Method for producing a color image and imaging device employing same
First Claim
1. A method of producing a color image by an OLED display, the method comprising:
- a. providing input image data to be rendered as an image by the OLED display comprised of OLED pixels, the input image data containing memory colors and non-memory colors;
b. identifying the memory colors in the input image data to be substantially maintained;
c. characterizing the memory colors and non-memory colors with respect to their chromaticities;
d. generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image data to output image color data of the OLED display in a manner that optimally manages the quality of the image and the lifetime of the OLEDs of the pixels;
e. loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller;
f. loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller;
g. processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; and
h. outputting the output image color data to produce the image by the OLED display, wherein the memory colors identified in the input image data are substantially maintained, as perceived by a human observer, in the image.
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Abstract
A method of producing a color image comprising providing input image data from an image source such as a camera; generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image color data to output image color data in an image rendering unit; loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; and outputting the output color values to the image rendering unit to produce an output image that is perceived to have at least one of enhanced brightness, enhanced contrast, or enhanced colorfulness compared to the input image.
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46 Claims
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1. A method of producing a color image by an OLED display, the method comprising:
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a. providing input image data to be rendered as an image by the OLED display comprised of OLED pixels, the input image data containing memory colors and non-memory colors; b. identifying the memory colors in the input image data to be substantially maintained; c. characterizing the memory colors and non-memory colors with respect to their chromaticities; d. generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image data to output image color data of the OLED display in a manner that optimally manages the quality of the image and the lifetime of the OLEDs of the pixels; e. loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; f. loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; g. processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; and h. outputting the output image color data to produce the image by the OLED display, wherein the memory colors identified in the input image data are substantially maintained, as perceived by a human observer, in the image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method of producing a color image by an OLED display, the method comprising:
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a. providing input image data to be rendered as an image by the OLED display comprised of OLED pixels; b. generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image data to output image color data of the OLED display in a manner that optimally manages the quality of the image and the lifetime of the OLEDs of the pixels; c. loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; d. loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; e. processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; f. causing a controlled degradation of image quality due to changes in the outputs of at least one of the OLEDs of the pixels, wherein the change of quality at any given point in time has the least loss in perceived quality; and g. outputting the output image color data to produce the image by the OLED display. wherein the at least three dimensional lookup table converts the input image data to output image color data of the OLED display in a manner that includes the use of visual color adaptation mapping of input to output colors to the OLED display white point value, thereby using less of the shortest lifetime OLED color and increasing the overall lifetime of the OLED display.
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43. A method of producing a color image by an OLED display, the method comprising:
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a. providing input image data to be rendered as an image by the OLED display comprised of OLED pixels, each OLED pixel capable of light output; b. generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image data to output image color data of the OLED display in a manner that optimally manages the quality of the image and the lifetime of the OLEDs of the pixels; c. loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; d. loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; e. processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; f. causing a controlled degradation of image quality due to changes in the outputs of at least one of the OLEDs of the pixels, wherein the change of quality at any given point in time has the least loss in perceived quality; and g. outputting the output image color data to produce the image by the OLED display; wherein the at least three dimensional lookup table converts the input image data to output image color data of the OLED display in a manner that causes a decreased white point luminance and increased color saturation of the longer lifetime OLED colors, thereby reducing usage of the shortest lifetime OLED color and increasing overall lifetime of the OLED display.
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44. A method of producing a color image by an OLED display, the method comprising:
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a. providing input image data to be rendered as an image by the OLED display comprised of OLED pixels; b. generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image data to output image color data of the OLED display in a manner that optimally manages the quality of the image and the lifetime of the OLEDs of the pixels; c. loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; d. loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; e. processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; f. causing a controlled degradation of image quality due to changes in the outputs of at least one of the OLEDs of the pixels, wherein the change of quality at any given point in time has the least loss in perceived quality, wherein the controlled degradation is performed by substantially maintaining the brightness of the image as perceived by a human observer while reducing color saturation gradually using adaptive one dimensional tables on each of the primary colors, the one dimensional tables on each primary color being calculated using a quality degradation model that averages among one dimensional tables that are pre-designed to provide the targeted image quality at specific OLED lifetimes; and g. outputting the output image color data to produce the image by the OLED display. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A method of producing a color image by an OLED display, the method comprising:
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a. providing input image data to be rendered as an image by the OLED display comprised of OLED pixels; b. generating an at least three-dimensional look-up table of values of input colors and output colors, wherein the values in the lookup table convert the input image data to output image color data of the OLED display in a manner that optimally manages the quality of the image and the lifetime of the OLEDs of the pixels and wherein the at least three-dimensional look-up table processes the input image data to include chromatic adaptation of the human visual system to a specified white point that increases the brightness of the OLED display; c. loading the at least three-dimensional look-up table into an image color rendering controller; d. loading the input image data into the imaging color rendering controller; e. processing the input image data through the at least three-dimensional look-up table to produce output color values stored at the addresses in the at least three-dimensional look-up table; and f. outputting the output image color data to produce the image by the OLED display.
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