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Technique that preserves specular highlights

  • US 7,525,528 B2
  • Filed: 09/22/2005
  • Issued: 04/28/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for displaying an image on a liquid crystal display that includes an array of a plurality of light-emitting elements and a light valve, said method comprising:

  • (a) receiving an said image;

    (b) creating a first modification of said received image by;

    (i) applying a first low-pass filter to said image to produce a first filtered image; and

    (ii) sub-sampling said first filtered image at the resolution of said array of plurality of light-emitting elements;

    c) creating a second modification of said image, independent from said first modification of said image, by;

    (i) applying a second low-pass filter to said image, different from said first low pass filter, to produce a second low pass filtered image, said second low pass filter based on an anticipated specular pattern; and

    (ii) segmenting said second low pass filtered image into a plurality of blocks, each said block associated with one of said light-emitting elements, and calculating a respective substantial maximum luminance in each said block;

    (d) creating a composite of said first modification and said second modification by selecting, for each said light-emitting element, a respective one of either said substantial maximum luminance associated with said light emitting element in said second modification of said image, or a predetermined statistical measure of the sub-sampled luminance value, associated with said light-emitting element, in said first modification of said image; and

    (e) using said composite to drive said array of a plurality of light-emitting elements.

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