Patent ID: 6850245
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. A display characteristics recognition apparatus comprising: a signal output unit connected to a display unit displaying an image according to a signal entered, said display unit displaying the image with a color displayed according to both the signal and a display characteristic of said display unit, said signal output unit outputting a color chart signal representative of a color value to said display unit; an input unit receiving interactive user input with which a user categorizes the color displayed, the input identifying or indicating a perceived color perception category perceived by the user to include the color displayed on said display unit in accordance with the color chart signal outputted from said signal output unit, where a color perception category comprises a range of a substantial number of humanly perceptible gradations of color within such color perception category; and a display characteristics identification unit automatically determining a value approximating the display characteristic of said display unit in accordance with the color value of the color chart signal outputted from said signal output unit and in accordance with the interactive input entered through said input unit.