Display Image Chroma Correction via Target Look-Up Table

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current display devices face challenges in accurately displaying images due to differences between the intended image and the actual image displayed, leading to distortion, which existing correction methods using look-up tables do not fully address.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for displaying images that utilize a target look-up table to correct pixel values, ensuring the absolute difference in chroma between original and displayed pixels is within a threshold, with optional adjustments using an opto-electrical transfer function and trilinear interpolation for improved accuracy.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If a traditional look-up table is used for image correction, then the correction process is simple and fast, but the chroma accuracy of the displayed image is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechroma accuracyVSAvoidcorrection process complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the image correction process into multiple stages: initial look-up table correction, chroma difference detection, and iterative adjustment. By dividing the correction process into discrete steps with specific focus on chroma components, the system achieves higher chroma accuracy without overwhelming complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements a feedback mechanism where the chroma difference between the original image and displayed image is continuously detected and used to adjust the look-up table. This closed-loop feedback system iteratively refines the correction until the chroma difference falls within the threshold, ensuring high chroma accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

2Measurement precision

If the chroma difference threshold is set very low for high accuracy, then the image quality improves, but the correction time and computational load increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechroma difference accuracyVSAvoidcorrection time
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary correction using an initial look-up table before fine-tuning the chroma values. This preliminary action removes the bulk of the color distortion, allowing subsequent iterative adjustments to focus only on minor chroma refinements, thus reducing total correction time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies partial correction by focusing adjustments specifically on chroma components that exceed the threshold, rather than recalculating all pixel values. This selective adjustment approach achieves the required accuracy while minimizing computational overhead and correction time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Measurement precision

If iterative adjustment of corrected pixel values is performed to reduce chroma difference, then chroma accuracy improves, but the processing complexity and computational resources increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvechroma matching accuracyVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by focusing iterative adjustments only on specific chroma components (R, G, or B channels) that exhibit excessive differences, rather than uniformly adjusting all pixel values. This targeted approach reduces processing complexity while maintaining chroma accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes parameters by adjusting the look-up table entries iteratively based on detected chroma differences. By modifying the correction parameters in the look-up table rather than recalculating entire image data, the system achieves high chroma accuracy with reduced computational complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

Data Source

PatentUS11915667B2Method and system for displaying corrected image, and display device
Publication Date: 2024.02.27 BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO LTD
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AI summary

Provided is a method for displaying an image including: acquiring a to-be-displayed image; correcting the to-be-displayed image based on a target look-up table, wherein in the target look-up table, at least one of the original pixel values and a corresponding corrected pixel value satisfy: an absolute value of a difference between a first chroma and a second chroma is less than or equal to a chroma difference threshold, wherein the first chroma is a chroma of a first pixel, a pixel value of the first pixel being acquired by converting the original pixel value, and the second chroma is a chroma of a second pixel displayed by the display device, a pixel value of the second pixel being acquired by converting the corrected pixel value; and displaying a corrected to-be-displayed image.