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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2007
In-ji Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-wook OK, Seoul, KR;
Chang-yeong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Du-sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-ran Han, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-hee Choe, Gyeongiu-si, KR;
In-ji Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyun-wook Ok, Seoul, KR;
Chang-Yeong Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Du-sik Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Young-ran Han, Suwon-si, KR;
Won-hee Choe, Gyeongiu-si, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si, KR;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and method to reduce the deterioration of visibility of an image displayed on an image display device occurring under various lighting conditions when the brightness of ambient light is brighter than that of the image display device, and includes a sensor to sense the brightness of an external light, a unit to store a luminance-contrast model curve representing an optimal contrast value for a particular luminance for each brightness of the external light, a unit to determine a target luminance value according to the sensed brightness of the external light, to obtain a contrast value corresponding to the target luminance value with reference to the luminance-contrast model curve corresponding to the sensed brightness, and to adjust an input image to have the target luminance value and the obtained contrast value, and a unit to adjust the saturation of the adjusted input image according to the target luminance value and the obtained contrast value.