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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Jonathan Yen, San Jose, CA (US);
William C. Kress, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Robert Poe, Encinitas, CA (US);
Jonathan Yen, San Jose, CA (US);
William C. Kress, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Robert Poe, Encinitas, CA (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Image tone adjustment systems and methods are disclosed. The system of the present invention includes an input to accept an input image. A curve generator is also disclosed that is used to generate a tone reproduction curve including a contrast stretch of the input image, a white stretch of the input image and a black stretch of the input image. Backlit correction is also applied by the tone adjustment corrector to thereby generate a tone adjusted image.