Patent ID: 8159511

Claim:
A machine-implemented method of converting input image data supplied in a first format and indicating a multi-colored image for rendering on a first display panel having sub-pixels spatially organized according to a first format, where the converted image data is changed by the method for being rendered on a second display panel having a plurality of distributively spaced sub-pixels spatially arranged in a second format different from the first format, the method comprising: receiving digital input image data, the received image data being defined by correspondingly received digital input signals and including a plurality of first data values each representing a respective colored data point and an associated brightness thereof, the data points being organized according to the first format, where the color of the colored data point is one of a plurality of primary colors used for defining the to be rendered image; performing a spatially-based sub-pixel rendering operation using the received first data values to thereby produce sub-pixel rendered image data comprising a plurality of second data values each representing a respective associated brightness for a color value of a corresponding one of said spatially arranged sub-pixels on said second display panel whose sub-pixels are spatially arranged according to the second format; performing a gamma operation on said second data values to thereby produce gamma processed sub-pixel rendered image data; and rendering said gamma processed sub-pixel rendered image data on said second display panel to thereby produce a facsimile of said multi-colored image.