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).

  • Liquid crystal display backlight with scaling
    Patent number: 7573457
    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 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH MODULATED BLACK POINT
    Publication number: 20090184918
    Abstract: A backlit display with improved dynamic range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2009
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-fan Feng, Scott J. Daly
  • Methods and systems for adaptive dither pattern processing
    Patent number: 7554555
    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: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Daly, Xiao-fan Feng
  • Liquid crystal display with filtered black point
    Patent number: 7532192
    Abstract: A backlit display that displays an image having a luminance that is separated into a transmission component driving liquid crystal material and an illumination component driving a backlight, where the transmission component comprises at least 60% of the image luminance and the illumination component comprises less than 30% of the image luminance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-fan Feng, Scott J. Daly
  • Methods and Systems for Image Enhancement
    Publication number: 20090109233
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for image enhancement. Some embodiments comprise color detection, color mapping and differential processing based on color characteristics. Some embodiments comprise tonescale processing. Some embodiments comprise application of dither pattern noise to an image to reduce contouring artifacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventors: Louis J. Kerofsky, Xiao-Fan Feng, Hao Pan, Scott J. Daly
  • Correction of visible mura distortions in displays by use of flexible system for memory resources and mura characteristics
    Publication number: 20090096729
    Abstract: A display that includes at least one gray level being provided to a plurality of pixels that illuminates each of the pixels with the gray level. The display applies interpolated corrective data for the pixels so as to reduce the mura effects of said display for those characteristics generally visible by the human visual system and so as not to reduce the mura effects of the display for those characteristics generally not visible by the human visual system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Yasuo Ozawa, Scott J. Daly, Xiao-Fan Feng
  • Virtual solar liquid crystal window
    Publication number: 20090079907
    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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Xiao-Fan Feng, Scott J. Daly
  • Liquid crystal display with reduced black level insertion
    Patent number: 7505018
    Abstract: A backlit display with improved dynamic range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Xiao-fan Feng, Scott J. Daly
  • Backlit display with improved dynamic range
    Patent number: 7505027
    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: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Backlit display with improved dynamic range
    Patent number: 7505028
    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: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Backlit display with improved dynamic range
    Patent number: 7499017
    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: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Bit-depth extension of digital displays via the use of models of the impulse response of the visual system
    Patent number: 7474316
    Abstract: A dithering pattern that is generated based on a spatial operation is used for a Bit-Depth Extension (BDE) technique for preventing contouring artifacts in an image displayed by a display having a bit-depth that-is less than the bit-depth of the image. The dithering pattern can be based on achromatic visual model or a spatio-chromatic visual model. The dither pattern is formed by shaping a pseudo-random noise signal by an equivalent noise visual model that is based on an array of pixels. Alternatively, the array of pixels is based on an image, or a determinate array of pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Enhancing the quality of decoded quantized images
    Publication number: 20080298711
    Abstract: A system for image enhancement and, more particularly, a system for enhancing the quality of a quantized image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Scott J. Daly, Xiao-fan Feng
  • Image upsampling technique
    Publication number: 20080291332
    Abstract: A upscaling (upsampling) technique for digital images and video for presentation on a display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventors: Dean Messing, M. Ibrahim Sezan, Scott J. Daly
  • Enhancing the quality of decoded quantizes images
    Publication number: 20080279473
    Abstract: A system for image enhancement and, more particularly, a system for enhancing the quality of a quantized image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Scott J. Daly, Hao Pan
  • Enhancing the quality of decoded quantized images
    Patent number: 7440633
    Abstract: A system for image enhancement and, more particularly, a system for enhancing the quality of a quantized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Reduction of mura effects
    Publication number: 20080238934
    Abstract: A display that includes at least one gray level being provided to a plurality of pixels that illuminates each of the pixels with the gray level. The display applies corrective data for the pixels so as to reduce the mura effects of said display for those characteristics generally visible by the human visual system and so as not to reduce the mura effects of the display for those characteristics generally not visible by the human visual system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: Scott J. Daly, Yasuo Ozawa
  • Enhancing the quality of decoded quantized images
    Patent number: 7424168
    Abstract: A system for image enhancement and, more particularly, a system for enhancing the quality of a quantized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott J. Daly, Xiao-fan Feng
  • Enhancing the quality of decoded quantized images
    Patent number: 7424166
    Abstract: A system for image enhancement and, more particularly, a system for enhancing the quality of a quantized image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott J. Daly
  • Methods and Systems for Surround-Specific Display Modeling
    Publication number: 20080208551
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for surround-specific display modeling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Louis Joseph Kerofsky, Scott J. Daly