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Color display apparatus and method of coding a color image
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1985-02-15
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Granted: 1988-02-16
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Expires: 2005-02-15
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides a display apparatus for producing a color image in which the color of each picture element is defined by the intensities of component red, blue and green primaries and is coded as a binary number having r bits defining 2 r intensity levels for red, g bits defining 2 g intensity levels for green, and b bits defining 2 b intensity levels for blue, where g≦7, (g-r)=1 or 2, and (g-b)=2. In a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention the image has a resolution of substantially 4 pels per mm or greater, and g≦4. The invention also includes a method of coding a color image as defined above.
Inventors
- 👤 Michael F. Cowlishaw
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 15:34
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G5/00; G09G5/02; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/64; H04N1/644
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
Display apparatus for producing a color image from a digitally encoded representation of said image whereby the coded representation of each multi-color picture element of said display apparatus is substantially reduced, and wherein the color of each said picture element is defined by the intensities of the red, blue and green color components, comprising means for coding each picture element as a binary number having r bits defining 2 r intensity levels for red, g bits defining 2 g intensity levels for green, and b bits defining 2 b intensity levels for blue, where g≦4, (g-r)=2, and (g-b)=2.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
Display apparatus for producing a color image from a digitally encoded representation of said image whereby the coded representation of each multi-color picture element of said display apparatus is substantially reduced, and wherein the color of each said picture element is defined by the intensities of the red, blue and green color components, comprising means for coding each picture element as a binary number having r bits defining 2 r intensity levels for red, g bits defining 2 g intensity levels for green, and b bits defining 2 b intensity levels for blue, where g≦4, (g-r)=2, and (g-b)=2.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
10 words
An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein g=4 and r=b=2.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of coding a color image and reducing the storage capacity required to store the multi-color components of each picture element in a visual display, the color of each picture element bieng defined by the intensities of the red, blue and green component colors the step of coding each picture element as a binary number having r bits defining 2 r intensity levels for red, g bits defining 2 g intensity levels for green, and b bits defining 2 b intensity levels for blue, where g≦4, (g-r)=2, and (g-b)=2.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
90 words
A method of coding a color image and reducing the storage capacity required to store the multi-color components of each picture element in a visual display, the color of each picture element bieng defined by the intensities of the red, blue and green component colors the step of coding each picture element as a binary number having r bits defining 2 r intensity levels for red, g bits defining 2 g intensity levels for green, and b bits defining 2 b intensity levels for blue, where g≦4, (g-r)=2, and (g-b)=2.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
10 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein g=4 and r=b=2.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein the g bits comprise the most significant bits of the binary number.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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