A video display apparatus includes: a tone mapping processor that performs a tone mapping process of converting a luminance of a video by using conversion characteristics according to a maximum luminance of the video; and a display that displays the video that has undergone the tone mapping process. The tone mapping processor switches between a first tone mapping process of dynamically changing the conversion characteristics according to a time-dependent change in the maximum luminance of the video and a second tone mapping process that is performed using constant conversion characteristics irrespective of the time-dependent change in the maximum luminance of the video.

This application relates to a method and a structure for generating a picture compensation signal, and a restoring system. A center luminance value is obtained by means of an image capturing device; then a grayscale percentage value is set by means of a calculating module, and luminance is adjusted according to the grayscale percentage value; a luminance value is obtained by means of the image capturing device according to the grayscale percentage value; a luminance difference value is obtained by means of a luminance difference detection module; and whether the luminance difference value is less than a default value is determined by a difference determining module; if the luminance difference value is less than the default value, a grayscale percentage value is reduced by the calculating module, and comparison again; and if the luminance difference value exceeds the default value, a sampling grayscale is obtained by a processing module.

This application relates to a method and a structure for generating a picture compensation signal, and a restoring system. A center luminance value is obtained by means of an image capturing device; then a grayscale percentage value is set by means of a calculating module, and luminance is adjusted according to the grayscale percentage value; a luminance value is obtained by means of the image capturing device according to the grayscale percentage value; a luminance difference value is obtained by means of a luminance difference detection module; and whether the luminance difference value is less than a default value is determined by a difference determining module; if the luminance difference value is less than the default value, a grayscale percentage value is reduced by the calculating module, and comparison again; and if the luminance difference value exceeds the default value, a sampling grayscale is obtained by a processing module.

To allow a better coordination between an image creation artist such as a movie director of photography and the final viewer, via a receiving-side display and its built-in image processing, a method of adding image defining information to an input image signal (I) comprises receiving descriptive data (D) that includes at least luminance value information on the one hand, and a regime descriptor (rd) on the other hand; and encoding into an output description data signal (DDO), relatable to an output image signal (O) based upon an input image signal (I), of the descriptive data (D) in a technical format standardized to be intended for use by a receiving-side display to control its image processing for changing the color properties of its rendered images.

To allow a better coordination between an image creation artist such as a movie director of photography and the final viewer, via a receiving-side display and its built-in image processing, a method of adding image defining information to an input image signal (I) comprises receiving descriptive data (D) that includes at least luminance value information on the one hand, and a regime descriptor (rd) on the other hand; and encoding into an output description data signal (DDO), relatable to an output image signal (O) based upon an input image signal (I), of the descriptive data (D) in a technical format standardized to be intended for use by a receiving-side display to control its image processing for changing the color properties of its rendered images.

To allow a better coordination between an image creation artist such as a movie director of photography and the final viewer, via a receiving-side display and its built-in image processing, a method of adding image defining information to an input image signal (I) comprises showing the input image (I) to a human operator; receiving via a user interface (303, 308) descriptive data (D) from the human operator, the descriptive data (D) including at least luminance value information on the one hand, and a regime descriptor (rd) on the other hand; and encoding into an output description data signal (DDO), relatable to an output image signal (O) based upon the input image signal (I), of the descriptive data (D) in a technical format standardized to be intended for use by a receiving-side display to control its image processing for changing the color properties of its rendered images.

To allow a better coordination between an image creation artist such as a movie director of photography and the final viewer, via a receiving-side display and its built-in image processing, a method of adding image defining information to an input image signal (I) comprises showing the input image (I) to a human operator; receiving via a user interface (303, 308) descriptive data (D) from the human operator, the descriptive data (D) including at least luminance value information on the one hand, and a regime descriptor (rd) on the other hand; and encoding into an output description data signal (DDO), relatable to an output image signal (O) based upon the input image signal (I), of the descriptive data (D) in a technical format standardized to be intended for use by a receiving-side display to control its image processing for changing the color properties of its rendered images.

An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes the following steps: blending a plurality of exposure frames captured by one or more image capturing devices using a plurality of exposure times to generate a real-time image; analyzing one or more regions of interest (ROIs) of the real-time image according to ROI information about the one or more ROIs of the real-time image, and accordingly generating an analysis result; and utilizing an image processor for referring to the analysis result to locally adjust image data within the one or more ROIs of the real-time image to generate an adjusted real-time image in real time.

An image processing method is provided. The image processing method includes the following steps: blending a plurality of exposure frames captured by one or more image capturing devices using a plurality of exposure times to generate a real-time image; analyzing one or more regions of interest (ROIs) of the real-time image according to ROI information about the one or more ROIs of the real-time image, and accordingly generating an analysis result; and utilizing an image processor for referring to the analysis result to locally adjust image data within the one or more ROIs of the real-time image to generate an adjusted real-time image in real time.

Disclosed is a video processor for a magnifier camera. In particular, the disclosure relates to a video processor that eliminates the use of a frame buffer. This, in turn, reduces the latency otherwise present in the video signal. The disclosed video processor also allows selected portions of the display to be shaded. This highlights the non-shaded portions of the display while at the same time allowing the entire object to be perceived by the user.