Apparatus and method for enhancing visibility of color image

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PATENT NO 8666151
APP PUB NO 20110249890A1
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12929036

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An apparatus for enhancing the visibility of color images includes: a luminance value cumulative distribution calculator that calculates a cumulative distribution function of the number of pixels from a minimum value of luminance values; a baseband signal determining unit that determines baseband signal pixels having luminance values smaller than a threshold level; a luminance compensation value generator that generates luminance compensation values to apply the lower-level luminance compensation values as the pixels have higher-level luminance values, for the pixels having the luminance values larger than the threshold level; a luminance gain generator that determines a luminance gain applied to the luminance compensation values according to a mean luminance values of the input images and the level of the luminance values of the pixels to which the luminance compensation values are applied; and a luminance value enhancing unit that summing the luminance compensation values including the gain with the luminance values.

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SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO LTDYEONGTONG-GU SUWON GYUNGGI-DO
DONG-A UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY-ACADEMY COOPERATIONSAHA-GU BUSAN 604-714

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Choi, Won Tae Gyunggi-do, KR 63 491
Han, Hak Yong Busan, KR 2 10
Jang, Won Woo Busan, KR 19 100
Kang, Bong Soon Busan, KR 23 106
Kim, Joo Hyun Gyunggi-do, KR 43 282
Lee, Sung Mok Busan, KR 8 45

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