Patent ID: 7233963
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for minimizing error introduced by clipping values of an ordered data set to a restricted range, with the restricted range including at least one member of a group comprising a lower limit and an upper limit, wherein the data set includes at least one data sample having a value beyond the restricted range, comprising: receiving the values of the ordered data set, wherein the ordered data set includes at least one data sample having a value beyond the restricted range, the restricted range including said at least one member of the group comprising the lower limit and the upper limit; clipping the values of the ordered data set to the restricted range, said clipping including: for each of said at least one data sample, distributing one member of a group comprising (A) the equal amount of the value of the data sample in excess of the upper limit and (B) the equal amount of the value of the data sample below the lower limit to at least two adjacent neighbors of the data sample; generating an output clipped data set in accordance with said clipping; and generating modified multi-media content based on the output clipped data set.