Stochastic temporal dithering for color display devices
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a display device including a plurality of display elements, each display element capable of displaying N primary colors in a color space associated with the display device, wherein N is a positive number greater than 2; and
a computing device capable of communicating with the display device, the computing device capable of processing image data that includes a plurality of input colors for display by the display device, the image data including a plurality of image pixels with each image pixel associated with an input image pixel color, wherein the computing device is further capable of;
for a given image pixel;
identifying, from a color palette including colors capable of being displayed by temporal dithering of the N primary colors in K number of temporal sub-frames, L number of colors that can be combined by spatio-temporal dithering to produce a color that is perceptually similar to the input image pixel color, wherein K is a positive number greater than or equal to 2, and L is a positive number greater than 2;
associating a stochastic screen with the display device or a portion thereof, the stochastic screen including a plurality of screen elements belonging to one of M number of partitions and each of the plurality of screen elements associated with a corresponding display element of the display device, wherein M is a positive number greater than or equal to 2; and
for each of the K number of temporal sub-frames,assigning one of the L number of colors to a display element of the display device that corresponds to the image pixel, anddisplaying an image produced by a respective one of the K number of temporal sub-frames,wherein the assignment of one of the L number of colors to the display element in each of the K number of temporal sub-frames is based on a rank order and a partition index of a screen element of the stochastic screen that is associated with the display element,wherein the stochastic screen is configured such that visual appearance of the image produced by each of the K number of temporal sub-frames is similar to an image produced by combining the K number of temporal sub-frames.
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Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for displaying high bit-depth images using spatial vector screening and/or temporal dithering on display devices including display elements that have multiple primary colors. The systems, methods and apparatus described herein are configured to assign one of the primary colors to a display element of the display device that corresponds to the image pixel based on a rank order and a partition index of an associated screen element of a stochastic screen associated with the display device or a portion thereof.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a display device including a plurality of display elements, each display element capable of displaying N primary colors in a color space associated with the display device, wherein N is a positive number greater than 2; and a computing device capable of communicating with the display device, the computing device capable of processing image data that includes a plurality of input colors for display by the display device, the image data including a plurality of image pixels with each image pixel associated with an input image pixel color, wherein the computing device is further capable of; for a given image pixel; identifying, from a color palette including colors capable of being displayed by temporal dithering of the N primary colors in K number of temporal sub-frames, L number of colors that can be combined by spatio-temporal dithering to produce a color that is perceptually similar to the input image pixel color, wherein K is a positive number greater than or equal to 2, and L is a positive number greater than 2; associating a stochastic screen with the display device or a portion thereof, the stochastic screen including a plurality of screen elements belonging to one of M number of partitions and each of the plurality of screen elements associated with a corresponding display element of the display device, wherein M is a positive number greater than or equal to 2; and for each of the K number of temporal sub-frames, assigning one of the L number of colors to a display element of the display device that corresponds to the image pixel, and displaying an image produced by a respective one of the K number of temporal sub-frames, wherein the assignment of one of the L number of colors to the display element in each of the K number of temporal sub-frames is based on a rank order and a partition index of a screen element of the stochastic screen that is associated with the display element, wherein the stochastic screen is configured such that visual appearance of the image produced by each of the K number of temporal sub-frames is similar to an image produced by combining the K number of temporal sub-frames. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computer-implemented method to display image data on a display device including a plurality of display elements, each display element capable of displaying N primary colors in a color space associated with the display device, wherein N is a positive number greater than 2, the image data including a plurality of input colors for display by the display device, the image data including a plurality of image pixels with each image pixel associated with an input image pixel color, the method comprising:
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under control of a hardware computing device associated with the display device; for a given image pixel; identifying, from a color palette including colors capable of being displayed by temporal dithering of the N primary colors in K number of temporal sub-frames, L number of colors that can be combined by spatio-temporal dithering to produce a color that is perceptually similar to the input image pixel color, wherein K is a positive number greater than or equal to 2, and L is a positive number greater than 2; associating a stochastic screen with the display device or a portion thereof, the stochastic screen including a plurality of screen elements belonging to one of M number of partitions and each of the plurality of screen elements associated with a corresponding display element of the display device, wherein M is a positive number greater than or equal to 2; and for each of the K number of temporal sub-frames, assigning one of the L number of colors to a display element of the display device that corresponds to the image pixel, and displaying an image produced by a respective one of the K number of temporal sub-frames, wherein the assignment of one of the L number of colors to the display element in each of the K number of temporal sub-frames is based on a rank order and a partition index of a screen element of the stochastic screen that is associated with the display element, wherein the stochastic screen is configured such that visual appearance of the image produced by each of the K number of temporal sub-frames is similar to an image produced by combining the K number of temporal sub-frames. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A non-transitory computer storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a hardware computing device associated with a display device processor cause the hardware computing device processor to perform a method for displaying image data on the display device including a plurality of display elements, each display element capable of displaying N primary colors in a color space associated with the display device, wherein N is a positive number greater than 2, the image data including a plurality of input colors for display by the display device, the image data including a plurality of image pixels with each image pixel associated with an input image pixel color, the method comprising:
for a given image pixel; identifying, from a color palette including colors capable of being displayed by temporal dithering of the N primary colors in K number of temporal sub-frames, L number of colors that can be combined by spatio-temporal dithering to produce a color that is perceptually similar to the input image pixel color, wherein K is a positive number greater than or equal to 2, and L is a positive number greater than 2; associating a stochastic screen with the display device or a portion thereof, the stochastic screen including a plurality of screen elements belonging to one of M number of partitions and each of the plurality of screen elements associated with a corresponding display element of the display device, wherein M is a positive number greater than or equal to 2; and for each of the K number of temporal sub-frames, assigning one of the L number of colors to a display element of the display device that corresponds to the image pixel, and displaying an image produced by a respective one of the K number of temporal sub-frames, wherein the assignment of one of the L number of colors to the display element in each of the K number of temporal sub-frames is based on a rank order and a partition index of a screen element of the stochastic screen that is associated with the display element, wherein the stochastic screen is configured such that visual appearance of the image produced by each of the K number of temporal sub-frames is similar to an image produced by combining the K number of temporal sub-frames. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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