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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2005
Chao-hung Hsu, Taichung County, TW;
Wei-chi Lai, Taoyuan County, TW;
Chao-Hung Hsu, Taichung County, TW;
Wei-Chi Lai, Taoyuan County, TW;
Chungwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., Taoyuan, TW;
Abstract
A luminance adjustment apparatus for a plasma display panel (PDP) is proposed. The luminance adjustment apparatus includes a luminance controller, a gray level shifter and a power controller. The luminance controller outputs a gray level shifting signal and a power adjustment signal. The gray level shifter receives a first luminance video signal and the gray level shifting signal, after the first luminance video signal being level shifted according to the gray level shifting signal, a gray level shifted video signal is output. The power controller is used to receive the gray level shifted video signal and the power adjustment signal, after the gray level shifted video signal being power adjusted by the power adjustment signal, a sub-field controlling signal is output. This enables the preservation of image gradation when adjusting luminance of a video image.