Abstract: A color image monitoring apparatus is capable of controlling the color correction characteristics by external commands. A color correction information memory stores input masking coefficients and .gamma. correction tables. The input masking coefficients can be loaded in the memory by an external command. In the .gamma. correction tables includes a table for the correction values for the .gamma. values at pitches of 0.1 within a range of 1.0 to .alpha. (>1.0). When a .gamma. correction process is executed, the tables to be used are selected by specifying the .gamma. values by the external command. A color correction circuit performs the respective .gamma. correction and input masking processes using the .gamma. correction tables and input masking coefficients stored in the memory.

Abstract: A system for compensating the output of an output device to eliminate reflected ambient illumination comprises a display device, a calibration memory, a reflectivity memory, a memory, a processor, an input device, a video card, and an achromatic card that serves as a standard for comparison to the output of the output device. The reflectivity memory stores the reflectivity characteristics of the output device. The calibration memory stores the optical characteristics of the output device. The memory stores the reflectivity characteristics of the achromatic card, data, and program instruction steps of the system. The output of the output device is adjusted to match the ambient illumination reflected from the achromatic card. The processor then determines the tristimulus values of the ambient illumination through the known tristimulus values of the output generated by the output device, the reflectivity characteristics of the achromatic card, and the reflectivity characteristics of the output device.

Abstract: An amplifier (10) and method for controlling a saturation level of a color video signal has a circuit (33) connected to sum respective individual input color video signals to provide a summed output video signal (34). A first amplifier (14) receives one of the individual color video signals (R) as an input and produces an amplified individual color video signal output (15). A second amplifier (30) receives the summed output video signal (34) and produces a reference output signal (35), connected to be added to the amplified individual color video signal output (15). A user adjustable color saturation control circuit (25) controls a gain of the second amplifier (30), and inversely controls a gain of the first amplifier (14). In one embodiment, a contrast control circuit (20) is connected to control the gain of the first amplifier (14) with the user adjustable color saturation control circuit (25) being connected to the contrast control circuit (20) to control the gain of the first amplifier (14).

Abstract: A serial sampling video signal driving apparatus receives a plurality of color video signals. A serial sampling video driver samples the color video signals one after the other in cyclic fashion, and provides the sampled values to drive a matrix-type color display. A delay circuit delays one or more of the color video signals at different phases before input to the serial sampling video driver, thereby compensating for differences in sampling times.

Abstract: Transmitting via color signals or vertical signals to control a computer's display monitor using software adjustments of the display parameters. A user can vary the display parameters including, for example, the contrast, brightness, horizontal and vertical size and position, inter alia, and transmit other commands and other data using codes transmitted with the color codes, or alternatively, with the vertical synchronization pulses.

Abstract: In the interlocking mode, the color of the color data is converted into a brightness value by a brightness converting circuit in accordance with the value of each of R, G, B of the color data written into each color register of RAMDAC. Gradation data to be written into each register of the flat palette table is formed from the brightness value. In the non-interlocking mode, an optional gradation data irrelevant to the color data of the RAMDAC is written into each register of the flat palette table. By the switching between interlocking and non-interlocking modes, selection can be made between the monochrome gradation display which faithfully reproduces the color display screen of a CRT display and the monochrome display of an optional gradation irrelevant to the color display screen.

Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus are used for generating image data including characters or symbols in a color on the basis of a designated size. The brightness at which the image data is generated is changed in accordance with the designated size of a character or symbol. Thus, when printing a character or symbol on a printer, the difference in visual impression which is felt when the character or symbol has been printed in a different size, is reduced.

Abstract: A computer display device with digital RGB color signal lines, and horizontal and vertical synchronous signal lines. The controller comprising a means for taking out, from one of the digital RGB color signal lines which consists of an N bit digital signal, a black level signal defined as "0" or "1" in all N bits, and a means for adding the black level signal being taken out to either one of said horizontal and vertical synchronous signal lines. In addition to the controller, the present invention provides a display device including a means, provided within the display device, for extracting said black level signal from the synchronous signal with the black level signal being added, and a means for maintaining a black level potential of the display device at a predetermined value in response to the black level signal being extracted.

Abstract: The field image signal for each of the color components of a frame color image signal is formed into a signal of odd number field groups and even number field groups of predetermined color sequence connected together in series, and with the color component sped up several times. The signal is scanned, with the signal of a specific color component deflected vertically by half the horizontal scanning spacing amount, the odd number fields and even number fields being deflected in opposite directions. As a result odd number and even number field images are displayed on the black and white display at respective established locations. At the same time, the light color changing means is driven with a signal corresponding to the color component signal, and the non color light signal displayed in black and white is changed into a light signal of a color component corresponding to the signal. As a result a high resolution color image is displayed without color aberration.

Abstract: An advanced video processor generates displays for displaying of either graphics or text information via a display monitor or a TV set operating as a monitor. The video processor includes a memory port, a graphics processor, at least one sprite register, a color palette, a color priority logic and a digital to analog converter. The color palette provides 512 color selections, any sixteen of which may be displayed at once.

Abstract: A method for easily notifying a user of the printing status of a color video printer by displaying the printing status of the color video printer. In order to display the color being printed, a pedestal level signal and a white level signal are multiplexed in response to a pulse width converted control signal. The multiplexed signal and a chrominance signal are applied to multiplex the chrominance signal in response to a selection control signal, and a multiplexed chrominance signal is displayed on a screen of a monitor by stimulating the screen monitor with an additive mixture of color so as to display the printing status.

Abstract: An interface system allows a user to select and control colors used in graphic images generated by a computer system. The interface system employs graphical representations of the hue, chroma, and lightness combinations capable of being rendered by a computer graphics system. In a preferred embodiment, the graphical representation includes a one-dimensional graph (40) depicting the range of hues and a two-dimensional graph (42) depicting the range of chroma and value combinations available for a selected hue. The graphical representations are preferably rendered in accordance with a Hue-Value-Chroma ("HVC") color space (90) having a high degree of perceptual uniformity.

Abstract: Many sensor information processing applications currently use monochrome B-scan presentations to exhibit processing results from radar, sonar, spectral estimation, seismic profiling, radio astronomy, bio-engineering, and infrared imaging. The use of color for such raster display presentations have been limited to the coding of amplitude values for a fixed set of hue/luminance colors to convey recognition by the human operator. Hue and luminance are used here independently to convey two orthogonal pieces of low signal-to-noise sensor information simultaneously to the operator for quick and accurate recognition. The net result is an added degree of freedom available on a single display surface, which not only improves operator recognition and reaction time for critical events, but precludes the necessity of a second display presentation for the alternate information and subsequent correlation of two data sets by visual comparison.

Abstract: A block copy image is divided into several regions R1 and R6, to which different system colors are allocated. A subject region PR including a line break CP1 is specified by an operator. Run-length data of a run-length less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value is automatically detected out of various run-length data representing the subject region PR. White/black designation data defining the color of an image in the run-length data is changed into the color of a linework. The break CP1 in the linework is thus reconnected without operator's instruction. Alternatively, the subject region PR is divided into two portions. The two portions are further divided into separate areas to which different system colors are allocated. This enables an operator to easily detect the position of a line break because the linework elements separated by a break have different colors. The break is then reconnected according to operator's instruction.