Non-square scaling of image data to be mapped to pixel sub-components

An image processing system capable of displaying an image, comprising:

• a display device for displaying the image, the display device having a plurality of pixels, each including multiple pixel sub-components of different colors, wherein the pixel sub-components are arranged on the display device to form stripes on the display device;
• a processing unit;
• and
• a readable medium carrying executable instructions that, when executed by the processing unit, enable the image processing system to implement a method of processing image data representing the image in order to display the image on the display device, the method comprising the steps of:
• receiving the image data;
• and
• performing a non-square scaling operation on the image data as a function of a direction of the stripes on the display device so as to result in scaled image data that is to be utilized to display the image on the display device, the non-square scaling operation including the acts of:
• dimensionally scaling, by a first factor, the image data in a first direction, the first direction being parallel to a direction of the stripes on said display device;
• and
• dimensionally scaling the image data in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, by a second factor which is greater than the first amount;
• mapping at least one sample of the scaled image data to each of the individual pixel sub-components of a pixel as opposed to mapping samples to entire pixels;
• generating a separate luminous intensity value for each of the pixel sub-components of the pixel based on the at least one sample mapped to the particular pixel sub-component;
• and
• displaying the image using the separate luminous intensity values, resulting in each of the pixel sub-components representing a different region of the scaled image data as opposed to entire pixels representing separate regions of the scaled image data.

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 pixels, each including multiple pixel sub-components of different colors, wherein the pixel sub-components are arranged on the display device to form stripes on the display device, a method of processing image data representing the image in order to display displaying the image on the display device, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer-readable medium carrying computer executable instructions that implement the method when executed at the computer system, the method comprising:
• performing a dimensional scaling operation on the image data as a function of the stripes on the display device so as to result in scaled image data that is to be utilized to display the image on the display device, the scaling operation including the acts of:
• scaling, by a first factor, the image data in a first direction, the first direction being parallel to a direction of the stripes on said display device;
• and
• scaling the image data in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, by a second factor which is greater than the first amount;
• mapping at least one sample of the scaled image data to each of the individual pixel sub-components of a pixel as opposed to mapping samples to entire pixels;
• generating a separate luminous intensity value for each of the pixel sub-components of the pixel based on the at least one sample mapped to the particular pixel sub-component;
• and
• displaying the image using the separate luminous intensity values, resulting in each of the pixel sub-components representing a different region of the scaled image data as opposed to entire pixels representing separate regions of the scaled image data.