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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2002
Applicants:
Jeroen Hubert Christoffel Jacobus Stessen, Eindhoven, NL;
Age Jochem Van Dalfsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Jeroen Hubert Christoffel Jacobus Stessen, Eindhoven, NL;
Age Jochem Van Dalfsen, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to controlling contrast in at least part of a picture. The contrast control is performed by reducing the saturation (2–4) of the picture during contrast increase (1).