Abstract: The present invention relates to a display method and device for improving the luminous efficiency of a matrix display using a pulse-width modulation, or PWM, technique. According to the invention, in order to reduce the blurring effect, the display method comprises the following steps: —detecting the moving object contours within said sequence of video images, —modifying, for each image of said sequence and each contour detected, the gray level of at least one pixel adjacent to said contour by assigning to it an intermediate level in the range between its initial gray level and that of the other pixel adjacent to said contour, and—displaying said modified image sequence. Application to matrix displays comprising a LCOS, OLED or DMD valve array.

Abstract: The multi-image capture system comprises an imaging lens, a beamsplitter directing a first portion of light on an array of micro-imaging elements and a first photodetector array divided into a plurality of macropixels providing a set of depth images, and another portion of light on a second photodetector array 6 providing a main image with a resolution being higher than the resolution of each basic depth image. According to the invention, the resolution of the depth images is increased by using the image data of the main image.

Abstract: The invention discloses a new modulation scheme to prevent illegal copy in movie theaters. None of the existing modulation schemes make the right assumptions to modelize a camcorder device. In such classical schemes, camcorders are always considered as sampling devices without taking into account the effects of shutter speed. The shutter of the camcorder is classically compared to a low-pass filter. As a result, modulation effects can be easily removed by setting up shutter speed to low values (low cutoff frequency). The right mathematical modelization of the shutter effect shows that, in the spectral domain, the behavior of the camcorder is close to a cardinal sine function with a main lobe and sidelobes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for processing a mosaic of noisy source images exhibiting overlap zones where at least two of the source images are superimposed. According to the invention, the method comprises a step of generating a random noise (35) in the overlap zones so as to compensate at least partially for the deviation in noise between the overlap zones and the zones where the source images are not superimposed, called non-overlap zones.

Abstract: The invention relates to a backlighting system for a liquid-crystal display screen, comprising: an illumination source producing an illumination beam; an objective illuminated by said illumination beam; at least one folding mirror illuminated by the illumination beam coming from the objective; and a Fresnel lens capable of collimating and redirecting the illumination beam reflected by said at least one folding mirror, the beam transmitted by the Fresnel lens being intended to back-light said display screen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a device for displaying images. It is known to inlay a pattern of watermark type into the sequence of images to be displayed so as to combat the copying of images by picture-taking. This inlaying consists in modulating the intensity of the pixels of the pattern about the value to be displayed at a high frequency which renders the pattern invisible to the human eye but which generates artefacts on the sequence filmed by the camcorder. This technique poses problems when the sequence of images to be displayed comprises scenes in motion. The pattern appears since the integration carried out by the eye at the moment of display of the images is not correct. According to the invention, it is proposed that the patterns to be inlayed be motion compensated.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for processing an image displayed by a display device comprising at least one light source and one light valve. It comprises the following steps: applying a compression factor C to the grey levels of the image video signal that are higher than a threshold value NG1, the said threshold value being lower than the peak grey level value (NGmax) of the image video signal, adjusting the luminance of the light produced by the light source to the luminance value corresponding to the peak grey level (NG?max) of the image after compression, multiplying the video signal delivered to the light valve by an expansion factor D equal to the ratio of the peak grey level of the image before compression (NGmax) over the peak grey level of the image after compression (NG?max).

Abstract: The invention relates to a display device using the DLP (Digital Light Processing) technology. This invention is in the field of digital cinema and content protection, where camcorder acquisition followed by immediate illegal distribution creates important revenue losses for content owners. According to the invention, the addressing of the display device is modified in order to introduce an anti-copy processing. The display device comprises modulation means for modulating the colour or brightness of video data of video pictures received at a first rate and for outputting at a second rate modulated video data, said second rate being a multiple of the first rate, subfield coding means for coding said modulated video data into subfield data, said subfield data being delivered at the second rate, and addressing means for addressing the array with said subfield data at a third rate. Advantageously, the third rate is not a multiple of the first rate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a display method and device for improving the luminous efficiency of a matrix display using a pulse-width modulation, or PWM, technique. According to the invention, in order to reduce the blurring effect, the display method comprises the following steps: —detecting the moving object contours within said sequence of video images, —modifying, for each image of said sequence and each contour detected, the gray level of at least one pixel adjacent to said contour by assigning to it an intermediate level in the range between its initial gray level and that of the other pixel adjacent to said contour, and—displaying said modified image sequence. Application to matrix displays comprising a LCOS, OLED or DMD valve array.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for digital display of a video image using time-division modulation. This device is intended to display a video image during a video frame comprising a plurality of consecutive subfields distributed within at least two separate identical time segments. According to the invention, the pixels of the video image change state at most once during each time segment and the video image to be displayed is saved in the image memory in the form of information identifying, for each subfield, the pixels changing state.

Abstract: The invention discloses a new modulation scheme to prevent illegal copy in movie theaters. None of the existing modulation schemes make the right assumptions to modelize a camcorder device. In such classical schemes, camcorders are always considered as sampling devices without taking into account the effects of shutter speed. The shutter of the camcorder is classically compared to a low-pass filter. As a result, modulation effects can be easily removed by setting up shutter speed to low values (low cutoff frequency). The right mathematical modelization of the shutter effect shows that, in the spectral domain, the behavior of the camcorder is close to a cardinal sine function with a main lobe and sidelobes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a backlighting system for a liquid-crystal display screen, comprising: an illumination source producing an illumination beam; an objective illuminated by said illumination beam; at least one folding mirror illuminated by the illumination beam coming from the objective; and a Fresnel lens capable of collimating and redirecting the illumination beam reflected by said at least one folding mirror, the beam transmitted by the Fresnel lens being intended to back-light said display screen.

Abstract: What is proposed is a method for the color correction of digital image data generated by spectral absorption of white light in color filters of a first representation means. Color film material, in particular, is taken into consideration as the first representation means. For this purpose, firstly the primary color values R, G, B of the image data on the color film are detected. Said primary color values R, G, B are corrected in order to generate secondary color values R?, G?, B? which are related to a second representation means, for example a monitor. This correction involves taking account of the absorption of light in secondary densities of the colorants of the film material which form the color filters of the first representation means. For this purpose, a plurality of absorption spectra are generated for different densities of the colorants.

Abstract: System for the sequential illumination of an imager comprising a color wheel comprising at least two coplanar subsets of three colored segments The color wheel comprises at least one subset of segments of primary colors 61R, 61G and 61B, and one subset of segments of composite colors. The subset of segments of composite colors comprises a segment transmitting in the ranges of wavelengths corresponding to red and to green, a segment transmitting in the ranges of wavelengths corresponding to green and to blue, and a segment transmitting in the ranges of wavelengths corresponding to red and to blue. Thus, the luminosity of image display systems is improved, and the phenomenon of “color break-up” is appreciably reduced. Corresponding projection appliance.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of improving the luminous efficiency of a sequential-colour matrix display, the display being driven using an addressing method of the pulse width modulation (PWM) type. This method comprises, for each pixel of a subframe, the following steps: comparison of the pixel colour value of the preceding subframe with a reference value so as to provide an overlap value depending on the period of overlap with the current subframe; if the pixel color value of the current subframe less the overlap value gives a positive value, a time offset is added to the pixel color value of the current subframe; if the pixel color value of the current subframe less the overlap value gives negative value, the pixel color value of the current subframe is forced to be zero. The invention applies to LCOS or LCD displays.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for processing a mosaic of noisy source images exhibiting overlap zones where at least two of the source images are superimposed. According to the invention, the method comprises a step of generating a random noise (35) in the overlap zones so as to compensate at least partially for the deviation in noise between the overlap zones and the zones where the source images are not superimposed, called non-overlap zones.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a device for displaying images. It is known to inlay a pattern of watermark type into the sequence of images to be displayed so as to combat the copying of images by picture-taking. This inlaying consists in modulating the intensity of the pixels of the pattern about the value to be displayed at a high frequency which renders the pattern invisible to the human eye but which generates artefacts on the sequence filmed by the camcorder. This technique poses problems when the sequence of images to be displayed comprises scenes in motion. The pattern appears since the integration carried out by the eye at the moment of display of the images is not correct. According to the invention, it is proposed that the patterns to be inlayed be motion compensated.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for digital display of a video image using time-division modulation. This device is intended to display a video image during a video frame comprising a plurality of consecutive subfields distributed within at least two separate identical time segments. According to the invention, the pixels of the video image change state at most once during each time segment and the video image to be displayed is saved in the image memory in the form of information identifying, for each subfield, the pixels changing state.

Abstract: The invention provides a solution for reducing the bit rate of the image memory which stores the binary images displayed on a digital display device. At least one binary image 16c is stored per group of at least two pixels of like binary value. Means duplicate the pixels of the image stored per group of pixels during display on a digital display element.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of processing a video image sequence in a liquid crystal display panel and to a device for implementing this method. According to one embodiment of the invention, at least one motion-compensated image is generated for each group of m consecutive images of the sequence, m being greater or equal to 2, in order to obtain a group of n consecutive images, with n>m. Said group of n consecutive images replaces the group of m consecutive images into the sequence. Next, for each pixel having in a current image of the new sequence a current grey level and in the next image a different target grey level, an intercalary grey level is calculated which is higher or lower than said target grey level depending on whether said target grey level is respectively higher or lower than the current grey level of the pixel. Next, in the current image, the current grey level of the pixels is replaced with said calculated intercalary level.