WO2009096329A1 - 映像表示装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a video display device for expressing a desired display video.
- Patent Document 1 Conventionally, various video representations such as adjusting the gain of a video signal and increasing contrast have been attempted (for example, Patent Document 1).
- Patent Document 2 Conventionally, a process of increasing the screen brightness is performed because a sense of screen brightness is required.
- Patent Document 2 conventionally, a high-frequency pixel is used to increase the gain in the low to intermediate pixels of the gamma correction characteristic in order to give a sense of brightness of the display image and to prevent saturation in the bright pixels. Indicates that the video is displayed with a small gain.
- gain control has a problem that the gain is reduced and the brightness is lowered in almost all pixels for a bright image on the whole, so the gain control is applied to all input images.
- a device has been devised to apply different controls for each video characteristic.
- Patent Document 3 there is Patent Document 3 as one of the technologies.
- a signal whose brightness is below the mid-range is linearly amplified and high. In the region, the signal is amplified to a small value (gamma characteristics are shown in FIG. 23 (b)).
- the gamma operation is canceled and the video signals are output as they are (gamma characteristics are FIG. 23 (a)) prevents white crushing at a large amplitude.
- Patent Documents 4 and 5 detect the average luminance (hereinafter referred to as “APL” (AverageAPicture Level)) of an input video signal, and the lower the detected APL, the more the signal is amplified in the middle range or lower.
- APL Average luminance
- FIG. 24 the gain control is performed in the order of (b) ⁇ (c) ⁇ (d) as the APL is lower in FIG. 24).
- the gain control is not performed. Is output as it is ((a) in FIG. 24), and saturation on the white side is prevented.
- Patent Documents 3 to 5 described above when the video feature amount satisfies a predetermined condition, the input signal is always amplified. When the video feature amount does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the input signal is not always amplified. ing. That is, in Patent Document 3, when the condition that the peak of the amplitude of the RGB signal as the video feature amount does not include a high peak component is not satisfied, the signal is always amplified and the condition that the high peak component is not included is not satisfied. In some cases (when high peak components are included), the video signal is not always amplified.
- Patent Documents 4 and 5 when the condition that the APL as the video feature amount is equal to or less than a certain value is satisfied, a signal whose brightness is equal to or less than the middle range (less than a certain luminance value) is proportional to the low APL.
- the degree of amplification is increased (always amplifying) and the condition that APL is below a certain level is not satisfied (when APL is above a certain level), gain control is not always performed and the video signal is not amplified.
- a video display device that displays images by irradiating light from the back of the display screen, such as a liquid crystal display device
- video expression is achieved by dimming the light source luminance in addition to processing the video signal. Therefore, a more complex video expression is possible by properly combining these.
- Patent Documents 6 to 9 are liquid crystal display devices that enrich the image expression on the black side in particular by contriving a combination of video signal processing and light source luminance control.
- the brightness of the light source is reduced to bring out black tightening that cannot be expressed only by normal image display, and the entire image is amplified by amplifying the video signal. It is described to prevent a decrease in brightness of an image.
- the video is used to compensate for the reduced brightness when the light source is lowered.
- Amplify the signal This amplification ratio is calculated by the equation (light source brightness at maximum light emission / light source brightness when lowered) 1 / ⁇ .
- the video signal is amplified.
- the APL and maximum / minimum values of the input video signal are detected, the input video signal is expanded to the dynamic range, and the luminance at the time of video display shifted by the expansion of the video signal is adjusted with the light emission luminance of the light source.
- Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-228707 compensates for this.
- the video signal when the condition that the maximum luminance and the minimum luminance as the video feature amount of the input video signal match the dynamic range is satisfied, the video signal is not always amplified, and the maximum luminance and the minimum luminance match the dynamic range. It can be said that the video signal is always amplified when the condition to do is not satisfied (when the maximum luminance and the minimum luminance do not match the dynamic range).
- the importance ratio of black tightening, the importance ratio of white on the contrary, and the importance degree of power consumption are not the same importance degree for all the images, and the circumstances differ depending on the characteristics of each image.
- a desired display brightness is obtained by changing the light source brightness control characteristic of the liquid crystal display device according to the image quality mode such as the dynamic mode, the standard mode, the movie mode, and the game mode. And trying to achieve reduced power consumption.
- Patent Document 12 a mode for giving priority to image quality or power saving is provided, and the power saving priority of the backlight is changed according to this mode.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and can express a feeling of brightness while avoiding white crushing or suppressing it to an inconspicuous level while performing video expression with improved black tightening.
- An object is to provide a video display device.
- a first technical means of the present invention is a video display device that adjusts the degree of amplification of an input video signal according to the video feature amount of the input video signal, and the video feature amount is When the predetermined condition is satisfied, the input video signal is always amplified, and when the video feature amount does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the input video signal may be amplified or not amplified.
- the video feature amount is an average luminance of an input video signal
- the predetermined condition is that the average luminance of the input video is not more than a predetermined value. It is characterized by.
- the video feature amount is an average luminance of an input video signal
- the predetermined condition is that the average luminance of the input video is equal to or more than a first value and It is characterized by being equal to or less than the second value.
- the video feature amount is a frequency that cannot be expressed if it is expanded in the input video signal, and the predetermined condition is that the frequency is a predetermined ratio or less. It is characterized by being.
- the video feature amount is a frequency that cannot be expressed if the average luminance of the input video signal and the input signal are temporarily expanded, and the predetermined condition is: The average luminance is not more than a predetermined value and the frequency is not more than a predetermined ratio.
- the video feature amount is a frequency that cannot be expressed if the average luminance of the input video signal and the input signal are temporarily expanded, and the predetermined condition is: The average luminance of the input video is not less than the first value and not more than the second value, and the average luminance is not more than a predetermined value and the frequency is not more than a predetermined ratio.
- the video feature amount is a maximum luminance and a minimum luminance of an input video signal
- the predetermined condition is that the minimum luminance of the input video signal is a first luminance.
- the maximum luminance of the input video signal is not more than the second value.
- the image processing apparatus includes a display unit and a light source, inputs a video signal to the display unit, and irradiates the display unit with light from the light source. Is displayed.
- the input video signal when the video feature quantity does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the input video signal is not amplified when the light source luminance is the maximum luminance, and the light source The input video signal is amplified when the luminance decreases from the maximum luminance.
- the tenth technical means of the present invention is characterized in that, in the eighth technical means, the degree of amplification of the video signal is determined based on the light emission luminance of the light source.
- the degree of amplification of the video signal is a value larger than a value capable of properly displaying the input video signal having the maximum luminance when the light emission luminance of the light source is maximum. It is characterized by being set to.
- the twelfth technical means of the present invention is characterized in that, in the tenth technical means, the amplification degree of the video signal is determined in consideration of the target light emission luminance value of the light source.
- a thirteenth technical means of the present invention is characterized in that, in the twelfth technical means, the target light emission luminance value of the light source is set to a value larger than 100%.
- the fourteenth technical means of the present invention is characterized in that, in the first technical means, the predetermined condition is changed according to an image quality mode.
- the predetermined value is changed according to an image quality mode.
- the first value and / or the second value are changed according to an image quality mode. It is a thing.
- the predetermined ratio is changed according to an image quality mode.
- the brightness is further enhanced by performing a process of constantly lifting a signal having a certain luminance value or less, while the predetermined condition is satisfied. If not, it is possible to express black tightening while considering white crushing.
- FIG. 1 It is a figure which shows the relationship between the luminance value used for an advanced luminance modulation process, and frequency. It is a figure which shows the relationship between APL used for an advanced luminance modulation process, and the light emission luminance level for a reference. It is a figure which shows the other example of the relationship between APL used for an advanced luminance modulation process, and the light emission luminance level for a reference. It is a figure which shows the further another example of the relationship between APL used for an advanced luminance modulation process, and the light emission luminance level for a reference. It is a figure which shows the input / output relationship of the video signal described in patent document 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the input / output relationship of the video signal described in patent document 4. FIG.
- DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Scaling part, 2 ... Y histogram detection part, 3 ... APL detection part, 4 ... Histogram stretching part, 5 ... Distortion module, 6 ... Scene change detection part, 7 ... Temporary filter, 8 ... BL brightness level setting part, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 ... Temporary filter, 10 ... Variable delay, 11 ... CPLD, 12 ... BL adjustment part, 13 ... Configuration design part, 14 ... Image quality correction part, 15 ... WB adjustment part, 16 ... FRC part, 17 ... Video output part, 20 ... Advanced luminance modulation unit, 61 ... Histogram buffer, 62 ... Histogram change detection unit.
- the amplification degree of the input video signal is adjusted according to the video feature amount of the input video signal.
- the amplification degree (gain) of the input video signal is adjusted according to the video feature amount of the input video signal.
- a target contrast target CR
- video expression is performed so as to approach the target CR by controlling the luminance of the backlight and controlling the gain.
- advanced luminance modulation processing such a video signal and backlight luminance modulation processing is referred to as advanced luminance modulation processing.
- the display brightness when displaying a video faithfully reproduces the level of the video signal to be displayed. That is, when displaying a black screen, the display brightness should ideally be zero.
- the liquid crystal panel actually has some light leakage, and even when a black screen is displayed, it is displayed in gray instead of black.
- CR contrast ratio
- the maximum luminance is determined by the maximum light emission luminance of the backlight light source
- the minimum luminance is determined by the amount of light leakage during black display. Therefore, when the light emission luminance of the backlight light source is constant, the contrast ratio is constant in the same liquid crystal panel.
- FIG. 1 is a graph showing the relationship between the pixel value of the input video signal (the luminance value of the video signal) and the luminance value on the liquid crystal panel for liquid crystal panels with CR of 3000 and 6000.
- the maximum luminance is the same 450 cd
- the display luminance (minimum luminance) on the liquid crystal panel with a pixel value of 0 is 0.15 cd in the case of CR3000 and 0.075 cd in the case of CR6000.
- the relationship between the pixel value of the input video signal and the luminance value of the liquid crystal panel is as shown by a dotted line in FIG. Since the light emission luminance of the light source is 50%, an image larger than the pixel value 128 cannot be displayed. However, for pixel values 0 to 128, luminance expression close to that of a CR6000 liquid crystal panel is possible.
- the light emission luminance of the light source can be set to 50%, and a contrast feeling equivalent to that of the CR6000 liquid crystal panel can be obtained, and the pixel of the video signal
- This expansion can be realized by setting a gain that doubles the pixel value of the video signal.
- the light emission luminance of the backlight light source is reduced to 50%, so that power saving can be achieved.
- the maximum pixel value is 128 or less, whitening does not occur by simply doubling the pixel value.
- the advanced luminance modulation processing reduces the luminance of the backlight light source so as to be close to the target CR (target CR) while saving power, and interlocks with this to adjust the gain of the video signal.
- the decrease in the light emission luminance of the backlight light source is compensated by the output value of the video signal to the liquid crystal panel.
- the white portion in the video is very small, the importance of the white portion can be lowered and the black expression can be improved in the same manner.
- white loss of a portion that is not emphasized may be ignored, or the gain in the white side region may be determined so that the white loss can be alleviated by gain setting for realizing the target CR.
- the reference emission luminance level for setting the gain setting and the emission luminance level of the backlight light source is first set according to the video feature amount (histogram information such as APL and peak (maximum luminance value)) to save power.
- a process for producing a contrast feeling as described above that is, setting the light emission luminance level to an appropriate value equal to or lower than the reference light emission luminance level
- the gain of the video signal is set in conjunction with the processing so as to maintain the visual luminance.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration example according to an embodiment of the video display apparatus according to the present invention.
- 2 includes a scaling unit 1, a Y histogram detection unit 2, an APL detection unit 3, a BL (backlight) luminance level setting unit 8, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) / CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device). 11, a BL light control unit 12, an image quality correction unit 14, an RGB ⁇ / WB (White Balance) adjustment unit 15, an FRC (Frame Rate Control) unit 16, and a video output unit 17.
- a scaling unit 1 includes a scaling unit 1, a Y histogram detection unit 2, an APL detection unit 3, a BL (backlight) luminance level setting unit 8, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) / CPLD (Complex Programmable Logic Device). 11, a BL light control unit 12, an image quality correction unit 14, an RGB ⁇ / WB (White Balance) adjustment unit 15, an FRC (Frame Rate Control) unit 16, and a video output unit 17.
- the video display device illustrated in FIG. 2 includes an advanced luminance modulation unit 20 that executes the main part of the advanced luminance modulation processing.
- the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 includes a histogram stretching unit 4, a distortion module 5, a scene change detection unit 6, a first temporary filter 7, a second temporary filter 9, a variable delay 10, and a configuration design unit 13.
- the advanced luminance modulation processing not only performs dynamic light emission luminance control according to the video feature quantity such as APL but also the light source determined by the predetermined condition of the video feature quantity.
- This is an advanced luminance modulation process in which a light emission luminance level BL reduced that gives a sense of contrast to the reference light emission luminance level BL ref is selected and the gain of the video signal is also set.
- the video output unit 17 outputs and displays a video signal to be displayed.
- a liquid crystal panel is used as a display panel for displaying an image. Therefore, the video output unit 17 includes a liquid crystal panel that displays video based on the video signal, and a liquid crystal control circuit that converts the video signal into a signal for driving the liquid crystal panel and outputs the signal to the liquid crystal panel.
- the video signal is converted using the gain set by the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 and then input to the video output unit 17. That is, in the advanced luminance modulation process, a video signal indicating a video to be displayed by the video output unit 17 is a processing target. The gain and its setting will be described later.
- the BL adjustment unit 12 includes a lamp composed of a fluorescent tube and a lamp driving circuit that drives the lamp.
- the BL adjustment unit 12 irradiates the liquid crystal panel of the video output unit 17 from the back and side surfaces (backlight light source or simply A backlight).
- this backlight light source is the target of emission luminance control.
- the BL adjustment unit 12 is controlled by the CPU / CPLD 11.
- the CPU / CPLD 11 uses the lamp driving circuit (for example, an inverter circuit) of the BL adjusting unit 12 to actually perform light control according to a signal (for example, a duty signal) indicating the light emission luminance level BL reduced output from the advanced luminance modulation unit 20.
- the signal is converted into a signal (for example, a signal suitable for driving such as pulse width modulation) and output to the BL adjustment unit 12.
- the backlight dimming value is converted into a signal for actual backlight dimming.
- the lamp for example, a lamp composed of an LED (Light Emitting Diode) or a combination of an LED and a fluorescent tube may be adopted, and at the same time, a lamp driving circuit corresponding to the lamp may be provided. Good.
- LED Light Emitting Diode
- a lamp driving circuit corresponding to the lamp may be provided. Good.
- the parts for processing the video signal output to the video output unit 17 and controlling the BL adjustment unit 12 via the CPU / CPLD 11 are the scaling unit 1, the Y histogram detection unit 2, the APL detection unit 3, and the BL luminance level setting unit. 8, an image quality correction unit 14, an RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15, an FRC unit 16, and an advanced luminance modulation unit 20.
- the scaling unit 1 changes the number of pixels of the video frame indicated by the input video signal (input video signal) or the aspect ratio of the video frame by calculation according to the resolution of the liquid crystal panel and the like.
- the input video signal for example, a signal obtained by demodulating a video signal received as a broadcast wave, a video signal received via a communication network, a signal obtained by reading a video signal stored in an internal storage device, various recorders and various players This corresponds to a video signal received from an external device such as a tuner device or a tuner device, or a video signal obtained by performing various video processes on the video signal.
- the video display device of FIG. 2 may be configured to be able to acquire any of such video signals.
- the image quality correction unit 14 changes the contrast, color, and the like of the video signal output from the scaling unit 1 according to user settings and the like.
- the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 adjusts ⁇ , WB, and the like of the video for the video signal output from the image quality correction unit 14. Further, the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 changes the gain of the signal by a gain setting signal from the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 (actually the configuration design unit 13). Here, the gain for the video signal output from the image quality correction unit 14 is changed, or the gain for the video signal after ⁇ adjustment in the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 is changed. Then, the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 performs conversion of the video signal based on the gain, and compensates for the luminance reduction by the gain with respect to the control for reducing the light emission luminance level by the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 as described later. Here, in order to suppress noise in the low gradation part, this conversion is preferably performed after ⁇ adjustment and before WB adjustment.
- the gain setting signal from the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 is a signal indicating a conversion coefficient for converting the pixel value (video signal level) of the video signal to be output to the liquid crystal panel.
- the gain setting signal is a common conversion coefficient for multiplying the video signal (in this example, a video signal having a pixel value of 0 to 255) as shown in the following example, and gain is applied as described later.
- the gain may be corrected by the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 for a certain video signal level range obtained based on the range of the video signal level that reaches the peak.
- the FRC unit 16 is a frame rate converter, and detects the motion vector of the video from the adjusted video signal output from the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 to generate a complementary video, thereby generating a normal video from a display frequency of 60 Hz.
- the display frequency is converted to 120 Hz.
- the liquid crystal driving circuit of the video output unit 17 converts the video signal output from the FRC unit 16 into a signal for driving the liquid crystal panel and outputs the signal to the liquid crystal panel.
- the Y histogram detection unit 2 divides the video frame into pixel units and generates a histogram representing the frequency of occurrence of the luminance value of each pixel.
- the histogram generated by the Y histogram detection unit 2 has a frequency value for each of the pixel values (Y) 0 to 255, for example.
- the APL detection unit 3 calculates the average luminance level of the video signal for each video frame.
- the value calculated by the APL detection unit 3 is a value indicating 0% when the entire screen is black, and a value indicating 100% when the entire screen is white.
- the histogram stretching unit 4 sets a range to be used by the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 from the histogram generated by the Y histogram detection unit 2.
- the distortion module 5 is a module that performs an operation with a minimum value of 0 to a maximum value of 255, and the input video signal originally has a value of a minimum value of 10 to a maximum value of 235 (for example, a broadcast signal).
- the histogram stretching unit 4 sets the frequency value for each of the minimum value 10 to the maximum value 235 to the frequency value for each of the minimum value 0 to the maximum value 255 in order to match the calculation in the distortion module 5. It stretches to fit the value.
- the distortion module 5 actually uses the histogram input from the histogram stretching unit 4 and the reference emission luminance level (also referred to as a backlight target value) BL ref set by the BL luminance level setting unit 8 described later.
- a light emission luminance level to be set (also referred to as a backlight value) BL reduced that is, a light emission luminance level used for controlling the backlight light source is selected (determined). The selection is performed within a range that does not exceed the reference emission luminance level BL ref set by the BL luminance level setting unit 8 from a plurality of predetermined emission luminance levels.
- the light emission luminance level BL reduced that can realize a display image closer to the liquid crystal panel having the target CR is selected.
- the distortion parameters such as the target CR may be set from a main CPU (not shown). Further, when the emission luminance level BL reduced is determined based on APL (Example 6 described later), the APL detected by the APL detection unit 3 is input to the distortion module 5.
- the scene change detection unit 6 detects the presence or absence of a scene change from the degree of change in the histogram one frame before and the current histogram. For example, the cumulative value of the frequency change of each luminance value is calculated, and if it is larger than a specific value, it is determined that the scene has changed.
- the first temporary filter 7 is provided to prevent visual discomfort caused when the above-described actually set light emission luminance level BL reduced selected by the distortion module 5 changes abruptly. After the amount of change in the light emission luminance level BL reduced is made slow, it is output to the subsequent stage as the light emission luminance level BL reduced that is actually set. Further, at the time of a scene change, if a slow light emission luminance level BL reduced is applied, the feeling is strange, so the value of the first temporary filter 7 is changed according to the scene change detection signal from the scene change detection unit 6. Make fast changes possible.
- the BL luminance level setting unit 8 is a video feature amount such as an APL value output from the APL detection unit 3 or histogram information output from the Y histogram detection unit 2, and an OPC (Optical Picture Control) output from a main CPU (not shown).
- a maximum value of the light emission luminance level of the backlight is determined with reference to a value of the brightness sensor) or a user set value. For example, when the APL is high, the maximum value of the light emission luminance level of the backlight is set to a low value so that an image without feeling dazzling can be obtained.
- the maximum value of the backlight emission luminance level is the reference emission luminance level (backlight target value) BL ref for advanced luminance modulation executed by the advanced luminance modulation unit 20.
- APL or histogram information can be used as described above, and the feature amount to be used is selected according to the embodiment.
- the histogram information includes the peak value (maximum luminance value) and minimum luminance of video, or the frequency of video that cannot be expressed if the video signal is expanded.
- the BL luminance level setting unit 8 uses the light emission for reference. It is described that the maximum value of the light emission luminance level of the backlight is set as the luminance level BL ref .
- the reference light emission luminance level via the second temporary filter 9 is BL ref .
- the second temporary filter 9 is a filter having a function equivalent to that of the first temporary filter 7.
- the emission luminance level BL reduced output from the first temporary filter 7 is the time. Change has been mitigated.
- the gain setting is calculated based on the reference emission luminance level BL ref output from the BL luminance level setting unit 8, the gain changes and the display luminance on the liquid crystal panel changes abruptly. .
- a second temporary filter 9 is provided.
- the variable delay 10 is a delay unit for timing the video output from the video output unit 17 and the backlight dimming in the BL adjustment unit 12.
- backlight dimming backlight luminance control is performed after a relatively small amount of processing if the dimming value is determined.
- the video signal gain is determined by advanced luminance modulation
- the frame rate is controlled by the FRC unit 16 and converted to the panel control signal by the liquid crystal control circuit after the luminance level of the video signal is changed. Since many processes are performed, a time delay occurs. Then, the timing of the backlight dimming control and the video gain control that should be performed at the same time is shifted, and the balance between the backlight and the video is lost. Therefore, the backlight dimming is intentionally delayed by the variable delay 10 to match the timing of the backlight dimming control and the video gain control.
- the configuration design unit 13 determines the gain of the video signal based on the reference emission luminance level BL ref determined by the BL luminance level setting unit 8 and the emission luminance level BL reduced selected by the distortion module 5.
- the levels BL reduced and BL ref are levels that have passed through the temporary filters 7 and 9, respectively. If the reference light emission luminance level (backlight target value) BL ref and the selected light emission luminance level (backlight value) BL reduced are the same, there is no need to change the luminance level of the video signal, and the gain is 1. is there. Further, when the selected light emission luminance level BL reduced is lower than the reference light emission luminance level BL ref , the gain is set in a direction to increase the luminance level of the video signal according to the value.
- a BL luminance level setting unit 8 As a main block in the video display device of FIG. 2, a BL luminance level setting unit 8, a scene change detection unit 6, a first temporary filter 7, a distortion module 5, a configuration design unit 13, and an RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 are provided. Explain in order.
- the BL luminance level setting unit 8 receives the APL of the video signal detected by the APL detection unit 3 and controls based on detection information from a brightness sensor (not shown) that measures the ambient brightness (ambient illuminance). A signal and a control signal based on a user setting for setting the brightness of the liquid crystal panel are input. Also, when information such as the frequency that cannot be expressed when the video signal is expanded or information such as the minimum luminance and the maximum luminance of the video signal is used as the video feature amount, the histogram detection unit 2 outputs the video signal screen unit ( These pieces of information necessary for each frame (to be referred to as histogram information) are input. When both APL and histogram information are used, each information is input to the BL luminance level setting unit 8.
- the BL luminance level setting unit 8 outputs a reference emission luminance level BL ref based on these control signals and video feature amounts. Specifically, a method of dynamically adjusting the light emission luminance of the backlight light source according to the input video signal that changes in screen units (frame units) is applied, and the light emission luminance level obtained thereby is used for reference. The light emission luminance level (backlight target value) BL ref is output.
- a luminance control table (lookup table) held in the BL luminance level setting unit 8 is used to generate the reference emission luminance level BL ref .
- the luminance control table defines the relationship of the luminance level of the backlight according to the video feature amount (APL or histogram information) of the input video signal, that is, the luminance control characteristic.
- a plurality of selectable brightness control tables are prepared and held in a table storage memory such as a ROM (Read Only Memory) provided in the BL brightness level setting unit 8.
- a photodiode is applied to a brightness sensor that measures the brightness around the video display device.
- the brightness sensor generates a DC voltage signal corresponding to the detected ambient light and outputs it to a main CPU (not shown).
- the main CPU outputs a control signal for selecting the brightness control table to the BL brightness level setting unit 8 according to the DC voltage signal corresponding to the ambient light.
- the main CPU outputs a brightness adjustment coefficient for adjusting the brightness control value of the brightness control table as a control signal based on a user setting for setting the brightness of the liquid crystal panel.
- the brightness adjustment coefficient is used for setting the brightness of the entire screen in accordance with a user operation. For example, screen brightness adjustment items are set on a menu screen held by the video display device. The user can set an arbitrary screen brightness by operating the setting item.
- the main CPU recognizes the brightness setting and outputs a brightness adjustment coefficient to the BL brightness level setting unit 8 according to the set brightness.
- the BL luminance level setting unit 8 selects a luminance control table by designating a table No. according to a control signal output from the main CPU according to the detection information of the brightness sensor.
- the luminance control table to be selected may be generated by calculation. Then, the brightness conversion value of the selected brightness control table is multiplied by the brightness adjustment coefficient obtained as a control signal based on the user setting, and the slope of the brightness control characteristic of the brightness control table is changed, and finally, for reference
- the brightness control table used to generate the light emission brightness level BL ref is determined.
- the BL luminance level setting unit 8 uses the luminance control characteristic of the determined luminance control table, and the reference emission luminance according to the APL output from the APL detection unit 3 or the histogram information output from the histogram detection unit 2. Generate and output level BL ref .
- the reference light emission luminance level BL ref output from the BL luminance level setting unit 8 in this way is delayed by the action of the first temporary filter 7 and then input to the configuration design unit 13 to determine the video gain. In addition to being used for calculation, it is input to the distortion module 5 and used to determine the emission luminance level BL reduced according to the histogram.
- FIG. 3A and 3B are diagrams for explaining the Y histogram of the video signal and its transition.
- FIG. 3A shows an example of the Y histogram of the previous frame
- FIG. 3B shows the current histogram following FIG. 3A.
- FIG. 3C is a diagram showing an example of the Y histogram of a frame
- FIG. 3C is a diagram showing a frequency change portion by integrating the histograms of the respective frames shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a scene change detection unit in the video display apparatus of FIG.
- the scene change detection unit 6 uses this to detect a scene change. Specifically, the scene change detection unit 6 detects the presence / absence of a scene change from the histogram of the previous frame of the video signal and the degree of change in the current histogram.
- the scene change detection unit 6 includes a histogram buffer 61 and a histogram change detection unit 62.
- the histogram buffer 61 stores histogram data of the previous frame.
- the histogram change detection unit 62 compares the histogram data of the current frame and the previous frame, calculates a cumulative value of the frequency change, and determines a scene change when it is larger than a specific value. When it is determined that the scene change has occurred, the histogram change detection unit 62 outputs the inter-frame scene change detection signal to the first temporary filter 7.
- the histogram data of FIG. 3A is stored in the histogram buffer 61.
- the histogram change detector 62 compares the data in the histogram buffer 61 with the histogram data of the current frame, and detects the frequency change.
- the hatched portion in FIG. 3C is the frequency change portion.
- the histogram change detection unit 62 calculates the accumulated value of the frequency change portion, in other words, the area, and determines that a scene change has occurred if it is larger than a predetermined value. Then, the histogram change detection unit 62 outputs a scene change detection signal for only the frame determined to be a scene change.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the first temporary filter in the video display apparatus of FIG.
- the first temporary filter 7 is a cyclic low-pass filter, and, as shown in FIG. 5, a multiplier that multiplies the input value Xn of the current frame n by the weighting coefficient 1-a, and the weighting coefficient a is the previous frame n ⁇ . 1 includes a multiplier that multiplies the output value Yn-1 for 1 and an adder that adds outputs from the multipliers.
- n is a natural number and a is a coefficient less than 1.
- Such a configuration of the first temporary filter 7 is expressed by the following equation (1).
- Yn aYn -1 + (1-a) Xn (1)
- the light emission luminance level of the backlight light source is dynamically changed.
- a low-pass filter having a time constant of about 1 second is used as the first temporary filter 7 and the light emission luminance level BL reduced determined by the distortion module 5 is passed through the low-pass filter. I try to lose it.
- the luminance change of the backlight light source is accelerated by reducing the coefficient a of the first temporary filter 7 at the time of a scene change.
- the coefficient a in Equation (1) is made sufficiently small only for a frame in which a scene change is detected, and the value of the coefficient a is restored from the next frame. By doing so, a value close to the input becomes the output of the first temporary filter 7, and the change in the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source is accelerated.
- the basic idea of the advanced luminance modulation processing executed by the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 is that the image luminance range that can be displayed when the light emission luminance level of the backlight light source is 100% and the target (also called ideal) in the liquid crystal panel to be used.
- a liquid crystal panel having a target CR as a performance by setting a video luminance range that can be displayed on a liquid crystal panel having a CR (target CR) and controlling a light emission luminance level of a backlight light source in the liquid crystal panel to be used. It is intended to be close to the image luminance range that can be displayed on the panel.
- the light emission luminance level of the backlight light source is lowered, when the video signal includes a high luminance portion, white crushing occurs in a high luminance portion that cannot be expressed by the reduced backlight emission luminance. Further, when the video signal does not include low luminance, it is not necessary to lower the light emission luminance level of the backlight.
- the distortion module 5 as a criterion for determining the luminance control of the backlight light source, the evaluation value (Distortion) is quantified as to how many low luminance portions and high luminance portions cannot be expressed at a certain emission luminance level.
- the distortion module 5 performs this numericalization in a predetermined luminance control range of the backlight light source, and selects the light emission luminance level having the smallest evaluation value as the light emission luminance level BL reduced .
- the luminance control range of the backlight light source is one of distortion parameters, and indicates a range allowed as the light emission luminance level of the backlight light source. For example, 10% to 100%, 20% to 100%, etc. may be determined in advance by default setting or user setting.
- a lower light emission luminance level is selected as the light emission luminance level BL reduced . This is because, if the image representation quality on the liquid crystal panel is equivalent, lowering the light emission luminance level of the backlight light source saves power.
- FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of the light emission luminance level selection process executed by the distortion module in the video crystal display device of FIG. h1 represents a Y histogram of the video signal.
- the horizontal axis indicates the pixel value (video signal level) of the video signal
- the vertical axis indicates the frequency of each pixel value.
- the image luminance range that can be displayed when the light emission luminance level of the backlight light source is 100% in the liquid crystal panel to be used is A for the image histogram h1.
- B the video luminance range that can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel of the target CR.
- C an image luminance range that can be displayed at a specific light emission luminance level among the light emission luminance levels that can be selected by the distortion module 5.
- the portions that overlap the video luminance range B on both sides of the video luminance range C are the portions to be subjected to the above-mentioned numericalization, and are evaluation value calculation portions.
- the evaluation value calculation portion the low luminance portion is D1 and the high luminance portion is D2.
- a distance weight that increases as the distance from the image luminance range C that can be displayed at the light emission luminance level to be evaluated is calculated.
- the distance weight of the low luminance portion D1 is E1
- the distance weight of the high luminance portion D2 is E2. Therefore, even if the frequency value is the same, the evaluation value becomes larger as it is far from the range that can be expressed. This is because the farther from the range that can be expressed, the greater the influence that cannot be expressed as video.
- the values calculated by the frequency and the weight are F1 (low luminance part) and F2 (high luminance part).
- the evaluation value is the sum of the areas (cumulative total) of F1 and F2.
- the light emission luminance level corresponding to the video luminance range C having the lowest evaluation value among the evaluation values calculated for each light emission luminance level is selected as the light emission luminance level BL reduced to be output.
- the light emission luminance level BL reduced corresponding to C is selected.
- the evaluation value is calculated for all selectable light emission luminance levels in the distortion module 5.
- the luminance control range of selectable light emission luminance levels may be equally divided, and for example, the light emission luminance level may be calculated for every about 10%.
- the video luminance range that can be displayed at the specific light emission luminance level of the above equation (2) is set as C, and the selectable light emission luminance levels are sequentially applied, and the evaluation value is calculated for each light emission luminance level.
- the light emission luminance level having the lowest evaluation value among the calculated evaluation values is set as the selected light emission luminance level BL reduced, and this value is output to the first temporary filter 7 to be used for dimming control of the backlight. At the same time, it is output to the configuration design unit 13 and used for setting (calculating) the video gain. At this time, if there are a plurality of light emission luminance levels having the lowest evaluation value, a lower light emission luminance level is selected.
- FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining a specific example of the luminance modulation processing in the video display apparatus according to the present invention, and is a diagram showing an example of the relationship between the panel CR and the target CR in the video histogram.
- the maximum luminance of the liquid crystal panel is 450 cd when the CR (panel CR) of the liquid crystal panel used is 2000
- the target CR is 3500
- the luminance control range of the backlight is 20 to 100%
- the backlight luminance 100%.
- each alphabet symbol in FIG. 7 is based on FIG.
- the video luminance range A that can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel used is 450 cd to 0.225 cd.
- the target image luminance range B that can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel is 450 cd to 0.128 cd.
- the frequency for each video signal level 0 to 255 is assigned so as to match the video luminance range B.
- the difference between the video luminance range A and the video luminance range B is about 5 digits (pixel value).
- the luminance expression closer to the target CR can be expressed by lowering the light emission luminance level of the backlight.
- the evaluation value is calculated to obtain the optimum light emission luminance level BL reduced .
- FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a video luminance range C when the light emission luminance level is 100%, which is one of the selection targets
- FIG. 9 is a video luminance range when the light emission luminance level is about 70%, which is one of the selection targets.
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a video luminance range C at a light emission luminance level of about 50%, which is one of the selection targets.
- Each alphabet symbol in FIGS. 8 to 10 is based on FIG.
- the evaluation value F1 for the low luminance portion has a certain value
- the evaluation value F2 for the high luminance portion has no value.
- both the low luminance portion evaluation value F1 and the high luminance portion evaluation value F2 have low values.
- the evaluation value F1 for the low luminance portion has no value
- the evaluation value F2 for the high luminance portion has a large value. Comparing the areas (cumulative values) of the evaluation value calculation results at the respective light emission luminance levels illustrated in FIGS. 8 to 10, the light emission luminance level is the lowest when it is 70%. Therefore, the distortion module 5 selects and outputs a light emission luminance level of 70%.
- Y is the display luminance on the liquid crystal panel
- BL is the light emission luminance level of the backlight (backlight DUTY)
- CV Code Value
- the configuration design unit 13 adjusts the video gain so that the luminance on the screen is increased when the luminance of the backlight is reduced by the luminance level BL reduced selected by the distortion module 5.
- the screen brightness (display brightness on the liquid crystal panel) when the light emission brightness level is reduced is BL reduced (CV reduced / 255) ⁇ .
- the brightness of the screen when the backlight is controlled at the reference emission luminance level BL ref is BL ref (CV ref / 255) ⁇ .
- the pixel values may be determined so that these values are equalized and the decrease in the light emission luminance of the backlight caused by the light emission luminance level BL reduced is compensated. That is, the configuration design unit 13 may perform a gain setting that satisfies the following expression (4).
- Y BL reduced (CV reduced / 255)
- ⁇ BL ref (CV ref / 255) ⁇ (4)
- the gain (assumed as G) is expressed by the following equation (5).
- the reference light emission luminance level BL ref is 100%
- the following equation (6) is obtained.
- RGB ⁇ / WB adjuster 15 11 is a diagram showing an example of the video signal gain set by the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit based on the gain setting signal output from the advanced luminance modulation unit in the video display device of FIG. 2, and FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the example of an adjustment process in the RGBgamma / WB adjustment part in a video display apparatus.
- the relationship between the input gain setting value (conversion coefficient) and the gain curve obtained therefrom will be described.
- the gain setting of the video signal output from the advanced luminance modulation section 20 is 1.0
- the gain is simply multiplied by the value for all luminances, that is, remains linear. No problem.
- the gain is 1.0 or more
- the high-luminance portion has a uniform value of 255, and so-called white crushing occurs.
- the basic idea of advanced luminance modulation processing is to tighten black at the expense of white crushing of a small number of white luminance portions, and the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 executes processing with gain as shown in FIG. However, it is better in terms of quality to avoid the high luminance portion from becoming overly constant at the value of 255.
- the gradation of the high luminance portion by performing signal expansion according to the gain setting for low and medium luminance and making the gain curve non-linear for high luminance.
- This method has a trade-off relationship between brightness and white-out. If the non-linear region is narrowed, the region in which normal brightness can be expressed increases, but the high luminance gradation is lowered. Conversely, if the non-linear region is widened, the region where normal brightness can be expressed decreases, but the high luminance gradation is maintained to some extent.
- the non-linear luminance may be made non-linear only in a portion that is affected by white crushing, for example, a portion of 90% or more or a portion of 95% or more of the output by gain setting.
- FIG. 11C shows a gain curve that is corrected so that a portion of 90% or more becomes non-linear when the gain setting is 1.2.
- FIG. 11D shows a gain curve that is corrected so that a portion of 90% or more becomes non-linear when the gain setting is 1.6.
- the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 cannot calculate such a gain curve simply by proportional calculation based on the gain setting. Therefore, it is conceivable to have a gain curve for each gain setting, but it is difficult due to the memory capacity. Therefore, the linear portion is simply proportionally calculated from the gain setting value, and the non-linear portion may be calculated by interpolation or the like for the portion of 90% or more as illustrated in FIGS. 11 (C) and 11 (D). Since the gain setting changes every frame, the gain curve is calculated each time.
- the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 performs processing for obtaining a gain with the above-described cane curve, video ⁇ adjustment processing, WB adjustment processing, CT (color temperature), and the like for the video signal output from the image quality correction unit 14. Also make adjustments.
- the CT adjustment process may be executed with reference to one adjustment curve together with the WB adjustment process.
- each process executed by the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 is executed independently for each of R, G, and B of the video signal. At that time, for the ⁇ adjustment process and the gain obtaining process, R, G, and B are calculated by the same curve, and for the WB adjustment process / CT adjustment process, the R, G, and B are calculated by separate characteristic curves. Is made.
- the order of each process executed by the RGB ⁇ / WB adjustment unit 15 is such that a ⁇ adjustment process is first performed, then a gain obtaining process is performed, and finally a WB adjustment process / CT adjustment process is performed. preferable. In fact, as shown in FIG.
- the low gradation region N is not amplified so much as NA ⁇ NB ⁇ NC, and the noise of the low gradation portion is not noticeable.
- noise in the first low gradation region is amplified. This can also be seen from the fact that the process for obtaining the gain is a conversion for compensating for the control to reduce the light emission luminance level of the backlight, and the process is preferably performed closer to the liquid crystal panel.
- an optimal backlight emission luminance level BL reduced is selected according to the luminance histogram of the input video signal, video gain is applied according to the selected emission luminance level BL reduced, and the brightness on the screen is substantially reduced.
- the power consumption can be reduced by reducing the luminance of the backlight.
- a video display device of a method that dynamically adjusts the light emission luminance of a backlight according to an input video signal that changes on a screen basis.
- an APL or a histogram is detected as the video feature amount of the input video signal, and the light emission luminance level of the backlight is changed according to the detected video feature amount.
- the screen brightness changes for each screen according to the video feature amount of the screen.
- the backlight emission luminance control method according to the video feature amount is used, and the light emission luminance level according to the video feature amount is used as a reference value (BL ref ) for calculating the video gain (upper part).
- the reference value (BL ref ) is also used for determining the emission luminance level BL reduced (determined according to the histogram and target CR) that is actually applied to the backlight control.
- the above-described advanced luminance modulation technology can be used to express a feeling of brightness while avoiding white crushing, and it is possible to perform video expression with improved black tightening. It is what. Comparative examples and examples according to the present invention using advanced luminance modulation will be described below.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an operation example of advanced luminance modulation when the reference light emission luminance level BL ref is set to 100%.
- the setting values set in the distortion module 5 are as follows. a) Panel CR (contrast ratio of panel used); 2000 b) Target CR (target panel contrast ratio); 3500 c) Backlight brightness control range: 20% to 100% Further, the histogram of the input video signal is distributed over all luminance values 0 to 255 as shown in FIG. The APL of the input video signal is assumed to be 50%. A graph F in FIG. 13A also shows the same histogram.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL ref for APL is set to a constant 100% regardless of the APL value of the input video signal, as shown in FIG. Note that this luminance control characteristic is shown in a graph G in FIG.
- the reference light emission luminance level (target light emission luminance value) BL Ref set by the BL luminance level setting unit 8 is always 100% regardless of the APL of the input video signal. For example, APL is 50% (arrow g). In this case, the light emission luminance level BL Ref of 100% is set.
- the distortion module 5 selects the backlight emission luminance level such that the apparent luminance at the time of panel display is 100%.
- the evaluation value is determined from the histogram of the input video signal, and the lowest emission luminance level is selected from the possible emission luminance levels.
- the image histogram is distributed over all of 0 to 255, and the frequency of the maximum luminance of 255 is not small, so the evaluation value of the 100% emission luminance level is the lowest. Therefore, the distortion module 5 selects 100% as the light emission luminance level BL reduced .
- the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 Based on the setting of the distortion module 5, the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 outputs 100% backlight duty. Further, the configuration design unit 13 sets the gain of the video signal from the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref and the light emission luminance level BL reduced selected by the distortion module 5. In this case, since both light emission luminance levels BL Ref and BL reduced are 100%, the gain setting is 1.00 by the calculation of Expression (5), and there is no gain change. Therefore, the panel displays the level of the input signal as it is regardless of the APL value.
- FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining an embodiment of advanced luminance modulation processing applicable to the video display apparatus of the present invention.
- a medium-brightness video is expressed brighter and with higher contrast, while a high-brightness video enables clear display while avoiding white crushing, while a low-brightness video enables a tight black expression.
- APL is used as a video feature value for determining luminance control characteristics, and in order to express a video with intermediate luminance brighter and with higher contrast, light emission for reference is used when the APL of the video signal is at an intermediate level.
- the luminance level is set to a value larger than 100% which cannot be output originally.
- the luminance control characteristic that defines the light emission luminance of the backlight light source with respect to the APL is set to have a characteristic as shown in FIG. 14B (see graph G in FIG. 14A). the same). That is, when the APL is in the intermediate luminance range of the first value L1 or more and the second value L2 or less, the reference emission luminance level BL Ref is set to be 105% (FIG. 14 ( As shown in B), there may be a slight inclination at the boundary between 100% and 105%).
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref should take a value within a practically usable range, but in the embodiment according to the present invention, 105%, which is a value outside the usable range, is set.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to a value of 100%.
- the degree of amplification of the video signal by the gain is larger than the value that can properly display the input video signal of the maximum luminance when the light emission luminance of the light source is maximum. Can be set to a value.
- the APL of the input video signal is 50%, it corresponds to the portion indicated by the arrow g in FIG. 14B, and 105% is selected as the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref .
- the distortion module 5 has a reference light emission luminance level BL Ref of 105%, but the luminance control range of the backlight is 20% to 100%. Select reduced .
- the histogram is distributed in all of 0 to 255, 100% having the lowest evaluation value is selected as the light emission luminance level BL reduced .
- the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 Based on the setting of the distortion module 5, the advanced luminance modulation unit 20 outputs a backlight duty having a light emission luminance level of 100%.
- the configuration design unit 13 sets the gain of the video signal from the light emission luminance level (BL reduced ) 100% selected by the distortion module 5 and the reference light emission luminance level (BL Ref ) 105%.
- the apparent light emission luminance level on the panel display can obtain an effect of 105% instead of 100%, and a clearer image can be obtained.
- the region where the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 105% is only a predetermined range where the APL is medium. Therefore, when the APL is high as a whole image, there is no white crushing and the image becomes clear.
- the expression can be brighter and higher in contrast than when the light emission luminance level of the backlight is 100%. That is, when the APL is in the middle predetermined range, the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to a value exceeding 100%, so that a bright and high-contrast image can be displayed.
- the input video signal when the video feature amount satisfies a predetermined condition, the input video signal is always amplified.
- the video feature amount is APL
- the predetermined condition is when the APL is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2.
- the gain since the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref exceeds 100%, the gain always exceeds 1 regardless of the light emission luminance level (BL reduced ) selected by the distortion module 5.
- the input video signal is always amplified.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref becomes 100%, so the light emission luminance level selected by the distortion module 5 is used.
- the gain becomes larger than 1 or the gain becomes 1, which causes the case where the input video signal is amplified and the case where it is not amplified.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed in a high luminance value near 255 and the APL is 90% (for example, a snowy landscape video).
- the distortion module 5 selects 100% as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source.
- APL is 90%
- it does not satisfy the predetermined condition of the luminance control characteristic shown in FIG. 14B that is, APL is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal is distributed in a high luminance value around 255 while the histogram of the video signal is distributed around the low luminance value at a certain ratio, and the APL Is an image of 85% (for example, an image of a person wearing black clothes on a snow scene).
- the distortion module 5 selects 100% as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source. This is because if it is smaller than 100%, the number of pixels that cannot be expressed in the high luminance part increases, and the evaluation value (Distortion) value increases.
- This condition also shows an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal has a histogram of the video signal distributed in a luminance value around 230, which is slightly lower than those in the above operation examples 1 and 2, while in the vicinity of a low luminance value. It is assumed that the video is distributed at a small ratio and has an APL of 81% (for example, a video of a bright forest).
- the frequency near black is 0, and the evaluation value at that time is 0. Therefore, the light emission luminance level of the backlight light source is selected so that the distortion evaluation value near white is also set to 0. For example, 80% is selected as BL reduced .
- APL is 81%
- it does not satisfy the predetermined condition of the luminance control characteristic shown in FIG. 14B that is, APL is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2.
- 100% is set as the light emission luminance level BL Ref for reference.
- the video signal is amplified as much as the backlight light source luminance is slightly reduced.
- the maximum luminance of the amplified video signal is 255 or less, white crushing does not occur.
- This condition shows an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance falls below the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal has a histogram of the video signal distributed at an equal ratio on the high luminance side and the low luminance side centering on the intermediate luminance, and the APL is 48%. It is assumed that it is a video (for example, a video of a news studio). In this case, since there is no video with extremely high luminance in the histogram of the video signal, the distortion module 5 selects 60% as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source from the evaluation value of the histogram.
- the APL when the APL is 48%, it satisfies the predetermined condition of the luminance control characteristic shown in FIG. 14B, that is, the APL is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2.
- the video signal is amplified slightly larger by setting the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref to a value larger than 100% in addition to the compensation for the slightly reduced backlight light source luminance. It is possible to display images with a contrast and brightness.
- This condition shows an example in which the video signal is amplified when the feature amount (APL) of the video signal satisfies a predetermined condition.
- the input video signal has a distribution in which the histogram of the video signal has a low brightness and a bright brightness with a small ratio, and an APL of 22% (for example, in the night sky). Star image).
- the histogram of the video signal has a very high luminance at a ratio that is not small, but in the distortion module 5, when 100% is selected as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source, the evaluation value (Distortion) value is obtained. Therefore, 70% is selected as the light emission luminance level BL reduced , which can express black and can be maintained as high as possible.
- APL is 22%
- it does not satisfy the predetermined condition of the luminance control characteristic shown in FIG. 14B that is, APL is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 100%.
- This condition shows an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy the predetermined condition.
- amplification is performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance falls below the maximum luminance.
- the light emission luminance of the selected backlight also changes, and the video signal may not be amplified.
- a video signal histogram is distributed with a low luminance as a whole and an APL of 25% (for example, a movie video) is used. To do.
- the distortion module 5 selects 50%, which is a low level, as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight source from the evaluation value of the histogram.
- APL is 25%
- it does not satisfy the predetermined condition of the luminance control characteristic shown in FIG. 14B that is, APL is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2.
- This condition shows an example in which the video signal is amplified when the feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy the predetermined condition. Also in this case, amplification is performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is lower than the maximum luminance.
- the APL as the video feature amount is in the intermediate luminance range that is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2, it is always possible to perform further amplification. It operates so as to amplify the video signal.
- the video is amplified when compensating for a slight decrease in light source luminance, but the image is amplified for an image where the light source should be displayed at the maximum light emission luminance. Do not do.
- the image signal is generally amplified so as to compensate for the light emission luminance of the light source since the image is often dark overall.
- the light source may be displayed at the maximum light emission luminance. In such a case, the operation is performed so as not to amplify the video.
- a low luminance image is brighter and has a higher contrast expression, and a high luminance image enables clear display while avoiding white crushing.
- the reference emission luminance level BL Ref in order to express an intermediate luminance and low luminance image brighter and with higher contrast, the reference emission luminance level BL Ref cannot be originally output when the APL as the image feature amount is equal to or lower than the intermediate level. Set to a value greater than 100%.
- the luminance control characteristic that defines the light emission luminance of the backlight light source with respect to the APL is set so as to be as shown in FIG. That is, the reference emission luminance level BL Ref is set to be 105% when the APL is in the low / medium luminance range of the predetermined value L3 or less. When APL is higher than the predetermined value L3, the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to a value of 100%. That is, the luminance control characteristic as shown in FIG. 17 means that the operation is changed only when the APL is in a predetermined range that is moderate or lower.
- the same operation is performed in this embodiment. I do. Further, in the case where the APL is the first value L1 or more and the second value L2 or less in the first embodiment, that is, the video signal in the operation example 1-4 in the first embodiment, the same operation is performed in this embodiment. Do.
- the input video signal has a distribution in which the histogram of the video signal has a low luminance and a bright luminance with a small ratio, and the video has an APL of 22%.
- the histogram of the video signal has a very high luminance at a ratio that is not small, but in the distortion module 5, when 100% is selected as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source, the evaluation value (Distortion) value is obtained. Therefore, 70% is selected as the light emission luminance level BL reduced , which can express black and can be maintained as high as possible.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed with low luminance as a whole and the APL is 25% as shown in FIG.
- the distortion module 5 selects 50%, which is a low level, as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight source from the evaluation value of the histogram.
- APL is 25%
- This condition shows an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal satisfies a predetermined condition. In this operation example, since there is almost no video signal in the high luminance portion, white crushing is not noticeable.
- Example 3 when the video feature amount satisfies a predetermined condition, the input video signal is always amplified. When the video feature amount does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the input video signal is amplified or not amplified.
- the average luminance of the input video signal and the frequency that cannot be expressed if it is expanded are used as the video feature amount, and the frequency of the input video signal is predetermined. The ratio is below.
- Various settings in the present embodiment are as follows as in the first embodiment. a) Panel CR (contrast ratio of panel used); 2000 b) Target CR (target panel contrast ratio); 3500 c) Backlight brightness control range: 20% to 100%
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 105%, and it should be greater than or equal to W%. For example, it is set to 100% or less.
- W% for example, less than 5%
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed in high luminance values around 255 and the APL is 90%.
- the distortion module 5 selects 100% as the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal is distributed in a high luminance value near 255 while the histogram of the video signal is distributed in a small proportion near the low luminance value.
- the video is 85%.
- the video is not amplified.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. Also in this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal has a histogram of the video signal distributed in luminance values near 230, while being distributed in a small proportion near low luminance values, and an APL of 85. % Video.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance falls below the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal has a histogram of the video signal distributed at the same ratio on the high luminance side and the low luminance side with the intermediate luminance as the center, and the APL is 48%. It is a picture.
- the distortion module 5 determines the emission luminance of the backlight light source from the evaluation value of the histogram. Select 60% as the level BL reduced .
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video signal satisfies a predetermined condition.
- the input video signal is a video in which the luminance of the video signal has a low luminance distribution in a low luminance video signal and the APL is 22%.
- the distortion module 5 selects 70% that can represent black and can be maintained as high as possible as the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight source from the evaluation value of the histogram. To do.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. Also in this case, amplification is performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is lower than the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed with low luminance as a whole and the APL is 25%.
- 50% is selected as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source from the evaluation value. .
- Example 4 when the video feature amount satisfies a predetermined condition, the input video signal is always amplified. When the video feature amount does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the input video signal is amplified and not amplified.
- the predetermined condition is that the APL of the input video signal is equal to or less than a predetermined value and The frequency is a predetermined ratio or less.
- both the APL of the image in Embodiment 1 or 2 and the frequency of white crushing in Embodiment 3 are detected as image feature amounts, the APL is within a predetermined range, and the frequency of white crushing is determined.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to a value greater than 100%, which cannot be output when it is less than W%. That is, in the present embodiment, the predetermined condition is set to a condition that “the condition in the first or second embodiment and the condition in the third embodiment are both satisfied”, and the APL appeals a moderate brightness contrast feeling. The effect of white crushing is also fully considered.
- Various settings in the present embodiment are as follows as in the first embodiment. a) Panel CR (contrast ratio of panel used); 2000 b) Target CR (target panel contrast ratio); 3500 c) Backlight brightness control range: 20% to 100%
- the APL is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2 (Example 1), and the estimated frequency of white crushing as shown in FIG. Is less than W% (for example, less than 5%), the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 105%, and is set to 100% if both the conditions of APL and crushed white are not satisfied.
- Example 2 When the conditions of Example 2 are used, if the APL is equal to or less than the third value L3 and the frequency of white crushing is less than W%, the reference emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 105%. If the conditions for both APL and white crushing are not satisfied, 100% is set.
- the operation example 1-1 to the operation example 1-3 in the first embodiment satisfy the condition that the APL is medium as in the description in the first embodiment.
- the condition that the white crushing frequency is less than 5% is not satisfied, so the operation is the same as that of the first to third embodiments. It becomes.
- the input video signal has a histogram of the video signal distributed at the same ratio on the high luminance side and the low luminance side with the intermediate luminance as the center, and the APL is 48%. It is a picture.
- the distortion module 5 determines the emission luminance of the backlight light source from the evaluation value of the histogram. Select 60% as the level BL reduced .
- the input video signal of this example has almost no luminance of 198 or more and is less than W% (here, 5%), and therefore satisfies the condition that the frequency of video causing white crushing is not more than a predetermined ratio.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video signal satisfies a predetermined condition.
- the input video signal is a video in which the brightness of the video signal histogram is distributed at a relatively low rate in the video signal of low brightness and the APL is 22%.
- the histogram of the video signal of the present example has a very high luminance at a certain ratio.
- the distortion module 5 the emission luminance level of the backlight light source is present. If 100% is selected as BL reduced , the evaluation value (Distortion) becomes large. Therefore, 70% is selected as the light emission luminance level BL reduced , which can express black and can be maintained as high as possible.
- the predetermined condition of the luminance control characteristic shown in FIG. 14B that is, the APL is equal to or more than the first value L1 and the first value L1. It is not satisfied that it is less than or equal to the second value L2.
- the predetermined condition that APL is equal to or less than the predetermined value L3 is satisfied.
- the input video signal in this example has a luminance of 213 or higher that is W% (here, 5%) or higher, and therefore does not satisfy the condition that the frequency of video that causes white collapse is less than a predetermined ratio.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance falls below the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed with low luminance as a whole and the APL is 25%.
- the distortion module 5 determines the emission luminance of the backlight light source from the evaluation value of the histogram. Select 50% as the level BL reduced .
- the predetermined condition of the luminance control characteristic shown in FIG. 14B that is, the APL is equal to or higher than the first value L1 and the first It is not satisfied that it is less than or equal to the second value L2.
- the predetermined condition that APL is equal to or less than the predetermined value L3 is satisfied.
- the input video signal of this example satisfies the condition that the frequency of video that causes white crushing is equal to or less than a predetermined ratio because the luminance of 182 or more does not exist more than W% (here, 5%).
- whether or not the predetermined condition of the APL and the frequency of white crushing is satisfied may vary depending on the setting of the APL determination. Depending on the APL setting, whether to emphasize black tightening (corresponding to Example 1) or whether to emphasize appeal of brightness (corresponding to Example 2) differs.
- Example 5 when the video feature amount satisfies a predetermined condition, the input video signal is always amplified. When the video feature amount does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the input video signal is amplified and not amplified.
- the maximum luminance and the minimum luminance of the input video signal are used as the video feature amount
- the predetermined condition is that the minimum luminance of the input video signal is not less than a first value and the maximum luminance of the input video signal. Is less than or equal to the second value.
- the maximum luminance value (hereinafter referred to as “MAX value”) and the minimum luminance value (hereinafter referred to as “MIN value”) of the video are detected for each image as the video feature amount, and the MIN value is the first.
- the reference issue luminance level BL Ref is set to a value larger than 100% that cannot be output when the value M1 is equal to or greater than M1 and the MAX value is equal to or less than the second value M2. That is, in the present embodiment, the brightness contrast feeling is appealed only when the APL is medium, and in other cases, the influence of white crushing and the black expression are fully considered.
- Various settings in the present embodiment are as follows as in the first embodiment. a) Panel CR (contrast ratio of panel used); 2000 b) Target CR (target panel contrast ratio); 3500 c) Backlight brightness control range: 20% to 100%
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 105%.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 100%.
- the first value M1 is, for example, a luminance value 51 (20%) that can exhibit the effect of tightening black.
- the second value M2 is a luminance value 204 (80%) that originally has high luminance and is desired to prevent white crushing rather than a feeling of brightness. If the same example as the video signal used in the first embodiment is used, the video signals in the operation example 1-1 to the operation example 1-3 in the first embodiment have a luminance value whose MAX value exceeds 204. Since the predetermined condition (MIN value is not less than 51 and MAX value is not more than 204) in the embodiment is not satisfied, the reference light emission brightness level BL Ref is set to 100%.
- the video signals of the operation example 1-5 and the operation example 1-6 of the first embodiment have a luminance value with a MIN value less than 51, and the predetermined condition (the MIN value is a luminance value) of the present embodiment. 51 and the MAX value does not satisfy the luminance value 204 or less), the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 100%.
- the input video signal of this operation example is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed at the same ratio on the high luminance side and the low luminance side centering on the intermediate luminance, and the APL is 48%. It is.
- the distortion module 5 determines the emission luminance of the backlight light source from the evaluation value of the histogram. Select 60% as the level BL reduced .
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video signal satisfies a predetermined condition.
- Example 6> when the video feature amount satisfies a predetermined condition, the input video signal is always amplified. When the video feature amount does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the input video signal is amplified or not amplified.
- the APL of the input video signal is used as the video feature amount, and the predetermined condition is that the APL of the input video signal is not less than the first value and not more than the second value. .
- the selection of the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source is adjusted according to the APL regardless of the distortion calculation.
- the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source is selected as a low value when there are many dark images as a whole, and as a high value when there are many bright images.
- the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source is changed according to APL, and is 20% when APL is less than 51, for example, and 100 when APL is greater than 204, for example.
- the APL is 51 or more and 204 or less
- a value between 20% and 100% is selected in proportion to the size of the APL.
- the reference emission luminance level BL Ref is 100% that cannot be output when the APL is medium (first value L1 or more and second value L2 or less). Set to a larger value.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed in high luminance values around 255 and the APL is 90%.
- the distortion module 5 selects 100% as the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source.
- the distortion module 5 selects the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source without calculating the evaluation value (Distortion), but the light emission luminance level of the backlight light source in each of the above embodiments.
- the distortion module 5 will be described as an alternative to the BL reduced selection block. In this case, the distortion module 5 receives the APL detected by the APL detection unit 3, and selects the light emission luminance level BL reduced according to the APL.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal is distributed in a high luminance value near 255 while the histogram of the video signal is distributed in a small proportion near low luminance, and the APL is 85. % Video.
- the distortion module 5 selects 100% as the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. Also in this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal has a histogram of the video signal distributed in luminance values near 230, while being distributed in a small proportion near low luminance, and an APL of 81%. It is an image of.
- the distortion module 5 selects 100% as the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source.
- the power consumption cannot be reduced by not reducing the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source from 100%, all of the input video signal can be expressed with the light emission luminance level BL reduced of 100%, and white crushing also occurs.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition, unlike the operation example 1-3 of the first embodiment. Also in this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal has a video signal histogram in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed at the same ratio on the high luminance side and the low luminance side centering on the intermediate luminance, and the APL is 48%. It is.
- the distortion module 5 selects, for example, 50% as the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source.
- the reference light emission brightness level BL Ref is set to a value exceeding 100%, so that the video signal is slightly larger. Since it is amplified, it is possible to display images with high contrast and brightness.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the feature amount (APL) of the video signal satisfies a predetermined condition.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal has a distribution with a low luminance and a low luminance with a small ratio, and an APL of 22%.
- the distortion module 5 selects, for example, 25% as the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source.
- the expression of black is enriched by setting the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source low
- the amplification of the video signal is larger than that of the operation example 1-5 of the first embodiment, so that the noise is large.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance falls below the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed with low luminance as a whole and the APL is 25%.
- the distortion module 5 selects, for example, 30% as the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance falls below the maximum luminance.
- the gain it is easier to set the gain by calculating the gain after selecting the light emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source by APL.
- the light emission calculated by APL The gain may be calculated first through the luminance level to set the gain, and then the luminance adjustment of the backlight light source may be performed following the calculation.
- the input video signal when the video feature amount satisfies a predetermined condition, the input video signal is always amplified. When the video feature amount does not satisfy the predetermined condition, the input video signal is amplified or not amplified.
- the APL of the input video signal is used as the video feature amount, and the predetermined condition is that the APL of the input video signal is not less than the first value and not more than the second value.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref when the APL is smaller than the first value L1 or larger than the second value L2, the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 100%. In consideration of power, for a video with a low APL that is unlikely to contain a bright image, the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref can be set to a value smaller than 100%.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref when APL is not less than the first value L1 and not more than the second value L2, the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is set to 105%, and APL is more than the first value L1.
- the light emission luminance level BL Ref for reference when it is small is set to 70%.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref when APL is larger than the second value L2 is 100% as in the first embodiment.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal has a distribution of low luminance and bright luminance with a small ratio, and APL is 22%.
- a very high luminance is present in the histogram of the video signal at a ratio that is not small, but in the distortion module 5, when 100% is selected as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight light source, the evaluation value increases. Therefore, 70% is selected as the light emission luminance level BL reduced , which can express black and can be maintained as high as possible.
- This condition shows an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy the predetermined condition.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed with low luminance as a whole and the APL is 25%.
- the distortion module 5 selects 50%, which is a low level, as the emission luminance level BL reduced of the backlight source from the evaluation value of the histogram.
- This condition shows an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video feature amount (APL) of the video signal does not satisfy the predetermined condition.
- this embodiment is particularly effective when there is no video signal in the high luminance region.
- the degree of amplification of the video signal has been determined in relation to the luminance of the backlight light source. Indicates that there is an effect of amplification of the video signal.
- setting a light emission luminance level BL Ref for Reference Example 1 setting the light emission luminance level BL Ref for Reference Example 2 are changed according to the condition of the video feature amount.
- the light emission luminance level of the backlight is fixed to 100%.
- the predetermined condition is “a case where the APL of the input video signal is moderate or lower and the APL has a low peak when the APL is low”. In this case, the light emission for reference is used.
- the brightness level BL Ref is set to a value exceeding 100 (here, 105%).
- Various settings in this embodiment are as follows. a) Panel CR (contrast ratio of panel used); 2000 b) Target CR (target panel contrast ratio); 3500 c) Backlight brightness: 100%
- the operation of the present embodiment will be described below using the same video signal as that used in the first embodiment.
- the selected light emission luminance level BL reduced is 100%
- the setting of the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is also in a region where the APL is high.
- the same operation as that in the first embodiment is performed.
- an operation example of the present embodiment using the video signals of the operation examples 1-3 to 1-6 of the first embodiment will be described.
- the input video signal has a histogram of the video signal distributed in luminance values near 230, while being distributed in a small proportion near low luminance, and an APL of 81%. It is an image of.
- the condition that the peak is a predetermined value (80%) or more is satisfied.
- the predetermined condition according to the present embodiment the APL of the input video signal is moderate or lower, and if the APL is low, the predetermined value is higher than the predetermined value). Not having a peak). Therefore, 100% is set as the light emission luminance level BL Ref for reference.
- this operation example does not perform the operation of lowering the luminance of the backlight light source, but has no demerit except that the power consumption is slightly increased.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is not amplified when the video feature quantity of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the input video signal has a video signal histogram in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed at the same ratio on the high luminance side and the low luminance side centering on the intermediate luminance, and the APL is 48%. It is.
- the condition that the peak of the input video signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (80%) is satisfied, and the condition that the APL is lower than the first value L1 is satisfied. If the APL of the input video signal is moderate or lower and the APL is low, the input video signal has a peak equal to or higher than a predetermined value). Therefore, 105% is set as the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref .
- this operation example does not perform the operation of lowering the luminance of the backlight light source, but the brightness contrast feeling can be further increased and the power consumption is increased. There are no disadvantages.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video feature amount of the video signal satisfies a predetermined condition.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal has a distribution with a low luminance and a low luminance with a small ratio, and an APL of 22%.
- the condition that the peak of the input video signal is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (80%) is satisfied, and the condition that the APL is lower than the first value L1 is satisfied. If the APL of the input video signal is moderate or lower and the APL is low, the input video signal has a peak equal to or higher than a predetermined value). Therefore, 105% is set as the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref .
- this operation example although power consumption is high, video expression that emphasizes the peak can be performed, and a brightness contrast feeling can be obtained.
- This condition is an example in which the video signal is amplified when the video feature amount of the video signal satisfies a predetermined condition.
- the input video signal is a video in which the histogram of the video signal is distributed with low luminance as a whole and the APL is 25%.
- the condition that APL is lower than the first value L1 is satisfied, but the condition that the peak of the input video signal is a predetermined value (80%) or more is not satisfied. Therefore, it does not satisfy the predetermined condition according to the present embodiment (when the APL of the input video signal is moderate or lower and the APL is low, it has a peak equal to or higher than a predetermined value). Therefore, 100% is set as the light emission luminance level BL Ref for reference.
- the video signal is not amplified when the video feature quantity of the video signal does not satisfy a predetermined condition. In this case, amplification is not performed when the predetermined condition is not satisfied and the light source luminance is the maximum luminance.
- the gain calculation is performed regardless of the light emission luminance level of the backlight, so that it is possible to obtain another display device that does not include a light source such as a liquid crystal display device.
- the present invention can be applied.
- the video display device can set the image quality mode as a video display mode that can be set by the user.
- the image quality mode is a mode for optimizing the brightness and contrast of the screen so that the quality is suitable for the content viewed by the user.
- Image quality modes include “dynamic mode” that fully emphasizes brightness and contrast, “standard mode” that is set at home, especially “movie mode” that expresses the image quality of movies neatly, and many monotonous expressions.
- the target CR is set to, for example, 3500 which is larger than the panel CR. If the target CR is increased, the black that could not be expressed when the light emission luminance of the backlight is 100% can be expressed as a black that is closer to 0, so that the black tightening degree can be increased.
- a reference emission luminance level BL Ref is normally output under the condition that the APL is medium (corresponding to the first embodiment).
- a value larger than 100% that cannot be obtained, for example, 102% is set.
- the first value L1 and the second value L2 in the first embodiment may be changed.
- bright images can be expressed brighter and dark portions can be expressed darker. For example, it is effective because the image can be dynamically displayed during store display.
- the standard mode is a mode conscious of being used mainly at home, and emphasizes the natural expression of images by reducing the frequency of adjusting backlight and gain. In addition, assuming that the frequency of use is high, settings are made so that a certain amount of power saving can be achieved. For this reason, in the standard mode, the target CR is set to a small value, for example, 2100, and a natural video is expressed while considering low power consumption. In the standard mode, the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is not set to a value larger than 100%. Here, the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref may be set to a value smaller than 100% as in the seventh embodiment. (Power saving mode) In this embodiment, power saving is emphasized, for example, by setting the target CR as large as 3500, for example, and fixing the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref at 70%.
- the movie mode is a mode that emphasizes the faithful reproduction of video and expresses more realistic black. Therefore, in the movie mode, the target CR is set larger, for example, 3500. Then, power saving can be achieved while emphasizing realistic black. However, some white crushing is acceptable.
- Game mode In the game mode, the demand for image quality reproducibility is not high, and thus power saving is more important than image quality.
- the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is made constant at a value smaller than 100%, or is changed according to APL.
- various parameter settings are changed according to the image quality mode.
- the parameter to be changed includes a target CR corresponding to the image quality mode.
- the predetermined condition for always amplifying the input video signal is changed according to the image quality mode. For example, (1) the condition that the APL of the input video is less than or equal to a predetermined value, (2) the condition that the APL of the input video is greater than or equal to the first value and less than or equal to the second value, and (3) (5) a condition that the frequency that cannot be expressed is equal to or less than a predetermined ratio; (4) a condition that the average luminance of the input video signal is equal to or less than a predetermined value and The condition that the average luminance of the input video is greater than or equal to the first value and less than or equal to the second value, and the frequency that cannot be expressed if the input signal is expanded is less than or equal to a predetermined ratio; (6) the minimum luminance of the input video signal Can be changed in accordance with the image quality mode, such as the condition
- the operation example 3 of each embodiment when used, for example, ⁇ example 3> is used in the dynamic mode, and the reference light emission luminance level BL Ref is fixed at 70% in the power saving mode, for example.
- the predetermined condition relating to the video feature amount may be changed according to the image quality mode, such as 8>.
- the predetermined value in the condition (1) or the predetermined value in the condition (4) may be changed according to the image quality mode.
- the first value and / or the second value in the condition (2), (5) or (6) may be changed according to the image quality mode.
- the predetermined ratio of (3) to (5) may be changed according to the image quality mode. It should be noted that only one parameter may be changed according to the image quality mode, or may be changed in combination. Further, in the present invention described above, when a light source is used, the fluorescent tube, LED, organic EL lighting, etc. May be used. Then, the extraction of the video feature amount, the setting / application of predetermined conditions, and the video expression based thereon may be performed for each area by dividing the display screen into a plurality of areas.
- the present invention can be used in a display device such as a broadcast receiver.
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迫力のある映像表現を行おうとしたときには、画面の明るさ感が要求されるために画面輝度を高めるような処理がなされる。この点に関して特許文献2では、従来より、表示映像の明るさ感を出すためにガンマ補正特性の低域から中間域の画素におけるゲインを高くするとともに明るい画素での飽和を防ぐために高域の画素に対してはゲインを小さくして映像表示していることを記載している。
すなわち、特許文献3においては、映像特徴量としてのRGB信号の振幅のピークが高いピーク成分を含まないという条件を満たす場合は、信号を常に増幅し、高いピーク成分を含まないという条件を満たさない場合(高いピーク成分を含む場合)は、常に映像信号を増幅しない。
また、ピークやAPLが小さいような映像に対しては、明るさが中域以下の映像信号を持ち上げる処理を行うため、どうしても黒の締まりを犠牲にしてしまうことにもなる。
これらの文献には、全体的に暗い映像が入力された場合には光源の輝度を低下させることで通常の映像表示だけでは表現できない黒の締まりを出すとともに、映像信号を増幅させることで全体的な映像の輝度の低下を防ぐことが記載されている。
当該文献の技術では、入力映像信号の映像特徴量としての最大輝度及び最小輝度がダイナミックレンジと一致するという条件を満たす場合は映像信号を常に増幅せず、最大輝度及び最小輝度がダイナミックレンジと一致するという条件を満たさない場合(最大輝度及び最小輝度がダイナミックレンジと一致しない場合)は常に映像信号を増幅する、ということができる。
本発明は、上記の事情に鑑みてなされたものであり、白潰れを回避し或いは目立たない程度に抑えた明るさ感の表現を可能とする一方で、黒の締まりも改善した映像表現を行う映像表示装置を提供することを目的とする。
映像を表示する場合の表示輝度は、表示する映像信号のレベルを忠実に再現するのが理想である。つまり、黒画面を表示する場合、表示輝度は理想的には0でなければならない。液晶パネルとバックライト光源を使用した映像表示装置の場合、現実には液晶パネルには若干の光漏れがあり、黒画面を表示する場合にも黒ではなくグレー表示となる。
つまり、ゲイン設定及びバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルを設定するための参照用の発光輝度レベルをまず映像特徴量(APL,ピーク(最大輝度値)等のヒストグラム情報)に応じて設定し、省電力化を図ると共に、参照用の発光輝度レベルに対して、さらに上述のごときコントラスト感を出すための処理(すなわち発光輝度レベルを参照用の発光輝度レベル以下の適切な値に設定する)を実行して、CR向上及び更なる省電力化を図り、その処理と連動させて映像信号のゲインを設定して、視覚上の輝度を保つようにする。
図2は、本発明に係る映像表示装置の一実施形態によるシステム構成例を示すブロック図である。図2で例示する映像表示装置は、スケーリング部1、Yヒストグラム検出部2、APL検出部3、BL(バックライト)輝度レベル設定部8、CPU(Central Processing Unit)/CPLD(Complex Programmable Logic Device)11、BL調光部12、画質補正部14、RGBγ/WB(White Balance)調整部15、FRC(Frame Rate Control)部16、及び映像出力部17を備える。
映像出力部17は表示すべき映像信号を出力表示する。本例では、映像表示を行う表示パネルとして液晶パネルを用いている。従って映像出力部17は、映像信号による映像を表示する液晶パネルと、映像信号を液晶パネル駆動のための信号に変換し液晶パネルに出力する液晶制御回路とを有する。その詳細は後述するが、映像信号は、アドバンスト輝度変調部20で設定されたゲインを用いて変換された後、この映像出力部17に入力される。つまり、アドバンスト輝度変調処理においては、この映像出力部17で表示すべき映像を示す映像信号が処理対象となる。ゲイン及びその設定については後述する。
図2の映像表示装置における主要ブロックとして、BL輝度レベル設定部8、シーンチェンジ検出部6、第1のテンポラリフィルタ7、ディストーションモジュール5、コンフィグレーションデザイン部13、RGBγ/WB調整部15を、この順序で説明する。
BL輝度レベル設定部8には、APL検出部3で検出された映像信号のAPLが入力されるとともに、周囲の明るさ(周囲の照度)を測定する図示しない明るさセンサの検出情報に基づく制御信号、及び液晶パネルの明るさを設定するユーザ設定に基づく制御信号が入力される。また、映像特徴量として、映像信号を仮に伸張したときに表現できない頻度、あるいは映像信号の最小輝度及び最大輝度などの情報を使用する場合には、ヒストグラム検出部2から、映像信号の画面単位(フレーム単位)で必要とするこれら情報(ヒストグラム情報とする)が入力される。また、APLとヒストグラム情報の両方を使用する場合には、それぞれの情報がBL輝度レベル設定部8に入力される。
図3は映像信号のYヒストグラム及びその遷移を説明するための図で、図3(A)は前フレームのYヒストグラムの一例を示す図、図3(B)は図3(A)に続く現フレームのYヒストグラムの一例を示す図、図3(C)は、図3(A)と図3(B)に示す各フレームのヒストグラムを統合し、頻度変化部分を示した図である。図4は、図2の映像表示装置におけるシーンチェンジ検出部の構成例を示すブロック図である。
図5は、図2の映像表示装置における第1のテンポラリフィルタの構成例を示す図である。第1のテンポラリフィルタ7は巡回型ローパスフィルタであり、図5に示すように、重み付け係数1-aを入力される現フレームnの値Xnに乗算する乗算器、重み付け係数aを前フレームn-1に対する出力値Yn-1に乗算する乗算器、及びそれらの乗算器からの出力を加算する加算器を備える。ここで、nを自然数、aを1未満の係数とする。第1のテンポラリフィルタ7のこのような構成を式で表すと、下式(1)となる。
Yn=aYn-1+(1-a)Xn ・・・(1)
アドバンスト輝度変調部20で実行されるアドバンスト輝度変調処理の基本思想は、使用する液晶パネルにおいてバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルが100%の時に表示可能な映像輝度範囲と、目標(理想的ともいう)とするCR(ターゲットCR)を持つ液晶パネルにおいて表示可能な映像輝度範囲とを設定しておき、使用する液晶パネルにおいてバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルをコントロールすることで、ターゲットCRを性能として持つ液晶パネルで表示可能な映像輝度範囲に近づけるようにするものである。
Distortion=Σ{(映像輝度範囲D1+D2の頻度)×(距離重み)}・・・(2)
液晶パネルへ入力される画素値と液晶パネルでの表示輝度との関係を示す基本的なモデルは、下式(3)により示される。ここで、Yは液晶パネルでの表示輝度、BLはバックライトの発光輝度レベル(バックライトDUTY)、CV(Code Value)は液晶パネルへ入力される画素値である。また、この例では映像信号の階調は0~255で量子化されているものとする。
Y=BL(CV/255)γ ・・・(3)
Y=BLreduced(CVreduced/255)γ=BLref(CVref/255)γ・・・(4)
G=(1/BLreduced)1/γ ・・・(6)
図11は、図2の映像表示装置におけるアドバンスト輝度変調部から出力されるゲイン設定信号に基づきRGBγ/WB調整部で設定される映像信号ゲインの例を示す図で、図12は、図2の映像表示装置におけるRGBγ/WB調整部での調整処理例を説明するための図である。
アドバンスト輝度変調処理では、入力映像信号の輝度ヒストグラムに応じて最適なバックライトの発光輝度レベルBLreducedを選択し、選択した発光輝度レベルBLreducedに応じた映像ゲイン与え、画面上の明るさをほぼ保つようにし、且つバックライトの発光輝度の低減による低消費電力化を実現する。
図13は、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLrefを100%に設定した場合のアドバンスト輝度変調の動作例を説明するための図である。
ディストーションモジュール5に設定される設定値は以下であるもとする。
a)パネルCR(使用するパネルのコントラスト比);2000
b)ターゲットCR(目標とするパネルのコントラスト比);3500
c)バックライトの輝度制御範囲;20%~100%
また、入力映像信号のヒストグラムは、図13(B)に示すように輝度値0~255の全てに分布している。また入力映像信号のAPLは50%であるものとする。図13(A)のグラフFも同じヒストグラムを示している。
BL輝度レベル設定部8で設定される参照用の発光輝度レベル(目標発光輝度値)BLRefは、入力映像信号のAPLに関わりなく常に100%であるため、例えばAPLが50%(矢印g)の場合にも、100%の発光輝度レベルBLRefが設定される。
本例の場合、映像のヒストグラムは0~255の全てに分布しており、かつ最大輝度である255の頻度が少なくないため100%の発光輝度レベルの評価値が最も低くなる。よって、ディストーションモジュール5では発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択する。
図14は、本発明の映像表示装置に適用可能なアドバンスト輝度変調処理の一実施例を説明するための図である。本実施例では、中間輝度の映像をより明るくコントラストの高い表現を行うとともに、高輝度映像は白潰れを回避しながら鮮明な表示を可能としつつ低輝度映像は引き締まった黒表現も可能とするものである。
本実施例では、輝度制御特性を定める映像特徴量としてAPLを用い、中間輝度の映像をより明るくコントラストの高い表現を行うために、映像信号のAPLが中間レベルである場合において、参照用の発光輝度レベルを本来出力し得ない100%より大きい値に設定する。
a)パネルCR(使用するパネルのコントラスト比);2000
b)ターゲットCR(目標とするパネルのコントラスト比);3500
c)バックライトの輝度制御範囲;20%~100%
そして、本実施例では、APLに対するバックライト光源の発光輝度を規定する輝度制御特性は、図14(B)に示すごとくの特性となるように設定される(図14(A)のグラフGと同じ)。つまり、APLが第一の値L1以上か第二の値L2以下の中間輝度の範囲にあるときに、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefは105%となるように設定されている(図14(B)のように100%と105%との境界においては多少の傾きを有していてもよい)。
参照用の発光輝度レベル-BLRefを105%とすることにより、ゲインによる映像信号の増幅の度合いが、光源の発光輝度が最大時に、最大輝度の入力映像信号を適正に表示できる値よりも大きい値に設定することができる。
つまり、APLが中程度の所定の範囲にあるときに、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを100%を越える値に設定することにより、明るくコントラストの高い映像を表示させることができるようになる。
(動作例1-1)
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図15(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが255付近の高い輝度値に分布し、APLが90%の映像(例えば雪景色の映像)であるものとする。
この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには、高輝度成分が多く含まれるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択する。
本動作例では、入力する映像信号は、図15(B)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが255付近の高い輝度値に分布する一方、低い輝度値付近にも少なくない割合で分布し、APLが85%の映像(例えば雪景色に黒い服を着た人の映像)であるものとする。
この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには、高輝度成分が多く含まれるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択する。100%より小さくすると高輝度部分に表現できない画素が多くなり、評価値(Distortion)の値を大きくしてしまうためである。
本動作例では、入力する映像信号は、図15(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが上記動作例1及び2よりもやや低い230付近の輝度値に分布する一方、低い輝度値付近にも少なくない割合で分布し、APLが81%の映像(例えば明るい森林の映像)であるものとする。
この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムは、黒付近の頻度が0でありそのときの評価値は0となる。従って、白付近のディストーション評価値も0にするようなバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルが選択され、例えばBLreducedとして80%を選択する。
本動作例では、入力する映像信号は、図16(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが中間輝度を中心として高輝度側及び低輝度側に同等な割合で分布し、APLが48%の映像(例えばニュースのスタジオの映像)であるものとする。
この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには極めて高い輝度の映像は存在しないため、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして60%を選択する。
本動作例では、入力する映像信号は、図16(B)に示すように、映像信号のヒストグラムが低い輝度と少ない割合で明るい輝度とに分布があり、APLが22%の映像(例えば夜空に星の映像)であるものとする。
この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには極めて高い輝度が少なくない割合で存在しているが、ディストーションモジュール5では、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択すると評価値(Distortion)の値が大きくなってしまうので、発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして黒色の表現が可能でかつできるだけ高く維持できる70%を選択する。
なお、背景の明るさや星の量によっては選択されるバックライトの発光輝度も変化し、映像信号を増幅しない場合もあり得る。
本動作例では、入力する映像信号として、図16(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが全体的に低い輝度に分布し、APLが25%の映像(例えば映画の映像)を用いるものとする。この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには高い輝度がほとんど存在しないため、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして低レベルである50%を選択する。
一方、APLが第二の値L2より大きい場合は、わずかな光源輝度の低下を補償する場合は映像を増幅するものの、光源を最大発光輝度で表示すべきような画像に対しては映像の増幅を行わない。
また、APLが第一の値L1よりも小さい場合は、全体的に暗い画像である場合が多いので、基本的に光源の発光輝度を補償するように映像信号を増幅するが、夜空の星や花火の画像などのように、高輝度部分が少なくない割合で存在する場合は光源を最大発光輝度で表示すべき場合もあるため、このような場合は映像の増幅を行わないように動作する。
本実施例は、中間輝度の映像に加えて低輝度の映像もより明るくコントラストの高い表現を行うとともに、高輝度映像では白潰れを回避しながら鮮明な表示を可能とするものである。
本実施例では、中間輝度及び低輝度の映像をより明るくコントラストの高い表現を行うために、映像特徴量としてのAPLが中間レベル以下において、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを本来出力し得ない100%より大きい値に設定する。
a)パネルCR(使用するパネルのコントラスト比);2000
b)ターゲットCR(目標とするパネルのコントラスト比);3500
c)バックライトの輝度制御範囲;20%~100%
そして、本実施例では、APLに対するバックライト光源の発光輝度を規定する輝度制御特性は、図17に示すごとくの特性となるように設定される。つまり、APLが所定値L3以下の低中輝度の範囲にあるときに、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefは105%となるように設定されている。また、APLが所定値L3よりも高い場合には、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefは100%の値とする。つまり、図17のような輝度制御特性は、APLが中程度以下の所定の範囲にある場合にのみ動作を変更することを意味している。
実施例1の動作例1-5の映像信号による本実施例の動作例を説明する。本動作例では、入力する映像信号は、図16(B)に示すように、映像信号のヒストグラムが低い輝度と少ない割合で明るい輝度とに分布があり、APLが22%の映像であるものとする。
この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには極めて高い輝度が少なくない割合で存在しているが、ディストーションモジュール5では、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択すると評価値(Distortion)の値が大きくなってしまうので、発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして黒色の表現が可能でかつできるだけ高く維持できる70%を選択する。
実施例1の動作例1-6の映像信号による本実施例の動作例を説明する。本動作例では、入力する映像信号は、図16(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが全体的に低い輝度に分布し、APLが25%の映像である。この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには高い輝度がほとんど存在しないため、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして低レベルである50%を選択する。
本動作例では、高輝度部分に映像信号がほとんど存在しないため、白潰れも目立たない。
本実施例は、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たす場合に、入力映像信号を常に増幅し、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たさない場合には入力映像信号を増幅する場合と増幅いしない場合とを有する本発明の構成において、上記映像特徴量として、入力映像信号の平均輝度及び入力映像信号のうち仮に伸張すれば表現できない頻度を用い、所定の条件を、入力映像信号の前記頻度が所定割合以下としたものである。
a)パネルCR(使用するパネルのコントラスト比);2000
b)ターゲットCR(目標とするパネルのコントラスト比);3500
c)バックライトの輝度制御範囲;20%~100%
本実施例では図18に示すように、推定した白潰れの頻度がW%未満(例えば5%未満)であれば参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを105%に設定し、W%以上であれば100%以下に設定する。実施例1で用いた入力映像信号と同じ例を用い、本実施例ではどのような動作を行うかを以下説明する。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図15(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが255付近の高い輝度値に分布し、APLが90%の映像である。上記実施例1の動作例1-1で説明したとおり、入力映像信号には高輝度成分が多く含まれるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択する。
そして本例の入力映像信号は、250以上の輝度をW%(ここでは5%)以上含むから、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefとして100%が設定される。従ってコンフィグレーションデザイン部13で設定するゲインは、(100/100)1/2.2=1となって、映像の増幅は行われない。これにより高輝度の多い映像信号の白潰れを防止することができる。この条件は、映像信号が所定の条件を満たさないときに映像信号の増幅を行わない例である。この場合、所定の条件を満たさず、光源輝度が最大輝度のときに増幅を行わない。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図15(B)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが255付近の高い輝度値に分布する一方、低い輝度値付近にも少なくない割合で分布し、APLが85%の映像である。上記実施例1の動作例1-2で説明したとおり、ディストーションモジュール5は、入力映像信号に高輝度部分が多く含まれるため、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択する。従って動作結果は上記(実施例1の動作例1-2)と同様となり、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefとして100%が設定され、ゲインは、(100/100)1/2.2=1となって、映像の増幅は行われない。これにより高輝度の多い映像信号の白潰れを防止することができる。この条件は、映像信号が所定の条件を満たさないときに映像信号の増幅を行わない例である。この場合も、所定の条件を満たさず、光源輝度が最大輝度のときに増幅を行わない。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図15(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが230付近の輝度値に分布する一方、低い輝度値付近にも少なくない割合で分布し、APLが85%の映像である。上記実施例1の動作例1-3で説明したとおり、ディストーションモジュール5は、入力映像信号に高輝度成分が比較的多いが、極めて高い映像は存在しないため、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして80%を選択する。
ここで参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを105%に設定したとすると、このときのゲインは、(105/80)1/2.2=1.13となり、白潰れを起こす限界輝度は255/1.13=225となる。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが中間輝度を中心として高輝度側及び低輝度側に同等な割合で分布して、APLが48%の映像である。上記実施例1の動作例1-4で説明したとおり、本例の映像信号のヒストグラムには極めて高い輝度の映像は存在しないため、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして60%を選択する。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(B)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが低い輝度の映像信号の中に少なくない割合で明るい輝度が分布し、APLが22%の映像である。上記実施例1の動作例1-5で説明したとおり、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして黒色の表現が可能でかつできるだけ高く維持できる70%を選択する。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが全体的に低い輝度に映像信号が分布し、APLが25%の映像である。上記実施例1の動作例1-6で説明したとおり、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムには高い輝度がほとんど存在しないためその評価値から、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして50%を選択する。
本実施例は、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たす場合に、入力映像信号を常に増幅し、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たさない場合には入力映像信号を増幅する場合と増幅しない場合とを有する本発明の構成において、上記映像特徴量として、入力映像信号のAPL及び入力信号のうち仮に伸張すれば表現できない頻度を用い、所定の条件は、入力映像信号のAPLが所定値以下かつ前記頻度が所定割合以下としたものである。
すなわち、本実施例では所定の条件を「実施例1又は2での条件と、実施例3での条件を両方満たす」という条件に設定し、APLが中程度の明るさコントラスト感をアピールするとともに、白潰れの影響も十分考慮するものである。
a)パネルCR(使用するパネルのコントラスト比);2000
b)ターゲットCR(目標とするパネルのコントラスト比);3500
c)バックライトの輝度制御範囲;20%~100%
本実施例では図14(B)に示すように、APLが第一の値L1以上かつ第二の値L2以下(実施例1)であり、かつ図18に示すように推定した白潰れの頻度がW%未満(例えば5%未満)であれば参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを105%に設定し、これらAPLと白潰れの両方の条件を満足しなければ100%に設定する。
また、実施例2の条件を用いる場合には、APLが第三の値L3以下であり、かつ白潰れの頻度がW%未満であれば、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを105%に設定し、これらAPLと白潰れの両方の条件を満足しなければ100%に設定する。
実施例1の動作例1-4の映像信号による本実施例の動作例を説明する。本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが中間輝度を中心として高輝度側及び低輝度側に同等な割合で分布して、APLが48%の映像である。
上記実施例1の動作例1-4で説明したとおり、本例の映像信号のヒストグラムには極めて高い輝度の映像は存在しないため、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして60%を選択する。
また、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを105%に設定したとすると、このときのゲインは、(105/60)1/2.2=1.29となり、白潰れを起こす限界輝度は255/1.29=198となる。そして本例の入力映像信号は、198以上の輝度はほとんど存在せずW%(ここでは5%)未満であるため、白潰れ起こす映像の頻度が所定割合以下という条件を満足する。
実施例1の動作例1-5の映像信号による本実施例の動作例を説明する。本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(B)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが低い輝度の映像信号の中に少なくない割合で明るい輝度が分布し、APLが22%の映像ある。
上記実施例1の動作例1-5で説明したとおり、本例の映像信号のヒストグラムには極めて高い輝度が少なくない割合で存在しているが、ディストーションモジュール5では、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択すると評価値(Distortion)の値が大きくなってしまうので、発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして黒色の表現が可能でかつできるだけ高く維持できる70%を選択する。
実施例1の動作例1-6の映像信号による本実施例の動作例を説明する。本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが全体的に低い輝度に分布し、APLが25%の映像である。
上記実施例1の動作例1-6で説明したとおり、本例の映像信号のヒストグラムには高い輝度の映像がほとんど存在しないため、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして50%を選択する。
一方、APLの判断として実施例2の条件を使用する場合には、APLの所定の条件を満足し、かつ白潰れを起こす頻度の所定の条件もまた満足する。従って参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefとして105%が設定され、コンフィグレーションデザイン部13で設定するゲインは、(105/50)1/2.2=1.40となって、映像の増幅が行われる。
このように、APLと白潰れを起こす頻度との所定の条件を満たすかどうかは、APLの判断の設定により異なる場合がある。APLの設定によって、黒の締まりを重視するか(実施例1に対応)、明るさ感のアピールを重視するか(実施例2に対応)が異なる。
本実施例は、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たす場合に、入力映像信号を常に増幅し、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たさない場合には入力映像信号を増幅する場合と増幅しない場合とを有する本発明の構成において、上記映像特徴量として、入力映像信号の最大輝度及び最小輝度を用い、所定の条件は、入力映像信号の最小輝度が第一の値以上かつ入力映像信号の最大輝度が第二の値以下としたものである。
a)パネルCR(使用するパネルのコントラスト比);2000
b)ターゲットCR(目標とするパネルのコントラスト比);3500
c)バックライトの輝度制御範囲;20%~100%
本実施例では図19に示すように、入力映像信号のMIN値が第一の値M1以上で、かつMAX値が第二の値M2以下であれば参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを105%に設定し、MIN値が第一の値M1より小さい又はMAX値が第二の値M2より大きい場合は参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを100%に設定する。
実施例1で用いた映像信号と同じ例を用いると、実施例1の動作例1-1~動作例1-3の映像信号では、MAX値が204を超える輝度値を有しており、本実施例における所定の条件(MIN値が輝度値51以上かつMAX値が輝度値204以下)を満たさないため、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefは100%に設定される。
(動作例5-4)
本動作例の入力映像信号は、図16(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが中間輝度を中心として高輝度側及び低輝度側に同等な割合で分布して、APLが48%の映像である。
上記実施例1の動作例1-4で説明したとおり、本例の映像信号のヒストグラムには極めて高い輝度の映像は存在しないため、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして60%を選択する。
本実施例は、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たす場合に、入力映像信号を常に増幅し、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たさない場合には入力映像信号を増幅する場合と増幅いしない場合とを有する本発明の構成において、上記映像特徴量として、入力映像信号のAPLを用い、所定の条件は、入力映像信号のAPLが第一の値以上かつ第二の値以下としたものである。
そして、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefは、実施例1と同様に、APLが中程度(第1の値L1以上かつ第2の値L2以下)の場合に、本来出力し得ない100%より大きい値に設定する。以下、実施例1と同じ映像信号の例を用いて、本実施例の動作を説明する。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図15(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが255付近の高い輝度値に分布し、APLが90%の映像である。この例では、入力映像信号のAPLが90%であるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択する。なお、本実施例では、ディストーションモジュール5は、評価値(Distortion)を計算することなくバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedを選択しているが、上記各実施例におけるバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedの選択ブロックに代わるものとしてディストーションモジュール5として説明する。この場合、ディストーションモジュール5は、APL検出部3で検出されたAPLを入力し、そのAPLに従って発光輝度レベルBLreducedの選択を行う。
従ってコンフィグレーションデザイン部13で設定するゲインは、(100/100)1/2.2=1となって、映像の増幅は行われない。これにより高輝度の多い映像信号の白潰れを防止することができる。この条件は、映像信号の映像特徴量(APL)が所定の条件を満たさないときに映像信号の増幅を行わない例である。この場合、所定の条件を満たさず、光源輝度が最大輝度のときに増幅を行わない。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図15(B)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが255付近の高い輝度値に分布する一方、低い輝度付近にも少なくない割合で分布し、APLが85%の映像である。
この例では、入力映像信号のAPLが85%であるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択する。
従ってコンフィグレーションデザイン部13で設定するゲインは、(100/100)1/2.2=1となって、映像の増幅は行われない。これにより高輝度の多い映像信号の白潰れを防止することができる。この条件は、映像信号の映像特徴量(APL)が所定の条件を満たさないときに映像信号の増幅を行わない例である。この場合も、所定の条件を満たさず、光源輝度が最大輝度のときに増幅を行わない。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図15(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが230付近の輝度値に分布する一方、低い輝度付近にも少なくない割合で分布し、APLが81%の映像である。
この例では、入力映像信号のAPLが81%であるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択する。
従ってコンフィグレーションデザイン部13で設定するゲインは、(100/100)1/2.2=1となって、映像の増幅は行われない。バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedを100%から落とさないことにより消費電力の低減を図ることはできないが、発光輝度レベルBLreducedが100%で入力映像信号の全てを表現でき、白潰れも発生しないので映像表現としては問題はない。この条件は、実施例1の動作例1-3と異なり、映像信号の映像特徴量(APL)が所定の条件を満たさないときに映像信号の増幅を行わない例である。この場合も、所定の条件を満たさず、光源輝度が最大輝度のときに増幅を行わない。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが中間輝度を中心として高輝度側及び低輝度側に同等な割合で分布し、APLが48%の映像である。
この例では、入力映像信号のAPLが48%であるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして例えば50%を選択する。
従ってコンフィグレーションデザイン部13で設定するゲインは、(105/50)1/2.2=1.40となって、映像の増幅が行われる。ここでは、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedをやや落とした分の補償分に加えて、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを100%を越える値に設定したことにより、映像信号をやや大きめに増幅するから、高コントラストで明るさ感のある映像表示ができる。この条件は、映像信号の特徴量(APL)が所定の条件を満たすときに映像信号の増幅を行う例である。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(B)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが低い輝度と少ない割合で明るい輝度とに分布があり、APLが22%の映像である。
この例では、入力映像信号のAPLが22%であるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして例えば25%を選択する。
従ってコンフィグレーションデザイン部13で設定するゲインは、(100/25)1/2.2=1.88となって、映像の増幅が行われる。ここでは、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedを低く設定することで黒色の表現を豊かにするものの、実施例1の動作例1-5と比べると映像信号の増幅が大きいため、ノイズが大きくなる。この条件は、映像信号の映像特徴量(APL)が所定の条件を満たさないときに映像信号の増幅を行う例である。この場合、所定の条件を満たさず、光源輝度が最大輝度より低下したときに増幅を行っている。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが全体的に低い輝度に分布し、APLが25%の映像である。
この例では、入力映像信号のAPLが25%であるため、ディストーションモジュール5は、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして例えば30%を選択する。
従ってコンフィグレーションデザイン部13で設定するゲインは、(100/30)1/2.2=1.73となって、映像の増幅が行われる。これにより低輝度側の黒の締まりをアピールすることができる。この条件は、映像信号の映像特徴量(APL)が所定の条件を満たさないときに映像信号の増幅を行う例である。この場合、所定の条件を満たさず、光源輝度が最大輝度より低下したときに増幅を行っている。
本実施例は、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たす場合に、入力映像信号を常に増幅し、映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たさない場合には入力映像信号を増幅する場合と増幅いしない場合とを有する本発明の構成において、上記映像特徴量として、入力映像信号のAPLを用い、所定の条件は、入力映像信号のAPLが第一値以上かつ第二の値以下としたものである。ここで上記実施例1では、APLが第一の値L1より小さく、または第二の値L2より大きいときには、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefは100%に設定したが、本実施例では、省電力も考慮して、明るい画像が含まれる可能性の少ないAPLが低い映像では、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを100%より小さい値に設定することも可能である。
a)パネルCR(使用するパネルのコントラスト比);2000
b)ターゲットCR(目標とするパネルのコントラスト比);3500
c)バックライトの輝度制御範囲;20%~100%
まず、APLが第一の値L1以上である実施例1の動作例1-1~動作例1-4の映像信号に対しては、本実施例においても同様の動作を行う。実施例1の動作例1-5~動作例1-6に使用した映像信号における本実施例の動作例を以下に説明する。
本動作例では、入力する映像信号は、図16(B)に示すように、映像信号のヒストグラムが低い輝度と少ない割合で明るい輝度とに分布があり、APLが22%の映像である。この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには極めて高い輝度が少なくない割合で存在しているが、ディストーションモジュール5では、バックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして100%を選択すると評価値の値が大きくなってしまうので、発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして黒色の表現が可能でかつできるだけ高く維持できる70%を選択する。
本動作例では、入力する映像信号は、図16(C)に示すように、映像信号のヒストグラムが全体的に低い輝度に分布し、APLが25%の映像である。この場合、映像信号のヒストグラムには高い輝度がほとんど存在しないため、ディストーションモジュール5では、ヒストグラムの評価値からバックライト光源の発光輝度レベルBLreducedとして低レベルである50%を選択する。
上記各実施例では、バックライト光源の輝度との関係で映像信号の増幅度合いを決定してきたが、本実施例ではバックライト光源の輝度が一定であっても、明るさコントラスト感を出すために映像信号の増幅の効果があることを示す。
本実施例では、バックライト光源の発光輝度を一定とした場合に、実施例1での参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefの設定と、実施例2での参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefの設定とを、それぞれ映像特徴量の条件によって変更する。
本実施例では、所定の条件としては、「入力映像信号のAPLが中程度以下であり、APLが低い場合にあっては所定値以上のピークを有する」場合とし、その場合に参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを100を越える値(ここでは105%)に設定する。
a)パネルCR(使用するパネルのコントラスト比);2000
b)ターゲットCR(目標とするパネルのコントラスト比);3500
c)バックライトの輝度;100%
以下に実施例1で用いた映像信号と同じものを用いて本実施例の動作を以下説明する。実施例1の動作例1-1、及び動作例1-2では、選択する発光輝度レベルBLreducedが100%であって、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefの設定もAPLが高い領域にあるので、本実施例においてもこれら実施例1と同様の動作をする。以下に実施例1の動作例1-3~1-6の映像信号による本実施例の動作例を説明する。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図15(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが230付近の輝度値に分布する一方、低い輝度付近にも少なくない割合で分布し、APLが81%の映像である。
この例では、入力映像信号のAPLが81%であるため、ピークが所定値(80%)以上である条件は満足する。しかしながら、APLが第一の値L1より低いという条件は満足しないため、本実施例に係る所定の条件(入力映像信号のAPLが中程度以下であり、APLが低い場合にあっては所定値以上のピークを有する)を満さない。従って、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefとして、100%が設定される。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(A)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが中間輝度を中心として高輝度側及び低輝度側に同様な割合で分布し、APLが48%の映像である。
この例では、入力映像信号のピークが所定値(80%)以上である条件を満足し、かつAPLが第一の値L1より低いという条件を満足するため、本実施例に係る所定の条件(入力映像信号のAPLが中程度以下であり、APLが低い場合にあっては所定値以上のピークを有する)を満たす。従って、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefとして、105%が設定される。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(B)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが低い輝度と少ない割合で明るい輝度とに分布があり、APLが22%の映像である。
この例では、入力映像信号のピークが所定値(80%)以上である条件を満足し、かつAPLが第一の値L1より低いという条件を満足するため、本実施例に係る所定の条件(入力映像信号のAPLが中程度以下であり、APLが低い場合にあっては所定値以上のピークを有する)を満たす。従って、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefとして、105%が設定される。
本動作例では、入力映像信号は、図16(C)に示すように映像信号のヒストグラムが全体的に低い輝度に分布し、APLが25%の映像である。
この例では、APLが第一の値L1より低いという条件は満足するが、入力映像信号のピークが所定値(80%)以上である条件を満足しない。従って本実施例に係る所定の条件(入力映像信号のAPLが中程度以下であり、APLが低い場合にあっては所定値以上のピークを有する)を満たさない。従って、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefとして、100%が設定される。
本実施例では、実施例1~実施例8で説明してきた種々のパラメータや設定を、画質モードに応じて変更する。
映像表示装置は、ユーザ設定が可能な映像表示モードとして画質モードを設定できる。画質モードは、ユーザが視聴するコンテンツの内容に適した品位となるように、画面の輝度やコントラストを最適化するためのモードである。画質モードとしては、明るさコントラスト感を全面的にアピールする「ダイナミックモード」、家庭などで設定される「標準モード」、特に映画の画質をきれいに表現する「映画モード」、単調な表現が多く画質をそれほど優先しなくてもよい「ゲームモード」、画質よりも電力を重視する「省電力モード」などがある。本実施例においては、パネルCRを2000と仮定して説明する。
ダイナミックモードでは、映像を標準より明るく鮮明に見せることに重点を置くとともに、黒色は引き締めるような映像表現を行う。そのため、ターゲットCRはパネルCRと比較して大きめの例えば3500に設定する。ターゲットCRを大きくとれば、バックライトの発光輝度が100%のときには表現できなかった黒色がより0に近い黒色として表現できるようになるので、黒色の引き締め度合いを強くすることができる。
以上により、明るい映像はより明るく、暗い部分はより暗く表現できる。例えば、店頭表示時などでは映像をダイナミックに見せることができ、有効である。
標準モードは、主に家庭で使用されることを意識したモードであり、バックライトやゲインの調整頻度を少なめにし、自然に映像表現を行うことに重点を置く。
また、使用頻度が高いことを想定して、ある程度の省電力化を達成できるような設定とする。そのため、標準モードでは、ターゲットCRを例えば2100と小さめにし、自然な映像を表現しつつ、低消費電力化も考慮する。また、標準モードでは、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを100%より大きい値に設定しないようにする。ここでは、上記実施例7のように、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを100%より小さい値となるように設定してもよい。
(省電力モード)
本実施例では、ターゲットCRを例えば3500と大きめに設定するとともに、参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefも70%で固定するなど省電力を重視する。
映画モードは、忠実に映像を再現することを重視し、よりリアルな黒を表現するようにしたモードである。そのため、映画モードでは、ターゲットCRを例えば3500と大きめに設定する。そうすれば、リアルな黒を重視しつつ省電力化も達成できる。ただし、多少の白潰れは容認することになる。
ゲームモードでは、画質の再現性への要求は高くないため、画質よりも省電力化を重視する。例えば、上記実施例8で参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを100%より小さい値で一定としたり、APLに応じて変更させるようにする。
また、入力映像信号を常に増幅する所定の条件を、画質モードに応じて変更させる。
例えば、(1)入力映像のAPLが所定値以下であるとする条件、(2)入力映像のAPLが第一の値以上かつ第二の値以下とする条件、(3)仮に伸張すれば表現できない頻度が所定割合以下であるとする条件、(4)入力映像信号の平均輝度が所定値以下かつ入力信号のうち仮に伸張すれば表現できない頻度が所定割合以下であるとする条件、(5)入力映像の平均輝度が第一の値以上かつ第二の値以下でありかつ入力信号のうち仮に伸張すれば表現できない頻度が所定割合以下であるとする条件、(6)入力映像信号の最小輝度が第一の値以上かつ入力映像信号の最大輝度が第二の値以下であるとする条件、などを画質モードに応じて変更させることができる。
具体的には、各実施例の動作例3を用いると、ダイナミックモードでは例えば<実施例3>を用い、省電力モードでは例えば参照用の発光輝度レベルBLRefを70%で固定した<実施例8>を用いるなど、画質モードに応じて映像特徴量に関する所定の条件を変更すればよい。
なお、画質モードに応じてひとつのパラメータだけを変更してもよく、組み合わせて変更しても構わない
また、以上説明した本発明は、光源を用いる場合、蛍光管やLED、有機EL照明など何を用いても構わない。
そして、映像特徴量の抽出や所定の条件の設定・適用、それによる映像表現は表示画面を複数に分割し、エリアごとに行っても構わない。
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- 入力映像信号の映像特徴量に応じて、当該入力映像信号の増幅度合いを調整する映像表示装置であって、
前記映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たす場合は、前記入力映像信号を常に増幅し、
前記映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たさない場合は、前記入力映像信号を増幅する場合と増幅しない場合を有することを特徴とする映像表示装置。 - 前記映像特徴量は、入力映像信号の平均輝度であり、
前記所定の条件は、前記入力映像の平均輝度が所定値以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の映像表示装置。 - 前記映像特徴量は、入力映像信号の平均輝度であり、
前記所定の条件は、前記入力映像の平均輝度が第一の値以上かつ第二の値以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の映像表示装置。 - 前記映像特徴量は、入力映像信号のうち仮に伸張すれば表現できない頻度であり、
前記所定の条件は、前記頻度が所定割合以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の映像表示装置。 - 前記映像特徴量は、入力映像信号の平均輝度及び入力信号のうち仮に伸張すれば表現できない頻度であり、
前記所定の条件は、前記平均輝度が所定値以下かつ前記頻度が所定割合以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の映像表示装置。 - 前記映像特徴量は、入力映像信号の平均輝度及び入力信号のうち仮に伸張すれば表現できない頻度であり、
前記所定の条件は、前記入力映像の平均輝度が第一の値以上かつ第二の値以下であり、さらに前記平均輝度が所定値以下かつ前記頻度が所定割合以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の映像表示装置。 - 前記映像特徴量は、入力映像信号の最大輝度及び最小輝度であり、
前記所定の条件は、前記入力映像信号の最小輝度が第一の値以上かつ前記入力映像信号の最大輝度が第二の値以下であることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の映像表示装置。 - 表示部と光源を備え、前記映像信号を前記表示部に入力するとともに前記光源からの光
を前記表示部に照射して映像を表示する請求項1乃至7の何れかに記載の映像表示装置 - 前記映像特徴量が所定の条件を満たさない場合、前記光源輝度が最大輝度の場合に前記入力映像信号を増幅せず、前記光源輝度が最大輝度から低下した場合に前記入力映像信号を増幅することを特徴とする請求項8に記載の映像表示装置。
- 前記映像信号の増幅度合いは、前記光源の発光輝度に基づいて決定することを特徴とする請求項8に記載の映像表示装置。
- 前記映像信号の増幅度合いは、前記光源の発光輝度が最大時に、最大輝度の入力映像信号を適正に表示できる値よりも大きい値に設定することを特徴とする請求項10に記載の映像表示装置。
- 前記映像信号の増幅度合いは、前記光源の目標発光輝度値も考慮して決定することを特徴とする請求項10に記載の映像表示装置。
- 前記光源の目標発光輝度値を100%より大きい値に設定することを特徴とする請求項12に記載の映像表示装置。
- 前記所定の条件を画質モードに応じて変更することを特徴とする請求項1に記載の映像表示装置。
- 前記所定値を画質モードに応じて変更することを特徴とする請求項2、5の何れかに記載の映像表示装置。
- 前記第一の値及び/又は第二の値を画質モードに応じて変更することを特徴とする請求項3、6、7の何れかに記載の映像表示装置。
- 前記所定の割合を画質モードに応じて変更することを特徴とする請求項4乃至6の何れかに記載の映像表示装置。
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