Image and light source modulation for a digital display system
First Claim
1. A display comprising:
- one or more light source modulators including a plurality of light source controls to dynamically vary the brightness of light sources at multiple locations of said display;
a display modulator including an array of individually controllable pixels;
one or more sensors that feed back readings measuring the brightness from said light source modulators and store said measurements;
a controller, connected both to said plurality of light source controls and to said display modulator, that receives an incoming data stream and, based both on values of the incoming data stream and on the stored measurements from said sensors, dynamically determines and controls at different ones of said locations the values for said light source brightness and the values for said display modulator array of pixels.
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Abstract
Image processing enhances display quality by controlling both the image modulator and the light sources to produce the best possible visual images. The image processing system utilizes a combination of user inputs, system configuration, design information, sensor feedback, pixel modulation information, and lighting control information to characterize the display environment on a per pixel basis. This per pixel characterization information is combined with one or more frames of the incoming real time display data. The image processing system processes each incoming pixel and produces a modified corresponding output pixel. Each pixel of each frame is processed accordingly. In addition to producing modified output pixels, the image processing system produces control information for the light sources. The light source control information can control individual lamps, tubes or LEDs, or can control a block or subset of the light sources. The resulting display has improved image consistency, enhanced color gamut, higher dynamic range and is better able to portray high motion content.
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15 Claims
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1. A display comprising:
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one or more light source modulators including a plurality of light source controls to dynamically vary the brightness of light sources at multiple locations of said display;
a display modulator including an array of individually controllable pixels;
one or more sensors that feed back readings measuring the brightness from said light source modulators and store said measurements;
a controller, connected both to said plurality of light source controls and to said display modulator, that receives an incoming data stream and, based both on values of the incoming data stream and on the stored measurements from said sensors, dynamically determines and controls at different ones of said locations the values for said light source brightness and the values for said display modulator array of pixels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A display controller comprising:
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controls for one or more light source modulators which can vary brightness across a display;
controls for individual pixels of a display modulator array of pixels;
one or more inputs to receive data fed back from sensor readings;
one or more inputs to receive real time display data; and
processing modules to perform low latency processing of the real time display data and of data stored from sensor readings to control said light source modulators and said display modulator pixels in real time to create a high quality display. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for displaying an image having high image quality, high color gamut and high dynamic range, comprising:
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processing a real time display data stream;
processing display configuration parameters determined by sensor feedback processing, including spatial processing, of the display data stream;
producing controls to modulate one or more light sources to vary the brightness across a display; and
producing controls to perform image modulation for a full resolution display. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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