Image processing method and apparatus adjusting image data...

Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Intensity or color driving control

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C345S102000

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ABSTRACT:
A method for processing a frame of image data, wherein the image data is amplified by a gain factor determined in dependence of a number of sub-pixels within said frame of image data having a luminance above a first threshold value. The resulting gain factor allows for optimal amplification of the image data without loss of local detail. This leads to a better perceived image quality. In a preferred embodiment, the gain factor is simultaneously used for reducing the backlight intensity in a backlit LCD device. Thereby, the perceived image quality is similar to that of the unprocessed image data, however the power consumption of the LCD backlight is reduced substantially.

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English translation of Japanese patent application JP 11-109317 by Kenji Watanabe.
Hwang et al, Late-News Paper: Image Synchronized Brightness Control:, 29.4L, 2001, SID 01 Digest, pp. 492-493.

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