Title :
Dynamic backlight dimming using multiple histograms for low power liquid crystal displays
Author :
Kang, Suk-Ju ; Kim, Young Hwan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Pohang Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Pohang, South Korea
Abstract :
This paper presents a dynamic backlight dimming algorithm that uses multiple histograms. The proposed method greatly reduces gray-level error for some pixels whose gray levels are beyond the compensation limit, thereby enhancing the image quality.
Keywords :
image enhancement; liquid crystal displays; low-power electronics; dynamic backlight dimming algorithm; gray-level error reduction; image quality enhancement; low power liquid crystal displays; multiple histograms; Heuristic algorithms; Histograms; Image quality; Liquid crystal displays; PSNR; Pixel; Power demand;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (ICCE), 2011 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Las Vegas, NV
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8711-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICCE.2011.5722723
