the image, the luminance histogram is generated, and the light emission portion is detected therefrom. It was. However, as a feature quantity for generating a histogram, in addition to luminance, for example, CMI (Color Mode Index), or the highest gradation value (Max RGB) among gradation values of RGB video signals constituting one pixel. ) Can be used.

CMI is an index indicating how bright the color of interest is. Here, the CMI is different from the luminance, and indicates the brightness in consideration of the color information. CMI is defined by the following equation (6).
(L ^* / L ^* modeboundary) × 100 (6)

The above L ^* is an indicator of relative color brightness, and when L ^* = 100, the brightness of the brightest white as the object color is obtained. In the above formula (6), L ^* is the lightness of the color of interest, and L ^* modeboundary is the lightness of the boundary that appears to emit light with the same chromaticity as the color of interest. Here, it is known that L ^* modeboundary≈lightness of the brightest color (the lightest color of the object color). The lightness of the color where CMI = 100 is called the emission color boundary, and it is defined as emitting light when CMI = 100 is exceeded.

A method for calculating the CMI from the broadcast video signal to be displayed on the video display device will be described with reference to FIG. The broadcast video signal is standardized based on the BT.709 standard and transmitted. Accordingly, the RGB data of the broadcast video signal is first converted into tristimulus value XYZ data using a conversion matrix for BT.709. Then, the brightness L ^* is calculated from Y using a conversion formula. It is assumed that the color L ^{* of} interest is at position PL1 in FIG. Next, chromaticity is calculated from the converted XYZ, and L ^* (L ^* modeboundary) of the brightest color having the same chromaticity as the target color is examined from the already known brightest color data. The position on FIG. 19 is PL2.

From these values, the CMI is calculated using the above equation (6). CMI is indicated by the ratio of the optimal color of ^L * ^(L * ^{modeboundary)} of ^{L *} and chromaticity of the pixel of interest.
The CMI is obtained for each pixel of the video signal by the above method. Since it is a standardized broadcast signal, all pixels have a CMI in the range of 0-100. Then, for one frame image, a CMI histogram is created with the horizontal axis as CMI and the vertical axis as frequency. Here, the average value Ave. and the standard deviation σ are calculated, and each threshold value is set to detect the light emitting portion.

  Max RGB is data having the maximum gradation value among RGB data. In the combination of RGB, the fact that two colors have the same chromaticity is synonymous with the fact that the ratio of RGB does not change. That is, the process of calculating the brightest color of the same chromaticity in the CMI is a process of obtaining a combination of RGB when the gradation of the RGB data becomes the maximum when the RGB data is multiplied by a certain value without changing the ratio.

For example, a pixel having gradation RGB data as shown in FIG. When the RGB data of the pixel of interest is multiplied by a certain number, as shown in FIG. 20B, when RGB is first saturated, the color is the brightest color with the same chromaticity as the original pixel. When the gradation of the target pixel of the first saturated color (R in this case) is r1 and the gradation of the brightest R is r2, a value similar to CMI can be obtained by the following equation (7). . The color that first saturates when it is multiplied by a certain value to RGB is the color having the maximum gradation among the RGB of the pixel of interest.
(R1 / r2) × 100 (7)

  Then, a value is calculated by the above equation (7) for each pixel to create a histogram. The average value Ave and the standard deviation σ are calculated from this histogram, and each light emission part can be detected by setting each threshold value.

1, 1a, 1b, 1c ... signal processing unit, 2, 2a, 2b, 2c ... emission detection unit, 3, 3a, 3b, 3c ... mapping unit, 4 ... area active control / luminance stretch unit, 4a ... luminance stretch unit DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 5 ... Backlight control part, 6 ... Backlight part, 7 ... Display control part, 8 ... Display part, 9 ... Image composition part, 10a, 10b ... Tuner, 11a, 11b ... Decoder, 12 ... Remote control signal processing part, 13: Screen setting unit, 13a: Display instruction detecting unit, 13b: Genre detecting unit.

Claims (3)

A video display device comprising: a display unit that displays an input video signal; a light source that illuminates the display unit; and a control unit that controls the display unit and the light source,
A display instruction detection unit for detecting whether or not there is an instruction to display a second input video signal on the display unit together with the first input video signal as the input video signal;
The control unit stretches and increases the luminance of the light source based on the input video signal and emits light based on a predetermined feature amount related to the brightness of the input video signal. A light emission partial enhancement process for detecting a light emission portion to be regarded and enhancing display luminance of the light emission portion of the input video signal by reducing the luminance of the video signal of the non-light emission portion excluding the light emission portion of the input video signal. And controlling the light emission partial enhancement processing according to the detection result of the display instruction detection unit,
The control unit divides an image based on the input video signal into a plurality of regions, and turns on the light source region corresponding to the divided region based on the gradation value of the video signal of the divided region which is the divided region. Change the rate,
Obtain an average lighting rate by averaging the lighting rate of the light source region for a plurality of regions of the light source,
A video display device, wherein the luminance of the light source is stretched based on a maximum display luminance that can be taken on the screen of the display unit that is related in advance to the average lighting rate. A video display device comprising: a display unit that displays an input video signal; a light source that illuminates the display unit; and a control unit that controls the display unit and the light source,
A display instruction detection unit for detecting whether or not there is an instruction to display a second input video signal on the display unit together with the first input video signal as the input video signal;
The control unit stretches and increases the luminance of the light source based on the input video signal and emits light based on a predetermined feature amount related to the brightness of the input video signal. A light emission partial enhancement process for detecting a light emission portion to be regarded and enhancing display luminance of the light emission portion of the input video signal by reducing the luminance of the video signal of the non-light emission portion excluding the light emission portion of the input video signal. And controlling the light emission partial enhancement processing according to the detection result of the display instruction detection unit,
The control unit calculates a score indicating the degree of brightness by weighting the brightness for each pixel and counting the number of pixels for an image in a predetermined range including the detected light emitting part region, and the score A video display device characterized by stretching the luminance of the light source according to the above.   A television receiver comprising the video display device according to claim 1.