JP2017199009A - Display device, display method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device or the like capable of reducing power consumption of a back light.SOLUTION: A desk type display device 1 includes a top plate part 2, and leg parts 3 supporting the top plate part 2. The top plate part 2 includes: a liquid crystal panel 13 that is accommodated in a casing 2a so that a display screen is exposed from an opening of the casing 2a; a touch panel 16 that is provided while being overlapped with the display screen; and a back light that comprises a plurality of light sources emitting light toward division areas obtained by dividing the display screen. The desk type display device includes a detection unit that detects, when an object is mounted on the top plate part, a position of the object mounted on the top plate part, and when the position of the object is detected by the detection unit, the desk type display device decreases the amount of light emitted toward one of the division areas corresponding to the position where the object is mounted less than the amount of light emitted toward other division areas.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device and the like.

  A desk-type display device in which the top plate portion is composed of a display device and further includes a touch panel has been put into practical use.

  For example, a liquid crystal panel is employed as the display device for the top panel. The LCD panel displays an image by turning on the backlight. However, in the original display device installation state, that is, the display surface is substantially parallel to the vertical direction, the quality of the displayed image is improved. In order to achieve this, it is necessary to make the luminance of the entire display screen uniform.

  In order to further improve the quality of the image, a local dimming function is used in which a plurality of light sources constituting the backlight are individually controlled to darken a dark portion of an image to be displayed and brighten a bright portion.

  If the detection result of the distance sensor is smaller than a predetermined value, the portable terminal device described in Patent Literature 1 determines that the user cannot see the display unit, and turns off the backlight of the display unit.

JP 2002-314667 A

  In the case of a desk-type display device, it is desirable that an original function as a desk is exhibited in addition to a function of displaying an image and a function of executing various operations by an input operation using a touch panel. The original function of the desk is to place an object on the top board. Although it depends on the object to be placed, if an object is placed on the top board, the image displayed on the part cannot be seen behind the object. Displaying an image in an invisible portion causes unnecessary power consumption as a display device.

  Further, according to the local dimming function, a part of the display screen can be brightened or a part of the display screen can be darkened, but should be brightened based on the image to be displayed on the display screen. The area and the area to be darkened are determined, and it is not assumed that the backlight is controlled based on the position of the object placed on the top board.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a display device or the like that can reduce power consumption of a backlight.

In view of the above-described problems, the display device of the present invention is
A display unit having a light amount control unit capable of changing the amount of light corresponding to the brightness of the image for each partial area of the display screen;
A position detection unit for detecting the position of an object placed on the display screen;
With
The light amount control unit is configured to change a light amount of a region where the object is placed and a region corresponding to a peripheral region of the position where the object is placed based on a detection result of the position detection unit. .

The display method of the present invention includes:
A display step including a light amount control step for changing a light amount corresponding to the brightness of the image for each partial area of the display screen;
A position detecting step for detecting a position of an object placed on the display screen,
The light amount control step changes a light amount of a region where the object is placed and a region corresponding to a peripheral region of the position where the object is placed based on the detection result of the position detection step. .

  According to the present invention, a display unit including a light amount control unit capable of changing a light amount corresponding to the brightness of an image for each partial region of the display screen, and a position of an object placed on the display screen are detected. And a light amount control unit, based on the detection result of the position detection unit, the light amount of the region corresponding to the region where the object is placed and the peripheral region of the position where the object is placed Can be changed.

  Accordingly, a display device or the like that can reduce the power consumption of the backlight can be provided.

1 is an external view of a desk-type display device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the desk-type display device 1. FIG. It is a schematic diagram for demonstrating the backlight control process of the desk-type display apparatus. 4 is a flowchart showing backlight control processing of the desk-type display device 1.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of a desk-type display device 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the desk-type display device 1. The desk-type display device 1 includes a top plate portion 2 and leg portions 3 that support the top plate portion 2. The top plate portion 2 accommodates a liquid crystal panel in which a surface on the upper side is a display surface and a surface-emitting backlight that irradiates light from the back to the liquid crystal panel in a flat casing. A touch panel laminated on the display surface of the panel is further provided. When the user touches the touch panel, an image can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel or software can be operated.

  Since the desk-type display device 1 has both a function as a display device with a touch panel and a function as a desk, for example, a telephone 4, a bundle of documents 5, and other various objects can be placed on the top 2. .

  The desk-type display device 1 includes a control microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as “control microcomputer”) 10, a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as “ROM”) 11, and a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as “RAM”). ) 12, liquid crystal panel 13, display driver 14, video random access memory (hereinafter referred to as "VRAM") 15, touch panel 16, touch panel control circuit 17, backlight control circuit 18 and backlight 19 Is done.

The control microcomputer 10 is, for example, a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as “CP”).
U ”). The control microcomputer 10 controls the operations of the display driver 14, VRAM 15, touch panel control circuit 17, and backlight control circuit 18 by reading and executing various control programs stored in the ROM 11.

  The ROM 11 is configured by, for example, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, and stores various control programs executed by the control microcomputer 10. The RAM 12 is constituted by, for example, a volatile semiconductor memory, and temporarily stores information necessary for the control microcomputer 10 to execute a program stored in the ROM 11. Information stored in the RAM 12 is written and read by the control microcomputer 10.

  The liquid crystal panel 13 serving as a display unit is provided on the top plate unit 2 and includes a display screen that is arranged facing upward while the desk-type display device 1 is installed on the floor or the like. The liquid crystal panel 13 displays the video signal received from the display driver 14 as an image on the display screen. The display driver 14 converts the video signal data received from the control microcomputer 10 into a video signal and sends it to the liquid crystal panel 13. The VRAM 15 is a data buffer configured by, for example, a volatile semiconductor memory and stores video signal data. Video signal data stored in the VRAM 15 is written and read by the control microcomputer 10.

  The touch panel 16 also serving as a detection unit is provided by being stacked on the display screen of the liquid crystal panel 13. The touch panel 16 detects one or a plurality of contact positions and sends a signal representing the detected position to the touch panel control circuit 17. As a detection method, various methods such as a matrix switch method, a resistance film method, a capacitance method, an electromagnetic induction method, and an infrared shielding method can be used, and a plurality of these methods may be combined. For example, an electrostatic induction method is used as an input device instead of a keyboard or a mouse, and an infrared ray blocking method is used as a detection unit that detects the position of an object placed on the top surface of the top panel 2.

  The touch panel control circuit 17 converts a signal received from the touch panel 16 into detection coordinate data and sends it to the control microcomputer 10. The control microcomputer 10 can recognize the contact position from the detected coordinate data received from the touch panel control circuit 17. The contact detection surface of the touch panel 16 and the display screen of the liquid crystal panel 13 are provided with substantially the same size, and the contact position of the touch panel 16 and the display position of the display screen are associated with each other. For example, the touch position of the touch panel 16 is represented by XY coordinates and is associated one-to-one with the XY coordinates of the display screen.

  The backlight control circuit 18 controls the luminance of each LED (Light Emitting Diode) light source provided in the backlight 19 for each LED light source in order to realize a so-called local dimming function.

  In the local dimming function, the display screen of the liquid crystal panel 13 is divided into a plurality of areas, and the brightness of the LED light source assigned to each divided area is controlled for each divided area, thereby realizing a high contrast ratio. To do.

  The arrangement positions of the LED light sources provided in the backlight 19 are determined in advance, and the arrangement of the divided areas of the display screen is also determined in advance according to the LED light sources of the backlight 19. Therefore, the brightness control of the backlight 19 controls the brightness of the LED light source based on the image data to be displayed for each predetermined divided area.

  The present invention detects the position of an object such as the telephone 4 placed on the top surface of the top panel 2 by the touch panel 16 and uses the local dimming function to display a display screen corresponding to the position where the object is placed. The brightness of the LED light sources in the divided areas is made smaller than the brightness of the LED light sources in the other divided areas.

  In the case of the desk-type display device 1 of the present invention, almost the entire upper surface of the top panel 2 is occupied by the display screen. When an object such as the telephone 4 or a bundle of documents 5 is placed on the top panel 2, the placed object becomes an obstacle, and a part of the displayed image cannot be seen. If the image is blocked by an obstacle and cannot be seen, even if the brightness of the LED light source in the divided area corresponding to that portion is reduced, the brightness of the LED light source in the other divided area where the obstacle is not placed is reduced. If held sufficiently, the quality of the image displayed on the part of the display screen where no obstacle is placed is hardly deteriorated, and the brightness of the backlight 19 is reduced by reducing the luminance of the LED light source. Power consumption can be kept low.

  As described above, although the image quality hardly deteriorates, the image displayed on the display screen corresponding to the position where the obstacle such as the telephone 4 or the bundle of documents 5 is placed has the obstacle placed thereon. As long as it disappears, it can be said that there is a defect in the display image. Therefore, the display screen area corresponding to the position where the obstacle is placed is prevented from being displayed, and the image is displayed in the display screen area corresponding to the position where the obstacle is not placed. It is preferable to do so. Reduce the image originally displayed in the area where the obstacle is placed or the image displayed on the entire display screen so that the entire display image is displayed in the area where the obstacle is not placed. indicate.

  Or, if there is a background part in the display image, move the display part of the image that is originally displayed in the area where the obstacle is placed to the background part of the area where the obstacle is not placed. If there is not enough background part, move the display part of the image other than the image that is originally displayed in the area where the obstacle is placed to secure the background part, and to the newly secured background part The image originally displayed may be moved to the area where the obstacle is placed.

  FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram for explaining the backlight control processing of the desk-type display device 1. FIG. 3 is a plan view of the desk-type display device 1 as viewed from above.

  FIG. 3A shows a state in which an image is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 13, but no obstacle is placed on the upper surface of the top panel 2. In such a state, the backlight 19 The amount of light emitted from the LED light source is controlled so that the amount of light on the entire display screen is uniform. From this state, as shown in FIG. 3B, when an obstacle such as the telephone 4 or a bundle of documents 5 is placed on the top surface of the top panel 2, the obstacle is placed. The control microcomputer 10 causes the brightness of the LED light source in the divided area of the display screen corresponding to the display area to be smaller than the brightness of the LED light source in the other divided areas where no obstacle is placed, and preferably the LED light source is turned off. The backlight 19 is controlled via the backlight control circuit 18.

  FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a control result of the backlight 19. In order to facilitate understanding, FIG. 3C does not show an obstacle placed on the top surface of the top plate 2. The LED light source corresponding to the area 4a where the telephone 4 that is an obstacle is placed is turned off, and the amount of light is reduced compared to other areas where no obstacle is placed. Similarly, the LED light source corresponding to the area 5a where the bundle of documents 5 which is an obstacle is placed is also turned off, and the amount of light is reduced compared to other areas where no obstacle is placed.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3B, the telephone 4 is placed at a position corresponding to a so-called background portion and does not interfere with the displayed image, but the bundle of documents 5 is a single window image. g is overlaid on the displayed area, and part of the window image g is hidden and cannot be seen. Therefore, of the four vertices of the displayed window image g, one of the vertices away from the area 5a on which the document bundle 5 is placed is used as a reference point, and the window image g is fixed with the reference point fixed. The reduced window image gs is displayed after being reduced. The reduction ratio at this time is reduced to the remaining area excluding the overlapping area with the area 5a on which the bundle 5 of obstacle documents is placed among the areas where the window image g was displayed before the reduction. It is determined so that the entire window image gs can be displayed.

  By such image reduction processing, no image is displayed in the area where the obstacle is placed, and the image can be displayed in another area where the obstacle is not placed.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the backlight control process of the desk-type display device 1.
In step s1, an image to be displayed is displayed on the display screen of the liquid crystal panel 13 according to the specifications of the application, the OS, and the like. If an obstacle is detected by the touch panel 16 in step s2, it is determined in step s3 whether the number of detected obstacles is one.

  Originally, the touch panel 16 is provided as an input device, and it is assumed that a finger, a touch pen, or the like comes into contact for operation. In the detection of the obstacle in step s2, it is necessary to determine whether the obstacle is placed on the touch panel 16 or whether a touch pen or the like has come into contact with the touch panel 16 for operation.

  In the present embodiment, it is calculated from the contact position of the object detected by the touch panel 16 by utilizing the fact that the area where the obstacle comes into contact with the touch panel 16 is wider than the contact area of the finger or touch pen that is touched when operating. The contact area is compared with a predetermined threshold. If the contact area is wider than the threshold, it is recognized that an obstacle is placed.

  In addition to the area of the contact area, the contact time that the obstacle continuously touches the touch panel 16 is longer than the contact time for the operation. It is also possible to compare the elapsed time with a predetermined threshold and recognize that an obstacle has been placed if the contact time is longer than the threshold.

  In this way, when it is detected that an obstacle has been placed instead of a mere operation contact, the number of obstacles is recognized. For example, when an obstacle is detected based on the size of the contact area, the number of obstacles is recognized based on how many contact areas detected as an obstacle are detected on the front surface of the touch panel 16. If the number of obstacles is one, the process proceeds to step s4. If the number of obstacles is two or more, the process proceeds to step s10.

  In step s4, the detected contact area of the obstacle is compared with the image currently displayed on the display screen. In step s5, the display area where some image other than the background portion is displayed overlaps the contact area. Determine whether or not. If they overlap, the process proceeds to step s6. If they do not overlap, that is, if the entire contact area falls within the background portion, the process proceeds to step s12.

  In step s6, both display control and backlight control are performed. In the display control, as described above, the reduction process or the movement of the display position of the image is performed so that the image is not displayed in the contact area where the display is blocked by the obstacle. In the backlight control, the amount of light applied to the area where the obstacle is placed is reduced more than the amount of light applied to the other area where the obstacle is not placed. The divided area set for local dimming is compared with the contact area where the obstacle is placed, and all the divided areas that are included in the contact area are extracted. The emitted light quantity of the assigned LED light source is reduced to lower the luminance. The power consumption of the backlight 19 can be reduced by reducing the amount of light of the LED light source that irradiates at least the contact area, and the power consumption of the backlight 19 is maximized by turning off the LED light source that irradiates the contact area. It can be reduced to.

  In step s7, an image is displayed while maintaining the control state executed in step s6. In step s8, the state of the obstacle is checked to see if the obstacle has changed. In step s9, if the state of the obstacle has changed, the process returns to step s2, and if not, the process returns to step s7.

  The change in the state of the obstacle is, for example, when the area other than the contact area of the obstacle is kept non-contact and the contact area changes to non-contact, it is determined that the obstacle has been removed by the user. Can do. In addition, when the contact area changes to non-contact, and the area connected to the contact area before changing to non-contact changes to the contact area, the obstacle is pulled or pushed by the user, and the top plate It can be determined that the upper surface of the portion 2 has moved.

  When the contact area changes to a non-contact state, since no obstacle is placed at least in the area that was the contact area, the LED light source that has been turned off or whose light amount has decreased is turned on or other divided areas. The amount of light is changed to the same light amount as that of the LED light source assigned to.

  When the number of obstacles is two or more, the contact area of all obstacles detected in step s10 in the same manner as in step s4 is compared with the image currently displayed on the display screen. It is determined whether there is a contact area that overlaps the display area. If there is an overlap, the process proceeds to step s6, and if there is no overlap, the process proceeds to step s12.

  In addition, if the light quantity of the LED light source corresponding to the contact area on which the obstacle is placed is reduced due to the setting of the divided area, the directivity of the LED light source to be used, the characteristics of the reflector, etc., the light quantity in the peripheral area of the contact area May be insufficient. In such a case, image quality deterioration such as a decrease in contrast may occur in the peripheral area, so that the light amount of the LED light source in the divided area corresponding to the peripheral area may be changed by the operation control of the backlight 19, It is preferable to adjust the contrast by changing the aperture ratio, transmittance, etc. of the liquid crystal by controlling the operation of the liquid crystal panel 13 to suppress image quality deterioration.

  In the above embodiment, the touch panel 16 also serves as an obstacle detection unit. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the touch panel 16 may include a detection unit that detects an obstacle separately. . For example, an imaging device capable of imaging the upper surface of the top panel 2 is provided, and an image recognition process is performed on the captured image to detect an obstacle.

  Further, according to the description of the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained. For example, it includes a top plate portion and leg portions that support the top plate portion, the top plate portion is formed in a flat plate shape, has a housing that opens in one thickness direction, and a display screen that displays an image. A display unit accommodated in the housing such that the display screen is exposed from the opening, a touch panel provided to overlap the display screen, and a corresponding divided region provided for each divided region obtained by dividing the display screen. It is also possible to provide a desk-type display device that includes a plurality of light sources that emit light toward the screen and includes a backlight housed in the housing.

  The desk-type display device includes a detection unit that detects the position of the placed object when the object is placed on the top plate, and the light emission control unit detects the position of the object by the detection unit. When detected, the amount of light emitted from the light source toward the divided region corresponding to the position where the object is placed is changed from the light source toward the other divided region based on the detection result of the detection unit. The backlight is controlled so as to be smaller than the amount of emitted light.

  Thereby, in the location in which the object used as an obstruction is mounted, since the light quantity emitted from a light source reduces, the power consumption of a backlight can be reduced.

  According to the present embodiment, when the position of the object is detected by the detection unit, the light emission control unit, based on the detection result of the detection unit, the divided region corresponding to the position where the object is placed Turn off the light source that emits light toward.

  Since the corresponding light source is turned off at the place where the obstacle is placed, the power consumption of the backlight can be further reduced.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the light emission control unit, when the detection unit stops detecting the position of the object placed on the top plate part, the division corresponding to the position where the object is placed. The backlight is controlled so that the amount of light emitted from the light source toward the region is the same as the amount of light emitted from the light source toward the other divided regions.

  The fact that the position of the object placed on the top plate part is not detected, that is, it is considered that the obstacle has been removed from the top plate, so the amount of light at the place where the obstacle was placed is defined as another region. By using the same amount of light, it is possible to suppress a decrease in image quality.

  According to this embodiment, when the position of the object is detected by the detection unit in a state where an image is displayed on the display screen, the position where the object is placed based on the detection result of the detection unit. The display unit is controlled so that the image of the portion displayed in the divided area corresponding to is reduced or moved so that the image is not displayed in the divided area corresponding to the position where the object is placed.

  When the obstacle is placed, the image displayed before the placement is not seen. In order to prevent this, the image of the portion displayed at the place where the object is placed is reduced or moved, and the image is not displayed at that place.

  Thereby, even if an object is placed on the top board, an image can be displayed at a place where the object is not placed.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Desk type display apparatus 2 Top plate part 2a Case 3 Leg part 10 Control microcomputer 11 ROM
12 RAM
13 LCD panel 14 Display driver 15 VRAM
16 Touch Panel 17 Touch Panel Control Circuit 18 Backlight Control Circuit 19 Backlight

Claims (9)

A display unit having a light amount control unit capable of changing the amount of light corresponding to the brightness of the image for each partial area of the display screen;
A position detection unit for detecting the position of an object placed on the display screen;
A display device comprising:
The light amount control unit changes a light amount of a region where the object is placed and a light amount of a region corresponding to a peripheral region of the position where the object is placed based on a detection result of the position detection unit. Display device.   When the position detection unit detects the position of the object, the light amount control unit reduces the light amount of the region corresponding to the position where the object is placed based on the detection result of the position detection unit. The display device according to claim 1.   The light amount control unit, when the position of the object is detected by the position detection unit, eliminates the light amount of the region corresponding to the position where the object is placed based on the detection result of the position detection unit. The display device according to claim 1 or 2.   The light quantity control unit is divided into a plurality of divided areas, and a light source of a divided area included in the area where the object is placed is compared with a plurality of light sources that emit light toward the corresponding divided areas. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device is controlled to reduce an emission amount.   5. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the light amount control unit controls a light amount of a region corresponding to the peripheral region so as not to reduce a contrast of the peripheral region.   When the position detection unit no longer detects the position of the object placed on the display unit, the light amount control unit emits light from the light source toward the divided region corresponding to the position where the object is placed. 6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the amount of light to be emitted is controlled to be the same as the amount of light emitted from the light source toward the other divided regions.   When the position of the object is detected by the position detection unit in a state where an image is displayed on the display screen, based on the detection result of the position detection unit, the divided region corresponding to the position where the object is placed It further includes a display control unit that controls the display unit so that the image of the displayed portion is reduced or moved so that the image is not displayed in the divided region corresponding to the position where the object is placed. The display device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. A display step including a light amount control step for changing a light amount corresponding to the brightness of the image for each partial area of the display screen;
A position detecting step for detecting a position of an object placed on the display screen;
A display method including:
The light amount control step changes the light amount of the region where the object is placed and the light amount of the region corresponding to the peripheral region of the position where the object is placed based on the detection result of the position detection step. Display method. On the computer,
A display function including a light amount control function for changing the light amount corresponding to the brightness of the image for each partial area of the display screen;
A position detection function for detecting the position of an object placed on the display screen;
Is a program that realizes
The light amount control function is configured to change a light amount of a region where the object is placed and a light amount of a region corresponding to a peripheral region of the position where the object is placed based on a detection result of the position detection function. Program.