DISPLAY DEVICE, CALIBRATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150172649A1
• Filed: 07/11/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Min-jung, PARK, Ji-yong
• Application Number:
  US14/328,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20150172649A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2320/0693 Calibration of display systems
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/12 Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/147 the originated light output being determined for each pixel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/003 Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092

Abstract

A display device includes an image processor configured to process an image; a display configured to display the processed image; and a controller configured to determine that calibration information that is closer to a target value than to a characteristic value of the image exists, and to perform a first calibration with respect to the image based on the calibration information.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

an image processor configured to process an image;

a display configured to display the processed image; and

a controller configured to determine that calibration information that is closer to a target value than to a characteristic value of the image exists, and to perform a first calibration with respect to the image based on the calibration information.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein the controller performs a second calibration with respect to the image to cause the characteristic value to reach the target value when it is determined that the characteristic value of the image, to which the first calibration has been performed, is not equal to the target value.

3. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

an optical characteristic measurer configured to measure the characteristic value of the image that is displayed on the display,

wherein the controller performs a second calibration with respect to the image, to which the first calibration has been performed, to cause a difference between the characteristic value measured by the optical characteristic measurer and the target value to be within a predetermined range.

4. The display device of claim 2, wherein the controller stores the calibration information that has been obtained through the second calibration.

5. The display device of claim 1, further comprising:

a user interface (UI) generator configured to generate a UI to calibration the image,

wherein the controller controls the UI generator to generate the UI to display at least one of the characteristic value and the target value of the image, and comparison information of the characteristic value and the target value of the image.

6. A control method comprising:

determining that calibration information that is closer to a target value than to a characteristic value of an image exists; and

performing a first calibration with respect to the image based on the calibration information that is closer to the target value than to the characteristic value of the image.

7. The control method of claim 6, further comprising:

performing a second calibration to cause the characteristic value of the image to reach the target value when it is determined that the characteristic value of the image, to which the first calibration has been performed, is not equal to the target value.

8. The control method of claim 6, further comprising:

measuring the characteristic value of the image to which the first calibration has been performed; and

performing a second calibration with respect to the image, to which the first calibration has been performed, to cause a difference between the measured characteristic value and the target value to be within a predetermined range.

9. The control method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing the calibration information that has been obtained through the second calibration.

10. The control method of claim 6, further comprising:

generating a user interface (UI) configured to display at least one of the characteristic value and the target value of the image, and comparison information of the characteristic value and the target value of the image.

11. A calibration device comprising:

a storage configured to store calibration information regarding calibration of an image; and

a controller configured to determine that the calibration information that is closer to a target value than to a characteristic value of the image exists, and to control a display device to perform a first calibration with respect to the image based on the calibration information closer to the target value.

12. The calibration device of claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display device to perform a second calibration to cause the characteristic value of the image to reach the target value when it is determined that the characteristic value of the image, to which the first calibration has been performed, is not equal to the target value.

13. The calibration device of claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display device to perform a second calibration with respect to the image, to which the first calibration has been performed, to cause a difference between a characteristic value measured by the display device and the target value to be within a predetermined range.

14. The calibration device of claim 12, wherein the controller receives the calibration information that has been obtained through the second calibration performed with respect to the image, from the display device, and stores the received calibration information.

15. The calibration device of claim 11, wherein the controller controls the display device to generate a user interface (UI) configured to display at least one of the characteristic value and the target value of the image, and comparison information of the characteristic value and the target value of the image.

16. A control method comprising:

determining that calibration information that is closer to a target value than to a characteristic value of an image exists; and

controlling a display device to perform a first calibration with respect to the image based on the calibration information that is closer to the target value than to the characteristic value of the image.

17. The control method of claim 16, wherein the controlling the display device further comprises:

controlling the display device to perform a second calibration with respect to the image to cause the characteristic value of the image to reach the target value when it is determined that the characteristic value of the image, to which the first calibration has been performed, is not equal to the target value.

18. The control method of claim 16, further comprising:

controlling the display device to perform the second calibration with respect to the image, to which the first calibration has been performed, to cause a difference between a characteristic value measured by the display device and the target value to be within a predetermined range.

19. The control method of claim 17, further comprising receiving the calibration information that has been obtained through the second calibration and storing the received calibration information.

20. The control method of claim 16, further comprising:

controlling the display device to generate a user interface (UI) configured to display at least one of the characteristic value and the target value of the image, and comparison information of the characteristic value and the target value of the image.