Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080204372 | Method and apparatus for processing video pictures - The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for processing video pictures for dynamic false contour effect compensation. It comprises the steps of: | 08-28-2008 |
20080204374 | Method and apparatus for driving an AMOLED with variable driving voltage - The sharpness impression when displaying a movement on an AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Display) shall be improved. For this purpose, an apparatus for driving a cell of an AMOLED is provided including driving means for applying a driving voltage to the cell and for applying a luminance control signal to the cell during a pregiven time frame. The apparatus further includes controlling means for varying the driving voltage within the time frame according to a predefined function of time. For example, the driving voltage may be varied in the form of a triangle so that the lighting time over the frame is reduced while a CRT like behavior is emulated. | 08-28-2008 |
20080211749 | Method for Grayscale Rendition in Am-Oled - The present invention relates to a grayscale rendition method in an active matrix OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display) where each cell of the display is controlled via an association of several Thin-Film Transistors (TFTs). In order to improve the grayscale rendition in an AM-OLED when displaying low grayscale levels and/or when displaying moving pictures, it is proposed to split each frame into a plurality of subframes wherein the amplitude of the data signal applied to a cell of the AM-OLED can be adapted to conform to the visual response of a CRT display. According to the invention, the video frame used for displaying an image is divided into N consecutive subframes, with N≧2, and the data signal applied to the cell comprises N independent elementary data signals, each of said elementary data signals being applied to the cell during a subframe. The grayscale level displayed by the cell during the video frame is depending on the amplitude of the elementary data signals and the duration of the subframes. | 09-04-2008 |
20080310824 | Method and device for encoding video levels into subfield code words - The invention relates to a method and a device for encoding the video level of a pixel of a picture into a subfield code word in a display device. It can be applied to every display device using a PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) technology and subfields for displaying video picture. The bits of the subfield code word are computed recursively one after the other from the bit having the most significant weight to the bit having the least significant weight. According to the invention, for determining the state of a bit of the subfield code word, a first threshold and a second threshold is associated with said bit, said second threshold being greater than said first threshold, and the video level to be encoded by this bit and its following bits in the subfield code word are compared to the first and second thresholds. If the video level is lower than the first threshold, a state “OFF” is allocated to the bit. If the video level is greater than the second threshold, a state “ON” is allocated to the bit and if the video level is lying between the first and second thresholds, a state “ON” is allocated to the bit according to a predetermined criteria. | 12-18-2008 |
20090009502 | Method for driving a plasma display panel with attenuation extimation and compensation and corresponding apparatus - The picture quality on a plasma display panel shall be improved when the contrast and/or the brightness are reduced. This is achieved by estimating the reduction of the dynamic occurring in the front-end of the data processing of the plasma display device and by compensating it in the back-end. Specifically, the gain and/or offset of the video input data are adjusted and the power level of the adjusted video data is measured. The resulting power level information is updated on the basis of an attenuation information. The updated power level is used for the power management and the level of the video data being reduced in the front-end is increased on the basis of the attenuation information. Thus, the dynamic of the video and, as a result, the picture quality are improved. | 01-08-2009 |
20090021457 | Method for Displaying an Image on an Organic Light Emitting Display and Respective Apparatus - The driving of an active matrix organic light emitting display (AMOLED) shall be improved. A pulsing grayscale rendition shall be combined with an improved motion rendition when driving the AMOLED with analog signals. Therefore, there is provided a data signal which is applied to each cell of the AMOLED for displaying a first grayscale level of a pixel of the image during a first group of sub-frames for displaying at least a second grayscale level of a pixel of the image during at least a second group of sub-frames. The first group of sub-frames and the at least second group of sub-frames are constituting a video frame N. Each group of sub-frames is divided into a plurality of sub-frames. Each, the first group of sub-frames and the second group of sub-frames is belonging to a separate complete image of the display (AMOLED). The data signal of a cell comprises plural independent elementary data signals wherein each of the elementary data signals is applied to the cell during a sub-frame and the grayscale level displayed by the cell during the respective group of sub-frames depends on the amplitude of the elementary data signals and the duration of the sub-frames. With this concept, a flicker-free and a very high level of motion rendition can be offered. | 01-22-2009 |
20090232396 | Method for correcting chromatic aberration - The invention relates to a method for correcting chromatic aberration in an image capture device like a camera. It comprises the steps of determining, in the image, an analyzing area around the current pixel, comparing, for the current pixel, a first color component data of a first block of pixels comprising the current pixel to a second color component data of pixels of second blocks of pixels having the same size as the first block within the analyzing area, selecting the second block of pixels having the highest correlation with the first block of pixels, determining the shift vector to be applied to the selected second block in order that said selected second block coincides spatially with said first block of pixels, and shifting the second color component data of the pixel of the selected second block corresponding to the current pixel in accordance with the shift vector so as to correct chromatic aberration. | 09-17-2009 |
20090309902 | Method for Grayscale Rendition in an Am-Oled - The present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying an input picture of a sequence of input pictures during a video frame made up of N consecutive sub-frames, with N≧2, comprising
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20100053200 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CODING VIDEO LEVELS IN A PLASMA DISPLAY PANEL - The invention relates to a method and a device for coding video levels of pixels of a colour component of a picture to be displayed on a display device into code words. The invention is more particularly applicable to Plasma Display Panels (PDP) to improve the picture quality (grayscale enhancement, dynamic false contour reduction). The main idea of the invention is to automatically change the floor and ceiling levels used classically for dithering each pixel value depending on the neighboring pixels of the same color component. The size of the window determining the neighboring pixels is dependent on the definition of the wanted flat field size. | 03-04-2010 |
20100110240 | PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CORRECTING DEFECT PIXEL VALUES OF AN IMAGE SENSOR UNIT, IMAGE SENSOR UNIT WITH THE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD - CMOS image sensors are usually suffering from fixed pattern noise and random defect pixels. However, for economical reasons and in order to increase the manufacturing yield, some random defective pixels are usually accepted even for professional devices. In this case, the defect pixels are usually corrected by signal processing. A processing device for correcting of at least one defect pixel value of an image sensor unit is proposed, the image sensor unit comprising at least a first and a second pixel array, wherein the image sensor unit is embodied to project the same image onto each pixel array, the processing device comprising at least a first and a second input channel for receiving pixel values of the first and the second pixel array, respectively, wherein the processing device is operable to exchange the defect pixel value by a corrected pixel value, wherein the corrected pixel value is estimated by evaluating the values of neighbouring pixels of the defect pixel of the same pixel array, wherein the corrected pixel value is estimated by evaluating values of a corresponding pixel and its neighbouring pixels of the second pixel array at the same location as the defect pixel of the first pixel array in respect to the projected image. | 05-06-2010 |
20100128057 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR CORRECTION BETWEEN DISPLAYS WITH AND WITHOUT AVERAGE PICTURE DEPENDENCY - A system and method for compensating for average brightness dependency (ABD) differences between displays with and without average brightness dependency (ABD) includes color correcting source picture content on a reference display to output color corrected picture content. In addition, an ABD simulation process uses the color corrected picture content to simulate the display of content on the reference display. Subsequently, a compensation process receives the color corrected picture content and information from the simulation process and applies an ABD compensation characteristic to the color corrected picture content for correctly displaying the source picture content on a display with different ABD characteristics than the reference display. | 05-27-2010 |
20100134529 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING COLORS ON DISPLAYS WITH DIFFERENT MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTIONS - A system and method for adjusting modulation transfer function includes a color correction module configured to adjust source picture content based upon a reference display to output color corrected picture content. A modulation frequency function (MTF) simulation module is configured to receive the color corrected picture content and simulate the reference display using the color corrected picture content for a display with MTF characteristics different than the reference display. | 06-03-2010 |
20100265264 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COLOR GRADING FOR DISPLAYS - A method, apparatus and system for providing color grading or color correction for displays includes a plurality of virtual device models where each virtual device model has a virtual model specification (VMS) which controls a display feature. Each display includes a display specification including a display requirement or requirements. An apparatus of the present invention is configured to compare the display feature of at least one VMS against the display requirement of the display specification to determine a best match therebetween to select a virtual device model to control a display picture. Color correction is further provided in post production using the VMS to provide consistency across multiple display types. | 10-21-2010 |
20100265395 | Reduction of phosphor lag artifacts on display devices - Luminous elements of the three colours red, green and blue of video display devices have a different response time. Therefore, a coloured edge and trail appear at edges in direction of a moving object. In order to reduce the disturbing character of such coloured edges and trails, a horizontal spatial equalisation of the response time of luminous elements having a shorter response time by low-pass filtering a component signal of the video component signals for driving luminous elements having a shorter response time dependent on a horizontal speed of changes of the component signal is recommended to reduce phosphor lag artifacts on display devices. The arrangement for processing video component signals of different colour comprises a compensation unit which according to a preferred embodiment is realised by a FIR filter and a horizontal speed correction unit supplied with a horizontal and vertical motion estimation signal. | 10-21-2010 |
20100321374 | Method and apparatus for reducing driver energy consumption - Method and apparatus for reducing driver energy consumption of drivers of a display device each supplied by an input codeword as e.g. for data drivers of a plasma display panel supplied by sequences of subfield data bits in form of a codeword comprising a predetermined number of bits are recommended, wherein the apparatus comprises a driver transition energy limitation circuit for toggling bits of the input codeword applied to the driver transition energy limitation circuit and providing a codeword reducing the driver energy consumption. A toggle map, which is generated from a combination of a transition map determining a bit in the input codeword if toggled reduces energy consumption and a flag map determining a number of least significant bits exceeding a cell energy limit value, is applied to an input codeword for the driver to toggle bits of said input codeword for reducing driver energy consumption without a perceivable image quality degradation. Method and apparatus are advantageously applicable for driver overheat protection and eco mode to reduce driver energy consumption without a perceivable image quality degradation. | 12-23-2010 |
20100321582 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING MOTION BETWEEN TWO VIDEO FRAMES - The invention relates to a method of estimating motion between two video frames. According to the invention, the motion estimation is done by using first one motion estimation in the horizontal direction and then one motion estimation in the vertical direction. Preferably, a plurality of motion estimations in the horizontal direction are used alternately with motion estimations in the vertical direction. It allows reducing the complexity of the estimation. | 12-23-2010 |