US20120075289A1 - 3 dimensional image display device - Google Patents

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US20120075289A1
US20120075289A1 US13/088,695 US201113088695A US2012075289A1 US 20120075289 A1 US20120075289 A1 US 20120075289A1 US 201113088695 A US201113088695 A US 201113088695A US 2012075289 A1 US2012075289 A1 US 2012075289A1
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  • Embodiments of the present invention relate to a 3 dimensional image display device.
  • a 3 dimensional image may be visualized by stereo vision through both eyes.
  • a binocular disparity is generated by a visual disparity between both eyes, i.e., the distance between both eyes.
  • the left and right eyes view different 2D images and when both images are transferred to the brain through the retina, the brain fuses the images to reproduce the original 3D image.
  • Autostereoscopy is a method of displaying stereoscopic (3D) images without the use of special glasses on the part of the viewer.
  • An autostereoscopic 3D image display device may include a lenticular lens layer disposed on a liquid crystal display. However, with this display device, the images transferred to the right and left eyes are not clearly discriminated, which produces a 3D effect with a low quality.
  • a stereoscopic 3D image display device has an additional cost since it requires additional glasses, but allows many people to view 3D images with improved quality since images transferred to the left and right eyes can be more clearly discriminated.
  • At least one embodiment of the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a 3 dimensional image display device that improves 3D display quality and improves display luminance by allowing images transferred to the right and left eyes to be more clearly discriminated and recognized.
  • An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a 3D image display device which includes a display device having a plurality of pixels and displaying each of a left-eye image and a right-eye image.
  • the display device inserts an insertion image between the left-eye image and the right-eye image such that the left-eye image is displayed for part of four frames and the insertion image is displayed for the remaining frames, and the right-eye image is displayed for part of four other frames and the insertion image is also displayed for the remaining other frames.
  • the device may further include glasses including a left lens and a right lens which are alternately turned on and off.
  • the left lens may be in an on state while the left-eye image is displayed and the right lens may be in the on state while the right-eye image is displayed.
  • the left-eye image or the right-eye image may be displayed for one frame and the insertion image is displayed for three frames or the left-eye image or the right-eye image may be displayed for two frames and the insertion image is displayed for two frames.
  • the left-eye image or the right-eye image may be displayed for three frames and the insertion image may be displayed for one frame. Both the left lens and the right lens may be in an off state while the left-eye image and the right-eye image are overlapped with each other in the display device.
  • Data representing additional luminance may be additionally included in (or applied to) at least one of the left-eye image, the right-eye image, and the insertion image to display an image.
  • the data representing the additional luminance may be included in (or applied to) only one image of the first to third frames among the four frames to be displayed.
  • the data When the data representing the additional luminance is not included in (or applied to) the image of the first frame, the data may be included in (or applied to) the image of the second frame, and when the data is not included in (or applied to) the image of the second frame, the data may be included in (or applied to) the image of the third frame.
  • the data representing the additional luminance may be all included in (or applied to) both the images of the first and second frames among the four frames to be displayed.
  • the data representing the additional luminance included in (or applied to) the image of the first frame and the data representing the additional luminance included in (or applied to) the image of the second frame may have different intensities from each other.
  • the data representing the additional luminance included in (or applied to) the image of the first frame and the data representing the additional luminance included in (or applied to) the image of the second frame may have the same intensity as each other.
  • the device may further include a 3D image processor adding the data representing the additional luminance to image data for application to a frame.
  • the 3D image processor may include a gamma converter generating gamma-converted data from image data, a luminance improver improving the luminance of the gamma-converted data, and a reverse gamma converter reverse gamma converting the data having the improved luminance.
  • the gamma converter may generate output data having a bit number higher than the data input thereto.
  • the output data may be generated by a lookup table.
  • the reverse gamma converter may generate output data having a bit number less than the data input thereto.
  • the 3D image processor may further include a luminance improvement rate provider.
  • the luminance improver may further include a luminance improvement data generator and a frame memory.
  • the luminance improvement data generator may generate data having an improved luminance depending on a luminance improvement rate (e.g., a maximum boost up threshold rate) provided from the luminance improvement rate provider.
  • the frame memory may store the data generated by the luminance improvement data generator.
  • the luminance improvement data generator may generate data corresponding to a total four frames through Equation 2 if a result of Equation 1 as below is true, and generate data corresponding to a total four frames through Equation 3 if the result is false.
  • L represents the luminance data inputted into the luminance improvement data generator 260
  • MBTR represents the luminance improvement rate (max boost up threshold rate)
  • Max L(10 12 ) represents a maximum displayable luminance
  • LN, LN+1, and LN+2 represent luminance data of an N frame, the luminance data of an N+1 frame, and the luminance data of an N+2 frame, respectively.
  • the luminance data of the N+3 frame may be black data.
  • the 3D image processor may further include a balance rate provider that provides a rate (a balance rate) for determining which of two frames data representing an additional luminance is to be more greatly added to when additional luminances are to be added to both the first and second frames.
  • the balance rate may be applied to the luminance improver and considered when data corresponding to a total four frames are generated in the luminance improver.
  • a 3D image display device that allows an image transferred to a right eye and an image transferred to a left eye to be more clearly discriminated and recognized. Further other embodiments may additionally improve the display quality of a 3D image by improving the luminance of a liquid crystal display.
  • a 3D image display device includes a display device having a plurality of pixels.
  • the display device is configured to display a left-eye image for between one to three frames of four consecutive first frames followed by an all black image for the remaining first frames.
  • the display device is configured to display a right-eye image for between one to three frames of four consecutive second frames followed by the same all black image for the remaining second frames.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an operation state of a 3 dimensional image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a graph showing a signal waveform of the 3D image display device according to the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an operation state of a 3 dimensional image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing a signal waveform of the 3D image display device according to the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an operation state of a 3 dimensional image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a graph showing a signal waveform of the 3D image display device according to the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 5 .
  • FIGS. 7 to 13 are graphs showing a method of improving luminance displayed by a 3D image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 14 to 20 are diagrams showing the 3D image processor of a signal controller of a 3D image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 21 is a graph showing improved luminance of a 3D image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 1 to 6 describe exemplary embodiments of the invention that may reduce crosstalk in which a left-eye image and right-eye image are misperceived by a right eye and left eye, respectively.
  • the embodiments may involve high-speed driving of left and right eye images along with black images interposed between the driven images.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an operation state of a 3 dimensional image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and FIG. 2 is a graph showing a signal waveform of the 3D image display device according to the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 1 .
  • the 3D image display device includes a display device and glasses.
  • the display device may be a liquid crystal display, an organic light emitting diode display, etc.
  • the liquid crystal display will primarily be described as the display device merely for ease of discussion.
  • the liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight unit (not shown).
  • the liquid crystal display panel includes a plurality of pixels.
  • the liquid crystal display panel controls the intensity of transmitted light by changing a liquid crystal alignment direction using an electric field generated between two electrodes to display an image.
  • the liquid crystal display panel may include an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a liquid crystal layer injected or interposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate.
  • a gate line, a data line, a pixel electrode, and a thin film transistor connected thereto may be formed on the lower substrate.
  • the thin film transistor controls a voltage applied to the pixel electrode on the basis of signals applied to the gate line and the data line.
  • the thin film transistor controls the voltage applied to the pixel electrode by transmitting a voltage applied to the data line from a source electrode to a drain electrode of the thin film transistor and applying the corresponding voltage to the pixel electrode connected with the drain electrode if the voltage inputted through the gate line is equal to or higher than a predetermined level.
  • the pixel electrode may be formed by a semi-transmissive pixel electrode having a transmission region and a reflective region in some exemplary embodiments.
  • a storage capacitor may be additionally formed to sustain the voltage applied to the pixel electrode for a predetermined duration.
  • the thin film transistor and the pixel electrode may form one pixel.
  • a black matrix, a color filter, and a common electrode may be formed on the upper substrate, which opposes the lower substrate.
  • the liquid crystal layer between the upper substrate and the lower substrate may have vertically aligned (VA)-mode liquid crystals that are vertically aligned with respect to a substrate surface when no electric field is applied between the common electrode and the pixel electrode.
  • VA vertically aligned
  • the liquid crystal layer may include liquid crystals of a twisted nematic (TN) mode, liquid crystals of an electrically controlled birefringence (ECB) mode, etc.
  • a polarizer may be attached onto each of an outer surface of the upper substrate and an outer surface of the lower substrate.
  • a compensation film may be added between the substrate surface and the polarizer in some exemplary embodiments.
  • At least one of the color filter, the black matrix, and the common electrode that are formed on the upper substrate may be formed on the lower substrate in some exemplary embodiments and when both the common electrode and the pixel electrode are formed on the lower substrate, at least one of both electrodes may be formed as a linear electrode.
  • the backlight unit which provides light to the liquid crystal display panel, includes a lamp.
  • a reflection plate, a light guide plate, and a luminance enhancement film may be used with the backlight unit to guide light emitted from the lamp to toward the liquid crystal display panel.
  • a fluorescent lamp such as a cold cathode fluorescent (CCFL) or an LED may be used as the lamp.
  • Light from the backlight unit is either transmitted to the liquid crystal display panel or blocked. A gray is expressed depending on the transmission level of the light.
  • a right lens and a left lens of the glasses are configured to alternately block light at a predetermined cycle in synchronization with the liquid crystal display panel.
  • the light is first blocked (off) on the right lens and transmitted (on) on the left lens. Thereafter, the light is transmitted (on) on the right lens and blocked (off) on the left lens.
  • the image is perceived by only the left eye for a predetermined duration and the image is perceived by only the right eye for the subsequent predetermined duration.
  • a 3D image is perceived by a difference between the images perceived by the left eye and the right eye.
  • the image to be transferred to the left eye and the image to be transferred to the right eye are displayed depending on the on and off operations of the lenses, respectively on the liquid crystal display panel.
  • Each of the images transferred to the left and right eyes are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel. Black data is inserted between both images to allow discrimination between the image transferred to the left eye and the image transferred to the right eye.
  • the liquid crystal display panel displays the image to be transferred to the left eye using N to N+3 frames in FIG. 2 .
  • a frame inserted with the black data is shaded in FIG. 1 .
  • the same notation is applied in FIGS. 3 and 5 .
  • a gate-on voltage is sequentially applied to the gate line to apply a data voltage to the pixel electrode through the thin film transistor connected to the corresponding gate line.
  • the applied data voltage may be referred to as a left data voltage, which is for expressing the image to be transferred to the left eye.
  • the applied left data voltage is sustained by the storage capacitor for a predetermined duration. (See N frame of FIG. 2 )
  • the gate-on voltage is sequentially applied to the gate line again to apply a black data voltage to the pixel electrode through the thin film transistor connected to the corresponding gate line.
  • the applied black data voltage which is used to display a black image inserted between the image to be transferred to the left eye and the image to be transferred to the right eye, may discriminate both images from each other.
  • the applied black data voltage is also sustained by the storage capacitor for a predetermined duration. (See N+1 to N+3 frames of FIG. 2 )
  • the liquid crystal display panel displays the image to be transferred to the right eye as follows using N+4 to N+7 frames of FIG. 2 .
  • the gate-on voltage is sequentially applied to the gate line to apply data voltage to the pixel electrode through the thin film transistor connected to the corresponding gate line.
  • the applied data voltage may be referred to as right data voltage, which is for expressing the image to be transferred to the right eye.
  • the applied right data voltage is sustained by the storage capacitor for a predetermined duration. (See N+4 frame of FIG. 2 )
  • the gate-on voltage is sequentially applied to the gate line again to apply the black data voltage to the pixel electrode through the thin film transistor connected to the corresponding gate line.
  • the applied black data voltage which is used to display the black image inserted between the image to be transferred to the left eye and the image to be transferred to the right eye, may discriminate both images from each other. Further, the applied black data voltage is also sustained by the storage capacitor for a predetermined duration. (See N+4 to N+7 frames of FIG. 2 )
  • FIG. 2 shows the relationship between the operation of the liquid crystal display panel and the on/off operation of the glasses.
  • the arrows emanating from the liquid crystal display panel and their direction represent a sequence of applying the gate-on voltage to respective gate lines.
  • the arrow direction represents that a gate-on signal is applied from an upper gate line to subsequent gates lines of the panel to sequentially apply the gate-on signal.
  • the liquid crystal display panel is shown with respect to 8 frames in FIG. 2 .
  • a state in which an image transferred from the left side to the left eye is displayed occurs in the N frame
  • a state in which the black data is displayed occurs in the N+1 to N+3 frames
  • a state in which the image transferred to the right eye is displayed occurs in the N+4 frame
  • a state in which the black data is displayed occurs in the N+5 to N+7 frames.
  • the left lens of the glasses is in an on state and the right lens of the glasses is in an off state from the N frame to the middle of the N+2 frame. Both lenses are in the off state from the middle of the N+2 frame to the N+3 frame.
  • each frame of the liquid crystal display panel may have an inversion cycle of 480 Hz.
  • embodiments of the present invention are limited to any particular inversion cycle.
  • the image perceived by the left eye is an image displayed in the N frame and the image perceived by the right eye is an image displayed in the N+4 frame.
  • a sense of depth is perceived since the images received by both eyes are different from each other, thereby creating a 3D effect.
  • the sense of depth (distance) may be adjusted so that one perceives both objects are more distant from each other by adjusting the difference between the images perceived by both eyes.
  • the left eye and the right eye of the glasses are changed from the on state to the off state in the middle of the N+2 frame and in the middle of the N+6 frame.
  • the time when the left eye and the right eye of the glasses are changed from the on state to the off state may coincide with the start of the N+2 frame and the start of the N+6 frame, or may be positioned in the N+3 frame (e.g., at its start, its middle, etc) and in the N+7 frame (e.g., at its start, middle, etc.).
  • the left lens and the right lens may be changed from the on state to the off state between the N+2 frame and the N+3 frame and between the N+6 frame and the N+7 frame.
  • the image transferred to the left eye and the image transferred to the right eye may be clearly discriminated from each other by inserting the black data image.
  • a predetermined time may be required to change an alignment direction depending on an electric field generated by the applied data voltage on the liquid crystal layer, which is marked with a bold line on the panel of FIG. 2 (e.g., see the thin quadrangular waveform that represents a change of the applied data voltage.) For example, even if the data voltage is instantly changed, it takes a certain amount of time before the luminance level reaches a desired level by changing the alignment direction of liquid crystals. Further, a difference in data voltage applying time between a pixel row to which the data voltage is firstly applied and a pixel row to which the data voltage is last applied is generated in one frame.
  • the left eye perceives the image transferred to the left eye and the black image
  • the right eye perceives the image transferred to the right eye and the black image, by inserting the black data voltage between the left data voltage and the right data voltage to maintain a stereograph between both eyes as it is.
  • the display quality of the 3D image is improved.
  • the black data voltage is inserted between the left data voltage and the right data voltage.
  • the black data voltage may be a data voltage representing luminance higher than black as well as a data voltage representing black.
  • a data voltage representing a luminance higher than black is applied instead of the black data voltage.
  • the left-eye image and the right-eye image should be more clearly discriminated from each other and the images should not be transferred to opposite eyes.
  • the image designated for the left eye should not be sent erroneously to right eye and vice versa.
  • the luminance is generally decreased.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing an operation state of a 3 dimensional image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a graph showing a signal waveform of the 3D image display device according to the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 3 .
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate an embodiment where the number of frames to display the black image is equal to that of frames to display the image (the left-eye image or the right-eye image) by displaying the left-eye image or the right-eye image for two frames and displaying the black image for two frames.
  • luminance is more improved than the luminance in the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 .
  • a time to display the black is required after the black data is applied to the last row on the liquid crystal display panel (see the N+3 frame), there is a time up to the N+4 frame in which the right-eye image is applied. Therefore, crosstalk in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are wrongly transferred should not occur.
  • timings when the left lens and the right lens of the glasses are changed from the on state to the off state coincide with the start of the N+3 frame and the start of the N+7 frame, respectively, but may be positioned in the middle of the N+3 frame and the middle of the N+7 frame.
  • FIGS. 5 and 6 illustrate an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing an operation state of a 3 dimensional image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention and
  • FIG. 6 is a graph showing a signal waveform of the 3D image display device according to the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 5 .
  • the number of frames to display the black image is smaller than that of frames to display the image (the left-eye image or the right-eye image). Further, the timings when the left lens and the right lens of the glasses are changed from the on state to the off state coincide with the timings (the start timings of the N+4 frame and the N+8 frame) when the right-eye image and the left-eye image start to be input.
  • luminance is more improved than the luminance in the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 and the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 4 , but crosstalk may occur. (See region C of FIG. 6 )
  • the right-eye image is input on a first upper row of the liquid crystal display panel and the black data is input on a last row with the start of the N+4 frame, but partial luminance of the left-eye image may be perceived while the right-lens is on for a response time of the liquid crystal display panel. For example, crosstalk may partially occur to prevent the left-eye image and the right-eye image from being clearly discriminated from each other.
  • a predetermined time interval is present between actual frames to prevent the left-eye image from being completely viewed for the corresponding interval and prevent the left-eye image from being perceived by the right eye by delaying the on timing of the right lens. For example, during the interval in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image are overlapped with each other, both lenses of the glasses are in the off state to remove the crosstalk.
  • the exemplary embodiment may be adjusted to prevent crosstalk from occurring as discussed above or when the intensity of the crosstalk is small, even though the crosstalk partially occurs as shown in FIG. 6 , the exemplary embodiment may be used as it is.
  • the embodiment of FIG. 6 is used as it is, since the intensity of the crosstalk actually sensed is small and the degree of improvement of the luminance is large, there may be little or no problem perceiving the 3D image.
  • four frames are allocated to the left-eye image and the black image and four frames are allocated to the right-eye image and the black image with high-speed driving (e.g., at 480 Hz).
  • high-speed driving e.g., at 480 Hz.
  • Application rates of four frames with respect to the left-eye image and the black image are adjusted, and as a result, the 3D image is displayed by alternately turning on/off the left lens and the right lens of the glasses.
  • each subsequent embodiment further improves the luminance.
  • crosstalk may occur.
  • the black image is inserted to discriminate the left-eye image and the right-eye image from each other, but since the black image is inserted, the luminance which can be displayed is reduced on the whole.
  • the display luminance may be improved as described below.
  • FIGS. 7 to 13 are graphs showing a method of improving luminance displayed by a 3D image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • additional luminance is used to display a luminance higher than the luminance displayed by the input image data (left-eye image data and right-eye image data).
  • FIGS. 7 to 13 will be described based on the exemplary embodiment in which the left-eye image and the right-eye image is displayed for two frames among a total four frames as described in FIGS. 3 and 4 . However, this embodiment may also be applied to the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 or the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 5 and 6 .
  • an additional luminance Lb 1 is additionally displayed only in the display luminance Li of the left-eye or right-eye image displayed in the N frame, which is the first frame among the N frame to N+3 frame.
  • the additional luminance Lb 1 is applied to the luminance displayed in the first frame to improve the luminance displayed on the display panel on the whole.
  • the intensity or degree of the additional luminance Lb 1 may vary and a method of determining the intensity or degree of the additional luminance will be described below with reference to FIGS. 14 to 20 .
  • the display luminance Li of the left-eye or right-eye image is 50% of displayable luminance and the luminance adding the additional luminance Lb 1 is 100% of the displayable luminance, but they may have various values in some exemplary embodiments.
  • an additional luminance Lb 2 is displayed in the third frame unlike the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 7 .
  • the luminance displayed by the left-eye or right-eye image is 100% (Lim: maximum luminance) of the displayable luminance in the first and second frames, but is not necessarily limited thereto.
  • the additional luminance Lb 2 may be applied in the third frame.
  • the additional luminance Lb 2 may be applied in the third frame.
  • crosstalk may occur similarly as in the exemplary embodiment of FIGS. 5 and 6 . Therefore, the additional luminance Lb 2 may be applied by taking care of the crosstalk.
  • FIGS. 9 and 10 illustrate an exemplary embodiment in which the additional luminance Lb 1 is separately displayed depending on the display degree of the additional luminance Lb 1 displayed in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 7 .
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 illustrate an exemplary embodiment in which the additional luminance Lb 2 is separately displayed depending on the display degree of the additional luminance Lb 2 applied in accordance with the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 8 .
  • An additional luminance Lb 2 a of FIG. 11 has a luminance comparatively higher than additional luminance Lb 2 b of FIG. 12 and is applicable where the luminance of the display device needs to be more greatly improved.
  • FIG. 12 is applicable when it is enough to merely add a comparatively lower luminance. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 , the intensity of the additional luminance Lb 2 is adjustable and it will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 20 .
  • FIGS. 11 and 12 A threshold is shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 .
  • the threshold is a value which may be determined to maintain the luminance of the N+2 frame at an optimum level by considering crosstalk and the improvement degree of the luminance.
  • FIG. 11 illustrates a driving scheme that favors improving the luminance using a higher threshold than FIG. 12
  • FIG. 12 illustrates a driving scheme that favors reducing or entirely removing crosstalk over an improvement of the luminance.
  • FIG. 13A illustrates an exemplary embodiment in which an additional luminance Lbt is provided only in the first frame like the exemplary embodiment of FIG. 7 .
  • the additional luminance may be separately provided to the first frame and the second frame as shown in FIGS. 13B and 13C .
  • FIG. 13B an exemplary embodiment is shown in which additional luminances Lbt 1 and Lbt 2 are provided to the first frame and the second frame, that are respectively different from each other.
  • FIG. 13C an exemplary embodiment is shown in which additional luminances Lbt 1 ′ and Lbt 2 ′ are provided to the first frame and the second frame, that respectively have the same intensity.
  • different additional luminances may be provided to both frames like FIG. 13B or the same additional luminance may be provided to both frames like FIG. 13C , which will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 20 .
  • FIGS. 14 to 18 illustrate a 3D image processor that processes image data according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 14 to 20 are diagrams showing the 3D image processor of the 3D image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the overall structure of the 3D image processor.
  • the 3D image processor 1000 includes a gamma converter 100 , a luminance improver 200 , a reverse gamma converter 300 , and further includes a luminance improvement rate provider 210 and a balance rate provider 220 adjusting the degree of luminance improvement in the luminance improver 200 .
  • the gamma converter 100 of the 3D image processor 1000 will be described with reference to FIGS. 15 and 16 .
  • image data left-eye image data or right-eye image data
  • image data input into the 3D image processor 1000 is converted into a value depending on a gamma curve of the display device.
  • the input image data has a continuous value depending on a gray, but the image data converted by the gamma converter 100 has a discontinuous value depending on the gray and a bit number thereof is also increased.
  • the input image data is data of 8 bits and the data outputted from the gamma converter 100 is data of 12 bits.
  • embodiments of the invention are not limited thereto as the input image data may be smaller or larger than 8 bits and the output image data may be smaller or larger than 12 bits.
  • the output image data is generally bigger than the input image data because a wider range is required since the bit count of the image data is discontinuously varied depending on the gray by the gamma curve.
  • FIG. 16 an operation of the gamma converter 100 is shown in more detail.
  • input image data is provided with respect to red, green, and blue, respectively and the input image data of each color is converted through a lookup table (LUT) of stored corresponding colors.
  • LUT lookup table
  • a value corresponding to the data is found in the red lookup table LUT R and output.
  • the output value has 12 bits.
  • 12-bit output values corresponding to green and blue 8-bit input image data are also found and outputted from lookup tables LUT G and LUT B .
  • a lookup table (LUT) may output a value which is stored in a memory and corresponds to the input.
  • FIG. 17 illustrates the luminance improver 200 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • Gamma-converted image data Lr, Lg, and Lb corresponding to red, green, and blue are input into a luminance improvement data generator 260 to generate display luminance data LrN, LrN+1, and LrN+2 for three frames among four frames in which the left-eye image (alternatively, right-eye image) and a black image are displayed.
  • a luminance improvement data generator 260 to generate display luminance data LrN, LrN+1, and LrN+2 for three frames among four frames in which the left-eye image (alternatively, right-eye image) and a black image are displayed.
  • the black image since displaying the black image is determined in the N+3 frame, only luminance data up to the N+2 frame is calculated, but even luminance data of the N+3 frame may be generated in some exemplary embodiments.
  • luminance data (including black data of the N+3 frame) generated with respect to four frames are stored in a frame memory 250 with respect to red, green, and blue.
  • the frame memory 250 operates in accordance with a clock of 4 ⁇ speed to store all luminance data output from the luminance improvement data generator 260 and output it as output data OL. While FIG. 17 illustrates a clock of a 4 ⁇ speed, embodiments of the present invention are not limited to any particular clock speed.
  • r, g, and b represent red, green, and blue, respectively.
  • FIGS. 18 and 19 the method of generating the luminance data with respect to four frames in the luminance improvement data generator 260 is shown in more detail.
  • FIG. 18 is a diagram primarily showing the luminance improvement data generator 260 for red in FIG. 17 .
  • the luminance data of each frame is generated by a method of FIG. 19 based on a luminance improvement rate (MBTR) provided from the luminance improvement rate provider 210 .
  • MBTR luminance improvement rate
  • Equation 1 Whether one group of luminances or another group of luminances is to be applied to the frames is established by Equation 1 as follows:
  • L represents the luminance data input into the luminance improvement data generator 260
  • MBTR represents the max boost up threshold rate
  • Max L(10 12 ) represents a maximum displayable luminance
  • Equation 1 it can be determined whether the sum of the luminance represented by the input luminance data and luminance improved as high as the max boost up threshold rate is smaller than the maximum displayable luminance.
  • the luminance data of four frames is determined on the basis of Equation 2 shown below.
  • the luminance data of four frames is determined on the basis of Equation 3 below.
  • LN, LN+1, and LN+2 represent the luminance data of the N frame, the luminance data of the N+1 frame, and the luminance data of the N+2 frame, respectively and since the luminance data of the N+3 frame is the black data, it is not shown through the equations.
  • the luminance data of four frames generated as above are stored in the memory frame 250 of FIG. 17 and thereafter, output.
  • the output data are input into the reverse gamma converter 300 .
  • FIG. 20 illustrates an exemplary embodiment of the reverse gamma converter 300 .
  • 12-bit data is converted into 8-bit data by performing the process in a reverse order to the process of FIG. 15 .
  • 12-bit luminance data based on the gamma curve is converted into 8-bit linear data.
  • a reverse gamma conversion may also be performed by a lookup table (not shown) in some exemplary embodiments.
  • the data is not limited to any particular bit size as the data input to the reverse gamma converter 300 could be less or greater than 12 bits.
  • the data output by the converter 300 could be less than or greater than 8 bits.
  • the converted 8-bit data is applied to each pixel as a data voltage through a data driver (not shown) to display the improved luminance.
  • FIG. 21 is a graph showing the improved luminance of the 3D image display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • a section X of the improved luminance curve from a gray corresponding to luminance of 100 to a gray having luminance higher than 100 corresponds to an improved luminance amount acquired by improving the luminance according to the present invention. Since this part in the luminance curve corresponds to an embodiment of the luminance which is larger than the maximum luminance that can be displayed in the N frame and the N+1 frame, it corresponds to a luminance improvement amount acquired while displaying a luminance other than black in the N+2 frame.
  • the balance rate provider 220 provides a balance rate for determining that a higher additional luminance will be applied to any frame (see FIG. 13B ) or the same additional luminance is separately applied to all the frames (see FIG. 13C ) in an example of separately adding the luminance to two or more frames as shown in FIGS. 13B and 13C at the time of providing the additional luminance.
  • the luminance improvement rate provider 210 and the balance rate provider 220 store a plurality of determined values depending on display characteristics and may provide an appropriate rate to the luminance improver 200 or allow adjustment of the rate in accordance with a user's selection.
  • the 3D image processor 1000 may be provided in a signal controller controlling the display panel or provided as an additional external circuit in some exemplary embodiments.

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