Image Processor Non-Rectangular Overlay for Display Quality

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices often face issues with distortion and delay due to insufficient computing performance or limited memory space, which can hinder the presentation of high-quality images.

Innovation Solution

An image display method and device that involves an image processor receiving an image signal to drive a display panel, enlarging a target area to form a first enlarged image, modifying it into a non-rectangular image as a second enlarged image, and overlaying it on the main image for simultaneous display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Manufacturing precision

If the graphics processor performs image enlargement and processing, then the display quality can be maintained, but the computational load increases causing distortion and delay

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay qualityVSAvoidprocessing delay
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent divides the image processing function into two separate processors: a graphics processor that handles only the main image, and a dedicated image processor that handles enlargement and modification operations. This segmentation allows complex image processing to occur without burdening the graphics processor, thereby reducing processing delay while maintaining display quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary image processor between the graphics processor and display panel. This intermediary component receives the main image signal, performs enlargement and non-rectangular modification, then outputs to the display panel. This mediator handles the computationally intensive operations separately, preventing bottlenecks in the main graphics processing pipeline.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Productivity

If the processor has high computing performance, then image processing can be done in real-time, but the device cost and size increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereal-time processing capabilityVSAvoidprocessor requirements
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the processing workload between two specialized processors rather than requiring one high-performance processor. The graphics processor handles basic rendering while the dedicated image processor handles enlargement and modification. This division allows each processor to be optimized for its specific function, achieving real-time processing without requiring an overly complex or expensive single processor.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements self-service by having the image processor independently handle its own enlargement and modification operations without relying on the graphics processor's computational resources. This self-sufficient approach allows real-time processing of enlarged images while keeping the graphics processor focused on its primary rendering function.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Measurement precision

If image enlargement is performed, then detailed areas can be displayed, but the computational load increases causing distortion

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage detail resolutionVSAvoidimage distortion
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the image processing pipeline so that enlargement operations are performed separately from the main rendering process. The image processor receives the main image, performs enlargement with dedicated algorithms, and applies non-rectangular modifications. This separation ensures that enlargement operations do not interfere with the main image rendering, preventing distortion while maintaining high detail resolution in enlarged areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12288307B2Display device and image display method
Publication Date: 2025.04.29 REALTEK SEMICON CORP
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AI summary

An image display method, comprising the following steps: receiving an image signal from a graphics processor by an image processor, wherein the image signal is configured to drive a display panel to display a main image; enlarging a target area in the main image to form a first enlarged image according to an enlargement command; modifying the first enlarged image into a non-rectangular image to use the non-rectangular image as a second enlarged image; and driving the display panel to display the main image and the second enlarged image simultaneously by the image processor, wherein the second enlarged image is overlapped on the main image.