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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Barco N.v., Kortrijk, BE;
Inventors:
Albert Xthona, Beaverton, OR (US);
David Qualman, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Barco N.V., Kortrijk, BE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 5/00 (2013.01); G06T 5/008 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 1/6027 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method to enhance the contrast of a set of pixels each pixels being characterized by a set of color attributes comprising the steps of: determining a first property of the set of pixels; determining a second property of the set of pixels; determining, for each pixel of the set of pixels, a first property of said pixel; and modifying the color attributes of each pixel of the set of pixels as a function of the first and second property of the set of pixels and the first property of said pixel.