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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2004
Sébastien Weitbruch, Kappel, DE;
Cédric Thebault, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Ingo Doser, Burbank, CA (US);
Sébastien Weitbruch, Kappel, DE;
Cédric Thebault, Villingen-Schwenningen, DE;
Ingo Doser, Burbank, CA (US);
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for processing video pictures, the video pictures consisting of pixels digitally coded, the digital code word determining the length of the time period during which the corresponding pixel of a display is activated, wherein to each bit of a digital code word a certain activation duration called sub-field is assigned, the sum of the duration of the sub-fields according to a given code word determining the length of the time period during which the corresponding pixel is activated, said method comprising the following steps: