Device or method for displaying image

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016372080-A1
Application number	US-201615252388-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 31, 2016
Priority date	Mar 30, 2012
Publication date	Dec 22, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Improving the visibility of the dark portion and to prevent the degradation of image quality caused by excessive correction. A reflectance calculation unit is storing a parameter RGain for adjusting the amplitude of a reflectance component R. An illumination light correction unit generates a corrected illumination light component L1 from an illumination light component L and a formula L1=(log(LAmp*L+1))/(log(LAmp+1)). An image resynthesis unit obtains a corrected illumination light component L′ from L′=LGain*L1+(1−LGain)*L. The image resynthesis unit also calculates a corrected image Iout from the corrected illumination light component L′ and the corrected reflectance R′, as well as from a formula Iout=exp(log L′+RGain(log I−log L)). The value of the corrected illumination light component (L′) is determined based on the ratio (LGain) at which the output value of the correction function (L1) and the original illumination light component (L) are combined.

First claim

1 . An image display device for generating output image data by correcting an input image on the basis of Retinex theory, the image display device comprising:
separation means configured to separate an illumination light component from the input image using a filter; corrected illumination light component calculation means configured to calculate a corrected illumination light component by adjusting the separated illumination light component using an illumination light component adjustment parameter for adjusting brightness of the illumination light component; and generation means configured to generate the output image data on the basis of the corrected illumination light component.

2 . The image display device of claim 1 , wherein the corrected illumination light component calculation means calculates the corrected illumination light component by determining, on the basis of the illumination light component adjustment parameter, a ratio at which the illumination light component separated by the separation means and a low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component are combined and summed up, the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component being obtained by adjusting the degree of enhancement of a low-gradation component of the illumination light component.

3 . The image display device of claim 2 , wherein the degree of enhancement of the low-gradation component of the illumination light component is adjusted using an enhancement degree adjustment parameter for adjusting the degree of enhancement of the low-gradation component of the illumination light component.

4 . The image display device of claim 2 , wherein the input image is frame data forming moving images.

5 . The image display device of claim 2 ,
wherein the corrected illumination light component calculation means calculates an average representative value of luminance in a particular region of the input image, and wherein when the average representative value is high, the corrected illumination light component calculation means combines and sums up the illumination light component and the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component in such a manner that a content of the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component is low.

6 . The image display device of claim 2 ,
wherein the corrected illumination light component calculation means calculates the degree of variation of luminance in a particular region of the input image, and wherein when the degree of variation is small, the corrected illumination light component calculation means combines and sums up the illumination light component and the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component in such a manner that a content of the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component is low.

7 . The image display device of claim 2 , further comprising corrected reflectance calculation means configured to calculate reflectance from the separated illumination light component and the input image and to calculate corrected reflectance by adjusting the reflectance using a reflectance adjustment parameter, wherein
the generation means generates the output image data on the basis of the corrected illumination light component and the corrected reflectance.

8 . An image display device for generating output image data by correcting an input image on the basis of Retinex theory, the image display device comprising:
separation means configured to separate an illumination light component from input image data on the basis of values of a pixel of interest and a pixel region adjacent to the pixel of interest; and corrected illumination light component calculation means configured to obtain a low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component by enhancing a low-gradation component of the illumination light component separated by the separation means and to calculate a corrected illumination light component by combining and summing up the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component and the illumination light component, wherein the corrected illumination light component calculation means calculates an average representative value of luminance and/or the degree of variation of luminance in a particular region of the input image, and wherein when the average representative value is high and/or when degree of variation is low, the corrected illumination light component calculation means combines and sums up the illumination light component and the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component in such a manner that a content of the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component is low.

9 . An image display device for generating output image data by correcting an input image on the basis of Retinex theory, the image display device comprising:
separation means configured to separate an illumination light component from the input image using a filter; corrected reflectance calculation means configured to calculate reflectance from the separated illumination light component and the input image and to calculate corrected reflectance by adjusting the reflectance using a gain; and generation means configured to generate the output image data on the basis of the corrected reflectance.

10 . The image display device of claim 9 , wherein the generation means generates the output image data on the basis of the illumination light component and the corrected reflectance.

11 . An image display method for generating output image data by correcting an input image on the basis of Retinex theory, the method comprising:
separating an illumination light component from the input image using a filter; calculating a corrected illumination light component by adjusting the separated illumination light component using an illumination light component adjustment parameter for adjusting brightness of the illumination light component; and generating the output image data on the basis of the corrected illumination light component.

12 . The image display method of claim 11 , wherein calculating the corrected illumination light component comprises determining, on the basis of the illumination light component adjustment parameter, a ratio at which the separated illumination light component and a low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component are combined and summed up, the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component being obtained by adjusting the degree of enhancement of a low-gradation component of the illumination light component.

13 . The image display method of claim 12 , wherein the degree of enhancement of the low-gradation component of the illumination light component is adjusted using an enhancement degree adjustment parameter for adjusting the degree of enhancement of the low-gradation component of the illumination light component.

14 . An image display method for generating output image data by correcting an input image on the basis of Retinex theory, the method comprising:
separating an illumination light component from input image data on the basis of values of a pixel of interest and a pixel region adjacent to the pixel of interest; calculating a low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component by enhancing a low-gradation component of the separated illumination light component and calculating a corrected illumination light component by combining and summing up the low-gradation component-enhanced illumination light component and the illumination light component; calculating an average representative value of luminance and/or the degree of variation of lumi

Assignees

• Eizo Corp

Inventors

• Abe Reo
• Nakao Masashi
• Higashi Masafumi

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