Using a Convolution Neural Network for High Quality and Efficient Local Dimming
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1.Tianjin University;2.Tianjin University of Technology

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The National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program, Key Program, Major Research Plan)

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    Local dimming systems with LED backlight arrays improve display quality and reduce power consumption. Traditional parameter-based algorithms often yield suboptimal visual quality, while optimization-based meth-ods are computationally expensive, hindering real-time video applications. This paper proposes a CNN-based Local Dimming Network (LDN) that generates near-optimal backlight luminance matrices by leveraging optimi-zation principles. Compared to parameter-based and CNN-based methods, LDN achieves superior image quality. Unlike optimization-based approaches, LDN maintains high computational efficiency, making it suitable for re-al-time video processing. Thus, LDN balances high visual quality and low computational cost, addressing key limitations of existing local dimming algorithms.

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  • Received:August 31,2025
  • Revised:September 23,2025
  • Adopted:October 22,2025
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