CPC H04N 9/3182 (2013.01) [G09G 3/002 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0606 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0626 (2013.01); G09G 2354/00 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims |
1. A video display device comprising:
a video input unit;
a first Retinex processing unit configured to perform a first Retinex process on a video inputted from the video input unit;
a second Retinex processing unit configured to perform a second Retinex process, which is different from the first Retinex process, on the video inputted from the video input unit;
a video composing unit configured to compose a video processed by the first Retinex processing unit and a video processed by the second Retinex processing unit in accordance with a feature of the video inputted from the video input unit; and
a display unit configured to display a video based on the video outputted from the video composing unit,
wherein in a process of composing the video processed by the first Retinex processing unit and the video processed by the second Retinex processing unit, the video composing unit is configured to perform a luminance level converting process of converting a luminance level for each pixel so that more output luminance levels are assigned to a luminance band having a luminance distribution larger than a flat reference luminance distribution, to improve visibility of a video, and
wherein the video composing unit is configured to change a gain of the luminance level converting process in accordance with an average pixel value level of the video inputted from the video input unit.
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