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Method and apparatus for displaying a gain control interface with non-linear gain levels

  • US 7,805,685 B2
  • Filed: 10/15/2007
  • Issued: 09/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. For a display device comprising a plurality of pixels, a method for generating a scale comprising:

  • defining a set of values for a parameter of a media content;

    mapping the set of values to a set of pixels of the display device so that a number of pixels between at least one pair of defined values with a particular difference is not equal to a number of pixels between any other pair of defined values with the same particular difference, the mapping comprising;

    for each of a plurality of different pixels in the set of pixels,(i) selecting a particular pixel within the plurality of different pixels,(ii) identifying a relative position of the particular pixel within the set of pixels, and(iii) associating a defined value with the particular pixel based on the identified relative position of the particular pixel as normalized by a scaling value that relates to a predetermined maximum value of the set of values; and

    displaying the scale on the display device.

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