Patent ID: 8643581
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. An image processing device performing a frame rate control on image data corresponding to a display image or a display timing control signal corresponding to the image data, comprising: a brightness distribution generating unit that generates a brightness distribution on the basis of the image data in terms of a block which is obtained by dividing the display image on a screen into a plurality of blocks; an image type determining unit that determines a type of an image on the basis of the brightness distribution in terms of the block; and a frame rate control unit that performs frame rate control corresponding to the determined image type in terms of the block, wherein the brightness distribution generating unit includes: a first brightness distribution generator that generates the brightness distribution in a first direction of the display image; and a second brightness distribution generator that generates the brightness distribution in a second direction of the display image intersecting the first direction, and wherein the image type determining unit determines the type of an image on the basis of the brightness distribution in the first direction and the brightness distribution in the second direction; and wherein the frame rate control unit outputs the image data and the display timing control signal in a mode corresponding to the image type determined by the image type determining unit between a first mode in which an interlaced scanning operation and a progressive scanning operation are switched after each first interval of time, a second mode in which a frame rate decreases every dot, a third mode in which an image display is thinned out every given frame, and a fourth mode in which an image is shifted by one dot relative to the original display image after a second interval of time has elapsed.