Display front of screen performance architecture
View Patent ↗An information handling system can include a display for displaying an image and a graphics processing unit. The graphics processing unit can select a display color table based on a display type determined based on extended data identification data for the display, receive an input image into a graphics processing unit, perform image contrast and sharpness calculations on the input image, perform a color optimization using the display color table, and provide an output image to the display.
1. An information handling system comprising:
a display for displaying an image;
a graphics processing unit to:
select multiple display color tables based on the display type determined based on extended display identification data for the display;
generate a target display color table by averaging the multiple display color tables based on a user input setting or light sensor reading;
receive an input image into a graphics processing unit;
perform pixel color calibration on the input image using profile data read from the extended display identification data;
determine a sub-pixel configuration based on the extended display identification data:
map the input image to sub-pixels of the display using the sub-pixel configuration including transferring diagonal high spatial frequency information from red and blue channels of the image to the green sub-pixels;
perform image contrast and sharpness calculations on the input image;
perform a color optimization using the display color table; and
provide an output image to the display.
2. The information handling system of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining the user input setting for the color optimization and averaging display color tables above and below the user input setting to generate the target display color table.
3. The information handling system of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining the light sensor reading and averaging display color tables above and below the light sensor reading to generate the target display color table.
4. The information handling system of claim 3 , wherein the light sensor reading is an ambient light brightness, an ambient light color, or any combination thereof.
5. The information handling system of claim 1 , wherein the color optimization depends on a pixel configuration determined based on the extended display identification data.
6. The information handling system of claim 5 , wherein the pixel configuration is a four-color pixel configuration.
7. An information handling system comprising:
a display for displaying an image; and
a graphics processing unit to:
select multiple display color tables based on a display type determined based on extended display identification data for the display;
generate a target display color table by averaging the multiple display color tables based on a user input setting or light sensor reading;
receive an input image into a graphics processing unit;
determine a sub-pixel configuration based on the extended display identification data;
perform pixel remapping calculation to map pixels of the input image to sub-pixels of the display using the pixel configuration such that a first portion of the sub-pixels provide high resolution luminance information and a second portion of the sub-pixels reconstruct a chroma signal at a lower resolution and diagonal high spatial frequency information is transferred from red and blue channels of the image to the green sub-pixels;
perform image contrast and sharpness calculations on the input image;
perform a color optimization using the target display color table; and
providing an output image to the display.
8. The information handling system of claim 7 , further comprising obtaining the user input setting for the color optimization and averaging display color tables above and below the user input setting to generate the target display color table.
9. The information handling system of claim 7 , further comprising obtaining the light sensor reading and averaging display color tables above and below the light sensor reading to generate the target display color table.
10. The information handling system of claim 9 , wherein the light sensor reading is an ambient light brightness, an ambient light color, or any combination thereof.
11. The information handling system of claim 7 , wherein the color optimization depends on a pixel configuration determined based on the extended display identification data.
12. The information handling system of claim 11 , wherein the pixel configuration is a four-color pixel configuration.
13. The information handling system of claim 7 , wherein the graphics processing unit is further configured to calculate a pixel map based on the display configuration, and wherein the graphics processor is configured to use the calculated pixel map when performing the pixel remapping calculation.
14. A method of generating an image on a display, the method comprising:
determining a display type based on extended display identification data for the display;
selecting multiple display color tables based on the display type;
generate a target display color table by averaging the multiple display color tables based on a user input setting or light sensor reading;
receiving an input image into a graphics processing unit;
determining a sub-pixel configuration based on the extended display identification data;
using a graphics processing unit to perform a pixel remapping calculation to map pixels of the input image to sub-pixels of the display, including mapping high resolution luminance information, diagonal high spatial frequency information, low resolution chroma information, and horizontal and vertical spatial frequency information to various sets of sub-pixels based on the sub-pixel configuration;
using a graphics processing unit to perform pixel color calibration on the input image using profile data read from the extended display identification data;
using the graphics processing unit to perform image contrast and sharpness calculations on the input image;
using the graphics processing unit to perform a color optimization using the target display color table; and
displaying a resulting output image on the display.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising obtaining the user input setting for the color optimization and averaging display color tables above and below the user input setting to generate the target display color table.
16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising obtaining the light sensor reading and averaging display color tables above and below the light sensor reading to generate the target display color table.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the light sensor reading is an ambient light brightness, an ambient light color, or any combination thereof.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the color optimization depends on a pixel configuration determined based on the extended display identification data.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the pixel configuration is a four-color pixel configuration.
20. The method of claim 14 , further comprising calculating a pixel map based on the display configuration; and wherein using a graphics processing unit to perform a pixel remapping calculation includes using the calculated pixel map.