Mapping image data samples to pixel sub-components on a striped display device

In a computer system including a processing unit and a display device for displaying an image, the display device having a plurality of pixel sub-components each of which has one of three different colors, a method for improving resolution of the displayed image comprising the acts of:

• sampling information representing an image so as to obtain a plurality of samples;
• mapping a first set of one or more of the samples to a first colored pixel sub-component of the display device, the pixel sub-components of the display device being arranged to form stripes on the display device of same-colored pixel sub-components;
• mapping a second set of one or more of the samples to a second colored pixel sub-component;
• mapping a third set of one or more of the samples to a third colored pixel sub-component, wherein the first, second, and third sets are spatially different one from another;
• generating, for each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components, a separate luminous intensity value based on the particular set of one or more samples mapped thereto;
• and
• displaying the image on the display device by separately applying to each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components the separate luminous intensity values, resulting in each of the pixel sub-components rather than entire pixels representing the displayed image.

A computer program product for implementing, in a computer system including a processing unit and a display device for displaying an image, the display device having a plurality of pixel sub-components each of which has one of three different colors, a method for improving resolution of the displayed image, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable medium carrying executable instructions for performing the method, wherein the method comprises the steps for:
• mapping samples of information representing an image to individual pixel sub-components as opposed to mapping the samples to an entire pixel, each of the pixel sub-components having mapped thereto a spatially different set of one or more of the samples, the pixel sub-components being arranged to form stripes on the display device of same-colored pixel sub-components;
• generating a separate luminous intensity value for each pixel sub-component as opposed to each full pixel, the separate luminous intensity value for each sub-component being based on the different set of one or more samples mapped thereto;
• and
• displaying the image on the display device by applying the separate luminous intensity values to each sub-component rather than to entire pixels, resulting in each of the pixel sub-components, rather than entire pixels, representing the displayed image.

A computer program product for implementing, in a computer system including a processing unit and a display device for displaying an image, the display device having a plurality of pixel sub-components each of which has one of three different colors, a method for improving resolution of the displayed image, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable medium carrying executable instructions for performing the method, wherein the method includes the acts of:
• sampling information representing an image so as to obtain a plurality of samples;
• mapping a first set of one or more of the samples to a first colored pixel sub-component of the display device, the pixel sub-components of the display device being arranged to form stripes on the display device of same-colored pixel sub-components;
• mapping a second set of one or more of the samples to a second colored pixel sub-component;
• mapping a third set of one or more of the samples to a third colored pixel sub-component, wherein the first, second, and third sets are spatially different one from another;
• generating, for each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components, a separate luminous intensity value based on the particular set of one or more samples mapped thereto;
• and
• displaying the image on the display device by separately applying to each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components the separate luminous intensity values, resulting in each of the pixel sub-components rather than entire pixels representing the displayed image.

A display device for use with a computer system including a processing unit and a memory device, the display device being capable of displaying an image and comprising:

• a plurality of pixel sub-components each having one of three different colors the pixel sub-components being arranged to form stripes on the display device of same-colored pixel sub-components;
• and
• a computer program product including a computer-readable medium carrying executable instructions that, when stored in the memory device, enable the computer system to implement a method for improving resolution of the displayed image, the method comprising the steps for:
• mapping samples of information representing an image to individual pixel sub-components as opposed to mapping the samples to an entire pixel, each of the pixel sub-components having mapped thereto a spatially different set of one or more of the samples, the pixel sub-components being arranged to form stripes on the display device of same-colored pixel sub-components;
• generating a separate luminous intensity value for each pixel sub-component as opposed to each full pixel, the separate luminous intensity value for each sub-component being based on the different set of one or more samples mapped thereto;
• and
• displaying the image on the display device by applying the separate luminous intensity values to each sub-component rather than to entire pixels, resulting in each of the pixel sub-components, rather than entire pixels, representing the displayed image.

A display device for use with a computer system including a processing unit and a memory device, the display device being capable of displaying an image and comprising:

• a plurality of pixel sub-components each having one of three different colors, the pixel sub-components being arranged to form stripes on the display device of same-colored pixel sub-components;
• and
• a computer program product including a computer-readable medium carrying executable instructions that, when stored in the memory device, enable the computer system to implement a method for improving resolution of the displayed image, the method comprising the acts of:
• sampling information representing an image so as to obtain a plurality of samples;
• mapping a first set of one or more of the samples to a first colored pixel sub-component of the display device, the pixel sub-components of the display device being arranged to form stripes on the display device of same-colored pixel sub-components;
• mapping a second set of one or more of the samples to a second colored pixel sub-component;
• mapping a third set of one or more of the samples to a third colored pixel sub-component, wherein the first, second, and third sets are spatially different one from another;
• generating, for each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components, a separate luminous intensity value based on the particular set of one or more samples mapped thereto;
• and
• displaying the image on the display device by separately applying to each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components the separate luminous intensity values, resulting in each of the pixel sub-components rather than entire pixels representing the displayed image.