Luminance control device, display apparatus using the same, luminance control method and luminance control program

A luminance control device that controls luminance of a light source as backlight of a display panel, comprising:

• a picture luminance detector for detecting luminance of an input picture signal;
• a picture luminance storage for storing a plurality of luminance detected before the luminance of the picture signal detected by the picture luminance detector;
• and,
• a processor that detects variability that indicates intensity of variation of the luminance of the picture signal based on the plurality of luminance stored in the picture luminance storage and controls luminance of a light source based on the luminance of the picture signal detected by the picture luminance detector and the variability,
• wherein the processor calculates a directional characteristic of the variation of the picture luminance, and increases the amount of reduction in the light source luminance when a progress of a directional characteristic of the variation changes from an upward trend to a downward trend.

A luminance control device that controls luminance of a light source as backlight of a display panel, comprising:

• a picture luminance detector for detecting luminance of an input picture signal;
• a picture luminance storage for storing a plurality of luminance detected before the luminance of the picture signal detected by the picture luminance detector;
• and,
• a processor that detects variability that indicates intensity of variation of the luminance of the picture signal based on the plurality of luminance stored in the picture luminance storage and controls luminance of a light source based on the luminance of the picture signal detected by the picture luminance detector and the variability,
• wherein the processor calculates a directional characteristic of the variation of the picture luminance, and suppresses the amount of reduction in the light source luminance when a directional characteristic of the variation progresses in an order of a downward trend, a non-directional trend and an upward trend.

A luminance control method for controlling luminance of a light source as backlight of a display panel, comprising:

• detecting luminance of an input picture signal;
• storing step for storing a plurality of luminance detected before the luminance of the picture signal detected at the picture luminance detecting step;
• detecting variability that indicates intensity of variation of the luminance of the picture signal based on the plurality of luminance stored at the picture luminance storing step and controls luminance of a light source based on the luminance of the picture signal detected at the picture luminance detecting step and the variability;
• calculating a directional characteristic of the variation of the picture luminance, and changing the amount of reduction in the light source luminance, wherein the changing the amount of reduction in the light source luminance is selected from the group consisting of
• (a) increasing the amount of reduction in the light source luminance when the directional characteristic of the variation is on a downward trend and suppressing the amount of reduction in the light source luminance when the directional characteristic of the variation is on an upward trend,
• (b) increasing the amount of reduction in the light source luminance when a progress of a directional characteristic of the variation changes from an upward trend to a downward trend, and
• (c) suppressing the amount of reduction in the light source luminance when a directional characteristic of the variation progresses in an order of a downward trend, a non-directional trend and an upward trend.