Patents by Inventor Scott J. Daly

Scott J. Daly has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Color enhancement technique using skin color detection
    Patent number: 7853094
    Abstract: A method for enhancing the color of an image to be displayed on a display includes receiving an image having a plurality of pixels where each of the pixels has a plurality of color components. The image is filtered using a spatial filter in such a manner that the lower frequency content of the image is enhanced in such a manner that the color gamut of the lower frequency content is increased. The filtered image is modified such that the higher frequency content of the image to obtain a modified image that includes the higher frequency content and the lower frequency content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hao Pan, Scott J. Daly
  • Methods and systems for surround-specific display modeling
    Patent number: 7826681
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for surround-specific display modeling in which the brightness of a display is varied based on a perceptual brightness model that is expressed as a function of the illumination level that surrounds a display as it is being perceived by a viewer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Louis Joseph Kerofsky, Scott J. Daly
  • Enhancing the quality of decoded quantized images
    Patent number: 7787704
    Abstract: A system for image enhancement and, more particularly, a system for enhancing the quality of a quantized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Daly, Hao Pan
  • Liquid crystal display with adaptive width
    Patent number: 7777714
    Abstract: A backlit display with improved dynamic range. The disclosed display illuminates a pixel of the display at respective non-zero illumination levels during each of a first frame and a second frame and decreases the illumination level of the pixel during the interval between the first frame and the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-fan Feng, Scott J. Daly
  • Skin color cognizant GMA with luminance equalization
    Publication number: 20100194773
    Abstract: A method for mapping/enhancing the color of an image to be displayed on a display includes receiving an image having a plurality of pixels where each of the pixels has a plurality of color components. The image is processed using a pair of gamut color mapping operations in combination with skin-tone pixels detection to modify the image in a suitable manner for presentation on the display, wherein the technique includes color temperature compensation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Hao Pan, Scott J. Daly
  • Methods and systems for image tonescale adjustment to compensate for a reduced source light power level
    Patent number: 7768496
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems, methods and devices for increasing the perceived brightness of an image. In some embodiments this increase compensates for a decrease in display light-source illumination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Methods and systems for multi-view display privacy
    Patent number: 7762676
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for enhancing privacy in a multi-view display. Some aspects relate to creating an image mask dependent on the presence of text in an image displayed on the primary view of a multi-view display. The generated image mask may be displayed on the secondary views of a multi-view display to provide increased obscurity of the primary view image from unwanted onlookers, thereby enhancing primary viewer privacy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Liquid crystal display backlight with modulation
    Patent number: 7737936
    Abstract: A display is backlit by a source having spatially modulated luminance to attenuate illumination of dark areas of images and increase the dynamic range of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Virtual solar liquid crystal window
    Patent number: 7724322
    Abstract: A display system includes a building, a wall enclosed within the building, and a light guide directing light from the exterior of the building to the wall within the building. A display is supported proximate the wall where the display includes a liquid crystal layer and not including a backlight. The light guide directing the light to the liquid crystal layer is in such a manner that the combination of the light and the liquid crystal layer results in an image displayed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-Fan Feng, Scott J. Daly
  • Liquid crystal display backlight with level change
    Patent number: 7714830
    Abstract: A display is backlit by a source having spatially modulated luminance to attenuate illumination of dark areas of images and increase the dynamic range of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Methods and systems for adaptive dither pattern application
    Patent number: 7692665
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for adaptive dither pattern array generation and application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Daly, Xiao-fan Feng
  • Liquid crystal display backlight with variable amplitude LED
    Patent number: 7675500
    Abstract: A display is backlit by a source having spatially modulated luminance to attenuate illumination of dark areas of images and increase the dynamic range of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Image compression using a color visual model
    Patent number: 7657110
    Abstract: A system for coding images, and more particularly, to a system for compressing images to a reduced number of bits by employing a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) in combination with a visual model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-fan Feng, Scott J. Daly, Shawmin Lei, Renjit Tom Thomas
  • Methods and Systems for Region-Based Up-Scaling
    Publication number: 20090324079
    Abstract: Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for region-based up-scaling, and in particular, for up-scaling still images and video frames that contain graphical elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Chang Yuan, Scott J. DALY, Dean Messing
  • Liquid crystal display with adaptive color
    Patent number: 7623105
    Abstract: A system for modifying images to be shown on displays that have display characteristics dependant on the angle at which a displayed image is viewed. An image may be modified by detecting the position of a viewer relative to a display and based on the detected position, correcting the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Baoxin Li, Xiao-Fan Feng, Scott J. Daly, M. Ibrahim Sezan, Petrus J. L. van Beek, Hao Pan
  • Liquid crystal display with modulated black point
    Patent number: 7612757
    Abstract: A backlit display with improved dynamic range. The disclosed display illuminates a pixel of the display at respective non-zero illumination levels during each of a first frame and a second frame and decreases the illumination level of the pixel during the interval between the first frame and the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-fan Feng, Scott J. Daly
  • Liquid crystal display with colored backlight
    Publication number: 20090262067
    Abstract: A method of backlighting a liquid crystal display so as to improve the quality of the image displayed by the liquid crystal display. The method may vary the luminance of a light source illuminating a plurality of displayed pixels and vary the transmittance of a light valve of the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Xiao-fan Feng, Scott J. Daly, Dean Messing
  • Liquid crystal display with colored backlight
    Patent number: 7602369
    Abstract: A method of backlighting a liquid crystal display so as to improve the quality of the image displayed by the liquid crystal display. The method may vary the luminance of a light source illuminating a plurality of displayed pixels and vary the transmittance of a light valve of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-fan Feng, Scott J. Daly, Dean Messing
  • Method and apparatus for rendering virtual see-through scenes on single or tiled displays
    Publication number: 20090244267
    Abstract: A system for displaying an image on a display includes a display for displaying an image thereon. A three dimensional representation of an image is obtained. The three dimensional representation is rendered as a two dimensional representation on the display. An imaging device is associated with the display. The location of a viewer is determined with respect to the display. The rendering on the display is based upon the determining the location of the viewer with respect to the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Chang Yuan, Scott J. Daly
  • Method and apparatus for building compound-eye seeing displays
    Publication number: 20090245696
    Abstract: A display includes an integrated imaging sensor and a plurality of pixels. The imaging sensor integrated within the display includes a plurality of individual sensors each of which provides an output. The output of each of the individual sensors is processed to generate an image. The resulting image has a greater depth of field than the depth of field of one of the individual sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Chang Yuan, Scott J. Daly