Semiconductor device, method for driving semiconductor device, and program

• US 10,008,167 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2016
• Issued: 06/26/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Shunpei, Miyake, Hiroyuki, Hirakata, Yoshiharu
• Primary Examiner(s): Bolotin, Dmitriy
• Application Number:
  US15/053,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20160260400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0686 with two or more screen areas displaying information with different brightness or colours
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2354/00 Aspects of interface with display user
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3406 Control of illumination source illumination devices structurally associated with liquid crystal cells G02F1/1336
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/3648 using an active matrix G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence

Abstract

To reduce eye fatigue of a user and perform eye-friendly display. An information processing device provided with a display portion and an input portion has a first mode in which the contrast or the brightness of a displayed image is adjusted and a second mode in which the contrast or the brightness of a displayed image is set to the initial set value. In the case where an image is displayed and a signal such as a scroll instruction is input to the input portion, the contrast or the brightness of the displayed image is adjusted depending on the content of the scroll instruction; thus, the information processing device can perform eye-friendly display.

Claims

1. A semiconductor device comprising:

a pixel portion configured to display image information in a first mode and a second mode;

an input portion configured to sense an input by a user; and

a light supply portion configured to emit light to the pixel portion with first luminance in the first mode and with second luminance in the second mode,

wherein one of the first mode and the second mode is selected when an event is supplied to the input portion, in accordance with a contrast of the image information and a proportion of an area of a dark portion in the image information,

wherein, in the first mode, a contrast of image information to be displayed next is lower than the contrast of the image information displayed before supplying the event, and

wherein, in the second mode, the image information is displayed while keeping the contrast of the image information.

2. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,

wherein the event is one of swipe, drag, scroll, and page-turning.

3. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a liquid crystal element.

4. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a plurality of pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a transistor, and

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor where a channel is formed comprises an oxide semiconductor.

5. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a plurality of pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a transistor, and

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor where a channel is formed comprises amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon.

6. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,

wherein the input portion comprises at least one of a keyboard, a hardware button, a pointing device, a touch sensor, an imaging device, an audio input device, a viewpoint input device, and a pose detection device.

7. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,

wherein the pixel portion and the input portion form a touch panel.

8. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,

wherein, in the first mode, the contrast of the image information is decreased in synchronization with a speed of the event.

9. The semiconductor device according to claim 1,

wherein the light supply portion includes a timing controller, a luminance adjustment circuit, a driver, and a light-emitting portion.

10. A semiconductor device comprising:

a pixel portion configured to display image information;

an input portion,

a light supply portion configured to emit light to the pixel portion; and

an arithmetic device configured to supply a control signal to the light supply portion and an image signal for displaying the image information in the pixel portion,

wherein a mode for displaying the image information is switched to a first mode or a second mode when an event is supplied to the input portion,

wherein the light supply portion is configured to emit the light with first luminance in the first mode and with second luminance in the second mode,

wherein the first mode is selected depending on the control signal when a proportion of an area of a dark portion in image information to be displayed next is 30% or more and the second mode is selected depending on the control signal when the proportion of the area of the dark portion in the image information to be displayed next is less than 30%,

wherein, in the first mode, a contrast of the image information to be displayed next is lower than the contrast of the image information displayed before supplying the event, and

wherein, in the second mode, the image information is displayed while keeping the contrast of the image information.

11. The semiconductor device according to claim 10,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a liquid crystal element.

12. The semiconductor device according to claim 10,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a plurality of pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a transistor, and

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor where a channel is formed comprises an oxide semiconductor.

13. The semiconductor device according to claim 10,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a plurality of pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a transistor, and

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor where a channel is formed comprises amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon.

14. The semiconductor device according to claim 10,

wherein the pixel portion functions as a touch panel.

15. The semiconductor device according to claim 10,

wherein the event is one of swipe, drag, scroll, and page-turning.

16. The semiconductor device according to claim 10,

wherein, in the first mode, the contrast of the image information is decreased in synchronization with a speed of the event.

17. The semiconductor device according to claim 10,

wherein the light supply portion includes a timing controller, a luminance adjustment circuit, a driver, and a light-emitting portion.

18. A semiconductor device comprising:

a pixel portion configured to display image information;

an input portion,

a light supply portion configured to emit light to the pixel portion; and

an arithmetic device configured to supply a control signal to the light supply portion and an image signal for displaying the image information in the pixel portion,

wherein a mode for displaying the image information is switched to a first mode or a second mode when an event is supplied to the input portion,

wherein the light supply portion is configured to emit the light with first luminance in the first mode and with second luminance in the second mode,

wherein the first mode is selected depending on the control signal when a contrast of image information to be displayed next exceeds a predetermined value and the second mode is selected depending on the control signal when the contrast of the image information to be displayed next does not exceed the predetermined value,

wherein, in the first mode, a contrast of the image information to be displayed next is lower than the contrast of the image information displayed before supplying the event, and

wherein, in the second mode, the image information is displayed while keeping the contrast of the image information.

19. The semiconductor device according to claim 18,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a liquid crystal element.

20. The semiconductor device according to claim 18,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a plurality of pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a transistor, and

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor where a channel is formed comprises an oxide semiconductor.

21. The semiconductor device according to claim 18,

wherein the pixel portion comprises a plurality of pixels,

wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises a transistor, and

wherein a semiconductor layer of the transistor where a channel is formed comprises amorphous silicon or polycrystalline silicon.

22. The semiconductor device according to claim 18,

wherein the pixel portion functions as a touch panel.

23. The semiconductor device according to claim 18,

wherein the event is one of swipe, drag, scroll, and page-turning.

24. The semiconductor device according to claim 18,

wherein, in the first mode, the contrast of the image information is decreased in synchronization with a speed of the event.

25. The semiconductor device according to claim 18,

wherein the light supply portion includes a timing controller, a luminance adjustment circuit, a driver, and a light-emitting portion.