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Number: 348/615
Name: Television > Image signal processing circuitry specific to television > Noise or undesired signal reduction > Blackspot or shading correction (e.g., corrects for fixed pattern defects)
Description: Subject matter including apparatus to compensate for the variations in brightness level over different areas of a given reproduced picture due to unequal characteristics of, or imperfections in, an image signal generator.


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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7567724 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program of image processing method, and recording medium in which program of image processing method has been recorded Jul. 28, 2009
7508430 Method for locally reducing row noise Mar. 24, 2009
7450181 Bit-depth extension with models of equivalent input visual noise Nov. 11, 2008
7327384 Gamut false color display Feb. 5, 2008
7294817 System and methods for determining nonuniformity correction parameters in detector-array imaging Nov. 13, 2007
7215383 Coherent light despeckling May. 8, 2007
7209180 Video output device Apr. 24, 2007
7202894 Method and apparatus for real time identification and correction of pixel defects for image sensor arrays Apr. 10, 2007
7184098 Cyclic data signal averaging system and method for use in video display systems Feb. 27, 2007
7148933 Projector having alignment optics and electronics Dec. 12, 2006
7084911 Black level calibration method for imager with hysteresis comparison and adaptive step size Aug. 1, 2006
7075569 Image processing apparatus for performing shading correction on synthesized images Jul. 11, 2006
6963373 Image processing apparatus which reduces noise by adjusting the transition timing Nov. 8, 2005
6958785 Method and apparatus for determining and correcting for illumination variations in a digital projector Oct. 25, 2005
6859493 Apparatus and method for the recovery of compression constants in the encoded domain Feb. 22, 2005
RE38574 Method and apparatus for reducing visibility of damping wires in aperture grill display tubes Aug. 31, 2004
6768518 Method and apparatus for removing a checkerboard-like noise artifact from a captured composite NTSC video frame Jul. 27, 2004
6741666 Device and method for transforming a digital signal May. 25, 2004
6737625 Bad pixel detection and correction in an image sensing device May. 18, 2004
6650372 Dynamic change of flicker filter Nov. 18, 2003
6559895 Analog memory and image processing system for reducing fixed pattern noise May. 6, 2003
6535617 Removal of fixed pattern noise and other fixed patterns from media signals Mar. 18, 2003
6493039 Method and apparatus for white noise reduction in video images Dec. 10, 2002
6490008 Method for removing a checkerboard-like noise artifact from a captured composite NTSC video frame Dec. 3, 2002
6466273 Analog FIFO memory device Oct. 15, 2002
6456337 Moving image correcting circuit for display device Sep. 24, 2002
6441867 Bit-depth extension of digital displays using noise Aug. 27, 2002
6363118 Apparatus and method for the recovery of compression constants in the encoded domain Mar. 26, 2002
6359662 Method and system for compensating for defects in a multi-light valve display system Mar. 19, 2002
6310660 Video signal dropout detector Oct. 30, 2001
6233019 Image converter and image converting method for improving image quality May. 15, 2001
6166782 Method and apparatus for reducing visibility of damping wires in aperture grill display tubes Dec. 26, 2000
6034724 Imaging device utilizing a line-crawling correction coefficient Mar. 7, 2000
5969709 Field emission display driver Oct. 19, 1999
5959680 Method and apparatus for reducing flicker in the television display of network application data Sep. 28, 1999
5886750 Television receiver including shading correction without deteriorating S/N ratio Mar. 23, 1999
5805216 Defective pixel correction circuit Sep. 8, 1998
5751340 Method and apparatus for reducing the inherently dark grid pattern from the video display of images from fiber optic bundles May. 12, 1998
5748257 Picture information detecting apparatus for a video signal May. 5, 1998
5583578 Projection-type video display apparatus capable of correcting an asymmetrical brightness distribution Dec. 10, 1996
5576562 Solid-state imaging device Nov. 19, 1996
5534945 System and method for providing black diffusion in video image processing Jul. 9, 1996
5495298 Apparatus for concealing detected erroneous data in a digital image signal Feb. 27, 1996
5446501 Three-dimensional median and recursive filtering apparatus and method for video image enhancement Aug. 29, 1995
5430502 Apparatus for eliminating moire pattern effects resulting from the use of different display resolution with a fixed size shadow mask Jul. 4, 1995
5416516 Solid-state image pickup apparatus having a defect detecting mode May. 16, 1995
5412489 Shading correction having a line memory read which generates an average reference level from a plurality of lines of a reference plate May. 2, 1995
5410365 Video camera with coarse analog and fine digital black level adjustment Apr. 25, 1995
5343302 Video camera with improved shading correction using clipped parabolic wave signal Aug. 30, 1994
5337088 Method of correcting an image signal decoded in block units Aug. 9, 1994

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