Patents by Inventor Mario Raffin

Mario Raffin 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).

  • Patent number: 8144107
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and/or apparatus to improve the visual perception of an image displayed on a liquid crystal (LCD) panel, said method comprising steps for generating an adjusting signal (PE,i+1) of a rear-lighting lamp of said panel depending on an target power value (PT) and for generating a control signal (CE,i+1) of the image contrast depending on said adjusting signal (PE,i+1) of the rear-lighting lamp so as to increase/decrease the contrast of the displayed image when said adjusting signal (PE,i+1) of the rear-lighting lamp decreases/increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: SIM2 Multimedia SpA
    Inventors: Domenico Toffoli, Mario Raffin
  • Publication number: 20080191996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and/or apparatus to improve the visual perception of an image displayed on a liquid crystal (LCD) panel, said method comprising steps for generating an adjusting signal (PE,i+1) of a rear-lighting lamp of said panel depending on an target power value (PT) and for generating a control signal (CE,i+1) of the image contrast depending on said adjusting signal (PE,i+1) of the rear-lighting lamp so as to increase/decrease the contrast of the displayed image when said adjusting signal (PE,i+1) of the rear-lighting lamp decreases/increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Inventors: Domenico Toffoli, Mario Raffin
  • Publication number: 20050226538
    Abstract: A method of converting an input video signal (IV) with an input resolution into an output video signal (OV) with anoutput resolution comprises the steps of labeling (10) input pixels of the input video signal (IV) being text as input text pixels to obtain an input pixel map (IPM) indicating which input pixel is an input text pixel, and scaling (11) the input video signal (IV) to supply the output video signal (OV), wherein the scaling (11) is dependent on whether the input pixel is labeled as input text pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Riccardo Di Federico, Mario Raffin, Paola Carrai, Giovanni Ramponi