Image enhancement IC automatically controls lcd panel backlighting

Utilising the company's original image enhancement technology, the S2D13782F is optimised to reduce power consumption and automatically corrects input images to optimal brightness, contrast, gamma curve and saturation. "LCD panel backlighting accounts for a large percentage of the overall power consumed by lcds," said Ryuhei Miyagawa, deputy coo of Epson's Microdevices Operations Division. "We created this product to answer customer needs for an lcd that curbs backlight current, but which maintains the brightness and expression of the panel." The S2D13782F also features Epson's Adaptive Sharpness technology, which is said to facilitate greater visibility in subtitles and other text data.