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| 20090028464 | IMAGE UPSCALING BASED UPON DIRECTIONAL INTERPOLATION - A method for interpolation includes receiving an input image having a plurality of pixels. The edge direction proximate a first pixel of the input image is estimated using a first technique from a plurality of discrete potential directions. An edge direction is selected based upon the estimating the edge direction proximate the first pixel of the input image using a second technique. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon the selected edge direction. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon another technique. An output image is determined pixels having more pixels than the plurality of pixels based upon step (d) and step (e). | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090028465 | Image upscaling technique - A method for interpolation includes receiving an input image having a plurality of pixels. The edge direction proximate a first pixel of the input image is estimated using a first technique from a plurality of discrete potential directions. An edge direction is selected based upon the estimating the edge direction proximate the first pixel of the input image using a second technique. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon the selected edge direction. The pixels proximate the first pixel are interpolated based upon another technique. An output image is determined pixels having more pixels than the plurality of pixels. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090074319 | Adaptive image up-scaling technique - A method for scaling an image includes providing a set of filters based upon a low-resolution data set and a high-resolution data set suitable for up-scaling a low resolution image to a high resolution image. The filters are collectively representative of at least a portion of an image space and a substantial number of the filters are representative of a different at least one selected from a volume and a shape within the image space. A low-resolution image is received and generates a corresponding high-resolution image based up the filters. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090109233 | Methods and Systems for Image Enhancement - Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems and methods for image enhancement. Some embodiments comprise color detection, color mapping and differential processing based on color characteristics. Some embodiments comprise tonescale processing. Some embodiments comprise application of dither pattern noise to an image to reduce contouring artifacts. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090141971 | Systems and Methods for Skin-Color-Cognizant Color Mapping - Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for adjusting image color values to accommodate a different color gamut. In some embodiments, colors within a skin-color region are preserved while colors outside the skin-color region are stretched to fill the new color gamut. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100008591 | Methods and Systems for Display Correction - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for compression of display non-uniformity correction data and use of compressed display non-uniformity correction data. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100052575 | Methods and Systems for Reducing View-Angle-Induced Color Shift - Elements of the present invention relate to systems and methods for generating, modifying and applying backlight array driving values. In some embodiments, color ratios are used to determine backlight array driving values that reduce color shift at side-view angles. In some embodiments, backlight color values may be adjusted to also reduce color shift from side-view angles. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100074548 | Image sharpening technique - A sharpening technique for digital images for presentation on a display. The technique may include an upscaling process, a noise reduction process, and a sharpening process. The technique may further use a single buffer for the upscaling, noise reduction, and sharpening. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100194773 | Skin color cognizant GMA with luminance equalization - A method for mapping/enhancing the color of an image to be displayed on a display includes receiving an image having a plurality of pixels where each of the pixels has a plurality of color components. The image is processed using a pair of gamut color mapping operations in combination with skin-tone pixels detection to modify the image in a suitable manner for presentation on the display, wherein the technique includes color temperature compensation. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100284614 | Blue sky color detection technique - An image enhancement technique includes a filter that receives an input image and provides a low-pass filtered image that maintains a substantial number of edges therein. The low pass filtered image is provided a likelihood of being a sky color for each pixel of the low pass filtered image. The low-pass filtered image is filtered based upon a user selection to selectively enhance the sky color. The low-pass filtered image and the filtered low-pass filtered image are blended based upon the user selection based upon the likelihood. The blended image is combined with a high pass filtered input image to provide an enhanced image. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100322513 | Skin and sky color detection and enhancement system - An image enhancement technique that includes a filter that receives an image and generates a filtered image primarily including lower frequency content and sharp edges of the image. A skin color processing is based upon the filtered image to enhance skin tone regions of the image. A sky color processing is based upon the filtered image to enhance sky color regions of the image. A combiner calculates an output image based upon the skin color processing, the sky color processing, and higher frequency content of the image. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110007982 | Methods and Systems for Reducing Compression Artifacts - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for reducing compression artifacts. Decoded and displayed images and videos that have been compressed may exhibit visually objectionable artifacts. Aspects of the present invention relate to methods and systems for reducing visible artifacts by selectively filtering an image region based on a combination of a motion indicator and an edge-strength indicator. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110019082 | Multi-frame approach for image upscaling - Video upscaling may be performed by effectively combining several different image processing techniques. The video is processed using temporal based motion estimation and subsequently filtered using a spatial filter. The spatially filtered image is sharpened and noise is suppressed. Also, the images in the video are upscaled. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110074933 | Reduction of viewer discomfort for stereoscopic images - A method for modifying images for display on a three dimensional display includes receiving a first image and a corresponding second image which together represent a three dimensional image when displayed on the three dimensional display. Based upon the first and second image, the method determines whether their content is expected to cause substantial discomfort to a viewer when displayed on the three dimensional display. At least one of the first and second images are modified based at least in part on a physical value related to the pixel pitch of the display, in such a manner to reduce the expected discomfort to the viewer. | 03-31-2011 |
