Abstract: A method, system, and recorded instructions are provided for displaying an item on a touch display screen of the computing device, the touch display screen being operable to detect a user contact with the touch display screen; defining, with respect to the touch display screen, a first direction of the touch display screen and a second direction of the touch display screen such that the user contact with the touch display screen indicates both a first directional value in the first direction, and a second directional value in the second direction; then detecting the user contact with the touch display screen when the touch display screen is displaying of the item; determining the first directional value and the second directional value of the user contact; and, determining a response to the user contact based on the first directional value, the second directional value and the item.

Abstract: An Optical See-Through viewing device (100) comprising a controller (101) configured to control a display arrangement (110) comprising an image capturing device (112), wherein the controller (101) is further configured to: a) display virtual content (DVC, 115) overlapping at least one real-life object (RLO) viewable by a user's eye (E) through the Optical See-Through viewing device (100); b) capture a composite view of displayed virtual content (DVC, 115) overlapping real life object (RLO); c) determine captured virtual content (CVC) based on composite view; d) determine a difference (D) between captured virtual content (CVC) and the displayed virtual content (DVC, 115); e) determine modified virtual content (MDVC) based on the difference (D); and f) display the modified virtual content (MDVC).

Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed for reconstructing freeform gradients from an input image. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods comprise receiving an input image, computing an outline of the input image, identifying a set of candidate color handles for the input image, each candidate color handle of the set of candidate color handles representing an extremum point for a color in the input image, generating a reconstructed image using a subset of the set of candidate color handles, determining a reconstruction error by computing a difference between the input image and the reconstructed image, and providing the reconstructed image when the reconstruction error is below a threshold value.

Abstract: An apparatus including a capture device and a processor. The capture device may be configured to generate pixel data of a location. The processor may be configured to generate video frames from said pixel data, perform video operations to detect objects in the video frames, extract data about the objects based on characteristics of the objects determined using the video operations, compare the data to a list of restrictions for the location and generate a notification in response to the data matching an entry of the list of restrictions. The video frames may be discarded after performing the video operations. The video operations may be performed locally by the processor.

Abstract: In implementations of systems for generating accessible color themes, a computing device implements an accessibility system to receive an input color palette including original colors defined in a color space. The accessibility system generates color vision deficiency simulations that correspond to pairs of the original colors and computes perceptual color differences between the color vision deficiency simulations. Candidate colors are determined for corresponding original colors based at least partially on the perceptual color differences and a conflicting perceptual color difference. The accessibility system outputs an output color palette including replacement colors defined in the color space that are generated at least partially based on distances between the candidate colors and the corresponding original colors computed in a CIELAB color space.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an image input section configured to receive input of an image, a chromatic value acquisition section configured to obtain a chromatic value with respect to each of pixels of the image, an RGB conversion section configured to convert the chromatic value of each of the pixels of the image into an unnormalized linear RGB value expressed by a linear RGB value based on a characteristic of a display which outputs the image, a normalization section configured to divide the unnormalized linear RGB value by a modulus higher than a maximum value of linear RGB values which express displayable colors of the display to thereby generate a normalized linear RGB value when the unnormalized linear RGB value of at least one of the pixels is higher than the maximum value, an outputting RGB conversion section configured to convert the normalized linear RGB value into a display outputting RGB value, and an output section configured to output the display outputting RGB value to the display.

Abstract: An electronic endoscope system includes an image processing unit that uses a numerical value to evaluate an appearance feature appearing in a biological tissue by using an images captured by an electronic endoscope. The image processing unit calculates a first pixel evaluation value indicating a degree of a first feature, which is featured by a first color component or a first shape appearing in an attention area in the biological tissue, and which relates to the first color component or the first shape, for each pixel from the image, and calculates a first representative evaluation value relating to the first feature by integrating the first pixel evaluation value. Furthermore, the image processing unit evaluates a degree of a second feature that shares the first color component or the first shape with the first feature.

Abstract: There is provided a system including a non-transitory memory storing an executable code and a hardware processor executing the executable code to receive a media content including a plurality of frames, divide the media content into a plurality of shots, each of the plurality of shots including a plurality of frames of the media content based on a first similarity between the plurality of frames, determine a plurality of sequential shots of the plurality of shots to be part of a first sub-scene of a plurality of sub-scenes of a scene based on a timeline continuity of the plurality of sequential shots, identify each of the plurality of shots of the media content and each of the plurality of sub-scenes with a corresponding beginning time code and a corresponding ending time code.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display method of a display panel. The display method may include obtaining original luminance of three single color subpixels in each of the pixel units based on an image to be displayed; obtaining luminance compensation values of the three single color subpixels that need to be color compensated at a time of obtaining the luminance of the mixed color subpixel as the first substitute luminance; calculating luminance of the mixed color produced by the three single color subpixels in the pixel unit respectively based on each of the luminance of the three single color subpixels after color compensation; and setting input luminance of the single color subpixel having the smallest luminance of the mixed color as 0, and obtaining actual luminance of the other single color subpixels and the mixed color subpixel.

Abstract: An image processing is configured to convert a color of a first object into gray having first brightness and a color of a second object into gray having second brightness lower than the first brightness by a fixed value in response to receiving color data including the first object and the second object, and output gray data based on the first brightness of gray into which the color of the first object is converted and the second brightness of gray into which the color of the second object is converted.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and non-transitory computer readable storage media are disclosed for utilizing enhanced curve primitives to modify color gradients in vector-based graphics. To illustrate, the disclosed system can receive an input of a curve to insert into a portion of a vector-based graphic including a mesh for a color gradient. The disclosed system can then insert a discontinuity into the mesh by adding a plurality of vertices to the mesh defining two unconnected edges at the position of the curve within the portion of the vector-based graphic. After inserting the discontinuity into the mesh, the disclosed system can determine colors for the edges of the discontinuity based on one or more user-selected colors and/or one or more colors associated with the color gradient. The disclosed system can then update the color gradient in response to determining the colors for the edges of the discontinuity.

Abstract: In one example, a device includes one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to execute a Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH) aware application (DAA) and a DASH client, and one or more user interfaces. The DAA subscribes to DASH events of a DASH event stream via a first application programming interface (API) between the DAA and a DASH client executed by the one or more processors. The DAA then receives data for one or more DASH events of the DASH event stream from the DASH client via a second API between the DAA and the DASH client, the data for the one or more DASH events specifying interactivity-related content. The DAA then presents the interactivity-related content via the one or more user interfaces. The DAA may further send usage measurements on usage of the interactivity-related content to the DASH client, for reporting to a report server device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for segmenting a video. The method may include: performing video shot segmentation on a to-be-segmented video to obtain an initial video clip set; selecting at least one video clip from the video clip set; determining, for a video clip in the at least one video clip, a semantic similarity between two video clips adjacent to the video clip; and combining two video clips corresponding to a semantic similarity greater than a preset first similarity threshold value in the determined semantic similarity and a video clip between the two video clips to obtain a final video clip set.

Abstract: A computer implemented color management system and method are disclosed. The system comprises a color data repository encoding data indexing links on items according to a predetermined color classification scheme and a processor configured to execute computer program code for executing a color management system, including computer program code configured to provide a user interface configured to receive a user query and provide data from the color data repository in dependence on the user query, computer program code configured to provide a plurality of content interfaces. Each content interface is configured to link a respective remote content data repository storing data on items to the item's respective entry in the color data repository and upon presentation of a new item by the respective remote content data repository to classify the new item according to the predetermined color classification scheme and index a link to the new item in the color data repository according to the classification.

Abstract: Systems and methods for efficient lossless compression of captured raw image information are presented. A method can comprise: receiving raw image data from an image capture device, segregating the pixel data into a base layer portion and an enhanced layer portion, reconfiguring the base layer portion expressed in the first color space values from a raw capture format into a pseudo second color space compression mechanism compatible format, and compressing the reconfigured base layer portion of first color space values. The raw image data can include pixel data are expressed in first color space values. The segregation can be based upon various factors, including a compression benefits analysis of a boundary location between the base layer portion and enhanced layer portion. The reconfiguring the base layer portion can include separating the base layer portion based upon multiple components within the raw data; and forming base layer video frames from the multiple components.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical device, includes obtaining a plurality of test images in each of which spectral intensities of a first color component, a second color component and a third color component are separately changeable, changing the spectral intensity of the first color component in at least a first test image, changing the spectral intensity of the second color component in at least a second test image, obtaining a spectral intensity Rs of the first color component and a spectral intensity Gs of the second color component satisfying a particular test condition when a subject is looking at the first and second test images, and manufacturing the optical device including an optical element configured to adjust spectral intensities of the first color component and the second color component, in light transmitted through the optical element, based on the spectral intensities Rs and Gs.

Abstract: A method and a circuit for viewing-angle image compensation applied to a flat panel display are provided. A viewing-angle image compensation scheme is applied to an input image for improving a problem of color shift caused by a large viewing angle. The method further solves the blur effect in high frequency regions and color bleeding in low saturation regions of the input image after viewing-angle image compensation. In the method, a frequency distribution of the input image is detected and decremental frequency weights are assigned to the regions having high to low frequencies. A saturation distribution of the input image is detected and incremental saturation weights are assigned to the regions having high to low saturations. The weights assigned to the regions are used to designate degrees of the viewing-angle image compensation. The method can effectively reduce the effect of the viewing-angle image compensation on the image.

Abstract: A pixel pre-processing comprises subsampling a linear color in a first color space to obtain a subsampled linear color in the first color space. A first transfer function is applied to the subsampled linear color the first color space to obtain a subsampled non-linear color in the first color space. A first color transform is applied to the subsampled non-linear color in the first color space to obtain a subsampled first non-linear chroma component value and/or a subsampled second non-linear chroma component value in a second color space. A non-linear luma component value in the second color space is derived for the pixel, which together with the subsampled non-linear chroma component values represent a color the pixel. The pre-processing reduces chroma artifacts that may otherwise occur when chroma subsampling is performed following application of the first transfer function and the first color transform.

Abstract: An image processing method and an electronic device thereof are provided. The image processing method includes performing a color processing procedure on the target pixel and correspondingly obtaining a plurality of first processed pixels.

Abstract: Techniques to improve operation of an augmented reality device and/or system utilizing fiducial markers and/or color space conversions are provided. In various embodiments, a color space of an object is altered based on a movement of the object in relation to an environment. The environment may include two or more segments with a distinct environment color space in relation to one another. The object may transition from one of the two or more environment segments into the other one of the two or more segments. The alteration is based on the transition from the color space of the one of the two or more environment segments into the other one of the two or more environment segments.

Abstract: A program provides a color palette which is provided as a plug-in for content creation software as a user interface to cause a computer to implement means for determining color difference identifiability of other colors with respect to a specified color specified by a user among a plurality of colors provided in a plurality of color parts that constitute the color palette for each of the non-handicapped, the color vision handicapped and the elderly, means for determining brightness difference identifiability of other colors with respect to the specified color among the plurality of colors for each of the non-handicapped, the color vision handicapped and the elderly, means for identifying a color group for which the non-handicapped or the like are commonly provided with identifiability for color differences and brightness differences based on the color difference identifiability and the brightness difference identifiability and means for switching a display mode of each of the color parts between a user specif

Abstract: Color mapping information can be used to transform one color to another color. The present embodiments provide a solution for representing the color mapping information using a successive application of multiple color mapping functions. Parameters for the multiple color mapping functions can be encoded into a bitstream. In one embodiment, color mapping functions are consecutively applied on their own domains of definition only. In another embodiment, the first color mapping (CRI1) is applied on its domain of definition only, but the second color mapping is applied only on samples that have been previously color mapped by CRI1 and which are also inside the domain of definition of the second color mapping function. At the decode side, the multiple color mapping functions can be reconstructed and successively applied to a decoded picture to generate another picture.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method receives an image of video content for a video offered by a video delivery service. The method analyzes pixels in the image to determine color attributes of the pixels, the color attributes including a lightness attribute and a hue attribute. Lightness counts for the image based on the lightness attribute and hue group counts based on the hue attribute are generated for the pixels. The method selects a lightness classification from lightness classifications based on the lightness counts and selects a hue group from hue groups based on the hue group counts. The lightness classification and the hue group classification are sent to a client device to allow the client device to generate a color using the lightness classification, the hue group classification, and a saturation value, the color being applied to an interface on the client device that is displaying the image.

Abstract: A projection system projects images onto a projection surface in, for example, a computer game head-mounted display (HMD). The light is projected through a spatial light modulator that is combined with a Freeform Fourier Lens that is a combination of a Fresnel lens, an X-phase grating, a Y-phase grating, and a radial grating. The freeform lens causes the gradual shrinking of portions of the laser-projected image, decreasing the perceived pixel pitch in at least one foveal area on the projection surface compared to a non-modulated laser image. The center positions of the Fresnel lens and radial grating can be changed in the X and Y axes, moving the condensed foveal areas in accordance with eye tracking of the user. In effect, the system projects a Foveated image that contains variable pixel pitch such that a user perceives a higher visual acuity in his gaze direction.

Abstract: A light emitting device includes at least one first light emitting element to emit a first light and at least one fluorescent material to convert the first light to a second light. The second light has chromaticity existing in an enclosed area in a CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram. The CIE 1931 chromaticity diagram has a curved boundary indicating a spectral locus. The enclosed area is enclosed with a first straight line, a second straight line, a third straight line, and a curved line. The first straight line connects a first point at which x is equal to 0.666 and y is equal to 0.334 and a second point at which x is equal to 0.643 and y is equal to 0.334. The second straight line connects the second point and a third point at which x is equal to 0.576 and y is equal to 0.291. The third straight line connects the third point and a fourth point at which x is equal to 0.737 and y is equal to 0.263. The curved line connects the fourth point and the first point. The curved line is a part of the curved boundary.

Abstract: This application relates to a method and an apparatus for driving a display apparatus and a display apparatus. The method for driving the display apparatus includes: calculating average signals of sub pixel units in a zone to obtain a zone first average signal, a zone second average signal, and a zone third average signal; first performing second gamma adjustment according to grayscale corresponding predefined ranges of the first, second, and third average signals; allowing a second luminance ratio in a large viewing angle less than first and third luminance ratios in the large viewing angle, presenting a neutral color; and adjusting luminance of a corresponding second light source.

Abstract: This application relates to a method and an apparatus for driving a display apparatus and a display apparatus. The method for driving a display apparatus includes: calculating average signals of sub pixel units in a zone to obtain a zone red average signal, a zone green average signal, and a zone blue average signal; separately performing a green adjustment and a blue gamma adjustment according to grayscale corresponding predefined ranges of the red, green, and blue average signals; and adjusting luminances of corresponding green light source and blue light sources. Color brightness of red in a large viewing angle can be improved while performance of an original color signal can be maintained.

Abstract: A method for enhancing visual representation of a geologic feature in 3D seismic survey data, comprising the steps of: (a) generating a plurality of first attribute volumes, each comprising at least one characterising attribute, derivable from said 3D seismic data and different from the characterising attributes of any one of the other said plurality of first attribute volumes; (b) generating a plurality of filtered attribute volumes for each one of said plurality of first attribute volumes, utilizing a plurality of distinct filter settings at each one of said at least one characterising attribute; (c) generating a composite attribute volume by selectively combining one or more of said plurality of filtered attribute volumes so as to maximise visual detectability of said geologic feature.

Abstract: A pixel pre-processing comprises subsampling a linear color in a first color space to obtain a subsampled linear color in the first color space. A first transfer function is applied to the subsampled linear color in the first color space to obtain a subsampled non-linear color in the first color space. A first color transform is applied to the subsampled non-linear color in the first color space to obtain a subsampled first non-linear chroma component value and/or a subsampled second non-linear chroma component value in a second color space. A non-linear luma component value in the second color space is derived for the pixel, which together with the subsampled non-linear chroma component values represent a color the pixel. The pre-processing reduces chroma artifacts that may otherwise occur when chroma subsampling is performed following application of the first transfer function and the first color transform.

Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for rendering a smooth gradient of colors across a boundary surface of two or more shapes by creating a polygon mesh representation of the surface of the two or more shapes and rendering the mesh for display such that the curvature of colors is minimized across the mesh.

Abstract: A profile adjustment system adjusts a profile to be used for converting a coordinate value in a color space, based on an adjustment target at an adjustment point indicating a color to be adjusted. The profile adjustment system includes a coordinate receiving unit configured to display on a display unit an input field for coordinates of the adjustment point, and to receive an input of the coordinates of the adjustment point, and a color display processing unit configured to display on the display unit a color corresponding to the coordinates, the input of which has been received, in association with displaying of the coordinates.

Abstract: A field-sequential color image display device is provided which can sufficiently reduce power consumption while suppressing color breakup. In a liquid crystal display device that displays a color image under a field sequential system in which each frame period includes four field periods corresponding to three primary colors, namely red, green, and blue, and a white color, the emission intensity of a light source section (120) during the white field period is determined in advance so that the white color is displayed at a target maximum luminance when the transmittance of a pixel array section (110) is at its maximum during all of the four field periods. A drive control section (200) separates an input image signal into white, blue, green, and red components, expands the white component, and then assigns the components to the four field periods.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for changing a color of weather presenter's costume in real time based on weather information. The apparatus includes: a control unit configured to determine a color representing given weather information; and a color change unit configured to change a color of weather presenter's costume into the determined color. Accordingly, since the apparatus represents weather information through a color of weather presenter's costume, a viewer may intuitively grasp an overall weather condition through the weather presenter's costume.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to determine, for each of polygons that express a 3D shape, a color to be used when the polygon is projected, based on a position of the polygon with respect to a slice plane along a projecting direction in which the polygons are projected, and generate slice data that expresses a sectional shape of the 3D shape along the slice plane based on determined colors.

Abstract: Various embodiments relate to an apparatus for controlling a lighting device. A light control circuit can use a controlled lighting sequence control and drive viewed sections of a lighting device to display chroma key color or emit infrared light, while driving other unviewed portions of the lighting device to display ambient and incident lighting. The viewed and unviewed lighting sections can be based on the field of vision of an image capture device and can change in relation to movements of the image capture device. A sensor can make measurements to determine to field of vision of the image capture device and can be used to generate or modify the controlled lighting sequence. An image processing circuit can generate a composite image using the chroma key while maintaining the subjects that are captured using ambient and incident lighting.

Abstract: Novel systems and methods are described for creating, compressing, and distributing video or image content graded for a plurality of displays with different dynamic ranges. In implementations, the created content is “continuous dynamic range” (CDR) content—a novel representation of pixel-luminance as a function of display dynamic range. The creation of the CDR content includes grading a source content for a minimum dynamic range and a maximum dynamic range, and defining a luminance of each pixel of an image or video frame of the source content as a continuous function between the minimum and the maximum dynamic ranges. In additional implementations, a novel graphical user interface for creating and editing the CDR content is described.

Abstract: A device may determine, based on data in a bitstream, a luma sample (Y) of a pixel, a Cb sample of the pixel, and the Cr sample of the pixel. Furthermore, the device may obtain, from the bitstream, a first scaling factor and a second scaling factor. Additionally, the device may determine, based on the first scaling factor, the Cb sample for the pixel, and Y, a converted B sample (B?) for the pixel. The device may determine, based on the second scaling factor, the Cr sample for the pixel, and Y, a converted R sample (R?) for the pixel. The device may apply an electro-optical transfer function (EOTF) to convert Y?, R?, and B? to a luminance sample for the pixel, a R sample for the pixel, and a B sample for the pixel, respectively.

Abstract: Said method comprises a first cusp-oriented lightness-mapping step and a second lightness-mapping step in which a source color (N) is mapped into a mapped color (N?) having the same hue (H?=H) and the same chroma (C?=C) as the source color, where the second mapping step is defined such as to bring more colors in a target color gamut and more colors closer to the boundary of this target gamut.

Abstract: A method for modifying digital media comprises receiving one or more digital media items, determining a plurality of colors and one or more associations between the colors in the one or more digital media items; collecting a color vision profile from one or more color blind individuals in an environment; analyzing the color vision profiles to determine common colors visible by the one or more color-blind individuals; identifying a color scheme for modifying the one or more digital media items to correspond to the common colors visible by the one or more color-blind individuals; and modifying the one or more digital media items using the color scheme.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for segmentation of an examination region to be imaged, scan projection data are acquired from the examination region to be mapped. Iterative reconstruction takes place on the basis of the acquired scan projection data. Preliminary image data and preliminary textural features are reconstructed. Anticipated preliminary structures, preferably preliminary contours, are determined in the examination region on the basis of the obtained preliminary textural features. The anticipated preliminary structures are then taken into account during iterative reconstruction of preliminary image data and preliminary textural features. An image segmentation method is described, moreover. An image reconstruction device is also described.

Abstract: Methods of image calibration and in particular of image calibration having a multiple of color scales as well as to quantitative imaging such as quantitative medical imaging, or to a display device or to a system for displaying an image, or to a controller of a display, or to software to enable the image calibration, or to a visualization application and a display. The method for processing an image, includes the steps of: —selecting at least one trajectory in a color space; —defining a transformation which primarily increases perceptual linearity of consecutive points belonging to the at least one trajectory; —applying the transformation to the image. This has the advantage that the perceptual linearity can be restricted to the trajectory.

Abstract: Data pertaining to at least one user-specific color value can be accessed for output of at least one of red light, green light, and blue light, and images can be presented on a display based at least in part on the at least one user-specific color value.

Abstract: Provided is an image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel blocks. Each of the plurality of pixel blocks includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of phase difference sensing pixels. Each of the plurality of phase difference sensing pixels may be periodically repeatedly arranged in the pixel array in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction.

Abstract: A processor for signal reshaping receives an input image with an input bit depth. Block-based standard deviations are computed. The input codewords are divided into codeword bins and each bin is assigned a standard deviation value. For each bin, a standard deviation to bit-depth function is applied to the bin values to generate minimal bit depth values for each codeword bin. An output codeword mapping function is generated based on the input bit depth, a target bit depth, and the minimal bit depth values. The codeword mapping function is applied to the input image to generate an output image in the target bit depth.

Abstract: A color processing apparatus includes a processor configured to implement first, second, and third acquiring units. The first acquiring unit acquires first color data indicating association among first-space color in a first space, second-space color obtained by reading measurement images having different first-space colors, and third-space color obtained by converting the second-space color through a predetermined transformation model. The second acquiring unit acquires second color data indicating association between the first-space color and the third-space color obtained by performing color measurement on some of the specific-color measurement images containing a specific color in the first space and included in the measurement images. The third acquiring unit acquires third color data indicating association between the first-space color and the third-space color obtained by converting the first-space color through a transformation equation obtained from the first and second color data.

Abstract: The image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure may include a reception module configured to receive three-color source data from the outside, and acquire a minimum value of the three-color source data; a data conversion module configured to convert the three-color source data into four-color data including a fourth color, and output the four-color data, a value of data of the fourth color in the four-color data being determined in accordance with the minimum value of the three-color source data and a first ratio of the data of the fourth color; a calculating module configured to calculate display values of the four-color data; and an adjustment module configured to control the data conversion module to adjust the first ratio of the data of the fourth color in accordance with the display values of the four-color data calculated by the calculating module.

Abstract: Methods and systems for calibrating devices reproducing high dimensional data, such as calibrating High Dynamic Range (HDR) displays that reproduce chromatic data. Methods include mapping input data into calibrated data using calibration information retrieved from spatial data structures that encode a calibration function. The calibration function may be represented by any multidimensional scattered data interpolation methods such as Thin-Plate Splines. To efficiently represent and access the calibration information in runtime, the calibration function is recursively sampled based on guidance dataset. In an embodiment, an HDR display may be adaptively calibrated using a dynamic color guidance dataset and dynamic spatial data structures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display method and a display device. The display method includes steps of: S1, obtaining an original image that needs to be displayed; S2, generating a plurality of first images each having the same boundary as the original image according to the information contained in the original image, wherein each first image includes at least partial information of the original image, and union of information contained in the plurality of first images includes all information contained in the original image; and S3, displaying, in the form of continuous multi-frame images, all first images in sequence within visual persistence time of human eyes. The above method can improve the display effect of the display device.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display device (1) includes an adjustment setting section (11), a color component adjusting section (14), and a background color setting section (12). In a case where the adjustment setting section (11) carries out color component adjustment, (i) the background color setting section (12) carries out a second process of setting a background color and (ii) the color component adjusting section (14) carries out a first process of converting a grayscale level of a picture element. In a case where the adjustment setting section (11) does not carry out the color component adjustment, (i) the background color setting section (12) does not carry out the second process and (ii) the color component adjusting section (14) does not carry out the first process.

Abstract: A method of self-adaptive conversion for images includes: calculating the degree of color saturation of each pixel of an RGB image and original grey value of each primary color component, and calculating a global gain value; calculating a total gain value of each pixel based on the global gain value and the partial gain value of each pixel; enhancing luminance of the white color component of each primary color component of each pixel based on the total gain value of each pixel, so to output an RGBW image. The present invention improves deviated color saturation to ensure display quality while elevating the display luminance when a conversion from an RGB image into an RGBW image.