Apparatus and method for compressing for coefficient values of compensation equation for compensating for defect in image and circuit for compensating for display data using compression values

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12056901-B2
Application number	US-202117506361-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2021
Priority date	Oct 20, 2020
Publication date	Aug 6, 2024
Grant date	Aug 6, 2024

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses an apparatus and method for compressing coefficient values of a compensation equation for compensating for a defect in an image and a circuit for compensating for display data using compression values compressed by the apparatus and method. The apparatus for compressing coefficient values of a compensation equation includes a coefficient value provision unit configured to provide coefficient values of a coefficient of a compensation equation for compensating for a defect in an image and location information for each pixel and a coefficient value compression unit configured to provide a first compression bitmap and a second compression bitmap by sequentially performing first compression and second compression on the coefficient value.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for compressing coefficient values of a compensation equation for compensating for a defect in an image, the apparatus comprising:
a coefficient value provision unit configured to provide coefficient values of a coefficient of a compensation equation for compensating for a defect in an image and location information for each pixel; and
a coefficient value compression unit configured to provide a first compression bitmap and a second compression bitmap by sequentially performing first compression and second compression on the coefficient values,
wherein the coefficient value compression unit, by the first compression, constructs a first two-dimensional (2-D) table for the coefficient values based on the location information, generates the first compression bitmap having first compression values obtained by compressing the coefficient values of the first 2-D table, and generates representative values for restoring the first compression values; and, wherein the coefficient value compression unit, by the second compression, constructs second 2-D tables for the representative values based on the location information, and generates the second compression bitmaps having second compression values obtained by compressing the representative values of the second 2-D tables.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the coefficient value provision unit provides the coefficient values of the coefficients of the compensation equation constructed as a quadratic expression and the location information for each pixel, and
the coefficient value compression unit sequentially performs the first compression and the second compression for each coefficient and provides the first compression bitmaps and the second compression bitmaps.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the coefficient value provision unit constructs and provides, as a first one-dimensional (1-D) table, the coefficient values and the location information for each pixel.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the coefficient value compression unit divides an entire image into a plurality of block areas, sequentially performs the first compression and the second compression for each block area, and provides the first compression bitmap and the second compression bitmaps.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the coefficient value compression unit provides the first compression bitmap and the second compression bitmaps by mapping the first compression bitmap and the second compression bitmaps to the entire image for each block area.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the coefficient value compression unit comprises:
a first rearrangement unit configured to construct the first 2-D table for the coefficient values based on the location information;
a first compression unit configured to calculate a total average of the coefficient values of the first 2-D table, generate the first compression bitmap by the first compression in which the first compression value is mapped as a preset value corresponding to a value greater than or smaller than the total average for each of the coefficient values and to generate a first representative value and a second representative value for restoring the first compression values of the first compression bitmap;
a second rearrangement unit configured to construct the second 2-D tables in each of which the first representative value and the second representative value are separately mapped for each pixel based on the location information; and
a second compression unit configured to calculate a difference value between current data and next data of continuous data and to generate the second compression bitmaps by the second compression in which the second compression value of the next data is mapped as the difference value.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first rearrangement unit
receives a first one-dimensional (1-D) table having the coefficient values and the location information for each pixel, and
constructs the first 2-D table in which the coefficient values of the first 1-D table are mapped in accordance with the location information.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first compression unit generates the first compression bitmap in which the first compression value is mapped as “1” in accordance with the coefficient values each greater than the total average and the second compression value is mapped as “0” in accordance with the coefficient values each smaller than the total average.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first compression unit
generates the first representative value as a value obtained by adding, to the total average, a first average standard deviation of coefficient values each greater than the total average, and
generates the second representative value as a value obtained by subtracting, from the total average, a second average standard deviation of coefficient values each smaller than the total average.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first compression unit
generates the first representative value as an average of coefficient values each greater than the total average, and
generates the second representative value as an average of coefficient values each smaller than the total average.

11. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second rearrangement unit
receives second 1-D tables comprising the location information in common and separately having the first representative value and the second representative value, and
constructs the second 2-D table in which the first representative value and second representative value of the second 1-D table are separately mapped in accordance with the location information.

12. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein:
the second compression unit stores first data of the second 2-D tables as an original, and
a difference value after the first data is stored to have the number of bits smaller than the number of bits of the first data.

13. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second compression unit
stores first data of the second 2-D tables as an original, and
calculates the difference value between the current data and the next data of data sequentially continuous in a transverse direction and longitudinal direction of the second 2-D tables.

14. A method of compressing coefficient values of a compensation equation for compensating for a defect in an image, the method comprising:
a first step of receiving, as a first one-dimensional (1-D) table, coefficient values of coefficients of a compensation equation, constructed as a quadratic expression and for compensating for a defect in an image, and location information for each pixel, for each of the coefficients; and
a second step of dividing the image into a plurality of block areas, sequentially performing first compression and second compression for each block area, and providing a first compression bitmap and a second compression bitmap,
wherein the first compression comprises:
constructing a first two-dimensional (2-D) table for the coefficient values of the first 1-D table based on the location information;
calculating a total average of the coefficient values of the first 2-D table and generating the first compression bitmap by mapping a first compression value as a preset value corresponding to a value greater than or smaller than the total average for each of the coefficient values; and
generating a first representative value and a second representative value for restoring the first compression values of the first compression bitmap and providing second 1-D tables comprising the location information in common and separately having the first representative v

Assignees

• Lx Semicon Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jun Young
• Lee Min Ji
• Lee Ji Won
• Kang Suk Ju
• Choi Joo Sung

Classifications

• G06T11/60

  Creating or editing images; Combining images with text · CPC title

• G06T7/0002

  Inspection of images, e.g. flaw detection · CPC title

• G06T2207/30168

  Image quality inspection · CPC title

• G09G2330/10

  Dealing with defective pixels · CPC title

• H04N17/004

  for digital television systems · CPC title