Patent ID: 6924825

Claim:
A contrast adjusting circuit comprising a video data calculating section comprising a subtraction circuit for subtracting central point data Xc from input video data X, a multiplying circuit for multiplying output data from the subtraction circuit by a slope A and an adding circuit for adding central point data Yc to output data from the multiplying circuit to obtain output video data, designed for obtaining output video data Y by substituting the input video data X, the slope A and the central point data Xc and Yc in a calculation formula, Y=A·X+Yc−A−Xc, where the input video data is given as X, X_>= — 0; the output video data after contrast adjustment as Y, Y_>= — 0; the slope variably set for contrast adjustment as A, A_> — 0; the central point data as Xc and Yc, Xc_> — 0 and Yc_> — 0, an average luminance calculating section for obtaining the average luminance level of an image during an n-frame period, n being an integer of 1 or more, and a data converting section comprising a look-up table that outputs the corresponding central point data, Xc and Yc, by using the average luminance, obtained by the average luminance calculating section, as an address, for converting the average luminance level obtained by the average luminance calculating section to the corresponding central point data, out of a plurality of predetermined central point data, wherein the central point data Xc and Yc to be outputted from the data converting section are used as the central point data to be inputted to the video data calculating section.