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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2008
Applicants:

Homer H. Chen, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Tai-hsiang Huang, Taipei, TW;

Ling-hsiu Huang, Tainan County, TW;

Inventors:

Homer H. Chen, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);

Tai-Hsiang Huang, Taipei, TW;

Ling-Hsiu Huang, Tainan County, TW;

Assignees:

National Taiwan University, Taipei, TW;

Himax Technologies Limited, Fonghua Village, Xinshi Dist., Tainan, TW;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method for enhancing a perceptibility of an image, includes the steps of: processing the image in accordance with a first luminance characteristic and a second luminance characteristic of the image, wherein a plurality of pixels with the first luminance characteristic are brighter than a plurality of pixels with the second luminance characteristic; compressing the plurality of pixels with the first luminance characteristic; and adjusting the plurality of pixels with the second luminance characteristic.


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