JP5200599B2 - Screen, optical characteristic measuring system, and optical characteristic measuring method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a screen used when measuring optical characteristics of a display device, an optical property measuring system for measuring optical properties of the display device, and a method thereof.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to inspect the quality of a display image in a display device, a device that measures optical characteristics such as brightness, color, gradation, contrast, and variations in these characteristics of a display image is known (for example, (See Patent Documents 1 and 2).

  A device described in Patent Document 1 is a color uniformity measuring device including a single-plate or three-plate color camera equipped with an RGB filter, and an arithmetic unit that corrects a measurement value by the camera. This apparatus employs a configuration in which the aperture of the imaging lens of the camera unit is operated manually or automatically to measure a wide range of brightness optical characteristics.

  Also, the configuration described in Patent Document 2 employs a configuration in which a light receiving sensor equipped with a tristimulus filter is used to measure a wide range of brightness optical characteristics by changing the shutter time. In this apparatus, each filter of tristimulus values is set in a circular folder, and is configured to sequentially face the light receiving elements by rotating the folder.

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  By the way, in recent years, the main application of display devices such as projectors has shifted from the conventional character display to the display of richer images such as natural images such as landscapes and people, or graphic images. Further, the increase in light energy density accompanying the increase in brightness of the projector tends to cause optical distortion of a light source lamp, a liquid crystal element, an optical component, and the like, which leads to deterioration in color uniformity of the display device. In these respects, there is a demand for a technique that can accurately measure optical characteristics even when high-power optical energy is output.

  However, in the conventional measuring apparatus such as Patent Document 1, when high-power optical energy is output, the measurement corresponding to the light energy is performed by adjusting the diaphragm, but by adjusting the diaphragm, The aberration characteristics of the imaging lens are deteriorated. For this reason, there exists a problem that a highly accurate measurement cannot be implemented.

  In addition, in a measuring apparatus such as Patent Document 2, it is necessary to integrate measured values for each filter in order to reduce the influence of flicker that occurs in a normal display image, and depending on the flicker period, it takes several seconds to measure. Or, if the flicker cycle is unknown, it may take longer. That is, the measurement time cannot be shortened. In addition, the configuration of the light receiving unit is complicated, and there is a problem that the apparatus is expensive.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a screen, an optical characteristic measurement system, and an optical characteristic measurement method that can accurately measure optical characteristics with a simple configuration.

Screen of the present invention includes a display area where an image is displayed by the image light outputted from the display device, a screen order to measure the optical characteristics of the display device, on the display area, the display A plurality of measurement units each having a plurality of measurement areas for displaying images corresponding to image light output from the apparatus with different brightness are arranged, and the plurality of measurement areas have brightness corresponding to the illuminance of the image light. A first measurement area for displaying the image; a second measurement area for displaying the image by reducing the brightness by a first predetermined amount; and a second predetermined amount for which the brightness is greater than the first predetermined amount. And a third measurement region in which the image is displayed while being reduced only by a distance .

In the present invention, for example, when image light having uniform brightness over the entire surface is output from the display device, images are displayed with different brightness in the plurality of measurement areas. Here, these measurement areas are each provided with a measurement area for displaying image light with low illuminance at the same brightness, and a measurement area for displaying illuminance of image light with high illuminance by a predetermined amount. As a result, when measuring the optical characteristics of image light with low illuminance, measure the measurement area where the image light with low illuminance is displayed as it is, for example, image the image light reflected in this measurement area. Thus, by obtaining the luminance value based on the captured image, the optical characteristic can be measured. On the other hand, when measuring the optical characteristics of image light with high illuminance, the image light reflected by the measurement area where the illuminance of image light with high illuminance is reduced by a predetermined amount is displayed, that is, image light with high illuminance. When the image is picked up by an image pickup unit or the like, there is a risk that the amount of light that can be photoelectrically converted by the image pickup unit may be exceeded. However, as described above, in the measurement region where the illuminance of the image light is reduced by a predetermined amount and displayed, the illuminance can be reduced by a predetermined amount. Thus, a light amount exceeding an allowable value that can be photoelectrically converted is not received, and a captured image having a luminance value corresponding to the image light can be acquired. Therefore, it is possible to easily measure the optical characteristics of image light with high illuminance by measuring the luminance value of the captured image and back-calculating the illuminance reduced in the measurement region. Accordingly, it is possible to accurately measure optical characteristics of a wide range of brightness from when image light with low luminance light energy is output to when image light with high luminance light energy is output.
Also, since multiple measurement units with these measurement areas are arranged in the display area, measure the optical characteristics of the measurement areas of each measurement unit and compare the optical characteristics of the measurement areas of all measurement units Thus, it is possible to easily measure variations in optical characteristics in the display area.

In the screen of the present invention, the display area displays an image by reflecting image light output from the display device with a predetermined reflectance, and the plurality of measurement areas each have a different reflectance for the image light. It is preferable to reflect with.
According to the present invention, the measurement area described above displays an image with different brightness due to the difference in reflectance. Here, each measurement region is color-coded such as white having a reflectance of 100%, black having a reflectance of approximately 1%, white having a reflectance of 10%, for example, and gray being the center of black. By doing so, the predetermined reflectance can be easily set.
In such a screen, due to the difference in reflectance of each measurement area, even image light with uniform brightness is displayed with different brightness in each measurement area. Therefore, the brightness in each measurement region can be measured, and the optical characteristics can be easily measured with high accuracy based on the measured value and the reflectance of each measurement region. For example, when image light with low-brightness light energy such as illuminance of 1 to 100 is output, the image is displayed (reflected) in a measurement region formed in white with a reflectance of 100%, for example Measure. Thereby, it is possible to accurately measure the optical characteristics of low-brightness light energy. Further, when image light with medium energy and high brightness light energy with an illuminance of 100 or more is output, when image light in a measurement region with a reflectance of 100% is measured, for example, the reflected image light is captured. There is a risk of exceeding the allowable amount of light that can be photoelectrically converted by the image sensor, making it difficult to measure accurate optical characteristics. In such a case, for example, in the measurement region formed in black having a reflectance of 1%, or in the measurement region formed in gray in which the reflectance is set to a predetermined value between 1 to 100%, this image is used. Reflect light. As a result, since the brightness of the light reflected in this measurement region decreases by a value corresponding to the reflectance, the optical characteristics are accurately measured without exceeding the allowable amount of light that can be photoelectrically converted by the image sensor. be able to. Thereafter, the actual optical characteristics can be measured by correcting the measurement value based on the reflectance corresponding to the measurement region.

Furthermore, in the screen of the present invention, the display area displays the image by transmitting the image light output from the display device at a predetermined transmittance, and each of the plurality of measurement areas transmits the image light differently. The structure which permeate | transmits at a rate may be sufficient.
That is, the screen described above is a screen of a type that reflects image light projected by a projector or the like, but in the present invention, for example, transmission that transmits image light output from a display device such as a PDP or a rear projection television is used. It may be a mold screen. In this case, as described above, the brightness of the image displayed in each measurement region of the screen can be changed by setting the light transmittance in each measurement region to a different value. Therefore, the optical characteristics can be easily measured with a simple configuration by changing the measurement region to be measured according to the magnitude of the light energy of the image light output from the display device.

In the screen of the present invention, it is preferable that the reflectance of the background area, which is an area other than the measurement area in the display area, is 50% or less.
According to the present invention, since the reflectance of the background area is set to 50% or less, the brightness of the image displayed in the background area becomes dark and the image of the measurement area can be easily recognized. Therefore, measurement accuracy in the measurement region can be improved.

  Further, when the above-described transmission type screen is used, the transmittance is preferably set to 50% or less. Even in this case, the same effect as the reflective screen can be obtained, that is, the brightness of the image displayed in the background area other than the measurement area is reduced, and the brightness of the image in the measurement area is easily recognized. .

  The optical characteristic measurement system according to the present invention includes a screen having a display area in which an image is displayed by image light output from the display device, and a measurement device that measures the optical characteristic based on the image displayed on the screen. The screen includes a plurality of screens for displaying the image light output from the display device and the image light of the display device at different brightnesses in the display area. A plurality of measurement units each including a measurement region, wherein the measurement device measures an optical characteristic based on an imaging unit that images the display region, and brightness of the measurement region of a captured image captured by the imaging unit; And measuring means.

  According to the present invention, the measuring apparatus captures the image displayed on the screen as described above with the imaging unit. And a measurement control means measures the brightness of the measurement area | region in a captured image. Here, for example, when an image reflected by a reflective screen is captured by the imaging unit, the measurement control unit is output from the reflectance of each measurement region and the luminance value of each measurement region measured from the captured image. Calculate optical characteristics of image light. For example, when an image reflected by a transmissive screen is captured by the imaging unit, the optical power of the output image light is determined from the transmittance of each measurement region and the luminance value of each measurement region measured from the captured image. Calculate characteristics. At this time, when low-brightness light energy is output from the display device, the brightness of the image area corresponding to the measurement area having a large reflectance (or transmittance) in the captured image is measured. Further, when high luminance light energy is output from the display device, the brightness of the image area corresponding to the measurement area where the reflectance (or transmittance) in the captured image is small is measured. Thereby, the measurement corresponding to the light energy of the image light output from the display device can be carried out, and the optical characteristics over a wide range of brightness can be measured.

  In the optical characteristic measurement system of the present invention, the measurement device is provided so as to be communicable with the display device, and a measurement region position recognition unit that recognizes a position of the measurement region based on the captured image, and the measurement An image generation unit that generates a pattern image in which brightness corresponding to each measurement region is set at the position of the measurement region recognized by the region position recognition unit, and the display device is controlled to the image generation unit. Display control means for outputting the pattern image generated in this manner.

  According to the present invention, the position of the measurement region in the captured image is recognized by the measurement region position recognition unit of the measurement apparatus, and the position of the measurement region is determined by the image generation unit corresponding to the reflectance or transmittance of the measurement region. The pattern image displayed with the brightness of is generated. Then, the display control means controls the pattern image to be output from the display device and displayed on the display area of the screen. Here, the image generating means has, for example, a brightness of 1% of the maximum luminance and a reflectance of 1% (transmittance of 1%) in a measurement region having a reflectivity of 100% (transmittance of 100%). For example, a pattern image in which the brightness is 10% of the maximum brightness is generated for the measurement area, for example, the brightness is 100% of the maximum brightness and the reflectance is 10% (transmittance is 10%). That is, the brightness of the portion corresponding to each measurement region of the pattern image is set so that the amount of image light received by the imaging unit does not exceed the allowable amount that can be photoelectrically converted by the imaging unit. By displaying such a pattern image on the screen, low-brightness light energy whose brightness is 1% of the maximum brightness is a measurement area where the reflectance is 100%, and high brightness whose brightness is 100% of the maximum brightness. Is reflected or transmitted in a measurement region with a reflectance of 1%, and light energy with a medium brightness whose brightness is 10% of the maximum luminance. Thereby, the measuring device captures this image with the imaging unit, and measures the brightness of the image in each measurement region, so that the optical characteristics of the display device when the light energy is output with low brightness, the light energy with high brightness Optical characteristics at the time of output, and optical characteristics at the time of light energy output of medium brightness can be measured at a time. Therefore, it is not necessary to output image light having different light energies in a plurality of times from the display device, and optical characteristics in a wide range of brightness can be measured quickly.

In this case, in the optical characteristic measurement system, the display control unit controls the display device to output a display region specifying image for specifying the display region on the screen, and the measuring device includes the imaging unit. Screen position specifying means for specifying the position of the screen based on the display area specifying image picked up by the image generation means corresponding to the screen position specified by the screen position specifying means It is preferable to generate the pattern image.
According to the present invention, the display area specifying image is output on the display area of the screen, and the screen position specifying means specifies the position of the screen based on the captured image of the output image. Then, the image generation means generates a pattern image corresponding to the specified screen position. Thereby, since the measurement area within the display area of the screen can be recognized appropriately, a pattern image in which the measurement area can be set to an appropriate brightness can be easily generated. Therefore, when the pattern image is displayed on the display area of the screen, the pattern image is not shifted, and image light with appropriate illuminance can be reflected (or transmitted) in the measurement area. As a result, measurement errors can be prevented, and optical characteristics can be measured with higher accuracy.

The optical characteristic measurement method of the present invention includes a display area in which an image is displayed by image light output from the display device, and the image light output from the display device has different brightness in the display region. An optical property measurement method in an optical property measurement system, comprising: a screen provided with a plurality of measurement regions to be displayed in; and a measurement device that measures optical properties based on an image displayed on the screen, The measurement apparatus captures an image displayed in the display area and measures optical characteristics based on brightness of the measurement area of the captured image.
According to the present invention, similarly to the above-described invention, the measuring device captures an image on the display region of the screen and easily measures the brightness of the measuring region corresponding to the light energy output from the display device. In addition, optical characteristics can be measured over a wide range of brightness.

[First embodiment]
Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the optical characteristic measurement system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a display area of the screen in the optical characteristic measurement system of the first embodiment.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an optical characteristic measurement system. The optical characteristic measurement system 1 projects image light output from a projector 2 onto a display area 31 of a screen 3 and picks up the projected image. This is a system for measuring optical characteristics from captured images. Here, examples of the optical characteristics include the brightness, color tone, gradation, contrast, and in-plane variability of the image light output from the projector 2.
The optical characteristic measurement system 1 includes a projector 2 as a display device to be inspected, a screen 3 on which an image is displayed, and a measurement device 4.

The projector 2 is a device that forms image light and emits it toward the screen 3. Although not shown, the projector 2 is an optical device in which a light source that emits a light beam having a predetermined light energy, a color separation optical system, three liquid crystal panels, a color synthesis optical system, and a projection optical system are arranged. Has a system. The projector 2 separates a light beam emitted from a light source into R (red), G (green), and B (blue) color lights by a color separation optical system, and a liquid crystal panel corresponding to each of these color lights. Transmit and modulate the light. Then, the light-modulated color lights are color-synthesized by a color synthesis optical system to form image light, and the image light is enlarged and projected from the projection optical system toward the screen 3. Further, the light source of the projector 2 is configured to emit a luminous flux having an illuminance of about 10,000 (lx) as image light to be projected. The projector 2 is configured to be capable of projecting image light of 1 to 10000 (lx) by changing the voltage applied to the liquid crystal panel.
In this embodiment, a three-plate projector having three transmissive liquid crystal panels is exemplified. For example, a projector using a reflective liquid crystal panel (LCOS (Liquid Crystal On Silicon)), a DMD (Digital A projector using a mirror device can be used as a display device to be inspected.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the screen 3 includes a planar display region 31 onto which the image light projected from the projector 2 is projected. In the vicinity of the four corners and in the vicinity of the center of the display area 31, measurement units 32 each having a plurality of measurement areas 33 are provided.

Specifically, each measurement unit 32 is arranged adjacent to the first measurement region 331 and the first measurement region 331 that reflects the image light projected from the projector 2 with a reflectance of 100%, and the image light. Is arranged adjacent to the first measurement region 331 and the second measurement region 332, and the third measurement region 333 is configured to reflect image light with a reflectance of 1%. And.
Further, the background area 34 that is an area other than the measurement unit 32 in the display area 31 is set to have a reflectance of image light of 50% or less. For example, in this embodiment, the reflectance is set to 1%. Yes.
Here, the reflectance of the measurement region 33 and the background region 34 is set according to the number of arrangements of black black minute regions having a reflectance of 1% and white white minute regions having a reflectance of 100%. ing. That is, the first measurement region 331 having a reflectance of 100% is composed of only a white minute region, and the third measurement region 333 and the background region 34 having a reflectance of 1% is composed of only a black minute region. . Further, in the second measurement region 332 having a reflectance of 10%, the white minute region is arranged at a ratio of 10% and the black minute region is 90% per predetermined area. This makes it possible to accurately set the reflectance in each region.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the measurement device 4 includes an imaging unit 41 that captures an image displayed on the screen 3 and an image measurement control unit 42.

The imaging unit 41 includes a color camera (CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera) in which a plurality of imaging elements are arranged in a matrix, and captures an image displayed in the display area 31 of the screen 3. That is, the imaging unit 41 receives the image light reflected by the display region 31 by a plurality of imaging elements, performs photoelectric conversion, and outputs an image signal corresponding to the received image light to the image measurement control unit 42. Here, the imaging device of the imaging unit 41 performs photoelectric exchange on image light having an illuminance in the range of 1 to 100 (lx). That is, the allowable amount that can be converted into the light source by the imaging unit 41 is set to 100 (lx).
In the present embodiment, the imaging unit 41 that can perform photoelectric conversion with respect to a light flux with an illuminance of 1 to 100 (lx) is illustrated. The image pickup unit 41 and the like may be used.

  The image measurement control unit 42 is connected to the imaging unit 41 and the projector 2. The image measurement control unit 42 includes a memory (not shown) that stores various programs and various data, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that performs arithmetic processing on the various programs recorded in the memory, and the like. Specifically, the memory includes display control means 421, image recognition means 422, measurement region position recognition means 423, projection position recognition means 424 as screen position identification means, image generation means 425, measurement means 426, and output control. A program such as the means 427 is stored, read appropriately by the CPU, and an arithmetic process is performed.

The display control unit 421 outputs an image display request signal for displaying a predetermined image on the projector 2 and causes the projector 2 to emit image light corresponding to the image display control signal. Here, examples of the image to be output from the projector 2 include a screen position recognition image, a pattern image generated by an image generation unit described later, and the like.
Here, the screen position recognition image is an image in which the projection position marker 35 as a display area specifying image as shown in FIG. 2 is arranged. Specifically, this screen position recognition image is an image set so that the projection position markers 35 are projected at the preset coordinate positions, for example, the four corners of the display area 31 as shown in FIG. .
A detailed description of the pattern image will be described later.

  The image recognition unit 422 recognizes the captured image based on the image signal input from the imaging unit 41.

  The measurement region position recognition unit 423 recognizes the position of the measurement unit 32 from the captured image recognized by the image recognition unit 422. Specifically, the measurement region position recognition unit 423 recognizes the coordinate position of the first measurement region 331 having a reflectance of 100%. The positional relationship among the first measurement area 331, the second measurement area 332, and the third measurement area 333 in the measurement unit 32 of the screen 3 is stored in advance in a memory or the like. Thereby, the measurement region position recognition unit 423 can recognize the coordinate positions of the second measurement region 332 and the third measurement region 333 by recognizing the coordinate position of the first measurement region 331.

  The projection position recognition unit 424 recognizes the projection position of the image light in the display area 31 of the screen 3. Specifically, the projection position recognition unit 424 outputs an image display control signal for displaying the screen position recognition image by the display control unit 421, and the image recognition unit 422 recognizes the captured image of the screen position recognition image. When this is done, the projection position coordinates of the projection position marker 35 are recognized based on this captured image. Further, the projection position recognition means 424 calculates the position and tilt state of the screen 3 based on the projection position coordinates.

The image generation unit 425 generates a pattern image based on the coordinate position of each measurement unit 32 and the projection position coordinate of the projection position marker recognized by the measurement region position recognition unit 423 and the projection position recognition unit 424. Specifically, the image generation means 425 generates a pattern image 5 as shown in FIG. At this time, the image generation unit 425 generates the pattern image 5 in which the measurement target image portions 51, 52, and 53 corresponding to the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333 of the measurement unit 32 are set to different gradation values. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a pattern image.
Here, the image generation means 425 sets the brightness values of the measurement target image portions 51, 52, and 53 of the pattern image as follows. That is, the image generation means 425 sets the brightness in the first measurement target image portion 51 corresponding to the first measurement region 331 to 0 to 1% of the maximum luminance value, that is, the illuminance from the projector 2 is 1 to 100 (lx). It is set to a predetermined brightness value in between. In addition, the image generation unit 425 sets the brightness in the second measurement target image unit 52 corresponding to the second measurement region 332 to 1 to 10% of the maximum luminance value, that is, the illuminance from the projector 2 is 100 to 1000 (lx). It is set to a predetermined brightness value in between. Furthermore, the image generation means 425 sets the brightness in the third measurement target image portion 53 corresponding to the third measurement region 333 to 10 to 100% of the maximum luminance value, that is, the illuminance from the projector 2 is 1000 to 10000 (lx). It is set to a predetermined brightness value in between. Furthermore, the image generation means 425 sets the brightness of the background image portion 54 that is an area other than the measurement target image portions 51, 52, and 53 in the pattern image 5 to low luminance.
At this time, when the pattern image 5 is output from the projector 2 based on the coordinate position of each measurement unit 32 and the projection position coordinate of the projection position marker, the measurement target image unit 51 is displayed in each measurement region 331, 332, 333. , 52 and 53 are generated so that the coordinate images of the measurement target image portions 51, 52 and 53 are corrected.

  The measurement means 426 outputs an image display control signal for displaying the pattern image by the display control means 421, and each measurement of the picked-up image is recognized when the image recognition means 422 recognizes the picked-up image of the pattern image. The brightness values of the portions corresponding to the areas 331, 332, and 333 are measured, and the brightness of the image light emitted from the projector is measured as shown in the following equation.

(Equation 1)
For the luminance value of the first measurement area:
Ya-e = a-e (Y100) (1)

For the brightness value in the second measurement area:
Ya to e = a to e (Y10 × 10) (2)

For the brightness value in the third measurement area:
Ya to e = a to e (Y1 × 100) (3)

Here, Yx represents the measurement value (brightness value) of the brightness of the measurement region 33 of x (each measurement region a to e in FIG. 2), and Y100 has a reflectance of 100% in the captured image. The luminance value of the region corresponding to the first measurement region 331, Y10 is the luminance value of the region corresponding to the second measurement region 332 having a reflectance of 10% in the captured image, and Y1 is the reflectance of the captured image. This is the luminance value of the region corresponding to the third measurement region 333 that is 1%.
Based on the above equation (1), the measuring unit 426 is based on the luminance value of the portion corresponding to the first measurement region 331 in the captured image, and the low intensity light with illuminance of, for example, 1 to 100 (lx) from the projector 2. The illuminance of image light when energy image light is emitted is measured. As this threshold value, for example, the luminance value of the captured image when the imaging unit 41 captures the maximum amount of light that can be photoelectrically converted by the imaging element is set. That is, in the low-luminance image light, the light reflected by the first measurement region 331 does not exceed an allowable amount that can be photoelectrically converted by the image sensor, and thus the first measurement target image corresponding to the first measurement region 331. By measuring the luminance value of the unit 51, the illuminance of the image light can be measured.

  The measuring unit 426 measures the luminance value of the portion corresponding to the second measurement region 332 in the captured image, and calculates a value obtained by multiplying the luminance value by 10 as shown in the equation (2). Here, in the case of image light with a medium illuminance where the illuminance of the image light emitted from the projector 2 is, for example, 100 to 1000 (lx), when the light reflected by the first measurement region 331 is imaged, the reflected light is imaged. Since the allowable amount that can be photoelectrically converted by the device is exceeded, it is difficult to accurately measure optical characteristics. On the other hand, in the second measurement region 332, since 10% of the image light is reflected, the amount of light actually received by the imaging element of the imaging unit 41 is 10 to 100 (lx), and can be photoelectrically changed. The maximum allowable amount is not exceeded. Therefore, the measuring unit 426 measures the luminance value of the second measurement target image portion 52 in the captured image, and calculates a value 10 times the luminance value as shown in the equation (2). It becomes possible to measure the illuminance of the emitted medium illuminance image light.

  Further, the measuring means 426 measures the luminance value of the portion corresponding to the third measurement region 333 in the captured image, and calculates a value obtained by multiplying this luminance value by 100 as shown in the equation (3). That is, when the image light emitted from the projector 2 has high luminance light energy with an illuminance of, for example, 1000 to 10000 (lx), the light reflected by the first measurement region 331 and the second measurement region 332 is imaged. Since the reflected light exceeds the allowable amount that can be photoelectrically converted by the image sensor, it is difficult to accurately measure the optical characteristics. On the other hand, in the third measurement region 333, only 1% of the image light is reflected, so that the amount of light actually received by the image pickup device of the image pickup unit 41 is 10 to 100 (lx). Never exceed the allowable capacity. Therefore, the measuring unit 426 measures the luminance value of the third measurement target image portion 53 in the captured image, and calculates a value 100 times the luminance value as shown in the expression (3). It is possible to measure the illuminance of the emitted high-luminance image light.

  The measuring unit 426 also measures the brightness variation of the image light projected from the projector 2 by measuring the luminance values of the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333 in the measurement units 32. For example, the measurement unit 426 calculates an average value of illuminances of all the first measurement areas 331 in the display area 31 and calculates a difference value between the average value and the illuminances of the first measurement areas 331. . And the measurement means 426 detects the 1st measurement area | region 331 where this difference value becomes more than a predetermined threshold value as a place with dispersion | variation. Moreover, it is good also as a structure etc. which measure in-plane dispersion | variation based on the ratio of the average value of the illumination intensity of all the 1st measurement areas 331, and the luminance value of the 1st measurement object image part 51 in a pattern image.

  In the present embodiment, the measurement unit 426 is configured to measure the illuminance of the image light emitted from the projector 2 by measuring the luminance value of each measurement region 331, 332, 333. It is not limited. For example, the projector 2 may be configured to emit image light of a predetermined color. In this case, the chromaticity can be measured by measuring the luminance values of the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333. In addition, by gradually changing the illuminance of the image light output from the projector 2, and measuring the luminance value of each measurement area 331, 332, 333 each time and storing the measurement results in a storage area (not shown), for example. Based on the measurement results accumulated in these storage areas, it is possible to measure optical characteristics such as gradation and contrast. Further, in the same way as the measurement of the variation of the luminance value, it is also possible to measure the in-plane variation of chromaticity, gradation, and contrast.

  The output control unit 427 performs control to output to an output device such as a monitor or a printer connected to the measurement device 4 via a predetermined cable line, for example.

[Operation of optical characteristic measurement system]
Next, the operation of the optical characteristic measurement system as described above will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an optical property measurement operation in the optical property measurement system.

4, in the optical property measurement process in the optical property measurement system 1, first, the measurement device 4 measures the position of the screen 3 (step S101).
For this, the measuring apparatus 4 first images the display area 31 of the screen 3 by the imaging unit 41. When the captured image is recognized by the image recognition unit 422 of the image measurement control unit 42, the measurement region position recognition unit 423 detects the position coordinate of the region having the highest luminance value in the captured image, that is, the first measurement region 331. Recognize Further, the second measurement area 332 and the third measurement area 333 are calculated from the coordinate position of the first measurement area 331 based on the coordinate information of the screen that is set and input in advance and stored in a storage area (not shown), for example.

  Next, the projection position of the image in the display area 31 of the screen 3 is measured (step S102). For this purpose, the display control means 421 of the image measurement control unit 42 projects a screen position recognition image from the projector 2 onto the screen 3, displays the projection position marker 35 in the display area 31, and the imaging unit 41 displays this screen position. A recognition image is taken. Then, the projection position recognition unit 424 recognizes the position coordinates of the projection position marker 35 from this captured image, and calculates the position and tilt state of the screen 3.

  Thereafter, the measuring device 4 generates a pattern image by the image generation means 425. Specifically, as described above, the image generation unit 425 can project the measurement target image portions 51, 52, and 53 to the positions of the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333 based on Step S101 and Step S102, and perform these measurements. The position coordinates of the target image parts 51, 52, 53 are set. Then, the image generation means 425 has a brightness of 0 to 1% of the maximum brightness in the first measurement target image portion 51, a brightness of 1 to 10% of the maximum brightness in the second measurement target image portion 52, and a third measurement target. A pattern image 5 in which a pattern having a brightness of 10 to 100% of the maximum luminance is set in the image portion 53 is created. Then, the display control means 421 of the measuring device 4 performs control to project the pattern image 5 generated by the image generation means 425 from the projector 2 onto the display area 31 of the screen 3 (step S103).

  Then, the measurement device 4 captures the pattern image displayed in the display area 31 of the screen 3 with the imaging unit 41. When the captured image is recognized by the image recognition unit 422, the measurement region position recognition unit 423 identifies regions corresponding to the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333 in the measurement units 32 in the captured image (step S104). ).

After this step S104, the measurement means 426 of the measurement device 4 measures the luminance value of the area corresponding to each of the identified measurement areas 331, 332, 333, and calculates the illuminance projected from the projector 2 (step S105). ).
Specifically, as described above, the measurement unit 426 measures the luminance values of the areas corresponding to the measurement areas 331, 332, and 333 identified in step S104, and the above-described equations (1) to (3) Based on the above, the illuminance of the image light projected on each measurement region 331, 332, 333 is measured.

  In addition, the measurement device 4 changes the luminance values of the measurement target image portions 51, 52, and 53 of the pattern image generated in step S103, performs the processing of step S104 and step S105, and performs the measurement result. Is appropriately stored in the storage means. Then, the measurement unit 426 calculates the gradation and contrast of the image light emitted from the projector 2 based on the measurement result stored in the storage unit. Further, the measurement unit 426 recognizes the luminance value of the predetermined measurement area 33 of each measurement unit 32 and measures in-plane variation of chromaticity, brightness, contrast, and gradation.

  Thereafter, the output control means 427 displays the optical characteristics of the measurement results by, for example, outputting the various optical characteristics measured in step S105 to another output device connected to the measuring apparatus 4.

Here, the measurement result of the brightness of the image light measured by the optical characteristic measurement system 1 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, a line A is a measurement value in the optical characteristic measurement system 1, and a line B is a measurement value of a conventional apparatus.
As shown in FIG. 5, in the conventional optical characteristic measuring device, the light reflected by the screen is directly imaged by the imaging camera. Therefore, when the allowable amount of light that can be photoelectrically converted by the imaging camera is exceeded, As indicated by the middle broken line, there is a problem that measurement is impossible or measurement accuracy is lowered. On the other hand, in the optical characteristic measurement system 1 of the present embodiment, as shown by the line A, each measurement region 331, 332, 333 reflects image light with different reflectances. A measurable range can be set at 331, 332, and 333. Therefore, even when image light having the maximum luminance value (10000 lx) is output as indicated by line A, the illuminance can be measured with high accuracy.

[Effects of optical characteristic measurement system]
As described above, the screen 3 in the optical characteristic measurement system 1 according to the first embodiment has a plurality of measurement units 32 arranged in the display region 31, and these measurement units 32 have different reflectivities. First to third measurement regions 331, 332, and 333 are provided.
For this reason, even when the image light output from the projector 2 directly enters the image sensor of the imaging unit 41 and exceeds the allowable amount that can be subjected to photoelectric conversion, the image light is transmitted through the first to third measurement regions 331 and 332. , 333, the amount of reflected light incident on the imaging unit 41 is reduced and the allowable amount of photoelectric conversion of the imaging unit 41 is not exceeded. Therefore, the brightness value of the area corresponding to each of the measurement areas 331, 332, and 333 in the image captured by the imaging unit 41 is measured, and the measured value is corrected according to the reflectance, thereby easily and accurately. The optical characteristics of the image light emitted from the projector 2 can be measured.

Further, the reflectance of the background area 34 in the display area 31 of the screen 3 is set to 1%.
For this reason, since the image light projected on the background region 34 is not substantially reflected, the captured image captured by the imaging unit 41 has a luminance value only in the measurement unit 32 portion. Therefore, when the measurement region position recognition means 423 recognizes the measurement region 33, it is easy to recognize the image light projected on the first measurement region 331 of the measurement unit 32, and the position coordinates of the first measurement region 331 can be accurately recognized. Can be recognized. Accordingly, the position coordinates of the second measurement area 332 and the third measurement area 333 can be easily recognized accurately based on the accurate position coordinates of the first measurement area 331. Therefore, the position of each measurement area | region 331,332,333 can be grasped | ascertained correctly, and the measurement of the luminance value of these area | regions can also be implemented more accurately.
Further, the image generation unit 425 generates a pattern image in which the background image unit 54 is set to low luminance. Thereby, less image light is reflected by the background area 34 in the display area 31 of the screen 3, and the position coordinates of the measurement unit 32 can be recognized more accurately.

In addition, the measurement device 4 recognizes the areas corresponding to the measurement areas 331, 332, and 333 in the captured image captured by the imaging unit 41 by the measurement area position recognition unit 423, and based on the luminance values of these areas. Then, the optical characteristics of the image light emitted from the projector 2 are measured.
For this reason, the measuring apparatus 4 recognizes the areas corresponding to the measurement areas 331, 332, and 333 in the captured image, respectively, thereby determining the position coordinates of the areas corresponding to the measurement areas 331, 332, and 333 in the captured image. By recognizing and measuring the luminance values in these regions, it is possible to easily measure the optical characteristics without adjusting the diaphragm in the imaging unit 41 or performing complicated calculations, for example.

Furthermore, the measuring device 4 sets the luminance values of the measurement target image portions 51, 52, and 53 corresponding to the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333 according to the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333 by the image generation unit 425. Pattern image is generated. Then, the pattern image is displayed on the screen 3 from the projector 2, and the optical characteristics are measured based on the captured image of the pattern image.
For this reason, by setting the brightness in the first measurement target image unit 51, the second measurement target image unit 52, and the third measurement target image unit 53 to low luminance, medium luminance, and high luminance, respectively, Low luminance image light, medium luminance image light, and high luminance image light are projected onto the region 331, the second measurement region 332, and the third measurement region 333, respectively. Therefore, the measurement device 4 captures the pattern image displayed on the screen 3 by the imaging unit 41 and measures the brightness values of the regions corresponding to the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333, respectively. Measurement of the optical properties can be performed. Therefore, it is possible to simultaneously perform measurement on image light having a wide range of brightness, and the time required for measurement can be shortened.

Further, the display control means 421 projects a screen position recognition image from the projector 2 and displays the projection position marker 35 in the display area 31 of the screen 3 at the time of measuring the projection position in step S102. The projection position recognizing unit 424 recognizes the position and inclination of the screen 3 based on the captured image obtained by capturing the screen position recognition image. Then, the image generation unit 425 generates a pattern image in which the measurement target image units 51, 52, and 53 are arranged in consideration of the screen position and inclination.
For this reason, the image generation means 425 generates a pattern image with high accuracy capable of projecting the measurement target image portions 51, 52, and 53 at accurate positions corresponding to the measurement areas 331, 332, and 333 of the screen 3. be able to. Therefore, for example, high-luminance image light is not projected onto a part of the first measurement region 331, and image light corresponding to each measurement region 331, 332, 333 can be projected with high accuracy. Measurement of optical properties can be performed.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, an optical characteristic measurement system according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the optical characteristic measurement system of the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an outline of a screen in the optical characteristic measurement system of the second embodiment. In addition, about the same structure as 1st embodiment, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted or simplified.

  In the optical characteristic measurement system 1A of the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the display device 2A to be inspected displays image by transmitting image light to a transparent display surface such as a liquid crystal display or PDP. Use the device.

The screen 3A includes a display area 31A that transmits image light output from the display device 2A and displays a transmitted image. As shown in FIG. 7, the display area 31A is provided with a measurement section 32A including a plurality of measurement areas 33A in the vicinity of the four corners and the vicinity of the center.
Specifically, each measurement unit 32A is arranged adjacent to the first measurement region 331A and the first measurement region 331A for transmitting the image light projected from the display device 2A at a transmittance of 100%, and the image. A second measurement region 332A that transmits light at a transmittance of 10% and a third measurement region that is disposed adjacent to the first measurement region 331A and the second measurement region 332A and transmits image light at a transmittance of 1% 333A.
In addition, the background area 34A, which is an area other than the measurement unit 32A in the display area 31A, is set to have a transmittance of image light of 50% or less. For example, in the second embodiment, the transmittance is set to 1%. Has been.

About the structure of the measuring apparatus 4, it is the same as that of 1st embodiment, and description here is abbreviate | omitted.
That is, in the optical characteristic measurement system 1 of the first embodiment, the image light reflected by the screen 3 is imaged by the imaging unit 41, and the optical characteristics of the image light are measured based on the captured image. In the optical characteristic measurement system 1A of the second embodiment, the image light transmitted through the screen 3A is imaged by the imaging unit 41, and the optical characteristics of the image light are measured based on the captured image. As a method for measuring the optical characteristics, the operation of the measuring apparatus according to the first embodiment can be performed by the same processing.

[Operational effects of the optical characteristic measurement system of the second embodiment]
In the optical characteristic measurement system 1A as described above, the screen 3A has a plurality of measurement units 32A disposed in the display region 31A, and the first to third measurement regions 331A, 331A, 331A, 331A, and 332A and 333A are provided.
For this reason, even when the image light output from the display device 2A is directly incident on the image pickup device of the image pickup unit 41, the image light is passed through the first to third measurement regions 331A, 331A, 331A, 331A, 331A, The amount of reflected light incident on the image pickup unit 41 can be reduced by reflecting the light at a region having an appropriate reflectance of either 332A or 333A, which exceeds the allowable amount of photoelectric conversion of the image pickup unit 41. There is no. Therefore, the brightness value of the area corresponding to each measurement area 331A, 332A, 333A in the image picked up by the image pickup unit 41 is measured, and the measurement value is corrected according to the transmittance, easily and accurately. The optical characteristics of the image light emitted from the display device 2A can be measured.

  The background area 34A of the screen 3A is formed so that the transmittance is 1%. For this reason, in the captured image, the region corresponding to the measurement unit 32A, particularly the region corresponding to the first measurement region, can be easily recognized, and the processing load is reduced and the optical characteristics are measured with high accuracy. be able to.

[Other Embodiments]
Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various improvements and modifications can be made within a range in which the object of the present invention can be achieved.

For example, as shown in FIG. 8, a configuration in which more measuring units 32 are provided in the display area 31 may be employed. In such a configuration, the in-plane variation of the optical characteristics of the image light can be measured in more detail by comparing the measurement regions 331, 332, and 333 of the measurement units 32 and 32A.
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the number of measurement regions 33 constituting the measurement unit 32 may be increased. For example, by providing the measurement unit 32B having a measurement region where the reflectance (transmittance) is 100%, 90%, 75%, 50%, 25%, 10%, 1%, 0.1%, Optical characteristics can be measured in detail, and more accurate measurement can be performed. Moreover, such a measurement part 32B can be used as a gray scale, and a gradation property can be measured more easily.

  As described above, as a display device to be inspected, in the first embodiment, in addition to a projector using a transmissive liquid crystal panel, a projector using LCOS or a projector using DMD is used as an inspection target. Any display device that projects an image onto the screen 3 can be used.

  In the first embodiment, the reflectance of each of the measurement regions 331, 332, 333 and the background region 34 is set according to the ratio of the number of white micro regions and black micro regions per predetermined area. It is not limited to. For example, it may be formed in a color corresponding to the reflectance. For example, in the second measurement region 332 having a reflectance of 10%, a configuration in which a predetermined density of gray that reflects 10% of the projected image light is formed. It is good. Also in the second embodiment, the transmittance may be determined by the ratio of the number of optical members having a transmittance of 1% and the optical member having a transmittance of 100%. For example, the transmittance may be 10%. % Of the second measurement region 332A may be configured by an optical member that transmits 10% of the image light.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the pattern image 5 was displayed on the screens 3 and 3A, the example which measures the optical characteristic of the image light projected on each measurement area | region 331,332,333 was shown at once, It is not limited to this. For example, image light with uniform brightness in the plane is projected from the projector 2 or the display device 2A, and after measuring the optical characteristics of the image light, image light with other brightness is projected, and sequentially a wide range of brightness. It is good also as a structure which implements a measurement with respect to the image light.

  Further, the image measurement control unit 42 stores programs such as a display control unit 421, an image recognition unit 422, a measurement region position recognition unit 423, an image generation unit 425, a measurement unit 426, and an output control unit 427 in a memory. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the above program may be configured to incorporate an IC chip or the like having a similar function into a circuit board.

  In addition, the specific structure and procedure for carrying out the present invention can be changed as appropriate to other structures and the like within the scope of achieving the object of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an optical characteristic measurement system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows typically the display area of the screen in the optical characteristic measurement system of said 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the pattern image displayed on a screen. It is a flowchart of the optical characteristic measurement operation | movement in the optical characteristic measurement system of said 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows the measurement result of the brightness of the image light measured with the optical characteristic measurement system of said 1st embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the whole structure of the optical characteristic measuring system of 2nd embodiment. It is a figure which shows the outline of the screen in the optical characteristic measurement system of 2nd embodiment. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the display area of the screen in other embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1,1A ... Optical characteristic measurement system, 2 ... Projector as a display apparatus, 2A ... Display apparatus, 3, 3A ... Screen, 5 ... Pattern image, 31, 31A ... Display area, 33, 33A ... Measurement area, 34, 34A ... background area, 35 ... projection position marker as display area specifying image, 4 ... measuring device, 41 ... imaging unit, 423 ... measurement area position recognizing means, 424 ... projection position recognizing means as screen position specifying means, 425 ... image Generation means, 426... Measurement means.

Claims (9)

Includes a display area where an image is displayed by the image light outputted from the display device, a screen order to measure the optical characteristics of said display device,
In the display area, a plurality of measurement units having a plurality of measurement areas for displaying images corresponding to image light output from the display device with different brightnesses are arranged ,
The plurality of measurement areas include a first measurement area for displaying the image at a brightness corresponding to an illuminance of the image light, and a second measurement area for displaying the image by reducing the brightness by a first predetermined amount. And a third measurement region for displaying the image by reducing the brightness by a second predetermined amount larger than the first predetermined amount . The screen according to claim 1,
The display region displays an image by reflecting image light output from the display device with a predetermined reflectance,
The plurality of measurement areas reflect the image light with different reflectances, respectively. The screen according to claim 1,
The display area displays an image by transmitting the image light output from the display device at a predetermined transmittance,
The plurality of measurement regions each transmit the image light with different transmittances. The screen according to claim 2,
The background area which is an area other than the measurement area in the display area has a reflectance of 50% or less. The screen according to claim 3,
The background area which is an area other than the measurement area in the display area has a transmittance of 50% or less. An optical property measurement system comprising: a screen having a display area for displaying an image by image light output from a display device; and a measuring device for measuring optical properties based on the image displayed on the screen. And
The screen includes a plurality of measurement units having a plurality of measurement regions for displaying the image light output from the display device and the image light of the display device at different brightnesses in the display region,
The measuring device is
An imaging unit for imaging the display area;
Measuring means for measuring optical characteristics based on the brightness of the measurement area of the captured image captured by the imaging means;
An optical property measurement system comprising: The optical property measurement system according to claim 6,
The measuring device is provided to be able to communicate with the display device,
Measurement area position recognition means for recognizing the position of the measurement area based on the captured image;
Image generation means for generating a pattern image in which brightness corresponding to each measurement area is set at the position of the measurement area recognized by the measurement area position recognition means;
Display control means for controlling the display device to output the pattern image generated by the image generation means;
An optical property measurement system characterized by comprising: The optical property measurement system according to claim 7,
The display control means controls the display device to output a display area specifying image for specifying the display area on the screen,
The measuring apparatus includes screen position specifying means for specifying the position of the screen based on the display area specifying image picked up by the image pickup means,
The optical characteristic measurement system, wherein the image generation means generates the pattern image corresponding to the screen position specified by the screen position specification means. A display area for displaying an image by image light output from the display device is provided, and a plurality of measurement regions for displaying the image light output from the display device at different brightnesses are provided in the display region. An optical property measurement method in an optical property measurement system comprising a screen and a measurement device that measures an optical property based on an image displayed on the screen,
The measuring device is
Taking an image displayed in the display area,
An optical property measurement method, comprising: measuring an optical property based on brightness of the measurement region of the captured image.

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