Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTRAST RATIO OF CONTENT IN ELECTRONIC DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/074076
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for controlling a contrast ratio of content in an electronic device are disclosed. The method for controlling a contrast ratio of content in an electronic device, presented in one embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: identifying one or more highlight regions on the basis of brightness information of a frame forming the content; determining thresholds for detecting the one or more highlight regions from the frame; generating one or more masks corresponding to the one or more highlight regions on the basis of the thresholds; and generating a contrast ratio-controlled frame on the basis of the one or more masks and one or more boosting factors for the content.
Inventors:
YIP ERIC (KR)
KIM DONG-YEON (KR)
KIM DONG-YEON (KR)
Application Number:
PCT/KR2016/012196
Publication Date:
May 04, 2017
Filing Date:
October 27, 2016
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD (KR)
International Classes:
H04N5/235; H04N5/355
Foreign References:
| US20140168249A1 | 2014-06-19 | |||
| KR20040104867A | 2004-12-13 | |||
| US20090041375A1 | 2009-02-12 | |||
| KR20120112709A | 2012-10-11 | |||
| US20120002082A1 | 2012-01-05 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
LEE, Keon-Joo et al. (KR)
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