US 7,492,379 B2
Color flat panel display sub-pixel arrangements and layouts for sub-pixel rendering with increased modulation transfer function response
Thomas Lloyd Credelle, Morgan Hill, Calif. (US); Candice Hellen Brown Elliott, Vallejo, Calif. (US); and Michael Francis Higgins, Cazadaro, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/278,353.
Application 10/278353 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/243094, filed on Sep. 13, 2002, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/346738, filed on Jan. 07, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2003/0128225 A1, Jul. 10, 2003
Int. Cl. G09G 3/28 (2006.01); G09G 3/32 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/038 (2006.01); G02F 1/1335 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 345—695  [345/72; 345/83; 345/88; 345/204; 349/106; 349/107; 349/108; 349/109] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A system comprising:
a display panel, said display panel comprising a plurality of a sub-pixel group; said sub-pixel group comprising eight sub-pixels specifying an output data format; said sub-pixel group further comprising four sub-pixels of a first color, two sub-pixels of a second color and two sub-pixels of a third color; said sub-pixels of said second color and said sub-pixels of said third color substantially forming a checkerboard pattern;
means for receiving input image data specified in an input data format different from said output data format; and
means for subpixel rendering said input image data specified in said input data format to said output data format of said plurality of sub-pixel groups on said display panel.