Image display device and image display method supporting power control of multicolor light source

• US 20080037867A1
• Filed: 07/26/2007
• Published: 02/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Choe, Won-hee, Park, Du-sik, Kim, In-ji, Lee, Seung-sin
• Application Number:
  US11/878,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20080037867A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/168
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/68 for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits H04N9/71, H04N9/73 take precedence; camera processing pipelines for controlling the colour saturation of colour signals H04N23/86

Abstract

Provided is an image display device, more particularly, an apparatus and method that can reduce power consumption and prevent image characteristics from being degraded in an image display device using a multicolor light source. The image display device includes a histogram analysis unit calculating a parameter representative of an input image on the basis of a histogram of the input image, a model selection unit analyzing the parameter and selecting a representative model including the input image among a plurality of representative models, a luminance reduction amount calculation unit calculating a luminance reduction amount for each color light source of the input image on the basis of a maximum luminance reduction rate corresponding to the selected model, a power reduction amount calculation unit calculating a power reduction amount for each color light source according to the luminance reduction amount on the basis of a power characteristic of each color light source, and a power control unit supplying power reduced by the power reduction amount to each color light source.

Claims

1. An image display method comprising:

calculating a parameter representative of an input image on the basis of a histogram with respect to the input image;

analyzing the parameter and selecting a representative model including the input image among a plurality of representative models;

calculating a luminance reduction amount for each color light source of the input image on the basis of a maximum luminance reduction rate;

calculating a power reduction amount for each color light source on the basis of the luminance reduction amount on the basis of power characteristic of each color light source; and

supplying power reduced by the power reduction amount to each color light source.

2. The image display method of claim 1, wherein the parameter comprises the number of pixels included in a high band, the number of pixels included in a low band, the number of pixels included in a medium band, and an average of pixel values with respect to the input image.

3. The image display method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of models comprises:

a model representative of an image in which a lot of pixels are comparatively located in the medium band;

a model representative of an image in which a lot of pixels are comparatively located in the high band;

a model representative of an image in which a lot of pixels are comparatively located in the low band; and

a model representative of an image in which a few of pixels are comparatively located in the medium band.

4. The image display method of claim 1, wherein the calculating of the power reduction amount of each color light source comprises:

calculating a first power value corresponding to a maximum luminance value of a predetermined light source;

calculating a second power value corresponding to a luminance value in which a predetermined value is multiplied to the maximum luminance value of the predetermined light source; and

calculating a power reduction amount of the predetermined light source on the basis of a difference between the first power value and the second power value.

5. The image display method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined value multiplied to the maximum luminance value of the predetermined light source is one of the maximum luminance reduction rate or an average luminance reduction rate that is a medium value between a maximum luminance reduction rate of a previous image frame stored in advance and a maximum luminance reduction rate of the input image frame.

6. The image display method of claim 1 further comprising:

selecting a brightness adjustment function corresponding to the selected representative model;

adjusting a brightness of a pixel included in the input image on the basis of the selected brightness adjustment function; and

displaying an output image including the pixels in which brightness is adjusted.

7. The image display method of claim 6, wherein the brightness adjustment function is represented by an ‘

S’

curve that indicates a brightness increase rate of the corresponding pixel according to the brightness of the pixel.

8. The image display method of claim 1, wherein the histogram represents a frequency of a pixel having predetermined brightness.

9. The image display method of claim 1, wherein the power characteristic indicates luminance of the light source according to power consumption.

10. The image display method of claim 1 further comprising adjusting the brightness of the input image on the basis of a power reduction amount selected by a user.

11. An image display device comprising:

a histogram analysis unit calculating a parameter representative of an input image on the basis of a histogram of the input image;

a model selection unit analyzing the parameter and selecting a representative model including the input image among a plurality of representative models;

a luminance reduction amount calculation unit calculating a luminance reduction amount for each color light source of the input image on the basis of a maximum luminance reduction rate corresponding to the selected model;

a power reduction amount calculation unit calculating a power reduction amount for each color light source according to the luminance reduction amount on the basis of a power characteristic of each color light source; and

a power control unit supplying power reduced by the power reduction amount to each color light source.

12. The image display device of claim 11, wherein the parameter comprises the number of pixels included in a high band, the number of pixels included in a low band, the number of pixels included in a medium band, and an average of pixel values with respect to the input image.

13. The image display device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of models comprises:

a model representative of an image in which a lot of pixels are comparatively located in the medium band;

a model representative of an image in which a lot of pixels are comparatively located in the high ban;

a model representative of an image in which a lot of pixels are comparatively located in the low band; and

a model representative of an image in which a few of pixels are comparatively located in the medium band.

14. The image display device of claim 11, wherein the power reduction amount calculation unit calculates the power reduction amount for each light source on the basis of a difference between a first power value corresponding to a maximum luminance value of a predetermined light source and a second power value corresponding to a luminance value in which a predetermined value is multiplied to the maximum luminance value of a predetermined light source.

15. The image display device of claim 14, wherein the predetermined value multiplied to the maximum luminance value of the predetermined light source is one of the maximum luminance reduction rate or an average luminance reduction rate that is a medium value between a maximum luminance reduction rate of a previous image frame stored in advance and a maximum luminance reduction rate of the input image frame.

16. The image display device of claim 11 further comprising:

a pixel adjustment unit adjusting brightness of pixels included in the input image on the basis of a brightness adjustment function corresponding to the selected model; and

an image output unit displaying an output image including pixels in which brightness is adjusted.

17. The image display device of claim 16, wherein the brightness adjustment function is represented by an ‘

S’

curve that indicates a brightness increase rate corresponding to the pixel according to brightness of the pixel.

18. The image display device of claim 11, wherein the histogram represents a frequency of a pixel having predetermined brightness.

19. The image display device of claim 11, wherein the power characteristic indicates luminance of the light source according to power consumption.

20. The image display device of claim 11, wherein:

the power reduction amount calculation unit calculates a power reduction amount according to a user command; and

the pixel adjustment unit increases brightness of the input image according to the calculated power reduction amount.