Color Bit Data Modification Or Conversion Patents (Class 345/600)
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Patent number: 8847976Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for transforming a calorimetric adjustment of a sequence of images from an input color space into an output color space includes a color adjustment device for determining a transformation table for converting the input color space of the sequence of images to an output color space, for applying a first order approximation to at least one subset of the sequence of images, the subsets of the sequence of images defined by the transformation table, and if the sequence of images has not reached convergence, for applying a second order approximation to at least one subset of the sequence of images. In one embodiment, the color components of the output color space are defined by a combination of intermediate terms, where the number of the intermediate terms corresponds to the number of input color space components. The transform is configured to survive a video distribution workflow.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2006Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventor: Pierre Jean Ollivier
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Patent number: 8842141Abstract: A method of uniform distribution for increasing a display rate. For data to be displayed, dividing a complete effective output enable (OE) time that is greater than one serial shift cycle into several unit serial shift cycles and uniformly distributing the effective OE time for display. The method implements the uniform distribution of the display time to the maximum extent by using an OE signal under the condition that the whole display time remains unchanged, thereby increasing effective output number of the uniform distribution, uniformly maintaining a display effect and steadily improving a refresh rate effect, so as to effectively increase a display quality and avoid a significant loss of brightness.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2011Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Shenzhen Zhongqing Photoelectric Display Technology Co., LtdInventor: Song Shang
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Publication number: 20140267368Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure can include devices for storing and exchanging color space encoded images. The encoded images can store input data into high capacity multi-colored composite two-dimensional pictures having different symbols organized in specific order using sets in a color space. The encoding can include performing two-level error correction and generating frames based on the color space for formatting and calibrating the encoded images during decoding. The decoding can use the frames to perform color restoration and distortion correction. The decoding can be based on a pseudo-Euclidean distance between a distorted color and a color in a color calibration cells. In some embodiments, an encoded image can be further divided into sub-images during encoding for simplified distortion correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Alisa MESH-ILIESCU, Vladimir KOLMANOVITCH
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Publication number: 20140267369Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure can include devices for storing and exchanging color space encoded images. The encoded images can store input data into high capacity multi-colored composite two-dimensional pictures having different symbols organized in specific order using sets in a color space. The encoding can include performing two-level error correction and generating frames based on the color space for formatting and calibrating the encoded images during decoding. The decoding can use the frames to perform color restoration and distortion correction. The decoding can be based on a pseudo-Euclidean distance between a distorted color and a color in a color calibration cells. In some embodiments, an encoded image can be further divided into sub-images during encoding for simplified distortion correction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: PICTECH MANAGEMENT LIMITEDInventors: Alisa MESH-ILIESCU, Vladimir KOLMANOVITCH
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Patent number: 8837822Abstract: This disclosure pertains to apparatuses, methods, and computer readable media for red-eye removal techniques using multiple recognition channels. In the following examples, red, golden, and white recognition channels are used. A recognition channel is the monochrome extraction from a color photograph in a manner designed to make one kind of red-eye artifact glow with maximum contrast. Once the red-eye artifact has been characterized by, e.g., size and location, the techniques disclosed herein may then discern whether the red-eye artifact is, for example, a red-, golden-, or white-eye case by examining the configuration and characteristics of pro prominence bitmasks created for the various recognition channels. Once the type of red-eye case has been discerned, the techniques disclosed herein may then replace the artifact with a photographically reasonable result based on the type of red-eye case being repaired. Specular reflection may also be re-added to the photograph.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: Mark Zimmer
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Patent number: 8836714Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer-readable medium are provided which provide interactive editing of image data. Image data is sampled, by a computing device, at a first resolution. The first resolution is lower than a full resolution of the image data. Gradients for the sampled image data are calculated by the computing device. The computing device solves a system equation for color pixel data for each pixel of the sampled image data using the sampled image data and the calculated gradients. The computing device controls a display of the color pixel data on a display.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: The University of Utah Research FoundationInventor: Valerio Pascucci
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Patent number: 8830256Abstract: Displays are provided with circuitry performing color correction to compensate for the displays' luminance and chrominance transfer characteristics. Some techniques are suitable for RGBW displays and for subpixel-rendered displays. Some displays include an external light source (e.g. a backlight unit in LCDs), and the color correction is coordinated with dynamic control of the light source.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2009Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Anthony Botzas, Candice Hellen Brown Elliott, Michael Francis Higgins
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Publication number: 20140247275Abstract: An information processing method and an electronic device are provided. First image information of the first projection plane is collected by an image collection unit at a first time; a set of color information of the first projection plane in the first image information which indicates color of the first projection plane is acquired; a first color adjusting template is generated based on the set of color information of the first projection plane, and the first color adjusting template includes a set of second color information; color adjustment is performed on each of M projection images after the first time in the electronic device based on the first color adjusting template, to generate M second projection images; the second projection image is then projected onto the first projection plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: September 4, 2014Applicant: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Fangzhen Peng, Jiaming Tao
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Patent number: 8817040Abstract: A magnified image is improved by integrating the wavelength specific component into that image. A magnified images obtained, and at least one wavelength specific component images also obtained. The different images are converted in color space, and different channels, indicative of the different parts of the image shows, are also obtained. For example, the image may be converted to an L*a*b* color space, and the luminance channel of the wavelength specific component may be used to enhance or replace the luminance channel of the magnified image.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2009Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbHInventor: Roscoe Atkinson
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Patent number: 8817039Abstract: Provided is an image processing device which enables image display that takes full advantage of a color reproduction performance of a panel without providing a viewer with a feeling of strangeness. An image processing device includes: a color gamut conversion processor configured to convert inputted data into RGB data according to a liquid crystal panel; a weighting factor calculator configured to calculate a weighting factor; a first post-color-gamut-conversion data weighting processor configured to perform weighting processing to the RGB data; an inputted data weighting processor configured to perform weighting processing to the inputted data; and an output adder configured to add data after the weighting processing to generate RGB data to be supplied to the liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Xiaomang Zhang, Akiko Yoshida
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Publication number: 20140232741Abstract: An image processing method includes receiving an RGB data, converting the RGB data to an HSV data configured to include hue, saturation, and value compensating for the HSV data on a basis of a hue data of the HSV data, and converting the compensated HSV data to a compensated RGB data. The compensating of the HSV data includes reading out a compensation data corresponding to the hue data from a look-up table and compensating for the HSV data using the compensation data. The data are compensated on the basis of the hue in the HSV color space and the saturation and value are preserved, and thus the image, e.g., the memory color like the skin color, may be prevented from being distorted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: August 21, 2014Inventors: Jae-Suk Choi, Gwangho Nam, Hoisik Moon, Byoung Seok Yoo, Chang-Soo Lee, Min-Yup Chae, Hak-Mo Choi
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Patent number: 8797346Abstract: A gamma correction system and method for a display device are disclosed. According to one aspect, the gamma correction system includes a display panel configured to display an image, a measuring unit configured to acquire optical characteristic information from the image displayed on the display panel, and a display panel driver configured to convert a gamma data result value obtained after performing optical compensation for at least two sample gray values among a plurality of reference luminance values into a corresponding data voltage and calculate a data voltage for the rest of the luminance values for which optical compensation is not performed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung-Un Park, Ji-Yun Son, Dong-Ho Yoon
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Patent number: 8797343Abstract: Methods, software, and apparatuses for graphics processing, including caching pixel data of one or more tiles of a graphics surface. Methods generally include setting a caching bit corresponding to the surface, setting tile pattern bits corresponding to tiles in the surface, and when the caching bit is active, storing one or more pixel values in a cache memory. When at least one tile contains pixels having the same value for at least one predetermined parameter, the caching bit and the corresponding tile pattern bits may be active. Apparatuses generally include a pixel memory, a cache memory, and a controller including logic configured to reserve the caching bit, tile pattern bits, and same pixel values in cache memory when the caching bit is active.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Marvell International Ltd.Inventors: Yunsen Chin, Haohong Wang
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Publication number: 20140210850Abstract: A method for rendering a page including: obtaining an electronic document (ED) having: a container object with a first member and a second member; multiple shadow parameters defining a shadow of the container object; and multiple shadow parameters defining a shadow of solely the first member; determining a main bounding box surrounding the container object on the page but excluding the shadow of the first member; creating a main brush having the container object but excluding the shadow of the first member; calculating a shadow bounding box based on the main bounding box surrounding the container; creating a shadow brush by applying a shadow transformation matrix to the main brush having the container object; outputting the shadow of the first container object to a framebuffer for the page; and outputting, by processing the first member, the first member and the shadow of the first member to the framebuffer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Inventor: Darrell Bellert
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Patent number: 8791953Abstract: A method of adjusting value includes calculating a value of saturation from an input image signal, and adjusting a value of value of the input image signal according to a calculated saturation value. In the method, the value of value of the input image signal is adjusted by using a value adjustment algorithm for determining a value adjustment rate that decreases the value according to the saturation value.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyung-dal Kwon, Dong-yul Lee, See-wook Park, Yoon-kyung Choi, Hwa-hyun Cho
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Publication number: 20140198127Abstract: A digital magazine server presents content retrieved from various sources to a user. The content may include various images, with images selected by the digital magazine server for presentation to a user along with additional content. Text associated with an image may also be retrieved and presented to the user along with the image. To improve presentation of images with text, the digital magazine server identifies features in an image and identifies regions of the image where text is capable of being presented without obscuring or being obscured by features of the image. The image is modified to present text associated with the image in one or more of the identified images, allowing the text to be presented without detracting from features of the image.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: Flipboard, Inc.Inventor: Charles H. Ying
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Patent number: 8773457Abstract: A display pipe may include a video pipe outputting pixels of a video stream in a first color space, e.g. YCbCr color space. The display pipe may also include a first color space converter to convert the output pixels to a second color space, e.g. to RGB color space, producing a conversion output in which some of the converted output pixels have values that are invalid pixel values in the second color space. The display pipe may also include a blend unit that performs blending operations in the second color space on the converted output pixels to produce a blended conversion output that includes blended pixels in the second color space. A second color space converter in the display pipe may convert the blended pixels from the second color space to the first color space, and correctly display the converted blended pixels on a display screen.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Joseph P. Bratt, Peter F. Holland
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Patent number: 8773480Abstract: The optical performance is enhanced of display systems that use field sequential color and pulse width modulation to generate color and color gray scale values. Such enhancement may be achieved by various data encoding methods disclosed herein that may include temporal redistribution of bit values to mitigate color motional artifacts associated with field sequential color-based display systems, selective combination of intensity modulation, pulse width modulation, and/or the noncontiguous sequencing of primary colors. There is further an intelligent real-time dynamic manipulation of gray scale values in portions of an image that are computationally determined to be images of objects moving against a global background, so as to temporally front load or concentrate the bits comprising such moving objects and thereby further mitigate said motional artifacts using both actual and virtual aggregate pulse truncation across all primary colors being modulated.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Rambus Delaware LLCInventors: Daniel K. Van Ostrand, Carey King, Berry Tod Cox
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Publication number: 20140184634Abstract: Disclosed is a system for producing images including techniques for reducing the memory and processing power required for such operations. The system provides techniques for programmatically representing a graphics problem. The system further provides techniques for reducing and optimizing graphics problems for rendering with consideration of the system resources, such as the availability of a compatible GPU.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: John Harper, Ralph Brunner, Peter Graffagnino, Mark Zimmer
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Patent number: 8767006Abstract: A method of producing a color image comprising providing input image data from an image source such as a camera; generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image color data to output image color data in an image rendering unit; loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; and outputting the output color values to the image rendering unit to produce an output image that is perceived to have at least one of enhanced brightness, enhanced contrast, or enhanced colorfulness compared to the input image.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2013Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: Entertainment Experience LLCInventors: James R. Sullivan, Rodney L. Heckaman
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Patent number: 8754902Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for color-space selective darkness and lightness improvements. In one aspect, a method accessing multiple pixels that represent a digital image in an RGB color space. The accessed pixels are processed based on a darkness of the digital image resulting in a first set of processed pixels, and separately based on a lightness of the digital image resulting in a second set of processed pixels. Both sets of processed pixels are combined to generate a processed output image.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Garrett M. Johnson, Russell Y. Webb
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Patent number: 8749575Abstract: A display controller is configured for creating a translucency effect for a target image area of a source image containing image data expressed in a first color model. The display controller has a first color model converter adapted for color model transformation of the image data from the first color model to a second color model based upon a first predefined set of transformation coefficients, as well as a second color model converter adapted for color model transformation of the image data from the first color model to the second color model based upon a second predefined set of transformation coefficients. The display controller is controllable to produce a destination image by selecting transformed image data from the second color model converter for the target image area and by selecting transformed image data from the first color model converter for other image area(s) of the source image than the target image area.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericssson (publ)Inventor: Maria Lovén Svensson
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Publication number: 20140152689Abstract: One implementation of the present disclosure is a computing device for identifying a translated color from a desired color. The computing device includes at least one memory component storing a translation chart. The translation chart includes information implementing a correspondence between each of a plurality of first colors and each of a plurality of second colors. The computing device also includes one or more processing elements in communication with the at least one memory component. The processing element or elements are configured to receive one or more appearance characteristics of the desired color under a first light source and evaluate the translation chart to determine a translated color that includes the one or more appearance characteristics of the desired color under a second light source.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2014Publication date: June 5, 2014Applicant: Disney Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Susan Dain
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Patent number: 8743141Abstract: Color lookup table smoothing employs propagation of a portion of an adjustment of a modified node to an unmodified node of a color lookup table (CLUT).Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Peter Morovic, Jan Morovic, Manuel Ángel Albarrán Moyo
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Patent number: 8743140Abstract: The present invention provides a color adjustment device, a method of adjusting color and a display device for the same. It measures a plurality of tristimulus sets at various white grayscales on a LCD panel, converts the multiple tristimulus sets into a plurality of chromatic sets (xn, yn). Among the plurality of chromatic sets (xn, yn), it recognizes the Pth chromatic set (xp, yp), the break point, and based on the pth chromatic set (xp, yp), determines a plurality of target chromatic sets (Nxn, Nyn) at from the grayscale 0 to the grayscale p, where Nx n = x 0 + ( x 255 - x 0 ) · [ 1 - exp ? ( 1 - p n ) ] , ? Ny n = y 0 + ( y 255 - y 0 ) · [ 1 - exp ? ( 1 - p n ) ] . By this method, an exponential function instead of a linear function is adopted to depict the chromatic variation at low grayscales. Thus the grayscale variation appears more smooth and without any obvious break point in human's perception.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2011Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ye Dai, Chihtsung Kang
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Patent number: 8736630Abstract: Provided is an image processing device which enables image display that takes full advantage of a color reproduction performance of a panel without providing a viewer with a feeling of strangeness. In at least one embodiment, an image processing device includes: a first color space converter configured to convert an externally transmitted RGB signal into an XYZ signal; a three-dimensional matching processor configured to perform conversion to tristimulus values of the XYZ signal to generate an XYZ signal; and a second color space converter configured to convert the XYZ signal to an RGB signal for a liquid crystal panel.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Xiaomang Zhang
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Patent number: 8730250Abstract: An image processor includes a video input unit that counts the number of input pixel data and a command fetch/issue unit calculates, when a command including information concerning a relative position register in which a delay amount from input of pixel data until execution of a command is stored is fetched, a pixel position of processing target pixel data based on the delay amount and a count result and determines, based on the calculated pixel position, whether signal processing should be performed or specifies an operand used in arithmetic operation.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2009Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Yasuki Tanabe, Takashi Miyamori, Shunichi Ishiwata, Katsuyuki Kimura, Takahisa Wada, Keiri Nakanishi, Masato Sumiyoshi, Ryuji Hada
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Patent number: 8730255Abstract: There is provided a video signal processing method for performing predetermined signal processing on an input video signal to transmit an output video signal in a form of a specified transmission format through a video signal line including invalid bit polarity setting processing to be performed by an invalid bit polarity setting unit, wherein, when there exists an invalid bit having no data corresponding to data making up the input video signal in the specified transmission format of the output video signal, to count the number of low and high levels of gray-level data of the input video signal to compare a numerical size between the number of low levels and the number of high levels for judgment and to set a polarity of the invalid bit based on the judgment result.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.Inventor: Kouichi Ooga
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Patent number: 8723881Abstract: A method and an electronic device for tactile feedback are provided. An original image is input and converted to a binary image which includes a first grayscale value and a second grayscale value. The original image is converted to a grayscale image at least including a third grayscale value between the first grayscale value and the second grayscale value. An index map is generated according to the binary image and the grayscale image. The index map includes a plurality of index values indicative of different strengths for tactile feedback. A touch input on a touch panel is detected when the original image is displayed on a display panel. In response to the detected touch input, a tactile activation unit is driven to generate tactile feedback according to the index map.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2012Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.Inventors: Yu-Liang Shih, Jung-Wen Chang
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Publication number: 20140125690Abstract: Devices and methods are disclosed that reduce the amount of power consumed by an existing display device irrespective of the display mode. One such method includes recognizing a display mode related to light and dark when no voltage is applied to the display device. The method also includes determining a shift direction for the values of an image based on the recognized display mode so that power consumption is reduced in the display device. The method further includes determining a shift amount for the values of the image in accordance with a predetermined process, and converting the values of the image to be converted in the determined shift direction in accordance with the determined shift amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2013Publication date: May 8, 2014Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: EISUKE KANZAKI, YASUTOMO D. NAKAYAMA
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Patent number: 8717379Abstract: A color conversion table creating device for creating a color conversion table for converting first color data defined in a first color space to second color data defined in a second color space different from the first color space, includes a first data acquiring unit, a reference value determining unit, a lightness judging unit, a third data determining unit, and a creating unit. The first data acquiring unit is configured to acquire a plurality of sets of first data defined in the first color space. The first data sets are determined by measuring test patches each corresponding to a set of second data defined in the second color space. The first data sets include a set of black color data corresponding to data representing black in the second color space. Each first data set has a lightness value. The reference value determining unit is configured to determine a reference value based on a lightness value of the black color data set.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2009Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Masashi Kuno
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Patent number: 8711167Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for generating and transmitting video frame data from a graphics processing unit (GPU) to a color field sequential display device. A frame buffer image comprising per-pixel packed color channels is transformed to a frame buffer image comprising regions corresponding to the color channels with vertical blanking regions inserted between color sub-field regions. Each region of the transformed frame buffer image is sequentially transmitted to the color field sequential display device for display of the corresponding color channel. Backlight illumination for each color channel is controlled by the GPU for temporal alignment with display of each color channel during a vertical blanking interval. The GPU may compensate an individual pixel's color channel value based on a corresponding previous color channel value in order to minimize crosstalk between neighboring color fields.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2011Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Nvidia CorporationInventor: David Wyatt
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Patent number: 8711168Abstract: The color gamut of display devices like digital projectors and digital displays is expanded by incorporating additional passband filters into the optical path of the devices to produce presentations of color components in two different color gamuts. The composite visual effect of the two presentations is a presentation in an expanded color gamut. Special considerations in the modulation of color components of the image can reduce variations in color and brightness, which can otherwise manifest themselves as flicker.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Dolby Laboratories Licensing CorporationInventor: Martin Richards
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Patent number: 8704848Abstract: A transform model is established by the calibration system for color transformation between a first color space and a second color space. Three first target curves are defined and transformed by the transform model so as to establish three look-up tables. The display is calibrated according to the three look-up tables such that the color temperature of the display may be substantially constant for every gray-level.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2009Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Young Lighting Technology Inc.Inventors: Chao-Wen Liu, Hung-Wei Chih
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Patent number: 8704846Abstract: An information processing device, configured to perform color gamut conversion for compressing or enlarging the color gamut of image data, includes: a selecting unit configured to select a plurality of coordinate movement directions to be synthesized for determining the coordinate movement destination of a pixel to be processed during the color gamut conversion; a coordinate moving unit configured to move the coordinates of the pixel to be processed in each of the selected plurality of directions; and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize coordinate movement in the selected plurality of directions.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2008Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Takami Mizukura, Naoya Katoh
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Publication number: 20140104304Abstract: A system for automatic color matching of multiple displays in a multi-display system. A sensor observes the output energy of each of the displays in a multi-display system and measures the difference in the color responses for a given input color. This difference is used to derive a modification function that is applied to each display. The displays are modified accordingly, and then the color is displayed again. This process is repeated until the measured values from each of the displays are within a minimum measurement error tolerance, so that the differences in displayed colors observed among the displays are minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: Mersive Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher O. Jaynes, Thomson Comer, Stephen B. Webb, Michael Tolliver
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Patent number: 8687014Abstract: A process and circuit for blending a foreground image (B) with a background image (A), said foreground and background images being arranged in pixels and having color representations (R, G, B). The foreground foreground image (A) has a transparency parameter (T(x,y)) in accordance with a so-called alpha plane representative of the transparency profile to apply to the foreground image. The process involves the steps of: -applying a dithering method on said alpha plane in order to convert said transparency parameter (T) into a one-bit transparency parameter (T?); -use said one-bit transparency parameter (T?) for controlling a multiplexing unit having two inputs respectively receiving the foreground image (A) and the background image (B). In one embodiment, the one-bit transparency parameter T? into the two extreme values of a range of continuous values, for instance coded on 8 bits.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: ST-Ericsson SAInventors: David Coupe, Gilles Spinelli
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Method, apparatus and system for providing a color device characterization with a quality evaluation
Patent number: 8687013Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for assessing color characterization quality includes a characterization unit configured for determining at least one of a forward and inverse transform from a first set of device dependent input color values and measured output display values of the first set of device dependent input color values on the display and transforming a second set of device dependent input color values using the determined at least one of a forward and inverse transform to provide an intermediate set of device dependent input color values. The method, apparatus and system further includes a verification unit for performing at least one of a forward transform quality evaluation and an inverse transform quality evaluation.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2009Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Thomson LicensingInventors: Bongsun Lee, Jurgen Stauder, Laurent Blonde -
Publication number: 20140085326Abstract: Discussed is a timing controller. The timing controller includes a receiver, a converter, an aligner, and an EPI transmitter. The receiver receives input RGB data from an external system. The converter converts the input RGB data into input WRGB data. The aligner converts one of W, R, G, and B data, composing the input WRGB data, into 0 to generate conversion WRGB data having bits less than the total number of bits composing the W, R, G, and B data. The EPI transmitter generates WRGB data by adding dummy bits to the conversion WRGB data, and outputs the WRGB data to a source driver IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: SuHyuk JANG, JongWoo KIM
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Patent number: 8681174Abstract: Provided are a high density multi-view image display system and method based on active sub-pixel rendering. The image display system may perform a rendering with respect to a viewpoint image in a pixel unit, using a viewpoint varying based on a position of left/right eyes of a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dong Kyung Nam, Du-Sik Park, Gee Young Sung, Chang Yeong Kim, Yun-Tae Kim, Ju Yong Park
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Patent number: 8676552Abstract: Methods and apparatus for simulating fluid motion using procedural shape growth. In a vector-based, fluid motion simulation technique, fluid location may be defined by groups of one or more polygons deposited on a digital canvas. Two or more polygons may overlap. The polygons may be semitransparent. To simulate fluid motion, vertices that specify the edges of each deposited polygon are independently moved. By moving the vertices, a polygon may grow, and fluid motion effects may be simulated, including but not limited to directional flow and blending effects. A randomization technique may be applied to the movement at each vertex to simulate the non-uniform spreading of fluids. Overlapped polygons may be blended with overlapping polygons to simulate the mixing of fluids. The technique may be applied, for example, in watercolor painting simulation, where groups of one or more polygons are deposited using brush strokes.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventors: Radomir Mech, Daichi Ito
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Patent number: 8669998Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the selection of colors. An initial set of colors from a color space is rendered in a user interface. A selection of at least one of the initial set of colors is received. A subsequent set of colors from the color space is rendered in the user interface in response to the selection. The subsequent set of colors is related to the selected colors.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Charles McBride, Vinayak Ramachandra Hegde
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Patent number: 8659614Abstract: An image display apparatus adapted to display an image based on an image signal input includes: a color adjustment circuit adapted to perform one of a modification process and a correction process individually on a hue signal, a lightness signal, and a saturation signal included in first HLS signals as an image signal, and output the processed signals as second HLS signals.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: Seiko Epson CorporationInventor: Fumio Koyama
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Patent number: 8659617Abstract: An apparatus and method for driving an image display apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus includes a display panel having a plurality of pixels, for displaying an image, a panel driver for driving the pixels of the display panel, an image data converter for detecting a smooth region, an edge region, and a detail region from externally input image data in units of at least one frame and generating converted image data by changing a gray scale or chrominance of the image data at different rates in the smooth region, the edge region and the detail region, and a timing controller for arranging the converted image data suitably for driving of the display panel, providing the arranged image data to the panel driver, and controlling the panel driver by generating a panel control signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2010Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong-Ho Cho, Seong-Gyun Kim, Su-Hyung Kim
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Publication number: 20140035944Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, can perform rendering and un-rendering using profile replacement. A computer implemented method includes obtaining source image data associated with a source input-referred color space, transforming the source image data to intermediate image data associated with an intermediate input-referred color profile, applying a rendering operation to the intermediate image data by associating the intermediate image data with an intermediate output-referred color profile, and transforming the intermediate image data to destination image data associated with a destination output-referred color space using the intermediate output-referred color profile. The method further includes making available for output the destination image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2008Publication date: February 6, 2014Applicant: Adobe Systems IncorporatedInventor: Manish S. Kulkarni
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Patent number: 8643908Abstract: A color adjustment device includes: a conversion unit that converts color values of a second color space stored in a color conversion table, which defines a correspondence relation between color values of a first color space and color values of the second color space, into color values of a third color space independent from a device outputting an image; a storage unit that stores tables that define different input-output characteristics depending on color values of the third color space; and a change unit that selects at least one table from the tables according to a specified adjustment method, and executes a change process that changes color values of the second color space stored in the color conversion table by using the at least one table.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.Inventors: Daigo Hama, Noriko Sakai, Masaomi Sakamoto
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Patent number: 8643662Abstract: A system and method for dynamically changing the display parameters of a display device. The system includes a server that obtains information about display content, environmental factors and user preferences affecting the display device. This information is used to generate initial display parameters which can be downloaded to the display device. The display device can use the initial display parameters to select final display parameters based upon sensed real-time information about the display device, the user preferences and environmental factors affecting the display device.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2009Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Dang Van Tran, Esther Zheng
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Patent number: 8644640Abstract: Methods and a processing device are provided for reducing purple fringing artifacts appearing in a digital image. A linear filter may be applied to a digital image to identify purplish candidate regions of pixels. Ones of pixels that are in any of the purplish candidate regions and are within a predefined distance of a high gradient/high contrast region may be identified as damaged pixels. A map of the damaged pixels may then be created, or formed. The damaged pixels may be reconstructed based on interpolation of values from undamaged pixels on a fringe boundary with guidance from a green channel. In various embodiments, the damaged pixels may be reconstructed based on a Poisson blending approach, an approximated Poisson blending approach, or a variety of approaches based on interpolation of values from undamaged pixels on a fringe boundary, with guidance from a green channel.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2009Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventor: Denis Demandolx
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Patent number: 8624915Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for color-space selective darkness and lightness improvements. In one aspect, a method accessing multiple pixels that represent a digital image in an RGB color space. The accessed pixels are processed based on a darkness of the digital image resulting in a first set of processed pixels, and separately based on a lightness of the digital image resulting in a second set of processed pixels. Both sets of processed pixels are combined to generate a processed output image.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Garrett M. Johnson, Russell Y. Webb
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Patent number: 8625177Abstract: An image processing apparatus of the present invention includes a color matching section for performing, on monochrome or two-color image data to be supplied to an image display device, a color matching process of reducing differences in color from a single- or two-color image to be outputted by an image display device, and as such, can display a comfortable preview of a single- or two-color image data by reducing differences in color between an image to be previewed and an image to be actually printed.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2009Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masanori Minami, Makio Gotoh