Patent ID: 9071787
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A multimedia entertainment system comprising: a communication link; a video source coupled to the communication link and configured to produce a video signal and provide the video signal to the communication link; and a video display coupled to the communication link and configured to receive the video signal from the video source via the communication link, to provide dynamic display characteristic information indicative of a display capability of the video display to the video source via the communication link, and to automatically provide updated dynamic display characteristic information to the video source in response to a change in the dynamic display characteristic information; wherein the dynamic display characteristic information includes an indication of a color gamut of the video display; wherein the video source is configured to receive the dynamic display characteristic information, determine whether to adapt processing of the video signal according to the dynamic display characteristic information including a mapping of colors outside the color gamut of the video display to colors within the color gamut of the display in response to receiving the color gamut information, and to produce the video signal as a function of the dynamic display characteristic information; and wherein the video display is configured to display a video image in accordance with the video signal provided by the video source.