Method of, and apparatus for image enhancement taking...

Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration

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C382S272000, C382S274000, C345S011000, C345S077000, C345S074100, C345S075100, C345S075200

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07995851

ABSTRACT:
A method of and an apparatus for image enhancement taking ambient illuminance into consideration. The image enhancement method includes calculating an original-luminance contrast which is a luminance contrast with respect to an original-luminance of pixels forming an original image, calculating a fade-luminance by reflecting the variation of perceived luminance based on an ambient illuminance into the original-luminance, calculating a defade-luminance by converting the fade-luminance to maintain the original-luminance contrast, and calculating a display-luminance by reflecting the variation of perceived luminance by the ambient illuminance into the defade-luminance. Improving luminance contrast through adjustment of luminance based on ambient illuminance, effectively reduces the fade phenomenon.

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