Backlight simulation at reduced resolutions to determine spatial modulation of light for high dynamic range images
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a repository comprising;
a data structure configured to arrange data representing predicted values of luminance for a number of samples that is greater in quantity than a number of light sources;
a memory comprising;
an inverter module, an upsampler module, and a pixel scaler module; and
a processor configured to;
access the data structure to fetch the data representing the predicted values of luminance,invert the predicted values of luminance, responsive to executable instructions in the inverter module, to establish a quantity of inverted values of luminance that is substantially equivalent to the number of samples,upsample the inverted values of luminance, responsive to executable instructions in the upsampler module, to generate a quantity of upsampled inverted values of luminance that is substantially equivalent to a number of pixels, andscale pixel data by the up sampled inverted values of luminance, responsive to executable instructions in the pixel scaler module, to form a modulation signal to control a front modulator to generate an image.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to generating images with an enhanced range of brightness levels, and more particularly, to facilitating high dynamic range imaging by adjusting pixel data and/or using predicted values of luminance, for example, at different resolutions. In at least one embodiment, a method generates an image with an enhanced range of brightness levels. The method can include accessing a model of backlight that includes data representing values of luminance for a number of first samples. The method also can include inverting the values of luminance, as well as upsampling inverted values of luminance to determine upsampled values of luminance. Further, the method can include scaling pixel data for a number of second samples by the upsampled values of luminance to control a modulator to generate an image.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a repository comprising; a data structure configured to arrange data representing predicted values of luminance for a number of samples that is greater in quantity than a number of light sources; a memory comprising; an inverter module, an upsampler module, and a pixel scaler module; and a processor configured to; access the data structure to fetch the data representing the predicted values of luminance, invert the predicted values of luminance, responsive to executable instructions in the inverter module, to establish a quantity of inverted values of luminance that is substantially equivalent to the number of samples, upsample the inverted values of luminance, responsive to executable instructions in the upsampler module, to generate a quantity of upsampled inverted values of luminance that is substantially equivalent to a number of pixels, and scale pixel data by the up sampled inverted values of luminance, responsive to executable instructions in the pixel scaler module, to form a modulation signal to control a front modulator to generate an image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A controller, comprising:
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an inverter configured to invert values of a pixel characteristic to establish inverted values of the pixel characteristic, the values of the pixel characteristic being predicted values of the pixel characteristic that constitute a model of backlight for a number of first samples; an upsampler configured to upsample the inverted values of the pixel characteristic to determine upsampled inverted values of the pixel characteristic; and a pixel scaler configured to scale pixel data for a number of second samples by the upsampled inverted values of the pixel characteristic to control a modulator to generate an image, and an edge luminance enhancer configured to scale a value of the pixel characteristic as a function of a distance from a location of a first sample associated with the value of the pixel characteristic to a reference point comprising an edge of a display device wherein the number of second samples is greater than the number of first samples and wherein the edge luminance enhancer comprises, a sample locator configured to determine a profiled value of the pixel characteristic as a function of the distance, and a sample scaler configured to divide the value of the pixel characteristic by the profiled value to form a modified predicted value of the pixel characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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