Systems and methods for point defect compensation

A system, comprising:

• a display panel comprising a plurality of display pixels;
• processing circuitry configured to generate image data to be displayed on the display panel;
• and
• image compensation circuitry configured to:
• receive an indication that a display pixel of the plurality of display pixels is a defective display pixel;
• convert a gray level of the image data corresponding to the defective display pixel into a luminance domain to generate a target luminance that would have been emitted by the defective display pixel;
• deactivate the defective display pixel such that the defective display pixel is fully dark;
• determine a point spread function based on a physical pixel arrangement of the plurality of display pixels on the display panel;
• and
• distribute the target luminance of the defective display pixel to a nearby plurality of non-defective display pixels of the display panel within a distance of the defective display pixel according to the point spread function.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, via processing circuitry, image data indicative of an image to be displayed via a plurality of display pixels of an electronic display;
• identifying, via the processing circuitry, one or more image content features of the image based on the image data;
• selecting, via the processing circuitry, a compensation mask based on the one or more image content features, wherein the compensation mask is configured to distribute a target luminance to a plurality of non-defective display pixels;
• and
• compensating, via the processing circuitry, the image data based on the compensation mask.