Patent ID: 6278434
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G02F,G06T,G09G

Abstract:
In a computer system including a processing unit and a display device for displaying an image, the display device having a plurality of pixels, each including multiple pixel sub-components of different colors, wherein the pixel sub-components are arranged on the display device to form stripes on the display device, a method of processing image data representing the image in order to display the image on the display device, comprising:performing a dimensional scaling operation on the image data as a function of the stripes on the display device so as to result in scaled image data that is to be utilized to display the image on the display device, the scaling operation including the acts of:scaling, by a first factor, the image data in a first direction, the first direction being parallel to a direction of the stripes on said display device; andscaling the image data in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, by a second factor which is greater than the first amount;mapping at least one sample of the scaled image data to each of the individual pixel sub-components of a pixel as opposed to mapping samples to entire pixels;generating a separate luminous intensity value for each of the pixel sub-components of the pixel based on the at least one sample mapped to the particular pixel sub-component; anddisplaying the image using the separate luminous intensity values, resulting in each of the pixel sub-components representing a different region of the scaled image data as opposed to entire pixels representing separate regions of the scaled image data.