Patent ID: 7262813
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: B60R,H04N

Abstract:
1. A video output device comprising: a video signal generation unit for generating a video signal corresponding to video to be displayed, wherein the video to be displayed is composed of a plurality of temporally successive frames; a display unit for displaying the video based on the video signal generated by the video signal generation unit; lighting units disposed in the vicinity of the display unit; and a lighting control unit for controlling a lighting mode of each lighting unit based on the content of the displayed video in synchronization with the display timing of the video so that a viewer is provided with video images having a sense of presence that is greater than the size of the display unit, wherein the lighting control unit analyzes the content of the video corresponding to each frame, extracts a feature from each of a plurality of areas in the frame, and sets up the lighting mode of the lighting unit by weighting the features in a predetermined manner and adding the weighted features.