Visual Enhancement Engine (VEE)

Use Cases: VEE

A commuter goes from a train station to outdoors, while watching a movie, with backlight automatically compensated.
One benefit of VEE technology's viewability improvements is that the mobile device does not require a powerful backlight in order to provide daylight viewing. The enhancement engine will compensate for the display's reduced contrast, ensuring a consistent high-quality viewing experience despite lighting changes.

Use Case 1 - Improved Video Quality

A tourist takes a picture while sightseeing and can now see the detail captured in the picture on the display. These details would normally be lost due to the limited contrast ratio of these displays. With VEE, the details are now visible, reassuring the tourist that their vacation is being accurately captured.

The VEE enhancements arise from the re-mapping of image data to amplify subtle variations and make them more apparent to the eye. This image-dependent re-mapping addresses display limitations in two ways. First, it ensures that image details are preserved against truncation by the display's limited input range. Second, by taking into account the surrounding data values, the mapping enhances image detail in light and dark image areas appropriately.

Use Case 2 - Enhanced Still Pictures