Tone Mapping for Preserving Contrast of Fine Features in an Image

    公开(公告)号:US20240078648A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18101957

    申请日:2023-01-26

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    摘要: This disclosure is directed towards tone mapping systems and methods that preserve contrast of fine features of an image and avoid brightening monotonic regions of the image. To preserve contrast and avoiding brightening of the monotonic regions, an image processing circuitry may include hardware that enables determining pixel statistics of an image, generating a tone mapping that is configured to adjust the color values of pixels in the image, and applying the tone mapping to at least the low frequency component of the image to produce an output image where the contrast of the fine details is preserved. In addition, the image processing circuitry may include hardware that enables adjusting the tone mapping based on variance bins in a histogram of pixel values and applying the adjusted tone mapping to produce an output image where the monotonic regions are not brightened.

    Variable scaling ratio systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11094038B1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-17

    申请号:US17074254

    申请日:2020-10-19

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    发明人: Alexey Kornienko

    IPC分类号: G06T3/40 G06T5/00 G09G5/373

    摘要: An electronic device may include an electronic display to display an image based on scaled image data and variable scaling circuitry to generate the scaled image data. Generating the scaled image data may include receiving input pixel values in a first resolution and determining multiple tap point locations based on a scaling ratio to be applied to the input pixel values. Generating the scaled image data may also include determining weighting coefficients based on a scaling curve and the tap point locations, and weighting the input pixel values based on the weighting coefficients. The variable scaling circuitry may generate the scaled image data at a second resolution based on the aggregation of the weighted input pixel values.

    DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF DYNAMIC BINS FOR VARIABLE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE CONTENT

    公开(公告)号:US20240331119A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18742998

    申请日:2024-06-13

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06T5/92 G06T5/40

    摘要: Methods and systems include determining an upper boundary of brightness values of high-dynamic range image content. Using the determined upper boundary, end points of bins of histogram values are determined. Using the determined end points of the bins of histogram values, luma values are allocated to the bins. The high-dynamic range image content is processed based at least in part on the allocations to the bins. Image data including the processed high-dynamic range image content is displayed via an electronic display.

    RGB PIXEL CONTRAST CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20240105131A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US17934570

    申请日:2022-09-22

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34

    摘要: A device may include an electronic display to display an image frame based on first and second color component input image data. The electronic display may include a first illuminator to generate a first light at a first brightness level, a second illuminator to generate a second light of a different color at a second brightness level, a first set of pixel locations to emit the first light based on a first set of pixel values, and a second set of pixel locations to emit the second light based on a second set of pixel values. The electronic device may also include pixel contrast control circuitry that determines the first brightness level and the first set of pixel values based on the first color component input image data and determines the second brightness level and the second set of pixel values based on the second color component input image data.

    DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF DYNAMIC BINS FOR VARIABLE DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE CONTENT

    公开(公告)号:US20220067891A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-03

    申请号:US17362923

    申请日:2021-06-29

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G06T5/00 G06T5/40

    摘要: Methods and systems include determining an upper boundary of brightness values of high-dynamic range image content. Using the determined upper boundary, end points of bins of histogram values are determined. Using the determined end points of the bins of histogram values, luma values are allocated to the bins. The high-dynamic range image content is processed based at least in part on the allocations to the bins. Image data including the processed high-dynamic range image content is displayed via an electronic display.

    DYNAMIC BACKLIGHT COLOR SHIFT COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20240105132A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18452802

    申请日:2023-08-21

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G09G3/34 G09G3/36

    摘要: A device may include an electronic display having a backlight that generates light and multiple display pixels that modulate the amount of generated light emitted from the electronic display based on compensated image data. The backlight may include multiple illuminators that generate the light, and a first color component illuminator may have a slower response rate than a second color component illuminator. The device may also include image processing circuitry that generates the compensated image data by compensating input image data for a color shift associated with a change in brightness of the backlight and the slower response rate of the first color component illuminator. The input image data may be compensated by increasing first color component pixel values of the input image data relative to second color component pixel values of the input image data, and the compensated image data may be output to the electronic display.

    Dynamic backlight color shift compensation systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11776492B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-03

    申请号:US17934568

    申请日:2022-09-22

    申请人: Apple Inc.

    IPC分类号: G09G3/36 G09G3/34

    摘要: A device may include an electronic display having a backlight that generates light and multiple display pixels that modulate the amount of generated light emitted from the electronic display based on compensated image data. The backlight may include multiple illuminators that generate the light, and a first color component illuminator may have a slower response rate than a second color component illuminator. The device may also include image processing circuitry that generates the compensated image data by compensating input image data for a color shift associated with a change in brightness of the backlight and the slower response rate of the first color component illuminator. The input image data may be compensated by increasing first color component pixel values of the input image data relative to second color component pixel values of the input image data, and the compensated image data may be output to the electronic display.