Halftone display method and display apparatus for reducing halftone disturbances occurring in moving image portions

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PATENT NO 6496194
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09427936

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A halftone display method utilizes an activation sequence, having a plurality of luminance blocks predefined in each frame or field to display an image and having redundancy, that enables one gray-scale level to be expressed by any one of a plurality of combinations of subframes (luminance blocks). When determining luminance blocks for use to display gray scale of an arbitrary first pixel, the luminance blocks to be used for the first pixel are selected in accordance with a predetermined rule, based on how the luminance blocks are used for a second pixel located in close proximity to the first pixel. In this way, by actively utilizing the redundancy of the activation sequence, the occurrence of moving-image false contours (false color contours) in video can be minimized, and also a motion compensation equalizing pulse method can be effectively applied to further improve the image display quality.

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HITACHI CONSUMER ELECTRONICS CO LTD292 YOSHIDA-CHO TOTSUKA-KU YOKOHAMA-SHI KANAGAWA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Igarashi, Kiyoshi Tokyo, JP 7 36
Kariya, Kyoji Kawasaki, JP 17 311
Mikoshiba, Shigeo 43-17, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, JP 37 387
Ooe, Takayuki Kawasaki, JP 10 65
Sawa, Kazuki Chofu, JP 13 65
Shiga, Tomokazu Hachioji, JP 15 119
Toda, Kosaku Kawasaki, JP 8 76
Ueda, Toshio Kawasaki, JP 104 2688
Zhu, Yiwen Chofu, JP 37 185

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