MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20120032969A1
• Filed: 08/01/2011
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: SUGIYAMA, Koichi
• Granted Patent: US 8,884,840 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/589
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1431 using a single graphics controller
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0233 Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/145 the light originating from the display screen

Abstract

A multi-display system includes a test pattern display controller that causes a test pattern to be displayed in a predetermined display region on a periphery of an LCD module of each image display device, an optical transmitting unit that constitutes a plurality of transmission channels each capable of transmitting an emitted light from each of the display regions, a spectral radiance sensor that detects spectral characteristics of the emitted light transmitted by each of the transmission channels, and an adjustment unit that adjusts, based on the spectral characteristics detected by the spectral radiance sensor, luminance and chromaticity of the image display device having the LCD module that has outputted the emitted light having the spectral characteristics so that the difference from luminance and chromaticity of the adjacent image display devices decreases.

Claims

1. A multi-display system comprising a multi-display screen formed by arranging a plurality of image display devices each having a display panel capable of displaying image information to lie side-by-side, the multi-display system comprising:

a test pattern display controller that causes a plurality of predetermined display colors to be sequentially displayed in a predetermined display region on a periphery of each of the display panels;

a transmitting unit that constitutes a plurality of transmission channels each capable of transmitting an emitted light from the display region of each of the display panels;

a spectral characteristics detector that detects spectral characteristics of the emitted light transmitted by each of the transmission channels; and

an adjustment unit that adjusts, based on the spectral characteristics detected by the spectral characteristics detector, luminance and chromaticity of the image display device having the display panel that has outputted the emitted light having the spectral characteristics so that a difference from luminance and chromaticity of adjacent image display devices decreases.

2. The multi-display system of claim 1, wherein the adjustment unit includes:

a color correction information generator that generates color correction information for carrying out a color correction process on image information to be displayed on the respective display panels, based on the spectral characteristics detected by the spectral characteristics detector; and

a color correction unit that executes a color correction process on the image information to be displayed on the respective display panels, using the color correction information generated by the color correction information generator.

3. The multi-display system of claim 2, wherein the adjustment unit further includes a storage unit that stores a reference value that is determined in advance as the spectral characteristics of the plurality of predetermined display colors, and

the color correction information generator calculates a correction coefficient used for the color correction process, based on a detection value of spectral characteristics detected by the spectral characteristics detector and a reference value stored in the storage unit and outputs a calculated correction coefficient to the color correction unit as color correction information.

4. The multi-display system of claim 1, wherein the transmitting unit includes:

a coupler that connects a plurality of first transmission channels provided in the respective display regions with a single second transmission channel connected to the single spectral characteristics detector so that the emitted light can be transmitted;

switches that are attached to the respective first transmission channels and configured to be selectable between a transmission state where transmission of the emitted light in the respective first transmission channels is allowed and a cut-off state where transmission of the emitted light in the first transmission channels is cut; and

a switching controller that controls the respective switches so that the respective first transmission channels sequentially enter the transmission state in a predetermined order.

5. The multi-display system of claim 1, further comprising an adjustment process controller that outputs an execution command for a process of adjusting luminance and chromaticity of the image display device,

wherein the adjustment process controller outputs the execution command at a predetermined cycle.

6. A multi-display system comprising a multi-display screen formed by arranging a plurality of image display devices each having a display panel capable of displaying image information to lie side-by-side, the multi-display system comprising:

a transmitting unit that constitutes a plurality of transmission channels each capable of transmitting an emitted light from a predetermined display region on a periphery of each of the display panels;

a spectral characteristics detector that detects spectral characteristics of the emitted light transmitted by the transmission channel; and

an adjustment unit that adjusts, based on the spectral characteristics detected by the spectral characteristics detector, luminance and chromaticity of the image display device having the display panel that has outputted the emitted light having the spectral characteristics so that a difference from luminance and chromaticity of adjacent image display devices decreases,

the adjustment unit comprising a storage unit that stores a reference value that is determined in advance as spectral characteristics of a plurality of predetermined display colors, when the spectral characteristics of the emitted light for the predetermined display color is detected by the spectral characteristics detector, the storage unit storing the detected value of the spectral characteristics for each image display device, and

with respect to an image display device in which the detection value of the spectral characteristics is stored for all of the plurality of display colors, the adjustment unit adjusting luminance and chromaticity of the image display device.