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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2007
In-ji Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-wook OK, Seoul, KR;
Du-sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Yang-ho Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
In-Ji Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-wook Ok, Seoul, KR;
Du-sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Yang-ho Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for improving visibility of an image. The apparatus includes: a lookup table (LUT) generating module generating an LUT having image data in a high illuminance environment corresponding to image data of an input image set therein so as to increase lightness and chroma of the input image according to external illuminance; an image mapping module mapping the image data of the input image into the image data in the high illuminance environment on the basis of the generated LUT; and a local contrast increasing module increasing local contrast of the mapped image data using a parameter for adjusting the local contrast according to the external illuminance.