Liquid crystal display with area adaptive backlight
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1. A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display including a light valve and a backlight array of individually controllable lighting elements comprising:
- (a) receiving an image;
(b) modifying said image to provide data to said light valve;
(c) modifying said image to provide data to said backlight array;
(d) wherein said data provided to said backlight array is based upon maintaining the following constraints;
(i) the lighting element value is greater than a corresponding pixel value;
(ii) the lighting element is decreased in value when less than the leakage value of the display;
(iii) the lighting elements are generally decreased in value while the corresponding light value is increased in transmission.
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Abstract
A backlight display has improved display characteristics. An image is displayed on the display which includes a liquid crystal material with a light valve. The display receives an image signal and modifies the light for a backlight array and a liquid crystal layer.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display including a light valve and a backlight array of individually controllable lighting elements comprising:
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(a) receiving an image; (b) modifying said image to provide data to said light valve; (c) modifying said image to provide data to said backlight array; (d) wherein said data provided to said backlight array is based upon maintaining the following constraints; (i) the lighting element value is greater than a corresponding pixel value; (ii) the lighting element is decreased in value when less than the leakage value of the display; (iii) the lighting elements are generally decreased in value while the corresponding light value is increased in transmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display including a light valve and a backlight array of individually controllable lighting elements comprising:
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(a) receiving an image; (b) modifying said image to provide data to said light valve; (c) modifying said image to provide data to said backlight array; (d) wherein said data provided to said backlight array is based upon maintaining the following constraint; (i) the lighting element value is based upon the substantial maximum of the image data for the corresponding portion of the image; (e) wherein said data provided to said light value corresponding to said lighting element is suitable to provide the desired illumination for said image. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display including a light valve and a backlight array of individually controllable lighting elements comprising:
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(a) receiving an image; (b) modifying said image to provide data to said light valve; (c) modifying said image to provide data to said backlight array; (d) wherein said data provided to said backlight array is based upon an iterative approach to determine a desirable value. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display including a light valve and a backlight array of individually controllable lighting elements comprising:
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(a) receiving an image; (b) modifying said image to provide data to said light valve; (c) modifying said image to provide data to said backlight array; (d) wherein said data provided to said backlight array is based upon a temporal filter to determine a desirable value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display including a light valve and a backlight array of individually controllable lighting elements comprising:
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(a) receiving an image; (b) modifying said image to provide data to said light valve; (c) modifying said image to provide data to said backlight array; (d) wherein said data provided to said backlight array is based upon a data structure that have values denser than the individual backlight array elements to determine a desirable value. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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