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Granted Patent B2
US 12,363,270 · App. 18/641,119 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Content creative intention preservation under various ambient color temperatures

Inventors: Dung Trung Vo (Costa Mesa, CA); Chenguang Liu (Tustin, CA); Chang Su (Foothills Ranch, CA); McClain C. Nelson (Anaheim, CA); Madhu Athreya (Saratoga, CA); William Mandel (Moorpark, CA); Soojung Hyun (Tustin, CA)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H04N9/73G06T5/92H04N9/646H04N9/68
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Patent No.
US 12,363,270
App. No.
18/641,119
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving an input content, and receiving ambient contextual data indicative of one or more ambient lighting conditions of an environment including a display device. The input content has corresponding metadata that at least partially represents a creative intent indicative of how the input content is intended to be viewed. The method further comprises adaptively correcting the input content based on the ambient contextual data to preserve the creative intent, and providing the corrected input content to the display device for presentation. The adaptively correcting comprises applying automatic white balancing to the input content to correct color tone of the input content.

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

receiving an input content, wherein the input content has corresponding metadata that at least partially represents a creative intent indicative of a particular visualization of the input content that a content provider of the input content intends for a viewer to see;

receiving ambient contextual data indicative of one or more ambient lighting conditions of an environment including a display device; and

improving an on-screen picture quality of the input content during presentation of the input content on the display device by applying color ambient compensation to the input content based on the ambient contextual data, wherein the resulting on-screen picture quality of the input content during the presentation preserves the creative intent.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the on-screen picture quality of the input content during the presentation is substantially similar to an on-screen picture quality of the input content on a reference display utilized by the content provider for color grading the input content.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the color ambient compensation comprises:

determining a tone mapping curve that adaptively compensates for a black level of the display device; and

applying the tone mapping curve to the input content, wherein the resulting tone-mapped input content is provided to the display device for the presentation.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the tone mapping curve preserves one or more dark details of the input content during the presentation, and the one or more dark details are created by the content provider.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the color ambient compensation comprises:

determining a tone mapping curve that adaptively compensates for color tone of the input content; and

applying the tone mapping curve to the input content, wherein the resulting tone-mapped input content is provided to the display device for the presentation.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the tone mapping curve preserves a perceptual color tone of the input content during the presentation, and the perceptual color tone is created by the content provider.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the color ambient compensation comprises:

determining a tone mapping curve that adaptively compensates for saturation and contrast of the input content; and

applying the tone mapping curve to the input content, wherein the resulting tone-mapped input content is provided to the display device for the presentation.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the tone mapping curve compensates for saturation and contrast distortion resulting from one or more differences in viewing conditions between the environment including the display device and another environment including a reference display utilized by the content provider for color grading the input content.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input content includes at least one of an input image or an input video.

10. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a non-transitory processor-readable memory device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations including:

receiving an input content, wherein the input content has corresponding metadata that at least partially represents a creative intent indicative of a particular visualization of the input content that a content provider of the input content intends for a viewer to see;

receiving ambient contextual data indicative of one or more ambient lighting conditions of an environment including a display device; and

improving an on-screen picture quality of the input content during presentation of the input content on the display device by applying color ambient compensation to the input content based on the ambient contextual data, wherein the resulting on-screen picture quality of the input content during the presentation preserves the creative intent.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the on-screen picture quality of the input content during the presentation is substantially similar to an on-screen picture quality of the input content on a reference display utilized by the content provider for color grading the input content.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the color ambient compensation comprises:

determining a tone mapping curve that adaptively compensates for a black level of the display device; and

applying the tone mapping curve to the input content, wherein the resulting tone-mapped input content is provided to the display device for the presentation.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the tone mapping curve preserves one or more dark details of the input content during the presentation, and the one or more dark details are created by the content provider.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the color ambient compensation comprises:

determining a tone mapping curve that adaptively compensates for color tone of the input content; and

applying the tone mapping curve to the input content, wherein the resulting tone-mapped input content is provided to the display device for the presentation.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the tone mapping curve preserves a perceptual color tone of the input content during the presentation, and the perceptual color tone is created by the content provider.

16. The system of claim 10 , wherein the color ambient compensation comprises:

determining a tone mapping curve that adaptively compensates for saturation and contrast of the input content; and

applying the tone mapping curve to the input content, wherein the resulting tone-mapped input content is provided to the display device for the presentation.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the tone mapping curve compensates for saturation and contrast distortion resulting from one or more differences in viewing conditions between the environment including the display device and another environment including a reference display utilized by the content provider for color grading the input content.

18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the input content includes at least one of an input image or an input video.

19. A non-transitory processor-readable medium that includes a program that when executed by a processor performs a method comprising:

receiving an input content, wherein the input content has corresponding metadata that at least partially represents a creative intent indicative of a particular visualization of the input content that a content provider of the input content intends for a viewer to see;

receiving ambient contextual data indicative of one or more ambient lighting conditions of an environment including a display device; and

improving an on-screen picture quality of the input content during presentation of the input content on the display device by applying color ambient compensation to the input content based on the ambient contextual data, wherein the resulting on-screen picture quality of the input content during the presentation preserves the creative intent.

20. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the on-screen picture quality of the input content during the presentation is substantially similar to an on-screen picture quality of the input content on a reference display utilized by the content provider for color grading the input content.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2024
From: VO, DUNG TRUNG; LIU, CHENGUANG; SU, CHANG; NELSON, MCCLAIN C.; ATHREYA, MADHU; MANDEL, WILLIAM; HYUN, SOOJUNG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 17807099 · Jun 15, 2022
Provisional Application 63229024 · Aug 3, 2021
Related Publication 20240275930A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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