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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2000
Yasushi Fukushima, Osaka, JP;
Katsuyuki Fukui, Osaka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Signal levels of input three, R, G, and B, color video signals are examined by a level examining circuit. After a knee-compression is performed to the video signals, a selector selects the maximum knee-compressed color signal and the minimum knee-compressed color signal. A compression coefficient calculator calculates a compression coefficient of each color signal before and after the knee-compression. A medium color signal calculator determines a medium color signal. Another selector turns the compressed video signals back to three, R, B, and G, color signal outputs and releases them. Because the difference between any two of the R, G, and B color signals is equally compressed before and after the high-brightness compression, any change in a hue can successfully be avoided.