Patent ID: 7145572
Filing Date: 2006-12-05
Classification: A63B,G06F,G09G

Abstract:
1. In a computer system including a processing unit and a display device, wherein the perceived quality of an image displayed on the display device may be affected by a variety of factors including a user's ability to perceive the displayed image, and wherein the user's ability to perceive tends to vary from one user to another, a method of increasing the perceived quality of a displayed image by compensating for the user's ability to perceive, the method comprising the steps for: storing user profile information about at least one user's ability to perceive a displayed image on said display device, the user profile information including information about a user gamma value preference; when processing a representation of an image to be displayed on said display device, performing a gamma value correction operation on the data representing the image to be displayed using the stored user gamma value preference information; and displaying the processed image on said display device.