Weighted mapping of image data samples to pixel sub-components on a 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;
• 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 and at least one of the first, second, and third sets of samples includes two or more samples so as to result in a different number of samples being mapped to some pixel sub-components as opposed to others, based on the color of the pixel sub-component;
• 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 generated for each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components rather than applying them to entire pixels.

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, and wherein at least one of the pixel sub-components has a set of two or more of the samples mapped thereto so as to result in a different number of samples being mapped to some pixel sub-components as opposed to others;
• generating a separate luminous intensity value for each pixel sub-component as opposed to each fall 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 comprises 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,
• 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 and at least one of the first, second, and third sets of samples includes two or more samples so as to result in a different number of samples being mapped to some pixel sub-components as opposed to others, based on the color of the pixel sub-component;
• 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 generated for each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components rather than applying them to entire pixels.

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;
• 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, and wherein at least one of the pixel sub-components has a set of two or more of the samples mapped thereto so as to result in a different number of samples being mapped to some pixel sub-components as opposed to others;
• 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;
• 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;
• 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 and at least one of the first, second, and third sets of samples includes two or more samples so as to result in a different number of samples being mapped to some pixel sub-components as opposed to others, based on the color of the pixel sub-component;
• 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 generated for each of the first, second, and third pixel sub-components rather than applying them to entire pixels.