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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2004
Sang-soo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Ho-nam Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Sang-soo Lee, Seoul, KR;
Ho-nam Lee, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A black and white stretching system and method for improving contrast of a picture is disclosed. The system includes a histogram distribution calculation unit for calculating a histogram distribution of an input signal of a specified unit, a mean calculation unit for calculating a mean level of the input image signal, a slope calculation unit for calculating black and white stretching slopes in association with the mean level, a ratio calculation unit for calculating a ratio of a picture change based on the histogram distribution of the present input image signal and the previous input image signal, a filtering unit for adjusting the black and white stretching slopes corresponding to the ratio of the picture change, and a stretching unit for stretching the input image signal by mapping the adjusted black and white stretching slopes and the input image signal.