BACKLIGHT CONTROLLER AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
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Abstract
A backlight controller for controlling a backlight unit having a plurality of light sources arranged in a grid layout for illuminating a liquid crystal panel, the backlight controller including: a first calculator configured to calculate an average value and a standard deviation of control values for controlling the light sources, the control values being obtained from a feature quantity of an input image; a second calculator configured to calculate a ratio of the standard deviation to the average value; and a gain controller configured to control a gain to be applied to the control values based on the ratio calculated by the second calculator.
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6. A light source control apparatus for a light emitting module having a plurality of light sources respectively disposed for a plurality of light source areas to illuminate a liquid crystal panel with the light sources, the apparatus for controlling emission the light sources and comprising:
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a first calculation module configured to calculate an average value and a standard deviation of control values of the light sources, the control values being obtained from a feature quantity of an input image; a second calculation module configured to calculate a ratio of the standard deviation to the average value that are calculated by the first calculation module; and a gain controlling module configured to control a gain to be applied to the control values of the light sources based on the ratio calculated by the second calculation module. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A liquid crystal display device comprising:
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a liquid crystal panel; a light emitting module having a plurality of light sources respectively disposed for a plurality of light source areas to illuminate the liquid crystal panel with the light sources; and a light source control module configured to control emission the light sources, wherein the liquid crystal display device further comprising; a first calculation module configured to calculate an average value and a standard deviation of control values of the light sources, the control values being obtained from a feature quantity of an input image; a second calculation module configured to calculate a ratio of the standard deviation to the average value that are calculated by the first calculation module; and a gain controlling module configured to control a gain to be applied to the control values of the light sources based on the ratio calculated by the second calculation module. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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