Abstract: It is provided a seed crystal layer, composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof, on an alumina layer on a single crystal substrate. By annealing under reducing atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower, convex-concave morphology is formed on a surface of the seed crystal layer so as to have an RMS value of 180 nm to 700 nm measured by an atomic force microscope. On the surface of the seed crystal layer, it is grown a group 13 nitride crystal layer composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof.

Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface of a crystal layer of the group 13 nitride includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, observed by cathode luminescence. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride. The crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element contains oxygen atoms in a content of 1×1018 atom/cm3 or less, silicon atoms, manganese atoms, carbon atoms, magnesium atoms and calcium atoms in contents of 1×1017 atom/cm3 or less, chromium atoms in a content of 1×1016 atom/cm3 or less and chlorine atoms in a content of 1×1015 atom/cm3 or less.

Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride. A normal line to the upper surface has an off-angle of 2.0° or less with respect to <0001> direction of the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element.

Abstract: The display driving device includes: a grouper that performs grouping of a plurality of light emitting elements (for example, light emitting elements arranged on a scanning line (for example, a scanning line of the display into one or more light emitting element groups (for example, light emitting element groups based on video information input; and a driver (for example, a cathode driver that drives the one or more light emitting element groups so that driving periods do not overlap.

Abstract: It is provided a seed crystal layer, composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof, on an alumina layer on a single crystal substrate. By annealing under reducing atmosphere at a temperature of 950° C. or higher and 1200° C. or lower, convex-concave morphology is formed on a surface of the seed crystal layer so as to have an RMS value of 180 nm to 700 nm measured by an atomic force microscope. On the surface of the seed crystal layer, it is grown a group 13 nitride crystal layer composed of a group 13 nitride crystal selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof.

Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof includes an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, and the high-luminance light-emitting part has a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element, when the upper surface is observed by cathode luminescence. The upper surface has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 nm or more and 1.0 nm or less.

Abstract: The display driving device includes: a grouper that performs grouping of a plurality of light emitting elements (for example, light emitting elements arranged on a scanning line (for example, a scanning line of the display into one or more light emitting element groups (for example, light emitting element groups based on video information input; and a driver (for example, a cathode driver that drives the one or more light emitting element groups so that driving periods do not overlap.

Abstract: A crystal of a group 13 nitride has an upper surface and lower surface and is composed of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof. When the upper surface of the layer of the crystal of the group 13 nitride is observed by cathode luminescence, the upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part. A half value width of reflection at the (0002) plane of a X-ray rocking curve on the upper surface is 3000 seconds or less and 20 seconds or more.

Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface of the crystal layer of the group 13 nitride includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, observed by cathode luminescence. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride.

Abstract: A display device is a display device having a display that displays an image based on a received image signal. This display device includes: a memory that stores maximum luminance information regarding maximum luminance that the display can display; a determiner that determines whether the image signal is an HDR image signal specified by relative luminance; a first converter that, when the determiner determines that the image signal is the HDR image signal specified by the relative luminance, subjects luminance information obtained from the image signal to nonlinear conversion based on a luminance characteristic of the display; and a second converter that converts the luminance information that has been subjected to the nonlinear conversion by the first converter such that the display displays an image at increased luminance within a luminance range determined in accordance with the maximum luminance information.

Abstract: Provided is a display method of displaying, on a display device, video of video data where luminance of video is defined by a first EOTF indicating a correlation of HDR luminance and code values. The method includes: acquiring the video data; performing, regarding each of multiple pixels making up the video in the acquired video data, first determining of determining whether luminance of that pixel exceeds a first predetermined luminance; performing, regarding each of the multiple pixels, dual tone mapping where luminance of that pixel is reduced by a different format in a case of the luminance of the pixel being found to exceed the first predetermined luminance from the first determining, and a case of the luminance of the pixel being found to be equal to or lower than the first predetermined luminance; and displaying the video on the display device using the results of the dual tone mapping.

Abstract: An image display device includes a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel which faces a rear surface of the first liquid crystal panel, and a backlight which irradiates a rear surface of the second liquid crystal panel with light. The first liquid crystal panel includes a first front polarizer on a front surface of the first liquid crystal panel, a first rear polarizer on the rear surface of the first liquid crystal panel, and a first liquid crystal cell between the first front and rear polarizers. The second liquid crystal panel includes a second front polarizer on a front surface of the second liquid crystal panel, a second rear polarizer disposed on the rear surface of the second liquid crystal pane, and smaller than the first rear polarizer in top view, and a second liquid crystal cell between the second front and rear polarizers.

Abstract: An image display device includes a first liquid crystal panel, a second liquid crystal panel which faces a rear surface of the first liquid crystal panel, and a backlight which irradiates a rear surface of the second liquid crystal panel with light. The first liquid crystal panel includes a first front polarizer on a front surface of the first liquid crystal panel, a first rear polarizer on the rear surface of the first liquid crystal panel, and a first liquid crystal cell between the first front and rear polarizers. The second liquid crystal panel includes a second front polarizer on a front surface of the second liquid crystal panel, a second rear polarizer disposed on the rear surface of the second liquid crystal pane, and smaller than the first rear polarizer in top view, and a second liquid crystal cell between the second front and rear polarizers.

Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface of a crystal layer of the group 13 nitride includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, observed by cathode luminescence. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride. A normal line to the upper surface has an off-angle of 2.0° or less with respect to <0001> direction of the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element.

Abstract: It is provided a layer of a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof, and the layer includes an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, and the high-luminance light-emitting part has a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element, in the case that the upper surface is observed by cathode luminescence. The upper surface has an arithmetic average roughness Ra of 0.05 nm or more and 1.0 nm or less.

Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface of a crystal layer of the group 13 nitride includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, observed by cathode luminescence. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride.

Abstract: It is provided a layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride having an upper surface and lower surface and composed of a crystal of the group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride or the mixed crystals thereof. In the case that the upper surface of the layer of the crystal of the group 13 nitride is observed by cathode luminescence, the upper surface includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part. A half value width of reflection at (0002) plane of an X-ray rocking curve on the upper surface is 3000 seconds or less and 20 seconds or more.

Abstract: A layer of a crystal of a group 13 nitride selected from gallium nitride, aluminum nitride, indium nitride and the mixed crystals thereof has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The upper surface of a crystal layer of the group 13 nitride includes a linear high-luminance light-emitting part and a low-luminance light-emitting region adjacent to the high-luminance light-emitting part, observed by cathode luminescence. The high-luminance light-emitting part includes a portion extending along an m-plane of the crystal of the group 13 nitride. The crystal of the nitride of the group 13 element contains oxygen atoms in a content of 1×1018 atom/cm3 or less, silicon atoms, manganese atoms, carbon atoms, magnesium atoms and calcium atoms in contents of 1×1017 atom/cm3 or less, chromium atoms in a content of 1×1016 atom/cm3 or less and chlorine atoms in a content of 1×1015 atom/cm3 or less.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel that displays an image, a backlight that includes a light emitting surface that emits light toward a rear surface of the display panel, the light emitting surface being divided into a plurality of light emitting regions, and a controller that independently determines luminance of the backlight for each of the plurality of light emitting regions according to each luminance of a plurality of image regions in the image respectively corresponding to the plurality of light emitting regions. When the backlight satisfies a predetermined condition, while comparing each determined luminance of the plurality of light emitting regions with a threshold, the controller decreases luminance of a light emitting region having luminance greater than the threshold, and maintains luminance of a light emitting region having luminance not greater than the threshold.

Abstract: Provided is a display method of displaying, on a display device, video of video data where luminance of video is defined by a first EOTF indicating a correlation of HDR luminance and code values. The method includes: acquiring the video data; performing, regarding each of multiple pixels making up the video in the acquired video data, first determining of determining whether luminance of that pixel exceeds a first predetermined luminance; performing, regarding each of the multiple pixels, dual tone mapping where luminance of that pixel is reduced by a different format in a case of the luminance of the pixel being found to exceed the first predetermined luminance from the first determining, and a case of the luminance of the pixel being found to be equal to or lower than the first predetermined luminance; and displaying the video on the display device using the results of the dual tone mapping.