EP1058229B1 - Procédé et dispositif pour traitement des signaux vidéo pour affichage - Google Patents

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EP1058229B1
EP1058229B1 EP20000107963 EP00107963A EP1058229B1 EP 1058229 B1 EP1058229 B1 EP 1058229B1 EP 20000107963 EP20000107963 EP 20000107963 EP 00107963 A EP00107963 A EP 00107963A EP 1058229 B1 EP1058229 B1 EP 1058229B1
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  • the invention relates to a method for processing video pictures for display on a display device. More specifically the invention is closely related to a kind of video processing for improving the picture quality of pictures which are displayed on matrix displays like plasma display panels (PDP) or other display devices where the pixel values control the generation of a corresponding number of small lighting pulses on the display.
  • PDP plasma display panels
  • plasma display panels are known for many years, plasma displays are encountering a growing interest from TV manufacturers. Indeed, this technology now makes it possible to achieve flat color panels of large size and with limited depths without any viewing angle constraints.
  • the size of the displays may be much larger than the classical CRT picture tubes would have ever been allowed.
  • the invention deals with a specific new artefact, which is called "dynamic false contour effect" since it corresponds to disturbances of gray levels and colors in the form of an apparition of colored edges in the picture when an observation point on the matrix screen moves.
  • This kind of artefact is enhanced when the image has a smooth gradation like when the skin of a person is being displayed (e. g. displaying of a face or an arm, etc.).
  • the same problem occurs on static images when observers are shaking their heads and that leads to the conclusion that such a failure depends on the human visual perception and happens on the retina of the eye.
  • pulse equalization technique Another approach for the solution of above-mentioned problem is known under the expression "pulse equalization technique".
  • This technique is a more complex one. It utilizes equalizing pulses which are added or separated from the TV signal when disturbances of gray scales are foreseen.
  • different pulses for each possible speed are needed. That leads to the need of a big memory storing a number of big look-up tables (LUT) for each speed and there is a need of a motion estimator.
  • LUT big look-up tables
  • the pulses have to be re-calculated for each new sub-field organization.
  • EP 0874349 (a patent application of THOMSON multimedia) another approach for reducing false contour effect called Bit Line Repeat technique is described.
  • the idea behind this technique is to reduce, for some sub-fields named common sub-fields, the number of lines to be addressed by grouping two consecutive lines together. For the remaining sub-fields called normal sub-fields each line is addressed separately. Nevertheless this technique, causes a slight degradation of the vertical resolution dependent on the picture content and a new kind of noise could be perceived.
  • the invention aims to improve the bit line repeat technique in order to deliver better picture quality in terms of vertical resolution and noise. It is an object of the present invention to disclose a corresponding method and an apparatus for processing video pictures for display on a display device. This object is achieved by the measures claimed in claims 1 and 3.
  • bit line repeat algorithm is able to correctly encode lots of pixel value combinations of two or more consecutive lines, there are nevertheless some cases in which an error has to be made due to the reduced flexibility in encoding produced by the need to have the same code on common sub-fields.
  • the general idea of the invention is now to put the coding failures on the higher video levels of the two or more pixels being grouped together (see claim 1). With this new method the reduction in vertical resolution and also the noise caused by the bit line repeat algorithm is shifted in a region where it is merely invisible for the viewer.
  • the addition of a dithering pattern to a picture brings some benefit. Especially it is positive for improving gray scale portrayal in a plasma picture. Often the value +1 is added to every other pixel in Quincunx form.
  • the invention proposes a somewhat different dithering pattern for use in combination with bit line repeat algorithm. Here, always the same value is added to the two or more pixels being grouped together in two or more consecutive lines. The resulting dithering pattern also has Quincunx form (see claim 2).
  • bit line repeat operation in such an apparatus can be further improved by the general idea of making an analysis of the pictures in terms of picture content and switching ON or OFF the bit line repeat algorithm depending on the anaysis result (see claim 5).
  • the bit line repeat algorithm is switched off. This will improve the picture quality a lot in pictures which contain a lot of high vertical frequencies like pictures containing text or graphic with grids, etc. in which the eye will be more focused on these structures than on false contour effects. In fact it will reduce a lot the loss of vertical resolution in case of long critical scenes.
  • Fig. 1 The artefact due to the false contour effect is shown in Fig. 1 .
  • two dark lines On the arm of the displayed woman are shown two dark lines, which e. g. are caused by this false contour effect. Also in the face of the woman such dark lines occur on the right side.
  • a plasma display panel utilizes a matrix array of discharge cells which could only be switched ON or OFF. Also unlike a CRT or LCD in which gray levels are expressed by analog control of the light emission, in a PDP the gray level is controlled by modulating the number of light pulses per frame. This time-modulation will be integrated by the eye over a period corresponding to the eye time response. When an observation point (eye focus area) on the PDP screen moves, the eye will follow this movement. Consequently, it will no more integrate the light from the same cell over a frame period (static integration) but it will integrate information coming from different cells located on the movement trajectory. Thus it will mix all the light pulses during this movement which leads to a faulty signal information. This effect will now be explained in more detail below.
  • each level will be represented by a combination of the following 8 bits:
  • the frame period will be divided in 8 lighting periods which are also very often referred to sub-fields, each one corresponding to one of the 8 bits.
  • a number of light pulses is assigned to each bit.
  • the eye of the observer will integrate over about a frame period these sub-periods and will have the impression of the right gray level.
  • the above-mentioned sub-field organization is shown in Fig. 2 . It is to be noted here, that the addressing periods (scan period) and the erasing periods are not shown in Fig. 2 for ease of understanding. These periods are required for each sub-field in plasma display technology which will be explained later on.
  • the light emission pattern according to the sub-field organization introduces new categories of image quality degradation corresponding to disturbances of gray levels and colors.
  • these disturbances are defined as so-called dynamic false contour effect since the fact that it corresponds to the appearance of colored edges in the picture when an observation point on the PDP screen moves.
  • the observer has the impression of a strong contour appearing on a homogeneous area like displayed skin.
  • the degradation is enhanced when the image has a smooth gradation and also when the light emission period exceeds several milliseconds. So, in dark scenes the effect is not so disturbing as in scenes with average gray level (e.g. luminance values from 32 to 223).
  • Fig. 3 shows a darker shaded area corresponding to the luminance level 128 and a lighter shaded area corresponding to the luminance area level 127.
  • the sub-field organization, shown in Fig. 2 is used for building the luminance levels 128 and 127 as it is depicted on the right side of Fig. 3 .
  • the three parallel lines in Fig. 3 indicate the direction in which the eye is following the movement.
  • the two outer lines show the area borders where a faulty signal will be perceived.
  • Fig. 4 there is shown a curve which illustrates the behavior of the eye cells during observing the moving picture depicted in Fig. 3 .
  • the eye cells having a good distance from the horizontal transition will integrate enough light from the corresponding pixels. Only the eye cells which are near the transition will not be able to integrate a lot of light from the same pixels.
  • a way to reduce these artifacts is to decompose each luminance value on a bigger number of components (sub-fields) each one as small as possible in order to minimize the difference in the time axis of two neighborhood pixels.
  • the error made on the retina when the eye is 'moving' from one pixel to another could be lower and the false contour effect, too.
  • an increasing of the sub-field number is limited according to the following relation: n SF ⁇ NL ⁇ T ad + T Light ⁇ T Frame
  • n SF represents the number of Sub-Fields, NL the number of lines, T ad the duration to address one line per sub-field, T Light the lighting duration of the panel and T Frame the frame period.
  • ADS address display separate
  • AWD address while display
  • FIG. 5 A new sub-field organization which has more sub-fields is shown in Fig. 5 .
  • this example there are twelve sub-fields and the weights of the sub-fields are given in the figure.
  • Fig. 6 the result of the new sub-field organization according to the example of Fig. 5 is shown in case of the 128/127 horizontal transition moving at a speed of five pixels per frame. Now, the chance that the corresponding eye cells will integrate more similar amounts of lighting periods is increased. This is illustrated by the eye-stimuli integration curve at the bottom of Fig. 6 when compared to the eye-stimuli integration curve at the bottom of Fig. 3 . The strongest failure occurring on the retina is reduced a lot from 0 to 123.
  • bit line repeat technique allows for the application of a refined sub-field organisation like the one shown in Fig. 5 .
  • bit line repeat technique a slight degradation of the vertical resolution and a new kind of noise could be perceived. This will be apparent from the full explanation of the bit line repeat technique given below.
  • a representation of this example of bit-line repeat coding is as following: 1 - 2 - 4 - 5 - 8 - 10 - 15 - 20 - 30 - 40 - 50 - 70 in which the underlined values represent the common sub-field values.
  • FIG. 7 An example is given in Fig. 7 .
  • the pixel values 36 and 51 located at the same horizontal position on two consecutive pixel lines are shown.
  • HVS human visual system
  • HVS human visual system
  • the gray disk In the middle of each area, the gray disk has the same gray level, but our eye does not perceive it in the same way in each case (the perceived luminance of each disk depends on the background luminance).
  • each error made on a low video level will have a stronger impact on the human visual system than the same error made on a higher video level. Consequently, the idea of the invention is to make the errors in sub-field coding if unavoidable on the higher video level of a pixel pair. This can be done very easily by comparing the two pixel values.
  • This principle will make the BLR-noise and a kind of vertical resolution loss less visible for the human eye.
  • Some pictures will of course contain a lot of high vertical frequencies like in pictures displaying text, or graphic with small grids, etc. in which the eye will be more focused on these structures than on false contour effects.
  • the false contour effect will occur mainly on big homogeneous areas which implicate a lowest quantity of high vertical frequencies.
  • BLR_VTF_Count which stands for vertical transition per frame counter. This counter will be reset at the end of each frame.
  • the algorithm has as an input R,G,B data. It is therefore necessary to make the analysis three times, i.e. for every component of R,G,B data.
  • the data input for one line is fed to a line memory 20 and in parallel to a calculation unit 21 where absolute differences between corresponding pixels a n , b n of two consecutive lines are calculated.
  • the result is fed to a comparing unit 22 where it is compared to the BLR_Limit.
  • BLR_VTF_Counter 23 is incremented.
  • VTF stands for vertical transitions per frame. This counter is reset after a full frame has been processed.
  • the stage of the BLR_VTF_Counter 23 is monitored in another comparing unit 24.
  • Another counter called No_BLR_Frame_Counter 25 is incremented. This counter represents the amount of consecutive frames having too much high vertical frequencies.
  • the No_BLR_Frame_Counter 25 is decremented.
  • the counting stage of the No_BLR_Frame_Counter 25 is monitored in another comparing unit 26.
  • the bit line repeat algorithm will be activated as long as the No_BLR_Frame_Counter 25 stays below a limit value No_BLR_Frame_Limit.
  • the bit line repeat algorithm is switched off and the normal sub-field coding algorithm is started. This means that sub-field coding with 9 sub-fields is used, see explanation above. Of course an hysteresis like switching behaviour can be implemented in order to avoid fast oscillation between bit line repeat mode and non bit line repeat mode.
  • bit line repeat mode is unable to encode correctly, and then to check how many frames are critical. After a certain time of critical frames the bit line repeat mode is switched off and after a certain time of uncritical scenes the bit line repeat mode is switched ON again.
  • a video sequence could have only few high vertical frequencies and also relatively low motion in it. In that case no false contour effect will happen and the bit line repeat technique is not necessarily required. This allows for an optional improvement of the algorithm based on a motion detector (not estimator).
  • the improvement consits in the provision of a simple motion detector in the algorithm.
  • the basic idea is to switch off the bit line repeat algorithm when a lot of frames do not contain enough motion.
  • the dithering method is used for further improving picture quality.
  • This technique is primarily used to improve the gray scale portrayal in a plasma picture.
  • the basic idea behind this method is to add a small 'noise' in the picture like the one shown in Fig. 10 .
  • the pattern shown in Fig. 10 is often called Quincunx pattern.
  • the pattern will be changed from frame to frame, i.e. that on the next picture the complementary pattern is used where the pixels to which the value +1 is added and the ones which remain unchanged are exchanged.
  • Such a pattern will be invisible for an observer located at a normal TV viewing distance but will improve a lot the gray scale fidelity.
  • Another embodiment of the invention deals therefore, with the adaptation of the dithering method for use in combination with the bit line repeat technique.
  • the invention solves this problem by using a modified dithering pattern which has an adapted form, depicted in Fig. 11 .
  • this modified dithering pattern the value +1 is added to every other pixel pair of two consecutive lines.
  • this pattern is changed from frame to frame in the same sense as described above.
  • This adapted dithering method is fully compatible with the bit line repeat technique and will further improve the plasma picture quality.
  • FIG. 12 An apparatus according to the invention is shown in Fig. 12 .
  • the apparatus may be integrated together with the PDP matrix display. It could also be in a separate box which is to be connected with the plasma display panel.
  • Reference no. 30 denotes the whole apparatus.
  • Reference no. 31 denotes the frame memory to which the RGB data is input.
  • the frame memory 31 is connected to an optional motion detector 32 and to an optional evaluation unit 33 where the algorithm for detecting the critical images having included a high number of vertical transitions is carried out.
  • the motion detector 32 receives additionally RGB data of the current frame. So, it has access to the RGB data of the previous and the current frame which is necessary for motion detection.
  • Motion detector 32 and evaluation unit 33 generate switching signals for corresponding switches 34 and 35.
  • bit line repeat mode is switched on or switched off according to the algorithms describe above.
  • switches 34 and 35 are switched in the BLR on state, a first sub-field coding unit 36 is activated and a second sub-field coding unit is deactivated.
  • the first unit 36 will then be supplied with the RGB data stored in frame memory 31.
  • the bit line repeat sub-field coding is done in this unit with the algorithm described above inclusive the improvement that the coding error is shifted to the higher pixel values of the pixel pairs.
  • the switching signals from evaluation unit 33 and motion detector 32 are also fed to a dithering pattern generator 40 which generates the adapted dithering patterns for the corresponding sub-field coding modes as explained above.
  • the sub-field coding unit 36 is deactivated and the second sub-field coding unit 37 is activated.
  • the second sub-field coding unit 37 is activated and it will be supplied with the RGB data stored in frame memory 31.
  • sub-field coding is done with the normal sub-field organisation including 9 sub-fields.
  • the generated sub-field code words for the pixels are output to the display 39 under the control of an address control unit 38.
  • This unit receives also the switching control signals from units 32 and 33. It generates then the scan pulses sc for addressing the pixel lines and the sustain pulses su for lighting the palsma cells. It is noted that less scan pulses have to be generated for the common sub-fields when bit line repeat mode is switched on due to the fact that two consecutive lines are addressed in parallel for the common sub-fields.
  • bit line repeat technique could also be used singly rather than in combination with the first mentioned improvement regarding shifting of the coding error to the higher pixel values.

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  1. Procédé de traitement d'images vidéo pour un affichage sur un dispositif d'affichage (39) comportant une pluralité d'éléments lumineux correspondant aux pixels d'une image, dans lequel la durée d'une trame vidéo ou d'un champ vidéo est divisée en une pluralité de sous-champs (SF) durant lesquels les éléments lumineux peuvent être activés pour émettre de la lumière par petites impulsions qui correspondent à un mot de code de sous-champ qui est utilisé pour un contrôle de luminosité, dans lequel pour des pixels correspondants de deux lignes de pixels ou plus, des mots de code de sous-champs sont déterminés pour les valeurs vidéo assignées qui comportent des entrées identiques pour un certain nombre de sous-champs appelés sous-champs communs (CSF) et qui possèdent des entrées individuelles pour des sous-champs normaux restants caractérisés en ce que, dans des cas où avec les sous-champs communs (CSF) normaux restants (SF), aucune représentation de la luminosité de tous les pixels correspondants des deux ou plusieurs lignes de pixels avec les valeurs vidéo données des pixels correspondants ne peut être atteinte, une représentation exacte de la valeur vidéo au moins le pixel ayant la valeur vidéo la plus petite sera prise en compte, déterminant les sous-champs communs requis, déplaçant ainsi erreur de codage inévitable du ou des pixels ayant la ou les plus hautes valeurs vidéo.
  2. Procédé selon la revendication 1, dans lequel un modèle de tramage est ajouté à l'image avant codage et le modèle de tramage répond à la règle selon laquelle la même valeur est toujours ajoutée aux valeurs vidéo de deux pixels ou plus groupés ensemble dans lesdites deux lignes consécutives ou plus.
  3. Appareil adaptée pour réaliser le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes comprenant une mémoire de trame (31) pour un stockage de données de pixels, caractérisé en ce que l'appareil comprend en outre une première unité (37) de codage de sous-champs adaptée pour réaliser un codage d'un sous-champ basé sur des sous-champs normaux (SF) uniquement, pour chaque pixel séparément et une seconde unité (36) de codage de sous-champ adaptée pour réaliser un codage de sous-champ basé sur des sous-champs communs (CSF) et normaux (SF) d'une manière combinée pour deux pixels correspondants ou plus de deux lignes consécutives ou plus, dans lequel la seconde unité (36) de codage inclut un moyen adapté pour déplacer des erreurs de codage inévitables causées par la contrainte du codage de sous-champ combiné, sur le ou les pixels ayant la valeur de pixel la plus élevée.
  4. Appareil selon la revendication 3, comprenant en outre un détecteur (32) de mouvement adapté pour détecter un mouvement dans les images et pour générer un signal de commutation arrêtant le codage de sous-champ basé sur les sous-champs communs (CSF) et normaux (SF) et lançant le codage d'un sous-champ basé sur des sous-champs normaux (SF) uniquement lorsque le détecteur de mouvement se situe sous un niveau prédéterminé.
  5. Appareil selon une des revendications 3 ou 4, ladite unité (33) d'analyse du contenu de l'image étant adaptée pour compter les transitions verticales entre deux pixels correspondants de deux lignes consécutives et pour générer un signal de commutation, arrêtant le codage de sous-champ basé sur des sous-champs communs (CSF) et normaux (SF) et lançant le codage de sous-champ basé sur des sous-champs normaux (SF) uniquement lorsque le nombre de transitions verticales dans une image excède une limite prédéterminée.
  6. Appareil selon une des revendications 3 à 6, comprenant en outre un générateur de modèle de tramage (40) adapté à différents modèles de tramage d'une image en fonction du mode de codage de sous-champ activé.
  7. Appareil selon une des revendications 3 à 7, l'appareil comprenant un écran matriciel, en particulier un écran plasma.
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