Abstract:
An apparatus and method for compensating color characteristics in individual display devices that each include a display unit including a plurality of pixels to display images according to compensated image data signals, a test data input section to transmit a predetermined test image data signal to the pixels to display a test image, a luminance measuring unit to receive luminance information from the display unit displaying the test image and determine actual luminance ratios of a first color, a second color, and a third color from the received luminance information, a compensation ratio determiner to calculate a compensation ratio from both the actual and reference luminance ratios of each color and a data compensator to generate the compensated image data signals by adjusting external input video signals according to the compensation ratio.
Abstract:
Provided is a display device including: a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels configured to display one of three primary colors; and a color compensator configured to receive color data comprising gradation data corresponding to each of the three primary colors and configured to increase chroma of a color in which the three primary colors are mixed, by compensating a color of the color data based on color ratios of the three primary colors.
Abstract:
A method of controlling a dimming operation is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes determining the brightness of an input image frame based on input image data, determining an input dimming value based on the brightness of the input image frame, selectively performing the dimming operation is based on a comparison of an absolute value of a difference between the input dimming value and a current output dimming value against a predetermined threshold value, where a value generated by adjusting the current output dimming value by a predetermined adjustment value is output as a next output dimming value when performing the dimming operation, and the input dimming value is output as the next output dimming value when not performing the dimming operation.
Abstract:
A method of controlling a dimming operation is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes determining the brightness of an input image frame based on input image data, determining an input dimming value based on the brightness of the input image frame, selectively performing the dimming operation is based on a comparison of an absolute value of a difference between the input dimming value and a current output dimming value against a predetermined threshold value, where a value generated by adjusting the current output dimming value by a predetermined adjustment value is output as a next output dimming value when performing the dimming operation, and the input dimming value is output as the next output dimming value when not performing the dimming operation.
Abstract:
A display device includes a pixel unit including scan lines, data lines crossing the scan lines, and pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines; a timing control unit configured to receive first data from an outside; a conversion unit configured to receive the first data from the timing control unit, to extract luminance components of the first data corresponding to the pixels to determine luminance distribution of the first data, to divide the luminance distribution into a plurality of luminance distribution ranges, and to convert the first data into second data by regulating an input gray level of the first data based on a conversion equation corresponding to a variation between data of the luminance distribution ranges; and a data drive unit configured to receive the second data from the conversion unit and to provide the second data to the data lines.
Abstract:
A data conversion unit includes a gamma conversion unit configured to generate a first gamma data by gamma-converting a first data supplied from an outside thereof, a representative luminance value calculation unit configured to calculate a representative luminance value of an entire panel, based on the first gamma data, a subtraction unit configured to subtract the calculated representative luminance value from gamma conversion values of respective pixels included in the first gamma data, a compensation unit configured to generate a second gamma data by converting the gamma conversion values of the respective pixels, based on the subtracted values corresponding to the respective pixels, and an inverse gamma conversion unit configured to generate a second data by inverse-gamma-converting the second gamma data.
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus and image processing method are disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes an image input unit receiving input image data to obtain grayscale values of a display image, a modeling unit calculating a luminance change ratio for each grayscale value according to a change of an on-pixel ratio and a final luminance reflected by the luminance change ratio, a grayscale re-mapping unit determining a compensation grayscale value for compensating a luminance change ratio according to the on-pixel ratio of the input image data to display a target luminance corresponding to a predetermined grayscale value included in grayscale information of the input image data in the on-pixel ratio condition of the input image data, and an image output unit outputting an output image data compensating the input image data by the compensation grayscale value.
Abstract:
A display device configured to reduce power consumption, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes a signal controller configured to calculate saturation data, luminance data, and power consumption data of input image data, to calculate a compensation ratio based on a rate of change of luminance, a rate of increase of saturation, or a power consumption, to generate compensation image data having a saturation of a red, green, or blue image of the input image data increased up to a threshold value so that the compensation ratio exceeds a reference value, and to send the generated compensation image data to a data driver, and the data driver configured to supply data voltages corresponding to the compensation image data, in response to gate signals sequentially generated from a gate driver to a display panel.
Abstract:
An image processing apparatus and image processing method are disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes an image input unit receiving input image data to obtain grayscale values of a display image, a modeling unit calculating a luminance change ratio for each grayscale value according to a change of an on-pixel ratio and a final luminance reflected by the luminance change ratio, a grayscale re-mapping unit determining a compensation grayscale value for compensating a luminance change ratio according to the on-pixel ratio of the input image data to display a target luminance corresponding to a predetermined grayscale value included in grayscale information of the input image data in the on-pixel ratio condition of the input image data, and an image output unit outputting an output image data compensating the input image data by the compensation grayscale value.