Abstract: There is provided a method and system for improving an image on a display that images pixels. Each of the pixels has an intensity represented by a respective pixel value, an intensity of a given pixel being associated with a number of pulses produced within a set of subfields in a frame-time, and the pulses allocated among the set of subfields in accordance with a pulse distribution. The method comprises the steps of determining a maximum pixel value to be imaged during the frame-time, and altering a number of pulses within a given subfield based on the maximum pixel value, thus modifying the pulse distribution. The system is implemented in a circuit that executes the method steps.

Abstract: A digital display device, such as a plasma display or a digital micromirror device (DMD) based digital light projector, employs a minimum moving pixel distortion (MPD) set of codewords for reducing visually perceived artifacts viewed on a digital display device (PDP). The digital display device includes a minimum MPD mapping process, which maps by, for example, a ROM look-up table, corresponding present and previous pixel intensity values from first and second image frames into a preferred equalizing code value corresponding to the present pixel intensity value. An optimal set of equalizing codewords is determined by comparing objective measures of MPD error for each of a plurality of trial equalizing codewords and selecting the codeword having the smallest measure of MPD error. The optimal equalizing codewords are stored in a ROM lookup table which is addressed by the previous and current codewords.