Dynamic Backlight Adjustment for Image Detail Preservation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional backlight adjustment methods in display processing often sacrifice image details, leading to incomplete representation of images and a lack of true intention in visual content.

Innovation Solution

A dynamic image enhancement method using backlight adjustment, which acquires encoding information and optical parameters to analyze and calculate backlight control parameters and signal control curves, allowing for detailed image adjustments without sacrificing any image details, thereby enhancing image layering and depth.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If traditional backlight adjustment is used, then backlight control is simple, but image details are sacrificed

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage detail preservationVSAvoidbacklight control complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The backlight is divided into multiple independently controllable backlight zones corresponding to different luminance regions of the display content. Each zone can be adjusted separately based on local image characteristics, allowing detailed preservation in dark regions while maintaining overall brightness control, thus resolving the contradiction between detail preservation and control simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The backlight adjustment system dynamically adapts to different display content by analyzing image luminance characteristics and automatically adjusting each backlight zone's brightness in real-time. This dynamic adaptation enables the system to preserve image details across various content types without requiring manual intervention, balancing detail preservation with operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Manufacturing precision

If backlight brightness is increased to show more details, then image clarity improves, but image layering and depth are lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage detail clarityVSAvoidimage layering and depth
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

Different backlight zones are assigned different brightness levels according to the local luminance requirements of the displayed content. Darker zones illuminate shadow regions to reveal details, while brighter zones maintain highlight regions for layering and depth perception. This localized quality adjustment resolves the contradiction between detail clarity and image depth.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes the brightness parameter of each backlight zone independently based on image analysis results. By adjusting the brightness parameter locally rather than uniformly, the system enhances detail visibility in dark regions while preserving the natural luminance contrast needed for image layering and three-dimensional effect.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Manufacturing precision

If uniform backlight adjustment is applied, then control is simple, but dark state details are lost

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedark state detail visibilityVSAvoidbacklight adjustment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The backlight adjustment system performs self-service by automatically analyzing the display content's luminance characteristics and autonomously determining the optimal brightness setting for each backlight zone. This eliminates the need for manual intervention while achieving superior dark state detail visibility, resolving the contradiction between detail visibility and operational simplicity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor the displayed content and adjust backlight zone brightness accordingly. By using image luminance data as feedback, the system automatically optimizes dark region illumination without requiring user input, balancing detail visibility with ease of operation.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS11527212B2Dynamic image enhancement method and device using backlight adjustment, and computer apparatus
Publication Date: 2022.12.13 SHENZHEN TCL NEW-TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

A dynamic image enhancement method and device using backlight adjustment, and a computer apparatus. The method comprises: acquiring coding information carried by display content; acquiring an optical indicator parameter of a display; parsing the display content according to the coding information and the optical indicator parameter, and acquiring information of current display content; performing analysis and computation according to the information of the display content, and acquiring analysis data; acquiring a first detail statistics weight and a second detail statistics weight according to the analysis data; acquiring a backlight control parameter and a signal control curve according to the first detail statistics weight and the second detail statistics weight; and adjusting the detail of a current image according to the backlight control parameter and the signal control curve.