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Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:

Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;

Inventors:

Michael Scott Deiss, Zionsville, IN (US);

Mark Alan Schultz, Billings, MO (US);

James Edwin Hailey, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

THOMSON LICENSING, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/31 (2006.01); H04N 5/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/3179 (2013.01); H04N 5/7441 (2013.01); H04N 9/3155 (2013.01); H04N 9/3173 (2013.01); H04N 9/3182 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus and method for projecting an image on a surface is provided. More specifically, the method for highlighting information within an image displayed by a projection unit includes receiving a video signal; decoding the video signal; controlling a panel driver to drive a light engine within a predefined power range to display the video signal; and causing the panel driver to enter an overdrive mode driving the light engine at a power level above the preset power range for a period of a scan of the video signal at which information to be highlighted is displayed.


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