Method and apparatus for improving time variant image details on a raster display
First Claim
1. In a raster display device, an apparatus for improving display image details, comprising:
- (a) an intensity memory having a row and column arrangement for receiving and storing intensity information over a plurality of sweeps; and
(b) an adaptive mapping process coupled to said intensity memory for converting said intensity information into present brightness levels from a set of brightness levels having less resolution than said intensity information wherein said adaptive mapping process produces predetermined portions of each of said brightness levels from said set of brightness levels within each of said columns.
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Abstract
A method of displaying digital samples with enhanced image details on a raster display using a limited set of brightness values is provided. Digital samples are interpolated and stored as pixel information in high resolution intensity memory. An adaptive mapping process maps the high resolution intensity information to low intensity brightness information in a manner so as to maximize image details. An equal number of brightness levels from light to dark are allocated in each column along the sweep. An adaptive recombination process combines past and present brightness information in a manner that best preserves image details when the temporal behavior of the display image is changing. A raster display device is employed to display the image which is stored in the display memory as pixels arranged by row and column.
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1. In a raster display device, an apparatus for improving display image details, comprising:
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(a) an intensity memory having a row and column arrangement for receiving and storing intensity information over a plurality of sweeps; and (b) an adaptive mapping process coupled to said intensity memory for converting said intensity information into present brightness levels from a set of brightness levels having less resolution than said intensity information wherein said adaptive mapping process produces predetermined portions of each of said brightness levels from said set of brightness levels within each of said columns. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A raster display device for displaying a display image with improved details, comprising:
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(a) an intensity memory having a row and column arrangement for receiving and storing intensity information over each sweep; (b) an adaptive mapping process coupled to said intensity memory for receiving and converting said intensity information into present brightness levels from a set of brightness levels wherein said set of brightness levels has less resolution than said intensity information and said adaptive mapping process produces predetermined portions of each of said brightness levels from said set of brightness levels within each of said columns; (c) a display memory for storing said present brightness values according to said row and column arrangement; and (d) a raster display having a matrix of pixels according to said row and column arrangement coupled to said display memory for receiving said brightness values and displaying said display image developed over at least one of said sweeps. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. In a raster display device, a method for displaying a display image with improved details, comprising:
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(a) storing intensity information in a row and column arrangement in an intensity memory during each of a plurality of sweeps; and (b) adaptively converting said intensity information into present brightness values, said present brightness levels having lower resolution than said intensity information, wherein predetermined portions of each of said brightness levels from said set of brightness levels are produced within each of said columns. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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