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Image processing apparatus and method of same

US7619596B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 2, 2004
Grant dateNov 17, 2009
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Expiry dateApr 21, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2320/0673
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus capable of supplementing luminance by an amount of deterioration even if the degree of deterioration of a light emitting element of a pixel advances along with aging, comprising an image information extraction unit for quantizing an input image by threshold values Vth designated from a CPU and adding the quantized image to an image quantized in a previous frame in units of dots; a memory for storing the image data quantized and added for each frame; a CPU for reading out the image data stored in the memory, monitoring the deterioration degree for each pixel, and outputting a γ-conversion table for the suitable γ-correction for each pixel to an image processing unit when burn-in becomes remarkable; and an image processing unit for performing γ-correction for reducing the deterioration for each pixel for each color based on the γ-conversion table.

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