Display method and system using transmissive and emissive components

A method of displaying an image having chrominance and luminance characteristics on a surface comprising:

• decomposing image data associated with the image into separate chrominance signal levels and luminance signal levels;
• displaying the representation of the chrominance signal levels of the image by driving emissive display pixels in correspondence to the chrominance characteristic of the image;
• generating the representation of the luminance signal levels for display through the emissive display pixels of the emissive display component;
• and
• filtering the displayed representation of the luminance signal level using transmissive display pixels in accordance with the luminance characteristics of the image.

An apparatus for displaying an image having chrominance and luminance characteristics on a surface comprising:

• means for decomposing image data associated with the image into separate chrominance signal levels and luminance signal levels;
• means for displaying the representation of the chrominance signal levels of the image by driving emissive display pixels in correspondence to the chrominance characteristic of the image;
• means for generating the representation of the luminance signal levels for display through the emissive display pixels of the emissive display component;
• and
• means for filtering the displayed representation of the luminance signal level using transmissive display pixels and in accordance with the luminance characteristics of the image.

A computer readable storage medium on which is embedded one or more computer programs, said one or more computer programs implementing a method for displaying an image having chrominance and luminance characteristics on a surface, said one or more computer programs comprising instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to:

• decompose image data associated with the image into separate chrominance signal levels and luminance signal levels;
• display the representation of the chrominance signal levels of the image by driving emissive display pixels in correspondence to the chrominance characteristic of the image;
• generate the representation of the luminance signal levels for display through the emissive display pixels of the emissive display component;
• and
• filter the displayed representation of the luminance signal level using transmissive display pixels and in accordance with the luminance characteristics of the image.