High Dynamic Contrast Display System Having Multiple Segmented Backlight
First Claim
1. A display system comprising:
- a spatial light modulator for displaying an output color image formed from input image color data;
the spatial light modulator substantially comprising a subpixel repeating group including subpixels in a plurality of primary colors;
a plurality of individually addressable colored light emitters disposed as a backlight to provide light for forming the output color image on the spatial light modulator;
each light emitter producing light in one of a plurality of colors; and
controller circuitry for controlling light from the plurality of individually addressable colored light emitters;
the controller circuitry using the input image color data to determine a value for each of the individually addressable colored light emitters such that an output image color in one of the subpixels of the spatial light modulator depends on the color of the light from the light emitters.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a display system includes a subpixelated display panel and a backlight array of individually controllable multi-color light emitters. When the display panel comprises a multi-primary subpixel arrangement having a white (clear) subpixel, the backlight control techniques allows the white subpixel to function as a saturated primary display color. In another embodiment, the display system may calculate a set of virtual primaries for a given image and process the image using a novel field sequential control employing the virtual primaries. In another embodiment, a display system comprises a segmented backlight comprising: a plurality of N+M light guides, said light guides forming a N×M intersections; a plurality of N+M individually addressable light emitter units, each of said N+M light emitter unit being associated with and optically connected to one of said N+M light guide respectively.
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37 Claims
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1. A display system comprising:
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a spatial light modulator for displaying an output color image formed from input image color data;
the spatial light modulator substantially comprising a subpixel repeating group including subpixels in a plurality of primary colors;a plurality of individually addressable colored light emitters disposed as a backlight to provide light for forming the output color image on the spatial light modulator;
each light emitter producing light in one of a plurality of colors; andcontroller circuitry for controlling light from the plurality of individually addressable colored light emitters;
the controller circuitry using the input image color data to determine a value for each of the individually addressable colored light emitters such that an output image color in one of the subpixels of the spatial light modulator depends on the color of the light from the light emitters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A display system comprising:
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a multi-primary spatial light modulator for displaying an output color image formed from an input signal comprising a frame of color input values;
the frame having a first image resolution;
the spatial light modulator substantially comprising a subpixel repeating group including subpixels in at least four primary colors;a plurality of individually addressable colored light emitters disposed as a backlight to provide light for forming the output color image on the spatial light modulator;
each light emitter producing light in one of at least four primary colors;a first gamut mapping operation for converting each color input value to a first multi-primary color signal in the color space of the plurality of individually addressable colored light emitters;
the first gamut mapping operation producing a frame of converted color values;controller circuitry for filtering the frame of converted color values to produce a frame of filtered color values having a second, lower resolution than the frame of color input values;
the individually addressable colored light emitters displaying the frame of filtered color values;an interpolation operation for calculating brightness values and color values from the frame of filtered color values at each location of the frame of input color values; a second gamut mapping operation for converting each color input value to a second multi-primary color signal in the color space of the spatial light modulator using the brightness values and color values calculated by the interpolation means; and a subpixel rendering operation for filtering the second multi-primary color signal for display on the spatial light modulator at the same time as the individually addressable colored light emitters display the frame of filtered color values. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A display system comprising:
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a spatial light modulator for displaying an output color image formed from an input signal comprising a set of color input values;
the spatial light modulator substantially comprising a set of individually controllable transmissive elements;a plurality of individually addressable colored light emitters disposed as a backlight to provide light for forming a color image on the spatial light modulator;
each light emitter producing light in one of a plurality of primary colors;for a plurality of regions, said regions comprising a set of point spread functions of a set of said light emitter, a first mapping operation for selecting a set of virtual primaries that bound each color input value within each said region, said virtual primaries comprising a plurality of intensities of said plurality of said light emitters within said set of point spread functions; field sequential control circuitry for controlling the duration and illumination of said virtual primaries over a set of fields comprising an intermediate color signal formed by said light emitters within each said region to produce an intermediate color image onto said spatial light modulator; and circuitry for controlling said set of transmissive elements within each said region to modulate said intermediate color image to produce said output color image. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A dynamic field sequential display device comprising:
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a backlight, said backlight capable of illuminating a plurality of colors and a plurality of intensities of said colors, said colors and intensities of said colors being independently reproducible across a set of regions forming the backlight; control circuitry for dynamically selecting the color and intensity of the backlight at a given region, said selection dependent upon input color values within said region. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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32. A display system comprising:
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a backlight outputting light in accordance with a first control signal, said backlight comprising; a plurality of N+M light guides, wherein N light guides disposed in a first direction and M light guides disposed a second direction, said light guides overlapping and forming a N×
M set of optically communicating intersections;a plurality of N+M individually addressable light emitter units, each of said N+M light emitter unit being associated with and optically connected to one of said N+M light guide respectively;
each light emitter unit capable of producing broad spectrum light for in one of a plurality of colors;a spatial light modulator for displaying an output color image, said spatial light modulator receiving light from said backlight and modulating said light in accordance to a second control signal; and controller circuitry for providing said first signal and said second signal, said controller circuitry receiving input color image data and determining said first and said second control signals and outputting said first signal to said plurality of individually addressable light emitter units and outputting said second control signal to said spatial light modulator such that the combination of said light from said backlight and modulated by said spatial light modulator produces an output image based upon said input color image data. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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