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Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ameya Joshi, Cupertino, CA (US);

Marc Albrecht, Cupertino, CA (US);

Sean Chang, Cupertino, CA (US);

Tobias Jung, Cupertino, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/10 (2006.01); G09G 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/10 (2013.01); G09G 3/3426 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0238 (2013.01); G09G 2320/062 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0606 (2013.01); G09G 2320/0646 (2013.01); G09G 2360/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of display systems are disclosed. In general, techniques are disclosed for dynamically adjusting backlight elements based on image content. More particularly, a backlight element's intensity may be targeted for boosting (i.e., increasing) based on content of the backlight element's corresponding image region, where after a check may be made to determine if the proposed increase is likely to risk generation of a halo. If the proposed intensity increase would risk a halo, the backlight element's proposed intensity may be dimmed. Repeating the boost/dim cycle in an iterative fashion permits an image to be displayed with brighter highlights and deeper blacks.


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