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US 2026/0087769 A1Published application
Enhancing image data for different types of displays
AssigneeIMAX Corporation
InventorsNing Zhang, Samuel Ziheng Zhou
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Abstract
A method is provided for generating enhanced image data for display on different types of display platforms. The method can include receiving a first format of display image data mastered to be displayed on a first type of display system. The method can include receiving a second format of display image data mastered to be displayed on a second type of display system that is different than the first type of display system. The method can include detecting one or more corresponding pixels in image segments among the first format of display image data and the second format of display image data. The method can include using attributes from the one or more corresponding pixel to generate enhanced image data for display.
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A method of image enhancement comprising:
- receiving at least first segment image data from a first format of display image data to be displayed on a first type of display system;
- receiving at least second segment image data from a second format of display image data to be displayed on a second type of display system that is different than the first type of display system, the at least first segment image data corresponds with the at least second segment image data;
- determining a first related pixel group between the at least first segment image data and the at least second segment image data based on a global feature to define a global feature transform by analyzing the first related pixel group with the global feature;
- determining a second related pixel group between the at least first segment image data and the at least second segment image data based on spatial correspondence or temporal correspondence to create a local mask sequence;
- applying the global feature transform to modify the first format of display image data to produce an enhanced first format of display image data;
- creating a base layer and a detailed layer by applying layer decomposition to the enhanced first format of display image data;
- modifying the base layer and the detailed layer using the local mask sequence to create a new base layer and a new detailed layer;
- reconstructing the new base layer and the new detailed layer to create new enhanced image data for display;
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- outputting the new enhanced image data for display.
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A system at a first location configured to send out image enhancement data and a first format of display image data to a second location, the system comprising:
- a processing device;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that are executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform steps comprising:
- receiving at least first segment image data from the first format of display image data to be displayed on a first type of display system;
- receiving at least second segment image data from a second format of display image data to be displayed on a second type of display system that is different than the first type of display system, the at least first segment image data corresponds with the at least second segment image data;
- determining a first related pixel group between the at least first segment image data and the at least second segment image data based on a global feature to define a global feature transform by analyzing the first related pixel group with the global feature;
- determining a second related pixel group between the at least first segment image data and the at least second segment image data based on spatial correspondence or temporal correspondence to create a local mask sequence;
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- outputting the local mask sequence as a mask file and a file based on the global feature transform as image enhancement data configured for generating enhanced image data for the first format of display image data by a display content generator processor at the second location to create a new enhanced first format of display image data by:
- applying layer decomposition to create a base layer and a detailed layer of the first format of display image data modified using the file based on the global feature transform;
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- modifying the base layer and the detailed layer using the mask file to create a new base layer and a new detailed layer by reconstructing the new base layer and the new detailed layer to create the new enhanced first format of display image data.
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A system configured to create new enhanced image data for display using received image enhancement data and a first format of display image data from a remote first location, the system comprising;
- a processing device:
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that are executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform steps comprising:
- receiving the first format of display image data and the image enhancement data, the image enhancement data configured with a local mask file and a file based on a global feature transform, the first format of display image data to be displayed on a first type of display system;
- applying the global feature transform to modify the first format of display image data to produce an enhanced first format of display image data;
- creating a base layer and a detailed layer by applying layer decomposition to the enhanced first format of display image data;
- modifying the base layer and the detailed layer using a mask file to create a new base layer and a new detailed layer;
- reconstructing the new base layer and the new detailed layer to create new enhanced image data for display;
- and
- outputting the new enhanced image data for display.
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A system of image enhancement comprising;
- a processing device:
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable memory comprising instructions that are executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform steps comprising;
- receiving at least first segment image data from a first format of display image data to be displayed on a first type of display system;
- receiving at least second segment image data from a second format of display image data to be displayed on a second type of display system that is different than the first type of display system, the at least first segment image data corresponds with the at least second segment image data;
- determining a first related pixel group between the at least first segment image data and the at least second segment image data based on a global feature to define a global feature transform by analyzing the first related pixel group with the global feature;
- determining a second related pixel group between the at least first segment image data and the at least second segment image data based on spatial correspondence or temporal correspondence to create a local mask sequence;
- applying the global feature transform to modify the first format of display image data to produce enhanced first format of display image data;
- creating a base layer and a detailed layer by applying layer decomposition to the enhanced first format of display image data;
- modifying the base layer and the detailed layer using the local mask sequence to create a new base layer and a new detailed layer;
- reconstructing the new base layer and the new detailed layer to create new enhanced image data for display;
- and
- outputting the new enhanced image data for display.
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