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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8416258 | Method for adjusting the color of images A method for adjusting the color of images is provided. In the method, firstly, an original hue-saturation-value (HSV) color coordinate is obtained from an original image signal. Next, the original HSV color coordinate is converted into an adjusted HSV color coordin... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8355029 | Systems for and methods of processing signals in a graphics format According to one aspect, the invention provides an apparatus for converting data encoded in a graphics signal to at least one output signal. The apparatus includes an input, a plurality of outputs, signal processing circuitry and a controller. The input is adapted t... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8350869 | Preview for colorblind The subject matter disclosed herein relates to previewing documents for colorblind end users. ... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8164597 | Color conversion circuit and method of color conversion using interpolation from conversion coefficients some of which are substituted Exemplary embodiments of color conversion circuits and color conversion methods convert input color data into output color data. The input color data is positioned in a three-dimensional color space, which is divided into a plurality of unit cubes each having a fixe... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8134573 | Encoding CMYK data for display using indexed RGB Machine-enabled methods of, and devices for, encoding color bitmap data as indexed red-green-blue (RGB) data for display. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8125496 | Apparatus and method of converting image signal for four-color display device An apparatus for converting three-color image signals to four-color image signals including a white signal comprises a data processor which generates the four-color image signals from the three-color image signals, calculates distortion values associated with conver... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8115778 | System and method for selecting a pixel output format A method for selecting a pixel output format includes selecting a first pixel to be output, and determining whether the first pixel to be output overlaps with a second pixel. The second pixel is available in the first format from a first source, and in a second form... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7924292 | Device and method for reducing visual artifacts in color images A circuit and method for reducing artifacts in decoded color video and images are disclosed. The circuit includes a buffer for receiving an input pixel in a first color-space, and a detector for determining after transformation into a second color-space, if at least... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7827163 | Approximate blending search system An approximate blending search system includes a material information database constituted by accumulating names of a plurality of blending materials and property information codes constituted by a plurality of identification codes to which a plurality of pieces of ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7760209 | Video format conversion using 3D graphics pipeline of a GPU Video conversion using a 3D graphics pipeline of a graphical processing unit (GPU) is disclosed. A plurality of video data formatted in a first video format is accessed from a memory unit. Moreover, the plurality of video data is converted from the first video forma... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7737992 | Method and system for transforming adaptively visual contents according to terminal user's color vision characteristics Disclosed are a method and a system that adaptively transform visual contents inputted from a network, in accordance with the visual characteristics of a terminal user. A visual characteristics descriptor that describes the information of the user visual characteris... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733355 | Apparatus and method of transforming three color signals into multi-color signal A method of and apparatus for transforming a three color signal into a multi-color signal. A method of transforming a color signal having three color components into a color signal having first through n-th color components, includes: producing a lookup table having... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7701466 | Method and system for providing accelerated video processing in a communication device Systems and methods for processing signals are disclosed. The method may include, in a communication device that includes a chip operating to processing video signals, receiving video data from a camera. The received video data may include alternating YUV formatted ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7671873 | Systems for and methods of processing signals in a graphics format According to one aspect, the invention provides an apparatus for converting data encoded in a graphics signal to at least one output signal. The apparatus includes an input, a plurality of outputs, signal processing circuitry and a controller. The input is adapted t... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7629983 | Correction techniques for soft proofing In one embodiment a method includes obtaining a white point correction for a display device and obtaining a chromatic correction for the display device. The method may also include generating corrected color coordinates based on the white point and chromatic correct... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7561167 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus for controlling a display apparatus including a luminance modulation element and a color modulation element that are configured using different modulation elements, includes: a control value determination unit that determines, based on ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7522172 | Display device A display device has: an RGB-RGBW conversion circuit that converts RGB signals fed thereto into RGBW signals; a display panel that has a plurality of dots each composed of four, namely R, G, B, and W, unit pixels and that displays an image based on the RGBW signals;... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7511714 | Video format conversion using 3D graphics pipeline of a GPU Video conversion using a 3D graphics pipeline of a graphical processing unit (GPU) is disclosed. A plurality of video data formatted in a first video format is accessed from a memory unit. Moreover, the plurality of video data is converted from the first video forma... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7436996 | Device, system and method of data conversion for wide gamut displays A method and system for converting color image data (data outputting from element 202) from a, for example, three-dimensional color space format to a format usable by an n-primary display (206), wherein n is greater than or equal to 3. The system (conv... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429992 | Method and system for providing accelerated video processing in a communication device Providing accelerated video processing in a communication device may comprise receiving video data from a video source on a chip, determining a first format for at least a portion of the received video data, and determining a second format of at least a remaining po... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423791 | Color conversion using barycentric projections A method and apparatus for interpolating values for a color space from an input color value. A unit hypercube enclosing the input value is generated based on values from a look up table. A set of boundary conditions are then imposed on the unit hypercube. To perform... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420560 | Unique method for performing zoom-in and zoom-out operations with horizontal and vertical video decimation within a wireless device having a video display A method of presenting a selected portion of graphical images within a wireless terminal that includes receiving an original graphical image, having a source resolution, to be presented on a display screen. The native pixel resolution of the display screen may diffe... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417643 | Image processing system, projector, storage medium, and image processing method In order to provide an image processing system and the like that can reproduce colors more appropriately, a projector is provided with a calibration signal generation section that generates a calibration signal for a white image and calibration signals for three sub... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7403212 | Method and apparatus for the display of still images from image files An apparatus for creating a digital photo album is disclosed. Digital photo albums may be created on the storage media by a method that includes the steps of displaying a group of images, receiving instructions to select a subset of those images and save the subset ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400333 | Video display system with two controllers each able to scale and blend RGB and YUV surfaces Multiple independent displays from one graphics controller can be driven in a wide variety of modes using multiple display controllers. This invention incorporates a unique combination of enhancement building on a generic single multi-display graphics subsystem. Dig... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7394469 | Picking TV safe colors Validating a color that is selected in an authoring environment for display in a destination media environment includes selecting a color for an application, converting the values of the color to those in a fundamental color space, and converting the values from the... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7394470 | Method for reversibly transforming data format, image processing apparatus, program for reversibly transforming data format, and computer-readable recording medium thereof In a method for reversibly transforming a data format, a forward transformation and a backward transformation are reciprocally conducted for data between unit systems having different resolution levels, and the forward transformation and the backward transformation,... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7379073 | Method of restoring RGB gray scale data and apparatus for performing the same A method of restoring RGB gray scale data for maintaining a sharpness of a screen and reducing a size of a memory is disclosed. The RGB gray scale data having M bits are truncated to generate a first RGB gray scale data having N bits, M being a positive integer and ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7372469 | Image transforming method The present invention provides a method for rotating YUV4:2:0 image in a digital display device, such as TV image system. A YUV4:2:0 image is separated to a Y division matrix and a U and V division matrix. Then the Y division is performed a rotation matrix calculati... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372505 | Programmably controlling video formats A video controller may include at least one video input port which may be programmably configured to receive either RGB or non-RGB color space signals. The video controller may programmably operate in either an RGB or non-RGB mode. In this way, the number of color s... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365754 | System and method for applying color management on captured images A system and method for image acquisition enables selective automated application of color management to color image data generated by an image-capturing device by the device driver for the device. In the image acquisition system, each image-capturing device has pro... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365890 | Color processing apparatus and method and image processing apparatus As a method of calibrating colors other than primary colors such as secondary colors, the contents of an ink color-separation table are reconstructed. However, it is difficult to reconstruct the ink color-separation table within the limitation of total ink amount pe... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7356199 | Mobile communication terminal equipped with camera having image distortion compensation function Disclosed herein is a mobile communication terminal equipped with a camera having an image distortion compensation function which compensates image distortion created by a luminance difference between pixels in the vicinity of a central portion of a pixel array of a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7348995 | Method, apparatus and computer program product for implementing picture format conversion to X, Y plot A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for implementing picture format conversion to X,Y plot for waveform comparisons. A picture file and user selected X,Y boundaries are received. Non-white pixels of the picture file between the user selecte... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7350091 | Control apparatus for controlling a plurality of computers A control apparatus for controlling a plurality of computers is described. The control apparatus includes a memory, a clock generator, a clock switch circuit, and a main module. The clock switch circuit switches between a system clock and a corresponding clock of a ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7348994 | Color conversion apparatus and method with precision enhancement in color conversion A method of converting image data from L*a*b* color space into CMYK color space by using a three-dimensional direct mapping table employs only data of lattice points existing within the color space. 8-point interpolation is used when all the lattice points constitut... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345787 | Accuracy of color conversion profile A method for determining lattice points to be referenced to prepare the correspondence defining data, said method including steps of prescribing a smoothness evaluation function which has a function form differing depending on each region in the color gamut to which... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7345692 | Environment-compliant image display system and image processing method To provide an environment-compliant image display system, image processing method, and information storage medium that enable correction of images within a shorter time, a Y value of color signals (Y3, x3, y3) measured by a color light sensor | 03/18/2008 |
| 7343046 | Systems and methods for organizing image data into regions The image data is initially processed in a manner that is similar to that used to convert the image data into 3-layer mixed raster content format. After the image data is initially processed through a first stage of the three-layer segmentation process, rather than ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339700 | Profile adjustment method, apparatus, and program The invention makes it possible to perform a quantitative evaluation not influenced by experience and sensitivity of a user, upon adjustment of a profile. The adjustment of first conversion data, for converting device independent data included in a profile describin... | 03/04/2008 |
