US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on Aug. 11 for "Simultaneous contrast based picture quality improvement for power saving" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,718, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Simultaneous contrast based picture quality improvement for power saving" was invented by Aparajith Srinivasan (Irvine, Calif.) and Chenguang Liu (Tustin, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides a computer-implemented method that includes receiving an input image associated with a media content item. Gradient detection is performed to determine one or more outlines for the input image. Based on the one or more outlines, a perceived contrast associated with the input image is enhanced."

The patent was filed on May 21, ...