Method of fast processing image data for improving visibility of image

A method of processing image data to generate output image data for driving a display panel, the method comprising:

• setting a new resolution for input image data according to a resolution of said display panel;
• dividing a first virtual screen into a plurality of pixel areas according to said new resolution set for said input image data;
• superimposing a second virtual screen including a sub-pixel array structure of said display panel on said first virtual screen;
• laying a mask wider than a sub-pixel area on the superimposed second virtual screen on each sub-pixel area, said mask not covering any portion of a next same color sub-pixel area;
• obtaining and setting an area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on said first virtual screen included in each mask to an area of said mask;
• and
• applying said new resolution and the area ratios to a driving device of said display panel, transforming said input image data having an original resolution into image data having said new resolution, and generating a sum of the results of multiplying area ratios of pixel portions on the first virtual screen in each mask by the transformed image data of the pixel areas, respectively, as output image data of the sub-pixel corresponding to said mask.

A system for processing image data to generate output image data for driving a display panel, comprising:

• a computer processor unit processing the image data;
• a computer readable medium storing the image data;
• a first unit initializing said computer readable medium;
• a second unit setting a new resolution for input image data according to a resolution of said display panel;
• a third unit dividing a first virtual screen into a plurality of pixel areas according to said new resolution set for said input image data;
• a fourth unit superimposing a second virtual screen including a sub-pixel array structure of said display panel on said first virtual screen;
• a fifth unit laying a mask wider than a sub-pixel area on the superimposed second virtual screen on each sub-pixel area;
• a sixth unit obtaining and setting an area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on said first virtual screen included in each mask to an area of said mask;
• and
• a seventh unit applying said new resolution and the area ratios to a driving device of said display panel, transforming said input image data having an original resolution into image data having said new resolution, and generating a sum of the results of multiplying area ratios of pixel portions on the first virtual screen in each mask by the transformed image data of the pixel areas, respectively, as output image data of the sub-pixel corresponding to said mask.

A system for processing image data to generate output image data for driving a display panel, comprising:

• a computer readable medium;
• a processor connected to said computer readable medium, said processor programmed to:
• setting a new resolution for input image data according to a resolution of said display panel;
• dividing a first virtual screen into a plurality of pixel areas according to said new resolution set for said input image data;
• superimposing a second virtual screen including a sub-pixel array structure of said display panel on said first virtual screen;
• laying a mask wider than a sub-pixel area on the superimposed second virtual screen on each sub-pixel area;
• obtaining and setting an area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on said first virtual screen included in each mask to an area of said mask;
• and
• applying said new resolution and the area ratios to a driving device of said display panel, transforming said input image data having an original resolution into image data having said new resolution, and generating a sum of the results of multiplying area ratios of pixel portions on the first virtual screen in each mask by the transformed image data of the pixel areas, respectively, as output image data of the sub-pixel corresponding to said mask.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method, comprising:

• setting a new resolution for input image data according to a resolution of said display panel;
• dividing a first virtual screen into a plurality of pixel areas according to said new resolution set for said input image data;
• superimposing a second virtual screen including a sub-pixel array structure of said display panel on said first virtual screen;
• laying a mask on the superimposed second virtual screen on each sub-pixel area;
• obtaining and setting an area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on said first virtual screen included in each mask to an area of said mask;
• and
• applying said new resolution and the area ratios to a driving device of said display panel, transforming said input image data having an original resolution into image data having said new resolution, and generating a sum of the results of multiplying area ratios of pixel portions on the first virtual screen in each mask by the transformed image data of the pixel areas, respectively, as output image data of the sub-pixel corresponding to said mask.

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon a data structure comprising:

• a first field containing data representing a new resolution for input image data according to a resolution of a plasma display panel;
• a second field containing data representing a dividing of a first virtual screen into a plurality of pixel areas according to said new resolution set for said input image data;
• a third field containing data representing a superimposing of a second virtual screen including a sub-pixel array structure of said plasma display panel on said first virtual screen;
• a fourth field containing data representing laying a mask on the superimposed second virtual screen on each sub-pixel area, said mask not covering any portion of a next same color sub-pixel area;
• a fifth field containing data representing obtaining and setting an area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on said first virtual screen included in each mask to an area of said mask;
• and
• a sixth field containing data representing applying said new resolution and the area ratios to a driving device of said plasma display panel, transforming said input image data having an original resolution into image data having said new resolution, and generating a sum of the results of multiplying area ratios of pixel portions on the first virtual screen in each mask by the transformed image data of the pixel areas, respectively, as output image data of the sub-pixel corresponding to said mask.

A method of processing image data to generate output image data for driving a plasma display panel, the method comprising:

• dividing a first virtual screen into a plurality of pixel areas according to a new resolution generated from an original resolution for said input image data;
• superimposing a second virtual screen including a delta type sub-pixel array structure of said plasma display panel on said first virtual screen;
• laying a mask wider than a sub-pixel area on the superimposed second virtual screen on each sub-pixel area, said mask not covering a portion of a next same color sub-pixel area;
• setting an area ratio of the area of each pixel portion on said first virtual screen included in each mask to an area of said mask;
• and
• applying said new resolution and the area ratios to a driving device of said plasma display panel, transforming said input image data having an original resolution into image data having said new resolution, and generating a sum of the results of multiplying area ratios of pixel portions on the first virtual screen in each mask by the transformed image data of the pixel areas, respectively, as output image data of the sub-pixel corresponding to said mask.