# US 2008/0187215 A1 · Method and System For Visually Presenting a High Dynamic Range Image > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0187215 A1 - Document ID: US20080187215A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/996,227 - Filed: 2006-07-18 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2005-07-19 - Assignees: Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop Ltd. - Inventors: Gadi Gordon; Ofer Yemini; Gal Lazar; Haim Klinkman; Zadok Hadas; Yuval Gronau; Nissim Alfasi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080187215A1 ## CPC - H04N 1/6058: {Reduction of colour to a range of reproducible colours, e.g. to ink- reproducible colour gamut} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Method for presenting an image, exhibiting a dynamic range, the method including the procedures of determining the dynamic range of the image, determining a color space configuration including more than one cycle of a color space, applying the color space configuration to the dynamic range, and displaying the image to a user, according to the color space configuration ## Claims ### Claim 1 Method for presenting an image, exhibiting a dynamic range, the method comprising the procedures of: determining the dynamic range of the image; determining a color space configuration including more than one cycle of a color space; applying said color space configuration to said dynamic range; displaying said image to a user, according to said color space configuration. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising the procedure of optimizing said color space. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising the procedure of receiving user color space parameters from a user, for modifying said color space configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising the procedure of determining color space parameters. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, further comprising a preliminary procedure of acquiring said image. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said color space is cyclic. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein said cyclic color space is a Hue, Saturation and Value color space. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein said cyclic color space is an optimized Hue, Saturation and Value color space. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said color space configuration is predetermined. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said color space configuration is selected from a plurality of predetermined color space configurations. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said color space configuration is user defined. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said color space configuration includes a plurality of evenly spread color spaces. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said color space configuration includes a plurality of unevenly spread color spaces. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein said procedure of applying said color space configuration to said dynamic range, enables visual perception of features which were essentially unnoticeable in said image prior to said procedure of applying said color space configuration to said dynamic range. ### Claim 15 Method for presenting an image, exhibiting a dynamic range, the method comprising the procedures of: determining the dynamic range of the image; determining a color space configuration including more than one cycle of an optimized color space; applying said color space configuration to said dynamic range; displaying said image to a user, according to said color space configuration. ### Claim 16 Method for optimizing a color space, comprising the procedures of: presenting the user with a chromatic presentation of a selected reference color in a given color space; presenting the user with a plurality of chromatic presentations of colors adjacent to said selected reference color in said color space; receiving user identification of noticeable color difference between said selected reference color and said adjacent colors; and determining the adjacent color closest to said selected reference color, with noticeable change, as the next color in an optimized color space. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein further comprises the procedure of smoothing said optimized color space. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method according to claim 16, wherein further comprises the procedure of interpolating said optimized color space. ### Claim 19 System for presenting an image, exhibiting a dynamic range, the system comprising: a dynamic range analyzer, for analyzing the dynamic range of said image; a color space analyzer, for determining a color space configuration more than one cycle of a color space; and a dynamic range—color space converter, coupled with said dynamic range analyzer and with said color space analyzer, for applying said color space configuration to said dynamic range, thereby enabling visual perception of features which were essentially un-noticeable in said image prior to applying said color space configuration to said dynamic range. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system according to claim 19, further comprising a color processor encapsulating said dynamic range analyzer, said color space analyzer and said dynamic range—color space converter. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The system according to claim 20, further comprising a display for presenting said image to a user, according to said color space configuration. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The system according to claim 20, further comprising a user interface for receiving color space configuration modifications instructions from a user. ### Claim 23 (depends on 20) The system according to claim 20, further comprising an image detector for acquiring said image. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The system according to claim 23, wherein said image detector is selected from the list consisting of: near infrared image detector; short wave infrared image detector; ultra violet image detector; computerized tomography image detector; nuclear imaging image detector; ultrasound image detector; X-ray image detector; ultra wide band (UWB) image detector; synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image detector; and scanning electron microscope (SEM). ### Claim at position 25 25-26. 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