Saliency aware display power management

Yang Xiao, Kevin Irick, Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Donghwa Shin, Naehyuck Chang

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Abstract

In this paper, a bio-inspired technique of finding the regions of highest visual importance within an image is proposed for reducing power consumption in modern liquid crystal displays (LCDs) that utilize a 2D light-emitting diode (LED) backlighting system. The conspicuity map generated from this neuromorphic saliency model, along with an adaptive dimming method, is applied to the backlighting array to reduce the luminance of regions of least interest as perceived by a human viewer. Corresponding image compensation is applied to the saliency modulated image to minimize distortion and retain the original image quality. Experimental results shows average 65% power can be saved when the original display system is integrated with a low-overhead real-time hardware implementation of the saliency model.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE 2013
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1203-1208
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783981537000
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event16th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2013 - Grenoble, France
Duration: Mar 18 2013Mar 22 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings -Design, Automation and Test in Europe, DATE
ISSN (Print)1530-1591

Other

Other16th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2013
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityGrenoble
Period3/18/133/22/13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Engineering

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