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Illuminant-adaptive color reproduction for a mobile display

주변광원에 적응적인 모바일 디스플레이에서의 색 재현

  • Kim, Jong-Man (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Son, Chang-Hwan (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University) ;
  • Cho, Sung-Dae (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Ha, Yeong-Ho (School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Kyungpook National University)
  • 김종만 (삼성전자 정보통신연구소) ;
  • 손창환 (경북대학교 전자전기컴퓨터학부) ;
  • 조성대 (삼성전자 정보통신연구소) ;
  • 하영호 (경북대학교 전자전기컴퓨터학부)
  • Published : 2007.03.25
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Abstract

This paper proposes an illuminant-adaptive reproduction method using light adaptation and flare conditions for a mobile display. Displayed images in daylight are perceived as quite dark due to the light adaptation of the human visual system, as the luminance of a mobile display is considerably lower than that of an outdoor environment. In addition, flare phenomena decrease the color gamut of a mobile display and de-saturating the chroma. Therefore, this paper presents an enhancement method composed of lightness enhancement and chroma compensation. First, the ambient light intensity is measured using a lux-sensor, then the flare is calculated based on the reflection ratio of the display device and the ambient light intensity. To improve the perceived image, the image's luminance is transformed by linearization of the response to the input luminance according to the ambient light intensity. Next, the displayed image is compensated according to the physically reduced chroma, resulting from flare phenomena. This study presents a color reproduction method based on an inverse cone response curve and flare condition. Consequently, the proposed algorithm improves the quality of the perceived image adaptive to an outdoor environment.

본 논문에서는 실외 환경에서 모바일 디스플레이에 발생하는 명순응 현상과 섬광(flare)을 고려하여 주변광원에 적응적인 모바일 디스플레이에서의 색 재현을 제안하였다. 실외 환경에서 디스플레이된 영상은 인간 시각의 명순응 현상에 의해서 어둡게 인지되고 섬광으로 인하여 장치의 밝기는 다소 높아지지만 채도가 감소하는 현상이 발생한다 이러한 현상을 해결하기 위하여 입력 영상의 밝기를 향상하고 채도를 보상하여 실외에서 영상을 보더라도 실내에서와 유사한 영상으로 인지되도록 하였다. 첫째, 주변광원의 밝기는 조도센서를 사용하여 측정하고, 디스플레이의 반사율을 측정하여 해당 조도 하에서의 섬광을 계산하게 된다. 영상의 밝기는 주변광원의 밝기에 따라 변화하는 추상체(cone) 응답이 선형적으로 되도록 역변환 하여 향상하였다. 다음은 섬광으로 인하여 발생하는 물리적인 채도 저하 현상은 이것이 발생하기 전과 후의 차를 이용하여 그 크기만큼을 보상해 주었다. 결과적으로 제안한 방법을 적용한 영상을 실외 환경에서 보았을 때 기존의 어둡게 보이고 채도가 낮아지던 현상이 향상됨을 실험을 통하여 알 수 있었다.

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