Signal converting methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9984656-B2
Application number	US-201614908666-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2016
Priority date	Dec 7, 2015
Publication date	May 29, 2018
Grant date	May 29, 2018

Abstract

A signal converting method includes: receiving RGB signals; enhancing color of a red component, a green component, and a blue component of the RGB signals to convert the RGB signals into RGBY signals; and outputting the converted RGBY signals. The signal converting method may enhance the saturation of the red component, the green component, and the blue component of the RGBY signals, such that the components of each of the colors are more vivid and more balanced.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A signal converting method, comprising:
receiving RGB signals;
enhancing color of a red component, a green component, and a blue component of the RGB signals to convert the RGB signals into RGBY signals, the step of converting the RGB signals into the RGBY signals further comprises:
(A) detecting a red component value, a green component value, and a blue component value within the RGB signals of a respective pixel;
(B) determining whether the blue component value is the minimum one among the red component value, the green component value, and the blue component value;
(C) when the blue component value is not the minimum one, configuring the yellow component value within the RGBY signals to be zero, and enhancing the color of the red component, the green component, and the blue component of the RGB signals in view of a HSV color space to convert the RGB signals into the RGBY signals;
(D) when the blue component value is the minimum one, converting the RGB signal into the RGBY signals in accordance with at least one predetermined rule, the predetermined rules comprise a first predetermined rule and a second predetermined rule, wherein the step (D) further comprises:
(D1) if the red component value is the minimum value, determining if the red component value is the maximum value among the red component value, the green component value, and the blue component value;
(D2) if the red component value is the maximum value, converting the RGB signals into the RGBY signals in accordance with the first predetermined rule; and
(D3) if the red component value is not the maximum value, converting the RGB signals into the RGBY signals in accordance with the second predetermined rule; and
wherein steps (A) through (D) are executed for each of the pixels;
outputting the converted RGBY signals;
wherein the first predetermined rule comprises:
configuring the yellow component value within the RGBY signals to be the green component value within the RGB signals, configuring the green component value within the RGBY signals to be zero, configuring the blue component value within the RGBY signals to be the blue component value within the RGB signals, and determining the red component value within the RGBY signals in accordance with the red component value within the RGB signals and the yellow component value within the RGBY signals;
wherein the red component value within the RGBY signals is determined in accordance with the red component value within the RGB signals and the yellow component value within the RGBY signals by the equation:

R
0

=

255
·

[

(

R
255

)

r

-

(

Y
255

)

r

]

1
/
r

;

wherein R 0 represents the red component value within the RGBY signals, R represents the red component value within the RGB signals, Y represents the yellow component value within the RGBY signals, and r represents Gamma value.

2. The signal converting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the step (C) of enhancing the color of the red component, the green component, and the blue component of the RGB signals in view of a HSV color space further comprises:
(C1) converting the RGB signals into the HSV signals;
(C2) stretching a saturation of the HSV signals; and
(C3) converting the stretched HSV signals into the RGB signals.

3. The signal converting method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the step of (C2) further comprises stretching the saturation of the HSV signals via at least one sine function.

4. The signal converting method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein in step (C2), the sine function below is adopted to stretch the saturation of the HSV signals:

S
′

=

K
·

sin
⁡

(

S
·

P
2

)

wherein S′ represents the stretched saturation, S represents the saturation before being stretched, K is a stretch factor, and P is pi.

5. The signal converting method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second predetermined rule comprises: configuring the yellow component value within the RGBY signals to be the red component value within the RGB signals, configuring the red component value within the RGBY signals to be zero, configuring the blue component value within the RGBY signals to be the blue component value within the RGB signals, and determining the green component value within the RGBY signals in accordance with the green component value within the RGB signals and the yellow component value within the RGBY signals.

6. The signal converting method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the green component value within the RGBY is determined in accordance with the green component value within the RGB signals and the yellow component value within the RGBY signals by the equation:

G
0

=

255
·

[

(

G
255

)

r

-

(

Y
255

)

r

]

1
/
r

wherein G 0 represents the green component value within the RGBY signals, G represents the green component value within the RGB signals, Y represents the yellow

Assignees

• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect
• Shenzhen China Star Optoelect

Inventors

• Wu Jinjun

Classifications

• G09G2370/12

  Use of DVI or HDMI protocol in interfaces along the display data pipeline · CPC title

• G09G2340/06

  Colour space transformation · CPC title

• G09G5/02 Primary

  characterised by the way in which colour is displayed {(details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} · CPC title

• H04N9/68

  for controlling the amplitude of colour signals, e.g. automatic chroma control circuits (H04N9/71, H04N9/73 take precedence; camera processing pipelines for controlling the colour saturation of colour signals H04N23/86) · CPC title

• H04N9/67

  for matrixing (camera processing pipelines for matrixing of colour signals H04N23/85) · CPC title