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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Hui Chul Yang, Seoul, KR;
IN Won Jong, Seoul, KR;
Jin Young Jeon, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/58 (2006.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01); H04N 21/431 (2011.01); H04N 21/44 (2011.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/58 (2013.01); H04N 21/42202 (2013.01); H04N 21/4318 (2013.01); H04N 21/44008 (2013.01); G09G 5/00 (2013.01); G09G 2360/144 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image display method and apparatus are disclosed. When a background image and a foreground image are displayed in an overlapping manner, the comprehensibility of the foreground image is enhanced by adjusting the brightness of the background image on the basis of the external illumination, of the brightness difference between the background image and the foreground image, or of the image complexity of the background or foreground images.