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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2007
Applicants:
In-ji Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-wook OK, Seoul, KR;
Du-sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Yang-ho Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Inventors:
In-ji Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-wook Ok, Seoul, KR;
Du-sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Yang-ho Cho, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for improving visibility of an image. The apparatus includes: an image input module receiving an image; an illuminance sensing module sensing external illuminance; a visibility compensating module compensating the input image by mapping the input image from a first color gamut to a second color gamut on the basis of the sensed external illuminance; and an image output module outputting the compensated image.