| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 345617000 | Contrast | 25 |
| 20080238933 | Display method and apparatus for adjusting contrast of map elements for navigation system - A method and apparatus of valuing contrast of representation on background displayed on a screen of a navigation apparatus, by counting a number of the presentations on the background of the screen, adjusting contrast of the representations against the background displayed on the screen in response to the number of the representation on the background, and displaying the representations on the screen based on the adjusted contrast of the representation. The contrast of the representations against the background is set lower than original contrast against the background when the number of the representations is equal to or more than a predetermined number. The contrast of the representations is set higher than current contrast when the number of the representations on the screen is less than a predetermined number. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238934 | Reduction of mura effects - A display that includes at least one gray level being provided to a plurality of pixels that illuminates each of the pixels with the gray level. The display applies corrective data for the pixels so as to reduce the mura effects of said display for those characteristics generally visible by the human visual system and so as not to reduce the mura effects of the display for those characteristics generally not visible by the human visual system. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080238935 | CONTRAST CONTROL APPARATUS AND CONTRAST CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY - A contrast control apparatus includes a statistic distribution unit and a characteristic judging unit. The statistic distribution unit receives an image data to have a brightness histogram distribution in statistic. The brightness histogram distribution has a plurality of statistic nodes, respectively corresponding to a plurality of gray levels in statistic. The characteristic judging unit at least receives the brightness histogram distribution to determine a brightness adjusting signal for the image data, so as to proportionally adjust a brightness of a display light source. In addition, the characteristic judging unit also outputs a contrast curve, and the contrast curve represents a plurality of adjusted nodes, respectively corresponding to the statistic nodes. As a result, the brightness of the statistic nodes is changed. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090085929 | HDR DISPLAYS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS THEREFOR - A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. Elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen. The display may provide a high dynamic range. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090102858 | VIRTUAL SPOTLIGHT FOR DISTINGUISHING OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN IMAGE DATA - Assistance systems are increasingly being used to assist vehicle drivers when driving their vehicles. To this end, a camera is used to record image data from the area surrounding a vehicle, and at least some of the image data ( | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090153584 | IMAGE ADJUSTING APPARATUS - An image adjusting apparatus is provided for adjusting the contrast of an input image. The image adjusting apparatus comprises a transformation module, a memory module, a processing module, an output module and a display module. The transformation module is used for transforming the input image to a plurality of input image values. The memory module is used for pre-storing a plurality of gain curves, wherein each of the gain curves comprises at least one first segment with a first slope and one second segment with a second slope. The processing module is coupled to the transforming module and the memory module for adjusting the plurality of the input image values and generating a plurality of output image values corresponding thereto according to a gain curve. The output module is coupled to the processing module for generating an output image according to the plurality of the output image values. The display module is coupled to the output module for displaying the output image. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090174727 | Method and apparatus for improved display of digital mammographic images - A method and apparatus for the improved display of digital mammographic images, which were measured in the context of a mammographic imaging system and displayed on a workstation monitor. The mammogram consists of a plurality of pixels with each pixel having a pixel value assigned thereto. The pixel values of all pixels of the mammogram lie within a pre-determined first range of values and the pixel values of pixels of a subsection of the mammogram lie within a second range of values, which represents a subset of the first range of values. A mammogram having a subsection with increased contrast, such that the second range of pixel values of the pixels in the subsection are spread by a spreading function, whereby the amount of the spreading function changes over the subsection. In this way, an improved display is created, by means of those representations of the mammogram regarding their contrast in subsections being optimized, at the same time the representation for a user is improved without artifacts. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090284547 | HDR DISPLAYS AND CONTROL SYSTEMS THEREFOR - A display has a screen which incorporates a light modulator. The screen may be a front projection screen or a rear-projection screen. Elements of the light modulator may be controlled to adjust the intensity of light emanating from corresponding areas on the screen. The display may provide a high dynamic range. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090303249 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE EDITING - A high dynamic range image editing system for editing an image file having pixels spanning a first range of light intensity levels in an image editing system that only displays differences in the light intensity levels of pixels within a second range of light intensity levels that is less than the first range of light intensity levels, without reducing the range of light intensity levels in the image file. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20100033498 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING DISPLAY DEVICE - An electronic apparatus having a display device, an operation section, an area setting section and a brightness adjuster is provided. The display device is configured to display an image and text. The operation section configured to be used for input operation. The area setting section is configured to set a noticed area on a screen displayed on the display device on the basis of an input operation done on the operation section. The brightness adjuster is configured to make an unnoticed area of the screen less bright than the noticed area. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100053203 | Contrast Increase in X-Ray Projection Images and/or in Tomographically Reconstructed Volumes by Deconvolution of the Projection Images - The invention relates to a method and a device for increasing contrast in medical images generated by an imaging system featuring an x-ray source and a detector. The detector detects x-rays of the x-ray source and converts image signals from the x-rays. The image signals are transferred to a control and processing unit for processing. Deconvolution of the image signals is carried out by application of an inverse modulation transfer function modified by a regularization. At least a volume image can be reconstructed from the deconvolved image signals. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100182338 | DIFFRACTIVE TECHNOLOGY BASED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC CONTRAST MANIPULATION IN DISPLAY SYSTEMS - A method and system providing dynamic contrast control in scanning line color display systems, and particularly a method and system comprising at least two modulator units is disclosed. One modulator unit is for modulating pixel information in a line to be displayed while the other one provides illumination intensity control over different pixel areas or clusters of pixels of said same line to be displayed by using a tunable diffractive grating element (TDG) in the illumination path to provide image source dependent active brightness level control, i.e. ‘dynamic contrast’, as well as a shutter function for pixels off transition periods. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20110090243 | Apparatus and method for inter-view crosstalk reduction - Disclosed is an inter-view crosstalk reduction apparatus and method. The inter-view crosstalk reduction apparatus applies a different margin value based on a spatial location of an image, the margin value being used to compensate for crosstalk, performs smoothing of a margin image, and applies a margin only to a portion where the margin is utilized, thereby decreasing crosstalk. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110242129 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN EDGE-PRESERVING SMOOTH FILTER FOR LOW POWER ARCHITECTURE - Embodiments of an apparatus, system and method are described for an edge-preserving smooth filter for low power architecture. A weighted pixel sum may be determined based on a weight of a central pixel and a weight of one or more neighboring pixels. The weight sum for the central pixel may be set to a power of two. An output of the central pixel may be displayed based on the weight sum and the weighted pixel sum. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110310116 | METHOD FOR CONVERTING INPUT IMAGE DATA INTO OUTPUT IMAGE DATA, IMAGE CONVERSION UNIT FOR CONVERTING INPUT IMAGE DATA INTO OUTPUT IMAGE DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY DEVICE - In a method, unit and display device the input image signal is split into a regional contrast signal (V | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120007880 | CONTRAST CONTROL FOR DISPLAY DEVICE - A contrast control device is provided. The device of the invention includes a detecting unit, a judging unit, a backlight control unit, a gain generating unit and a contrast gain processing unit. The detecting unit calculates an average value and detects a maximum value of a current image. The judging unit generates a gain index and a brightness index according to the average value. The backlight control unit generates a backlight control signal according to the brightness index. The gain generating unit generates a first contrast gain value and a soft-clamping gain value according to the gain index, the average value and the maximum value and then selects one from the first contrast gain value and the soft-clamping gain value for output as a second contrast gain value according to an input pixel value of the current image. The contrast gain processing unit generates an output pixel value according to the second contrast gain value and the input pixel value. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120194540 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING, NAMING, AND DISPLAYING MEDICAL IMAGES - A method of matching medical images according to user-defined matches rules. In one embodiment, the matched medical images are displayed according user-defined display rules such that the matched medical images may be visually compared in manner that is suitable to the viewer's viewing preferences. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20130002705 | RENDERING A TEXT IMAGE FOLLOWING A LINE - A graphics or image rendering system, such as a map image rendering system, receives image data from an image database in the form of vector data that defines various image objects, such as roads, geographical boundaries, etc., and textures defining text strings to be displayed on the image to provide, for example, labels for the image objects. The imaging rendering system renders the images such that the individual characters of the text strings are placed on the image following a multi-segmented or curved line. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130038626 | COLOR AUGMENTED LOCAL AREA CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT - A method and system for color enabled local area contrast enhancement, are provided by generating a first copy of an image; processing the first copy to locally enhance visual contrast in the image; generating a second copy of the image; processing the second copy of the image to provide at least one visual cue to radiant flux within the image incident on the focal plane pixels; displaying a combined image formed from the combination of the locally enhanced first copy and flux mapped the second copy. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20140267378 | GLOBAL CONTRAST CORRECTION - Systems and methods may apply global contrast correction to a plurality of thermal images. For example, a vehicle may capture a plurality of aerial thermal images for use in generating a composite image. Each individual thermal image may be individually contrasted based on the temperature range of pixels in that image, so the contrast range of the thermal images may vary. The plurality of thermal images may be analyzed to determine a global contrast range. Extreme temperatures may be excluded from the global contrast range. Based on the global contrast range, a contrast level of each of the plurality of thermal images may be adjusted. For example, the individual temperature range of each thermal image may be scaled to a global temperature range. A composite image having consistent contrasting may be generated from the plurality of thermal images. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140300627 | METHOD AND APPARATUS INDICATING SCROLL POSITION ON A DISPLAY - A method, apparatus and computer program product for indicating scroll position on a display is presented. A movement event requiring movement of content within a display area is identified. A location indicator is displayed at a first content location relative to content within the display area, the location indicator identifying that the first content location will remain visible on the display in response to the movement event. During movement of the content within the display area, a corresponding movement of the location indicator relative to the first content location is provided as the first content location moves with the content within the display area. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20160086578 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CODE DISPLAY METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUM - An electronic device includes a display unit, a memory and a processor. The display unit displays at least one of a first display representing a code display and a second display representing a display other than the code display. The processor performs a first display process and a second display process. The first display process controls the display unit such that the display unit performs the first display with contrast ratio of the display unit, based on a contrast data item for first display stored in the memory. The second display process controls the display unit such that the display unit performs the second display with contrast ratio of the display unit, based on a contrast data item for second display stored in the memory. | 03-24-2016 |
| 20160093034 | Contrast Based Image Fusion - A system for two color image fusion blending co-registered low light level images in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum with thermal infrared images maximizes the information content of the scene by detecting in which of the two image types, IR and visible, there is more structural information and increasing the weight of the pixels in the image type having the most structural information. Additionally, situational awareness is increased by categorizing image information as “scene” or “target” and colorizing the target images to highlight target features when raw IR values are above a predetermined threshold. The system utilizes Red, Green and Blue (RGB) planes to convey different information such that for targets the Red plane is used to colorize regions when raw IR exceeds the predetermined threshold. For scene images, the Green plane provides improved situational awareness due to the above weighted blend of the two image types. | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160189402 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTRAST ENHANCED IMAGING WITH SINGLE ENERGY ACQUISITION - Methods and systems are provided for boosting the contrast levels in an image reconstructed from projection data acquired at a single energy. In one embodiment, a method comprises modifying projection data corresponding to a material based on an absorption behavior of the material at a selected energy, wherein the projection data is acquired at an energy higher than the selected energy. In this way, contrast levels may be enhanced in an image reconstructed from projection data acquired at a typical single energy as though the image were reconstructed from projection data acquired at a lower energy. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20160189678 | ADJUSTING A TRANSPARENT DISPLAY WITH AN IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE - A system and method for adjusting a display an image capturing device is provided. The method includes receiving an image, detecting a facial feature, such as eyes squinting, and adjusting a contrast of a display accordingly. As such, by employing a facial feature detection technique, a display may more dynamically provide an updated contrast. | 06-30-2016 |
