Image display apparatus for writing display information with reduced electric consumption

An image display device and a technology for displaying information, applied to static indicators, instruments, identification devices, etc., can solve the problem of unnatural viewers

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-04-22
PANASONIC CORP
View PDF4 Cites 0 Cited by
  • Summary
  • Abstract
  • Description
  • Claims
  • Application Information

AI Technical Summary

Problems solved by technology

These phenomena make the viewer feel very unnatural

Method used

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
View more

Image

Smart Image Click on the blue labels to locate them in the text.
Viewing Examples
Smart Image
  • Image display apparatus for writing display information with reduced electric consumption
  • Image display apparatus for writing display information with reduced electric consumption
  • Image display apparatus for writing display information with reduced electric consumption

Examples

Experimental program
Comparison scheme
Effect test

Embodiment 1

[0083] Figure 1 shows a block diagram of the structure of a plasma display PD1 using subfields to display grayscale images.

[0084] As shown in FIG. 1 , the plasma display PD1 includes an input image signal conversion unit 2 , a subfield information generation unit 3 , and a plasma display panel device 4 .

[0085] The input image signal conversion unit 2 includes a bit width setting unit 21 and an AND gate 22 .

[0086] The subfield information generating unit 3 converts an image signal supplied from the input image signal converting unit 2 into segments of on / off information (ie, subfield information). Here, the input image signal includes various gray scales for displaying pixels constituting one image on one screen. Each on / off information segment or subfield information represents a combination of a set of subfields corresponding to one of the gray levels. Each subfield is allocated in advance with a luminance weight. Light emission is maintained with a brightness wei...

Embodiment 2

[0103] A plasma display PD2 of the second embodiment of the present invention will be described, focusing on the differences from the first embodiment.

[0104] FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the gray scales contained in the input image signal and the gray scales used for displaying the image in the case of the plasma display PD2. In other words, FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the input and the output of the input image signal conversion unit 2 shown in FIG. 1 . Figure 5 Shown on the vertical axis vs. grayscale levels displayed. A curve with input grayscale levels on the horizontal axis.

[0105] In this embodiment, the lower bits are intentionally fixed to "1" as the gray level decreases.

[0106] For example, when an image signal with a gray level "10" (subfield information for the input value is "001010") is input, the output gray level is also "10" (the subfield information for the output value is "10"). The subfield information is "001010"). That is, sin...

Embodiment 3

[0112] A plasma display PD3 according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described, focusing on differences from Embodiments 1 and 2.

[0113] FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the gray scale contained in the input image signal and the gray scale used to display the image in the case of the plasma display PD3. In other words, FIG. 6 shows the relationship between the input and output of the input image signal conversion unit 2 shown in FIG. 1 . Figure 7 shows a curve of the displayed gray level on the vertical axis vs. the input gray level on the horizontal axis.

[0114] In this embodiment, the lower bits are intentionally fixed to "0" as the gray level decreases. But for a group of input gray levels close to the maximum gray level, the input gray levels are output when they are displayed as gray levels.

[0115] For example, when an image signal with a gray level of "10" (the subfield information for the input value is "001010") is input, the outpu...

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to view more

PUM

No PUM Login to view more

Abstract

An image display apparatus for displaying gray-scale images by writing display information to an image display area of a panel. The display information includes values of a plurality of sub-fields that constitute one field. The image display apparatus converts an input image signal into a piece of display information so that a difference between sub-fields in correspondence with each other in adjacent high gray-scale levels becomes less. The image display apparatus displays a gray-scale image in accordance with the piece of display information.

Description

[0001] This application is a divisional application of an application dated August 23, 2001, application number 01135742.8, and title of the invention "image display device with reduced power consumption for writing display information". technical field [0002] The present invention relates to a display device, such as a plasma display. More particularly, the present invention relates to an image display device capable of reducing power consumption when writing display information. Background technique [0003] Typically, a display device, such as a plasma display, displays images based on a two-value display method. The display device divides a field in the time domain into multiple Brightness-weighted subfields are used to display grayscale images, and light emission is controlled on / off for each subfield. For example, in order to display an image with 256 gray levels, one field is divided into 8 subfields, and the luminance weights of the 8 subfields are assigned in tim...

Claims

the structure of the environmentally friendly knitted fabric provided by the present invention; figure 2 Flow chart of the yarn wrapping machine for environmentally friendly knitted fabrics and storage devices; image 3 Is the parameter map of the yarn covering machine
Login to view more

Application Information

Patent Timeline
no application Login to view more
Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): G09G3/28H01J17/49G09F9/313G09G3/293
Inventor 川原功关本邦夫
Owner PANASONIC CORP
Who we serve
  • R&D Engineer
  • R&D Manager
  • IP Professional
Why Eureka
  • Industry Leading Data Capabilities
  • Powerful AI technology
  • Patent DNA Extraction
Social media
Try Eureka
PatSnap group products

Browse by: Latest US Patents, China's latest patents, Technical Efficacy Thesaurus, Application Domain, Technology Topic.

© 2024 PatSnap. All rights reserved.Legal|Privacy policy|Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement|Sitemap