JP2005265927A - Video display device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately reproduce colors other than RGB signal color areas included in a YPbPr signal and to reproduce correct colors even when a wide RGB signal exceeding an sRGB color area is inputted. <P>SOLUTION: The video display device is provided with detachable optical filters 107, 108, 109 for improving the saturation of at least one or more color light components out of a plurality of color light components constituting a display image. An input signal judgment part 204 and a display color area control part 205 judge whether the color area of an input video signal is included in a prescribed color area or not and determine whether the optical filters 107, 108, 109 are to be used or not and an optical filter control part 207 attaches/detaches the optical filters in accordance with the judgment of the display color area control part 205. First and second color conversion parts 201, 202 perform color conversion for the input video signal in accordance with the color area of the video display device which is converted by the attachment/detachment of the optical filters. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a video processing method, a video processing device, a program, and a recording medium according to a change in an optical system of a video display device.

  In general, video display devices have different performance requirements depending on the purpose of use and the content to be displayed. For example, when displaying a screen of a personal computer, it is necessary to correctly recognize display contents even in a bright place, and brightness is required rather than accuracy of color reproduction. On the other hand, when displaying images such as television and movies, there are many cases where a relatively dark place is used, and correct color reproduction is required rather than brightness.

In order to realize such a plurality of display characteristics with a single video display device, it is necessary to switch the optical system and video processing method of the video display device according to the purpose of use and the content to be displayed. An example of such a technique is described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-114480 (Patent Document 1).
In this technology, a projector is provided with a detachable optical filter that weakens the intensity of green color light, and the color balance is appropriately adjusted by detaching the optical filter according to the purpose of use.

  Furthermore, this technique can perform video processing according to the optical characteristics of the projector by switching video processing parameters to be applied to the input current video data in accordance with attachment / detachment of the optical filter.

JP 2003-114480 A

  However, the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 has a problem in that it cannot be appropriately reproduced when a video signal having a wide color range information is input.

  FIG. 8 shows the difference between the color range included in the YPbPr signal used for description of video data output from an AV device and the like and the color range included in the RGB signal used for display on the video display device. FIG. FIG. 8A is a diagram in which the color ranges of the RGB signal and the YPbPr signal are projected onto the planes of the Pb signal representing the color from blue to yellow and the Pr signal representing the color from red to green. FIG. 8B is a diagram in which the color ranges of the RGB signal and the YPbPr signal are projected onto the plane of the Y signal that represents brightness and the Pr signal that represents the color from red to green. As can be seen from FIG. 8, the YPbPr signal has color information in a wider range than the RGB signal.

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, there is no description about a processing method when a YPbPr signal is input. A general display device reproduces a color by mixing three kinds of red, green, and blue color lights. Therefore, when a video signal is input as a YPbPr signal, the YPbPr signal is converted into an RGB signal and displayed. The relationship between RGB signals and YPbPr signals is ITU-R BT. 709 is defined by the following equation.

このとき、図８で示したＲＧＢ信号の色範囲の外にある色信号については、ＲＧＢ信号の色範囲内の色で表現するため、ＲＧＢ信号の色範囲外の色情報が失われてしまうという課題がある。

At this time, color signals outside the RGB signal color range shown in FIG. 8 are expressed by colors within the RGB signal color range, and color information outside the RGB signal color range is lost. There are challenges.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to realize a video display device that can appropriately reproduce even when a video signal having wide color gamut information is input.

  In view of the above problems, the invention described in claim 1 is a video display device that displays video in response to an input video signal, and the saturation of at least one or more of the plurality of color lights constituting the display video. A detachable optical filter that enhances the display, a display color gamut control unit that compares whether or not the color gamut of the input video signal is included in a predetermined color gamut, and determines whether to use the optical filter, An optical filter control unit that attaches and detaches the optical filter according to the determination of the display color gamut control unit, and a color for the input video signal according to the color gamut of the video display device that changes as the optical filter is attached and detached. It is configured to have a color conversion unit that performs conversion.

  According to the video display device configured to display video in accordance with the input video signal configured as described above, whether or not the color gamut of the input video signal is included in a predetermined color gamut by the display color gamut control unit. Are compared to determine whether to use the optical filter. When the display color gamut control unit determines to use the optical filter, the optical filter control unit mounts the optical filter. Then, the saturation of at least one or more color lights among the plurality of color lights constituting the display image is increased by the optical filter. Then, the input video signal is color-converted by the color conversion unit in accordance with the color gamut of the video display device that changes as the optical filter is attached or detached.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the video display device according to claim 1, wherein the display color gamut control unit is configured such that each color component of the input signal is an RGB signal when the input video signal is an RGB signal. The optical filter corresponding to the color component is used when not included in the predetermined color gamut, and the optical filter corresponding to the color component is not used when included in the predetermined color gamut. Configured.

  Furthermore, the invention according to claim 3 is the video display device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the predetermined color gamut is a color gamut of the video display device when the optical filter is not used. Configured.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a detachable optical filter for increasing the saturation of at least one of a plurality of color lights constituting a display video in a video display device for displaying a video in response to an input video signal. When the input video signal is a luminance color difference signal, an optical filter control unit for mounting the optical filter, and the input video signal in accordance with the color gamut of the video display device that changes when the optical filter is attached or detached. It is configured to have a color conversion unit that performs color conversion on the image.

  According to the video display device configured as described above and displaying video according to the input video signal, the optical filter is mounted by the optical filter control unit when the input video signal is a luminance color difference signal. The Then, the saturation of at least one or more color lights among the plurality of color lights constituting the display image is increased by the optical filter. Then, the input video signal is color-converted by the color conversion unit in accordance with the color gamut of the video display device that is changed by attaching and detaching the optical filter.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the video display device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a wavelength band in which the transmittance of each wavelength of the optical filter is 50% or less of the maximum value is the color light. It is configured to be 5% to 50% of the wavelength band of the spectral distribution.

  As described above, by using the present invention, colors outside the RGB signal color gamut included in the YPbPr signal can be accurately reproduced. Also, a correct color can be reproduced even when a wide-range RGB signal exceeding the sRGB color gamut is input.

  Also, when the color gamut of the input video signal is narrow, the optical brightness is not used, so that the display brightness can be increased accordingly.

[Example 1]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a video display device according to the present invention. The video display device includes a projection optical system 1 that displays video according to an input signal, and a video processing unit 2 that performs video processing on the input video signal.

Configuration of the projection optical system 1:
First, components and functions of the projection optical system 1 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The light output from the lamp 101 is separated by the dichroic mirrors 102 and 103 into three colors of red, green and blue. The separated color lights are incident on the liquid crystal panels 15, 16 and 17 by the mirrors 104 and 105. In the liquid crystal panels 15, 16, and 17, the amount of light for each color light is reduced to an amount corresponding to each pixel in the display screen, and is incident on the dichroic prism 110. In the dichroic prism 110, the red, green, and blue color lights are superimposed again and projected onto a screen (not shown) through the projection lens 111. In front of the liquid crystal panels 107, 108, 109, there are detachable optical filters 112, 113, 114. By attaching and detaching the optical filter, the colors of red, green and blue light are changed.

Optical characteristics of the optical filters 112, 113, 114:
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the spectral transmittance characteristics of the optical filters 112, 113, and 114. In FIG. 2, FR is the spectral transmittance of the red light optical filter 112, FG is the spectral transmittance of the green light optical filter 113, FB is the spectral transmittance of the blue light optical filter 114, and D1 is the spectral transmittance of the dichroic mirror 102. The ratio D2 is the spectral transmittance of the dichroic mirror 103. Since the light from the lamp is separated into three color lights by the dichroic mirrors 102 and 103, the wavelength of the R color light is distributed to λ1 or more, the wavelength of the G color light is λ1 to λ2, and the B color light is distributed to λ2 or less. λ1 is suitably 550 nm to 650 nm, and λ2 is 450 nm to 550 nm. On the other hand, the spectral transmittances of the optical filters 112, 113, and 114 have characteristics that further narrow the wavelength band of each color light of RGB as shown in FIG. Therefore, by inserting the optical filters 112, 113, and 114 on the optical path of each color light, the saturation of each color light of the video display device is increased, and the color gamut of the video display device can be expanded. It is preferable to increase the saturation of each color light of the video display device by the optical filter in a range necessary and sufficient to cover the distribution of colors included in the input video signal. This is because if the saturation is insufficient, a part of the colors included in the input video signal cannot be reproduced correctly, and if the saturation is excessively high, the light emission luminance of the video display device is unnecessarily lowered. It is. If the wavelength band in which the transmittance for each wavelength of the optical filter is 50% or less of the maximum value is a non-transmission wavelength band, the non-transmission wavelength band of each optical filter is 5% of the wavelength band of each color light of the video display device. Between 50% and 50% is preferred. At this time, it is preferable to narrow both the long wavelength side and the short wavelength side for each color light as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 3 shows a change in the spectral characteristics of the output light of the video display device when the optical filter shown in FIG. 2 is used. LR, LG, and LB are spectral characteristics of RGB color light when an optical filter is not used, and LR ', LG', and LB 'are spectral characteristics of RGB color light when an optical filter is used. As can be seen from FIG. 3, the wavelength band of each color light of RGB is narrowed by using the optical filter.

FIG. 4 shows changes in the color gamut of the video display device when the optical filter shown in FIG. 2 is used. 4A shows the color gamut of the video display apparatus when only the R light optical filter 112 is used, and FIG. 4B shows the color gamut of the video display apparatus when only the G light optical filter 113 is used. 4C shows the color gamut of the video display apparatus when only the optical filter for B light is used, and FIG. 4D shows the color of the video display apparatus when all the three optical filters 112, 113, and 114 are used. It is an area. As shown in these figures, by appropriately selecting the three optical filters according to the color range of the input video signal, it is possible to efficiently widen the color gamut of the video display device and perform correct color reproduction. it can.

Configuration of video processing unit 2:
Next, components and functions of the video processing unit 2 in FIG. 1 will be described.

  The video processing unit 2 includes a first color conversion unit 201 and a second color conversion unit 202 that perform color conversion processing on a video signal, a liquid crystal panel drive unit 203 that drives a liquid crystal panel, and color gamut information of the video signal. The input signal determination unit 204 and the display color gamut control unit 205 that originally determine which of the optical filters 107, 108, and 109 are used, and the optical filters 107, 108, and 109 are mounted for the RGB color lights of the video display device. The display color gamut data storage unit 206 stores color information when the case is not mounted and when not mounted, and the optical filter control unit 207 controls the attachment / detachment of the optical filter.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the video processing unit 2 in this embodiment. When a video signal is input to the video processing unit 2 (step S501), the input signal determination unit 204, the display color gamut control unit 205, and the display color gamut data storage unit 206 use the video signal according to the color range of the video signal. An optical filter is selected (step S502). Next, the optical filter control unit 207 controls the optical filter to insert the optical filter selected in step S502 onto the optical path of the projection optical system 1 (step S503). Next, the first color conversion unit 201 and the second color conversion unit 202 perform color correction processing according to the optical filter to be used for the value of each pixel of the video signal (step S504). Finally, based on the color-converted video signal, the liquid crystal panel control unit 203 drives the RGB liquid crystal panels 107, 108, and 109 to perform video display (step S505). Thereafter, step S504 and step S505 are repeated until the video display is completed.

The optical filter selection process in step S502 and the color correction process in step S504 will be described in more detail below.

Optical filter selection processing (step S502):
Next, an optical filter selection process performed by the input signal determination unit 204 and the display color gamut control unit 205 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, when a video signal is input to the video display device, the input signal determination unit 204 determines whether the video signal is an RGB signal or a YPbPr signal (step S601). Further, the input signal determination unit 204 also acquires RGB chromaticity information of the input video signal (step S602). The RGB chromaticity information of the input video signal here refers to the standard of the video signal that is determined for each primary color of RGB for each video signal, and the color of each pixel of the video signal. It is not degree information. The RGB chromaticity information of the input video signal is acquired from the metadata of the video signal when the RGB chromaticity information is attached to the video data as metadata, and when there is no metadata, RGB in sRGB RGB chromaticity information determined in advance such as the chromaticity of the image is used. The chromaticity information of RGB may be input by the user of the video display device. When a YPbPr signal is input, RGB chromaticity in sRGB is used. The video signal type and chromaticity information are sent to the display color gamut control unit 205.

  The display color gamut control unit 205 does not use the RGB chromaticity information of the input signal sent from the input signal determination unit 204 and the optical filters 112, 113, 114 stored in the display color gamut data storage unit 206. The chromaticity information of each RGB color light of the video display device is compared to determine which one of the optical filters 112, 113, 114 is to be used (step S603). However, when the video signal input to the video display device is a YPbPr signal, all optical filters are used regardless of the color gamut of the video display device. When the video signal input to the video display device is an RGB signal, an optical filter to be used is selected using the following equation.

式（２）のｒ_Ｒ,ｇ_Ｒ,ｂ_Ｒの全ての値が０以上かつ1以下の場合は、入力信号のＲの色度が光学フィルタを使用しなくても映像表示装置の色域内または色域の境界面上にあるのでＲの光学フィルタは使用しない。それ以外の場合はＲの光学フィルタを使用する。同様に、ｒ_Ｇ,ｇ_Ｇ,ｂ_Ｇの全ての値が０以上かつ1以下の場合はＧの光学フィルタを使用せず、それ以外の場合はＧの光学フィルタを使用する。ｒ_Ｂ,ｇ_Ｂ,ｂ_Ｂの全ての値が０以上かつ1以下の場合はＢの光学フィルタを使用せず、それ以外の場合はＢの光学フィルタを使用する。

When all the values of r _R , g _R , and b _R in Equation (2) are 0 or more and 1 or less, the R chromaticity of the input signal is within the color gamut of the video display device without using an optical filter. Since it is on the boundary surface of the color gamut, the R optical filter is not used. In other cases, an R optical filter is used. Similarly, when all the values of r _G , g _G , and b _G are 0 or more and 1 or less, the G optical filter is not used, and otherwise, the G optical filter is used. If all the values of r _B , g _B , and b _B are 0 or more and 1 or less, the B optical filter is not used, and otherwise, the B optical filter is used.

  When the optical filter to be used is determined, information on the optical filter to be used is sent to the optical filter control unit 207 (step S604). Further, based on the RGB chromaticity information of the input signal sent from the input signal determination unit and the chromaticity information of each RGB color light of the video display device when the optical filter determined in step S603 is mounted, the RGB signal A conversion matrix N for performing conversion from the image display device RGB signal to the image display device is obtained (step S605). The transformation matrix N can be obtained by the following equation.

式（３）の映像表示装置のＲＧＢ各色光の色度は、ステップＳ６０３で決定した使用する光学フィルタの選択に応じて、表示色域データ保存部２０６に保存してある色度情報を使用する。つまり、ＲＧＢの各色において、光学フィルタを使用する場合は光学フィルタ使用時の色度を、光学フィルタを使用しない場合は光学フィルタ非使用時の色度データを用いる。
算出された変換行列は、第２色変換部２０２へ送られる（ステップＳ６０６）。

色変換処理（ステップＳ５０４）：
次に、図７を用いて、第１色変換部２０１と第２色変換部２０２で行う色変換処理を説明する。

The chromaticity of each RGB color light of the video display device of Expression (3) uses the chromaticity information stored in the display color gamut data storage unit 206 according to the selection of the optical filter to be used determined in step S603. . That is, for each color of RGB, chromaticity data when the optical filter is used is used when the optical filter is used, and chromaticity data when the optical filter is not used is used when the optical filter is not used.
The calculated conversion matrix is sent to the second color conversion unit 202 (step S606).

Color conversion process (step S504):
Next, color conversion processing performed by the first color conversion unit 201 and the second color conversion unit 202 will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, it is determined whether the input video signal is a YPbPr signal or an RGB signal (step S701). If the input video signal is a YPbPr signal, the first color conversion unit performs a process of converting the YPbPr signal into an RGB signal (step S702). ). The calculation formula is the same as formula (1). However, even if the RGB signal after calculation becomes 0 or less or the maximum value or more, it is sent to the second color conversion unit 202 as it is. If the input video signal is an RGB signal, it is sent to the second color conversion unit 202 as it is.

  Next, gamma conversion is performed on the RGB signal (step S703). The gamma conversion is to convert an input RGB value into a value proportional to the luminance of each color light of RGB. The gamma conversion is performed by the following formula.

ガンマ変換は、第２色変換部２０２で式（４）を直接演算しても良いし、式（４）の計算結果をテーブルとして保存し、それを参照しても良い。
次に、表示色域制御部２０５から送られた変換行列を用いて、ＲＧＢ信号を映像表示装置ＲＧＢ信号に変換する（ステップＳ７０４）。変換処理は以下の式で行う。

In the gamma conversion, the second color conversion unit 202 may directly calculate the expression (4), or store the calculation result of the expression (4) as a table and refer to it.
Next, the RGB signal is converted into the video display device RGB signal using the conversion matrix sent from the display color gamut control unit 205 (step S704). The conversion process is performed using the following formula.

この結果、映像表示装置ＲＧＢ信号が０以下になった場合は０に、１以上になった場合には１に変換する。

As a result, when the video display device RGB signal becomes 0 or less, it is converted to 0, and when it becomes 1 or more, it is converted to 1.

  Next, inverse gamma conversion is performed on the video display device RGB signal (step S705). This is the reverse of step S502, and since the video display device RGB signal obtained in step S703 is a value proportional to the luminance of each color light of RGB, it corresponds to returning this to the normal video display device RGB signal. The inverse gamma conversion is performed by the following formula.

逆ガンマ変換も、ガンマ変換と同様、第２色変換部２０２で式（６）を直接演算しても良いし、式（６）の計算結果をテーブルとして保存し、それを参照しても良い。

Similarly to the gamma conversion, the inverse gamma conversion may directly calculate the expression (6) by the second color conversion unit 202, or store the calculation result of the expression (6) as a table and refer to it. .

The video display device RGB signal obtained in step S705 is output to the liquid crystal panel control unit (step S706). Thereby, an appropriate color is displayed according to the characteristics of the optical filter to be used.

  In the first embodiment, three optical filters corresponding to each color light of RGB are used. However, the number is not necessarily three. The optical filter may be used only for colors with particularly low saturation in the RGB color lights of the video display device.

  Also, the place where the optical filter is inserted is not necessarily the place shown in FIG. It may be placed anywhere on the optical path until the light from the lamp 101 reaches the eyes of the observer of the image display device.

  In the first embodiment, the video processing unit 2 exists in the video display device. However, the video processing unit 2 may be provided outside the video display device.

  In the first embodiment, an example in which a projection-type image display device is used has been described. However, the image display device of the present invention is on the optical path from the light source to the observer's eyes of the image display device. Since it can be realized if there is a detachable optical filter inserted into the image processing unit 2 and the image processing unit 2, another image display device may be used.

It is a block diagram of the video display apparatus in the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transmittance | permeability characteristic of an optical filter. It is explanatory drawing which shows the change of the spectral characteristics of the output light of an image display apparatus by attachment or detachment of an optical filter. It is explanatory drawing which shows the change of the color gamut of the video display apparatus by attachment or detachment of an optical filter. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement of the video processing part 2 in the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of the optical filter selection process in the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of the color conversion process in the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the difference in the color gamut of a YPbPr signal and a RGB signal.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Projection optical system 101 Lamp 102,103 Dichroic mirror 104,105,106 Mirror 107 Liquid crystal panel (for red light)
108 LCD panel (for green light)
109 LCD panel (for blue light)
110 Dichroic prism 111 Projection lens 112 Optical filter (for red light)
113 Optical filter (for green light)
114 Optical filter (for blue light)
2 video processing unit 201 first color conversion unit 202 second color conversion unit 203 liquid crystal panel control unit 204 input signal determination unit 205 display color gamut control unit 206 display color gamut data storage unit 207 optical filter control unit

Claims (5)

  In a video display device that displays video in accordance with an input video signal, a removable optical filter that increases the saturation of at least one of a plurality of color lights constituting the display video, and a color gamut of the input video signal A display color gamut control unit that determines whether or not to use the optical filter according to whether or not the optical filter is included in a predetermined color gamut, and attachment / detachment of the optical filter according to the determination of the display color gamut control unit An image display device comprising: an optical filter control unit for performing color conversion, and a color conversion unit for performing color conversion on the input video signal in accordance with a color gamut of the image display device that is changed by attaching and detaching the optical filter. .   2. The video display device according to claim 1, wherein when the input video signal is an RGB signal, the display color gamut control unit, when each color component of the input signal is not included in a predetermined color gamut, An image display device using the optical filter corresponding to the color component and not using the optical filter corresponding to the color component when the optical filter is included in a predetermined color gamut.   3. The video display device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined color gamut is a color gamut of the video display device when the optical filter is not used.   In a video display device that displays video according to an input video signal, a detachable optical filter that increases the saturation of at least one of a plurality of color lights constituting the display video, and the input video signal has a luminance color difference In the case of a signal, an optical filter control unit that mounts the optical filter, and a color conversion unit that performs color conversion on the input video signal in accordance with the color gamut of the video display device that changes when the optical filter is attached or detached A video display device characterized by comprising: 5. The image display device according to claim 1, wherein a wavelength band in which the transmittance for each wavelength of the optical filter is 50% or less of a maximum value is 5% to 50% of a wavelength band of the spectral distribution of the color light. A video display device characterized by that.

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