Color management for field-sequential LCD display
First Claim
1. A color control system for a backlight utilizing colored light emitting diodes (LEDs), the color control system arranged to control a backlight on a frame by frame basis, the color control system comprising:
- a color controller;
an LED driver responsive to said color controller;
a plurality of colored LED strings constituted of at least three different colors responsive to said LED driver; and
a color sensor, exhibiting a tri-stimulus output, in optical communication with said plurality of colored LED strings, said color controller coupled to said tri-stimulus output of said color sensor,wherein said color controller is arranged, in each frame, to;
sequentially light each of said plurality of colored LED strings via said LED driver at a respective time during the frame;
provide a period during the frame wherein none of said colored LED strings are lit;
receive from said color sensor an indication of an ambient light received at said color sensor during said provided period during the frame when none of said colored LED strings are lit;
receive from said color sensor, an indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings during said respective times during the frame when said colored LED strings are lit; and
control said LED driver responsive to said received indication of ambient light during the frame and said received indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings during the frame.
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Abstract
A method of color control for a backlight utilizing colored light emitting diodes (LEDs), the method constituted of: providing a plurality of colored LED strings constituted of at least three different colors; lighting each of the plurality of colored LED strings to provide a backlight; providing a period wherein none of the colored LED strings are lit; obtaining during the provided period when none of the colored LED strings are lit, an indication of an ambient light; obtaining during the provided period when the colored LED strings are lit, an indication of the optical output of the colored LED strings; and controlling the lighting of the provided plurality of colored LED strings responsive to the received indication of ambient light and the received indication of the output of the colored LED strings. Preferably, the method is performed in cooperation with an on-board color sensor.
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Citations
17 Claims
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1. A color control system for a backlight utilizing colored light emitting diodes (LEDs), the color control system arranged to control a backlight on a frame by frame basis, the color control system comprising:
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a color controller; an LED driver responsive to said color controller; a plurality of colored LED strings constituted of at least three different colors responsive to said LED driver; and a color sensor, exhibiting a tri-stimulus output, in optical communication with said plurality of colored LED strings, said color controller coupled to said tri-stimulus output of said color sensor, wherein said color controller is arranged, in each frame, to; sequentially light each of said plurality of colored LED strings via said LED driver at a respective time during the frame; provide a period during the frame wherein none of said colored LED strings are lit; receive from said color sensor an indication of an ambient light received at said color sensor during said provided period during the frame when none of said colored LED strings are lit; receive from said color sensor, an indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings during said respective times during the frame when said colored LED strings are lit; and control said LED driver responsive to said received indication of ambient light during the frame and said received indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings during the frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A color control system for a backlight utilizing colored light emitting diodes (LEDs), the color control system comprising:
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a color controller; an LED driver responsive to said color controller; a plurality of colored LED strings constituted of at least three different colors responsive to said LED driver; and a color sensor, exhibiting a tri-stimulus output, in optical communication with said plurality of colored LED strings, said color controller coupled to said tri-stimulus output of said color sensor, wherein said color controller is arranged to; light each of said plurality of colored LED strings via said LED driver; provide a period wherein none of said colored LED strings are lit; receive from said color sensor an indication of an ambient light received at said color sensor during said provided period when none of said colored LED strings are lit; receive from said color sensor an indication of the optical output of each of said colored LED strings when lit; and control said LED driver responsive to said received indication of ambient light and said received indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings, wherein said color controller comprises; a compensation functionality arranged to receive said indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings and said indication of ambient light and output an ambient light compensated indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings; a source of target color and luminance information; a difference generator functionality, a first input of said difference generator functionality coupled to the output of said source of target color and luminance information; a feedback controller functionality coupled to the output of said difference generator; and a calibration matrix functionality in communication with said compensation functionality and arranged to convert said compensated indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings to a pre-determined color space consonant with said target color and luminance information received at said first input of said difference generator, the output of said calibration matrix functionality coupled to a second input of said difference generator. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A color control system for a backlight utilizing colored light emitting diodes (LEDs), the color control system comprising:
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a color controller; an LED driver responsive to said color controller; a plurality of colored LED strings constituted of at least three different colors responsive to said LED driver; and a color sensor, exhibiting a tri-stimulus output, in optical communication with said plurality of colored LED strings, said color controller coupled to said tri-stimulus output of said color sensor, wherein said color controller is arranged to; light each of said plurality of colored LED strings via said LED driver; provide a period wherein none of said colored LED strings are lit; receive from said color sensor an indication of an ambient light received at said color sensor during said provided period when none of said colored LED strings are lit; receive from said color sensor an indication of the optical output of each of said colored LED strings when lit; and control said LED driver responsive to said received indication of ambient light and said received indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings, wherein said color controller comprises; a source of target color and luminance information; a difference generator functionality, a first input of said difference generator functionality coupled to the output of said source of target color and luminance information; a calibration matrix functionality arranged to receive the output of said color sensor and convert said received indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings and said received indication of ambient light to a pre-determined color space consonant with said target color and luminance information received at said first input of said difference generator functionality; a feedback controller coupled to the output of said difference generator functionality; and a compensation functionality coupled to the output of said calibration matrix functionality and arranged to receive said converted indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings and said converted indication of ambient light and output an ambient light compensated indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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10. A method of color control for a backlight utilizing colored light emitting diodes (LEDs), the backlight providing illumination of a display on a frame by frame basis, the method comprising, for each frame:
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providing a plurality of colored LED strings constituted of at least three different colors; sequentially lighting each of said plurality of colored LED strings during a respective time during the frame to provide the illumination; providing a period during the frame wherein none of said colored LED strings are lit; obtaining an indication of an ambient light during said provided period during the frame when none of said colored LED strings are lit; obtaining an indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings during said respective times during the frame when said colored LED strings are lit; and controlling said lighting of said provided plurality of colored LED strings responsive to said received indication of ambient light during the frame and said received indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings during the frame. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of color control for a backlight utilizing colored light emitting diodes (LEDs), the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of colored LED strings constituted of at least three different colors; lighting each of said plurality of colored LED strings to provide illumination; providing a period wherein none of said colored LED strings are lit; obtaining an indication of an ambient light during said provided period when none of said colored LED strings are lit; obtaining an indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings during said provided period when said colored LED strings are lit; and controlling said lighting of said provided plurality of colored LED strings responsive to said received indication of ambient light and said received indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings, wherein said controlling comprises; compensating said obtained indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings by said obtained indication of ambient light; and converting said compensated indication of the optical output of said colored LED strings to a pre-determined color space consonant with target color and luminance information. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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