# US 2014/0192068 A1 · Display apparatus, image post-processing apparatus and method for image post-processing of contents > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192068 A1 - Document ID: US20140192068A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/957,845 - Filed: 2013-08-02 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-02 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Cheul-hee HAHM; Tae-young LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192068A1 ## CPC - G09G 5/37: Details of the operation on graphic patterns (G09G5/38 takes precedence) - H04N 19/86: involving reduction of coding artifacts, e.g. of blockiness - G09G 5/28: for enhancement of character form, e.g. smoothing - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A display apparatus for post-processing the image of the contents, an image post-processor and a method for post-processing the image of the contents are disclosed. The display apparatus includes a communicator which communicates with a server, a display which displays contents received from the server, and a controller which determines an image post-processing method for elements of the contents based on source information of the contents and predetermined condition information, renders the elements which are post-processed according to the determined image post-processing method, and controls the display to display the contents generated after the rendering. Accordingly, the display apparatus can selectively implement image post-processing for the elements of the contents. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus, comprising: a communicator which communicates with a server to receive contents from the server; and a controller which determines an image post-processing method for elements of the contents based on source information of the contents and predetermined condition, renders the elements which are post-processed according to the determined image post-processing method, and controls to generate the post-processed contents for a display after the rendering, wherein at least one element of the contents is post-processed differently from at least one other element of the contents based on the source information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a display which displays the generated contents; an image post-processor which performs image post-processing; and a storage which stores condition information to distinguish elements to be post-processed from among elements of the contents, wherein the controller classifies the elements of the contents into at least two groups based on the source information of the contents and condition information stored in the storage, and controls the image post-processor to post-process elements of only one of the at least two groups. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the controller classifies the elements of the contents into a first group including elements to be post-processed and a second group including remaining elements based on the source information of the contents and the predetermined condition information stored in the storage, and control the image post-processor to post-process only the first group, wherein the first group comprises elements related to video image, and the second group comprises at least one of graphic rendering and text. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the elements related to video image is at least one of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) image, JPEG image, flash animation, and moving image. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display apparatus of claim 3, further comprising: a storage which stores an image post-processing method corresponding to each element of the contents, wherein the storage further stores an image post-processing method corresponding to the elements to be post-processed, wherein the controller determines the image post-processing method for each element of the contents which are classified as elements to be post-processed based on the image post-processing method stored on the storage. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the controller determines an image post-processing method for elements including GIF image and JPEG image differently from an image post-processing method for elements including flash animation and moving image based on the image post-processing method stored in the storage. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the image post-processing method comprises at least one of a detail enhancement, a color enhancement, a noise reduction, a blocking artifact reduction, a ringing artifact reduction, a definition enhancement, a video deinterlacing, and a frame rate conversion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the server is a web server, and the contents is a web page contents received from the web server. ### Claim 9 An image post-processing apparatus comprising: a storage which stores condition information to distinguish elements to be post-processed from among elements of the contents; a group classifier which classifies elements of the contents into at least two groups based on source information of the contents and condition information stored in the storage; an image post-processor which post-processes an image corresponding to at least some of the elements of the contents; and a controller which determines an image post-processing method for each element of one of the at least two classified groups, and controls the image post-processor to post-process the image of each element according to the determined image post-processing method. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The image post-processor of claim 9, wherein the group classifier classifies elements to be post-processed as a first group and remaining elements as a second group based on source information of the contents and condition information stored in the storage, and the controller controls the image post-processor to post-process only the elements of the first group. ### Claim 11 A method of displaying contents comprising: determining an image post-processing method for elements of the contents based on source information of the contents received from a server and predetermined condition information; post-processing the elements of the contents according to the determined image post-processing method; and rendering the post-processed elements to generate the post-processed contents for a display, wherein at least one element of the contents is post-processed differently from at least one other element of the contents based on the source information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying the generated contents, wherein the predetermined condition information is information to distinguish elements to be post-processed from among elements of the contents, wherein the determining comprises classifying the elements of the contents into at least two groups based on the source information of the contents and the predetermined condition information, and determining the image post-processing method to post-process elements of only one of the at least two groups. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the determining comprises classifying elements of the contents into a first group including elements to be post-processed and a second group including remaining elements based on the source information of the contents and the predetermined condition information, wherein the first group comprises elements related to video image, and the second group comprises at least one of graphic rendering and text. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the elements related to video image is at least one of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) image, JPEG image, flash animation, and moving image. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the determining comprises determining an image post-processing method for each element in a group including elements to be post-processed based on previously stored image post-processing methods corresponding to respective elements of the contents. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the determining comprises determining an image post-processing method for elements including GIF image and JPEG image differently from an image post-processing method for elements including flash animation and moving image based on the image post-processing method stored in the storage. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the image post-processing method comprises at least one of a detail enhancement, a color enhancement, a noise reduction, a blocking artifact reduction, a ringing artifact reduction, a definition enhancement, a video deinterlacing, and a frame rate conversion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the server is a web server, and the contents is a web page contents received from the web server. ### Claim 19 A method of performing image post-processing comprising: classifying elements of contents into at least two groups based on source information of the contents and condition information to distinguish elements to be post-processed from among elements of the contents; determining an image post-processing method for each element of at least one of the two groups; and performing image post-processing of an image corresponding to a respective element of the contents according to the determined image post-processing method. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the classifying comprises classifying elements of the contents into a first group including elements to be post-processed and a second group including remaining elements based on the source information of the contents and the pre-stored condition information, and wherein the performing the image post-processing comprises post-processing only the elements of the first group. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein each element of the contents represents an image or text displayed to be displayed. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The display apparatus of claim 21, wherein a first element comprises at least one of an image or a video generated by the server and wherein a second element comprises text or graphic rendering generated by the display apparatus and wherein the first element is post-processed differently from the second element.