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Image Analysis > Color Image Processing Color Image ProcessingColor Image Processing patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.11/22/07 - 20070269104 - Methods and systems for converting images from low dynamic to high dynamic range to high dynamic range Aspects of the invention provide systems and methods for converting a digital image represented in a lower bit depth representation to a higher bit depth representation. A saturation region is identified, where a color model value of the pixels in the saturation region is above an upper saturation threshold or ... 11/01/07 - 20070253619 - Color profile generating apparatus and method Even if a calculation result is out of range (e.g., below 0 or over 255 in the case of an 8-bit color signal) of a destination color signal when a color conversion table is generated by matrix calculation, clipping (non-reversible operation) is not performed, and a constant is evenly added ... 10/18/07 - 20070242874 - Method and computer-readable medium for detecting flesh-tone pixels This invention provides a method and computer-readable medium for detecting flesh-tone regions in pictures, images, and videos. The method includes (a) defining a flesh-tone axis in a color space coordinate system, wherein the flesh-tone axis passes through both the center of a flesh-tone region and the origin of the color ... 10/11/07 - 20070237390 - User interface to image keying A system for processing the creation of an image matte, includes a set of multi-dimensional control functions, each having a single control unit for adjustment of more than one Keying parameter, thereby enabling a person to adjust more than one parameter when moving the single control unit. ... 10/11/07 - 20070237389 - Inversion of color device models A method and apparatus for inverting a color device model. A systematic color device model inversion process restarts a local iterative root finding process with new seeds that are adaptive to the last found solution. Because of the relative simplicity of the logic used, it is more robust and makes ... 10/04/07 - 20070230774 - Identifying optimal colors for calibration and color filter array design A color determination method utilizes color matching functions to approximate the imaging system's sensitivity characteristics. The illuminant conditions are modeled according to known illuminant intensity versus wavelength functions. Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF) is applied to a set of known reflectance data to decompose the known reflectance data set into a ... 09/27/07 - 20070223811 - Image retrieval method and image retrieval device Each of an image retrieval method and an image retrieval device in accordance with the present invention is provided with a means for extracting a color layout feature quantity, a dominant color feature quantity, a region division feature quantity, and a shape feature quantity from a query image which is ... 09/27/07 - 20070223810 - Color processing method and apparatus Principal component data of a plurality of dimensions representing colors are input. Principal component data of each of the plurality of dimensions is changed using a weight corresponding to the contribution of the principal component data of each dimension so as to map, in the color reproduction range of a ... 09/20/07 - 20070217674 - Method for converting color space of image signal Provided is a method for converting a first image signal expressed in a first color space into a second image signal expressed in a second color space on a subword parallelism basis. The method includes determining a first image parameter of a second image signal matrix as a function calculated ... 09/13/07 - 20070211936 - Colour specification A color chart is constructed by defining a reference color and specifying a range of colors from the reference color, where each color in the range is spaced from any other color by integral multiples of a preselected color difference value, such as at least one CMC value. One or ... 09/06/07 - 20070206850 - Color processing system and method for converting display colors of an image data into printing colors A color processing system includes a storage memory stored with several pieces of reference data corresponding to display colors and printing colors respectively, a cache, and a CMM (color management module) for converting display colors of an image data into color regions having the printing colors. The CMM includes a ... 08/30/07 - 20070201740 - Output image data generating device & method of generating output image data A CPU 200 selects multiple objective image data GD to be pasted on ornamental image data FD, analyzes the selected multiple objective image data GD, and rates the image qualities of the respective image data GD. The CPU 200 specifies the number of plural layout locations included in the ornamental ... 08/16/07 - 20070189603 - Raw image processing A system, a method and computer-readable media for processing raw image data with a graphics processing unit (GPU). Raw image data generated by an imaging sensor is received. A set of instructions for demosaicing the raw image data is communicated to the GPU. The GPU is enabled to demosaic the ... 08/09/07 - 20070183658 - Method of printing and apparatus operable to execute the same, and method of processing image and apparatus operable to execute the same Image data obtained by capturing an image including a human is received. The image data is analyzed and a part of the image including a human face is extracted. A prescribed part of the extracted human face is detected. Brightness of the image data is adjusted with reference to the ... 08/09/07 - 20070183657 - Color-image reproduction apparatus A color-image reproduction apparatus reproduces a color image on the basis of digital image data which are obtained through detection of an image by visible light detection elements and an infrared detection element. Visible image data are extracted from the image data, and infrared-containing image data are extracted from the ... 08/09/07 - 20070183656 - Image processing device, image processing system, image processing method, image processing program, and integrated circuit device An object of the invention is to provide an image processing device with which color processing can be adjusted with ease. An image processing device (10) is provided with a processing degree setting portion (18), a profile creation portion (15), and a color processing execution portion (16). The processing degree ... 08/02/07 - 20070177795 - Method of graphical generation of vectors with dark contours The field of the invention is that of graphical libraries providing graphical functions used for the drawing of symbologic images. One of the fields of favored application is the generation of symbologic images for the piloting of aircraft. The object of the invention is to propose a method of graphical ... 07/26/07 - 20070172118 - Method for reducing enhancement of artifacts and noise in image color enhancement A method for enhancing the color of an image to be displayed on a display includes receiving an image having a plurality of pixels where each of the pixels has a plurality of color components. The image is filtered using a spatial filter in such a manner that the lower ... 07/26/07 - 20070172117 - Method and apparatus for scaling down a bayer domain image In one embodiment of the invention, a method is provided. The method, comprises scaling down a Bayer domain image made up of a number of 2×2 basic units, each having a Red (R) pixel, a Blue (B) pixel, and two green (G) pixels arranged in a fixed configuration and replicated ... 07/26/07 - 20070172116 - Painting process color analysis A method and implementing computer system are provided for enabling a user to determine a starting glaze color for fired tiles in processes where there is a color change from a starting glaze color to a finished or fired tile color. In an exemplary embodiment, a tile painting application is ... 07/26/07 - 20070172115 - Painting process color compensator A method and implementing computer system are provided for enabling a user to paint a surface a desired final color while using a paint, the color of which appears in raw form different from the desired final color for the painted surface. In an exemplary embodiment, a tile painting application ... 07/12/07 - 20070160285 - Method and apparatus for associating image enhancement with color Provided is a method and apparatus of processing an image using filters. The method and apparatus receives an input pixel and a pixel array associated with the image, identifies a color of the pixel array to facilitate processing the input pixel and the pixel array associated with the image and ... 06/21/07 - 20070140553 - Dental colorimetry apparatus An object is to represent the difference of colors of a vital tooth and a tooth sample in a highly precise manner and to compare the colors in a relatively easy manner. The invention provides a dental colorimetry apparatus including a shade-guide-information storage unit configured to store acquired image data ... 06/21/07 - 20070140552 - Optimal test patch level selection for systems that are modeled using low rank eigen functions, with applications to feedback controls A method and system for selecting an optimal set of S number of calibration patches for an image producing system. The method of selecting the S number of calibration patches includes acquiring a set of K number of basis eigen vectors and model parameters which represent the image producing system ... 06/14/07 - 20070133867 - Apparatus and method of adaptively converting image in image display system Adaptive image conversion method and apparatus in an image display system are provided. The image conversion apparatus for adaptively converting an input image into an output image reflecting a user's preferred color comprises a color temperature estimation unit estimating a color temperature of the input image, a target color temperature ... 05/31/07 - 20070122030 - Method for reducing color moire in digital images In a method for reducing color moiré in digital images, the object is to improve the suppression of color moiré in such a way that effects on edge areas and fine structures are further reduced in that low-frequency beats causing color moiré are detected and attenuated in such a way ... 05/17/07 - 20070110301 - Gamut selection in multi-engine systems In preparation for rendering respective portions of a document via a respective plurality of engines, objects within the document are identified and characterized. A determination is made as to whether gamut variations between the engines might result in objectionable variations in the appearance of rendered versions of identified objects having ... 05/17/07 - 20070110300 - Color interpolation apparatus and color interpolation method utilizing edge indicators adjusted by stochastic adjustment factors to reconstruct missing colors for image pixels A color interpolation method for processing a plurality of image pixels corresponding to a color filter array to reconstruct missing color components for each image pixel having a single color component. The color interpolation method includes: (a) detecting edges in a plurality of interpolating directions for a target image pixel ... 05/03/07 - 20070098257 - Method and mechanism for analyzing the color of a digital image A method and apparatus for comparing the content attributes, e.g., color, of one digital image to the content attributes of a second digital image. A plurality of image regions for a first digital image is determined. Each of the plurality of image regions corresponds to an area of the first ... 05/03/07 - 20070098256 - Motion picture content editing Processing Digital Picture eXchange (DPX) data obtained by scanning Negative Camera Film to colormetrically recreate an original de-rendered scene image is described. One method described includes converting a DPX color file, obtained from scanning a camera negative film used to capture a scene with a film camera, to scene color ... 04/19/07 - 20070086651 - Method and apparatus for characterizing the imperfections of skin and method of assessing the anti-aging effect of a cosmetic product The invention relates to a method and apparatus for characterizing the imperfections of the skin. The apparatus comprises: a) a digital camera allowing the taking of at least one digital image of at least one determined skin zone, the said image being defined by a multiplicity of pixels, that is ... 04/19/07 - 20070086650 - Method and device for color saturation and sharpness enhancement The present invention comprises of a digital image processing method which simultaneously enhances color saturation and sharpness on a pixel-by-pixel basis directly in RGB color space, the most popular color space used to represent digital color images, and does not cause color hue shifts. The method comprises the steps of: ... 04/12/07 - 20070081720 - Color temperature conversion method and apparatus having luminance correction conversion function A color temperature conversion method and apparatus having a luminance correction conversion function are provided. The color temperature conversion method controls a color temperature of an image display device. In the color temperature conversion method, a user-set color temperature is compared with a pre-stored basic color temperature for each sample ... 04/12/07 - 20070081719 - Color conversion apparatus, method, and program, image processing apparatus, and image display apparatus A color conversion apparatus performs color conversion of input image data in which the number of a plurality of colors used in the input image data is changed to the number of a plurality of colors used in a display device for displaying an image. The apparatus includes a predetermined-point ... 03/29/07 - 20070071316 - Image correcting method and image correcting system The image correcting method apparatus extract face regions of persons in an image inputted using image data, calculate correction amounts with respect to a predetermined target color for the extracted face regions, respectively, display the image on a display unit, as well as show the extracted face regions in the ... 03/29/07 - 20070071315 - Color target layout A printer is configured to print a color target that associates colors to which humans are most sensitive to color variance with areas of the color target within which color measurement is less prone to meassurement error. The printer then prints the color target according to the association. In an ... 03/29/07 - 20070071314 - Capture and systematic use of expert color analysis Embodiments of the present invention recite a method of compiling color analysis parameters. In one embodiment of the present invention, a corrected color description of at least one test subject is constructed. The corrected color description of at least one test subject is then accessed. The at least one test ... 03/22/07 - 20070065004 - Three-dimensional measurement system and method of the same, and color-coded mark This invention provides a three-dimensional measurement system that improves the efficiency of and enables the automation of non-contact three-dimensional measurement over a wide range using a coded target. A measuring object 1 is photographed in stereo such that the resulting images include four coded marks CT each having a position ... 03/15/07 - 20070058857 - Method and apparatus for adjusting size of image A method for transforming an original image to a new image is provided. The original image includes M rows of original data; the new image includes Q rows of new data. The method first generates a (2i−1)th row and a (2i)th row of intermediate data respectively based on the (2i−1)th ... 03/01/07 - 20070047804 - Image processing apparatus which processes an image obtained by capturing a colored light-transmissive sample An image processing apparatus comprises a dye amount distribution obtaining section configured to obtain a distribution of dye amounts from a sample colored with a dye. The apparatus further comprises a classification section configured to classify a point on the sample in accordance with a dye amount at a corresponding ... 03/01/07 - 20070047803 - Image processing device with automatic white balance According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a digital camera system being capable of taking a frame of image data comprising a plurality of color elements, the system being arranged: to divide the frame image data into a plurality of blocks including a plurality of pixel ... 02/22/07 - 20070041634 - Image capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus and image processing method A digital camera which performs digital processing on an image obtained by image capturing has a three-dimensional lattice point data table for image data conversion processing. The digital camera holds a matrix coefficient set for performing the conversion processing by matrix operation. In the respective lattice points of the three-dimensional ... 02/22/07 - 20070041633 - Mosaic image data processing A method having a corresponding apparatus and computer program comprises receiving a mosaic image comprising a plurality of pixels; separating the mosaic image into a plurality of color channels each comprising only the pixels having a corresponding one of a plurality of colors; and processing each color channel of the ... 02/15/07 - 20070036430 - Image processing apparatus, method, and program The invention provides an image processing apparatus including a region specifying unit for specifying a measurement-object region from an image; a measurement-region defining unit for defining at least one measurement region in the specified measurement-object region; and a characteristic-sample selecting unit for respectively selecting, from a plurality of characteristic samples ... 02/08/07 - 20070031030 - Method and apparatus for analyzing image data A method for the automatic detection of fields or frames in film or video content having similar or substantially the same luminance or color component values, for example to detect black frames. Image sample values are assigned to a sample value range having a signed weight associated therewith, and a ... 02/01/07 - 20070025613 - Field sequential display apparatus and method thereof A field sequential display apparatus and an image display method thereof are provided. A field sequential display apparatus includes: a color-coordinate conversion unit which analyses image state information of a plurality of input image signals of primary colors representing one image and converts the input image signals of primary colors ... 01/25/07 - 20070019860 - Image processing device that adjusts specific color of color image An adjusting portion adjusts values of lightness, chroma, and hue. A change-amount setting portion sets an amount of change for each of lightness, chroma, and hue. A weighting-curve storing portion stores weighting curves for each of lightness, chroma, and hue. A weighting-factor determining portion determines, based on the weighting curves, ... 01/18/07 - 20070014470 - Tone mapping of high dynamic range images Tone mapping a high dynamic range (HDR) image is performed by obtaining a log-norm luminance component based on a normalized logarithm of the HDR image. The log-norm luminance component is flattened (tone-compressed) using incrementally-spaced adaptation levels, which are increasingly blurrier representations of the log-norm luminance component, weighted by a diminishing ... 12/21/06 - 20060285742 - Production of color conversion profile for printing A method and apparatus for producing a color conversion profile for use in a color inkjet printer, a color laser printer, or the like. In one embodiment, a spectral printing model converter is used to sample ink amount data to spectral reflectance Rsmp(λ). Using this spectral reflectance Rsmp(λ), colorimetric values ... 12/14/06 - 20060280360 - Color calibration of color image rendering devices Color calibration of color image rendering devices, such as large color displays, which operate by either projection or emission of images, utilize internal color measurement instrument or external color measurement modules locatable on a wall or speaker. A dual use camera is provided for a portable or laptop computer, or ... 11/30/06 - 20060269125 - Method and system in a digital image processing chain for adjusting a colour balance, corresponding equipment, and software means for implementing the method The invention relates to a method in a digital image processing chain (10) for adjusting a colour balance. In the method, the subject is imaged as colour components (R, G, B), from which cumulative histograms are formed. From these colour curves, the illumination colour (Rill, Gill, Bill) is defined in ... 11/16/06 - 20060257019 - Phased projector illumination method A method for increasing the signal to noise ratio in systems which employ 3 dimensional patterns projected from a projector and imaged by an electronic image sensor is conveyed. ... 10/26/06 - 20060239547 - Use of optical skin measurements to determine cosmetic skin properties The present invention relates to the use of optical skin measurements to determine skin properties such as surface topography, hydration, elasticity, pigmentation intensity or uniformity, dermal thickness, dermal perfusion, presence or concentration or composition of oil on or near the surface, and apparent age of the skin. An apparatus according ... 10/19/06 - 20060233438 - Methods and systems for video processing using super dithering A super dithering method of color video quantization maintains the perceived video quality on a display with less bit depth of color than the input video. Super dithering relies on both the spatial and temporal properties of human visual system, wherein spatial dithering is applied to account for human eye's ... 10/19/06 - 20060233437 - Method and system for the metrological detection of differences in the visually perceived color impression between a multicolored patterned surface of a reference and a multicolored patterned surface of a specimen There is described a method and an arrangement for the metrological detection of the differences in the visually perceived color impression between a multi-color patterned surface (10) of a reference and a multi-color patterned surface (12) of a test item. Concomitantly changes in the color statistics and in other color ... 10/12/06 - 20060228020 - Image projection apparatus and image output apparatus An image projection apparatus includes an item selection unit which selects one of items to be image-adjusted, a first image generation unit which generates a plurality of images acquired by subjecting a target to be projected to image adjustment, in different adjusting levels, the image adjustment corresponding to an item ... 10/05/06 - 20060222240 - Image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus and color image determination method thereof The inventive image processing apparatus takes steps of 1) dividing an image to be processed into numerals of blocks; 2) determining whether a block is a color block or not; 3) determining whether the image is a color image or not based on the rate of color blocks to the ... 09/28/06 - 20060215906 - Method for setting dominant color using spatial coherency The present invention discloses a method for setting a dominant color using a spatial coherency in order to improve performance of an image search function, describing an image region based on several dominant colors, a frequency of each dominant color, and a spatial coherency (SC) of the dominant color. In ... 09/21/06 - 20060210152 - Interface method and system for blending regions in an image A computer implemented method and interface for modifying images on a computing device is provided. The interface used for modification covers a region of an image having a range of intensities with an inner geometric shape to receive a continuous image processing effect, surrounds the inner geometric shape with an ... 09/21/06 - 20060210151 - Interface method and system for finding image intensities A method and interface for finding image intensities of an image on a computing device is provided. Finding these image intensities includes displaying an image on a display device having a range of intensities, identifying one or more regions of the image according to the intensity values in each of ... 09/21/06 - 20060210150 - Interface method and system for mapping image intensity Provided is a computer implemented method and interface for mapping image intensities on a computing device. The processing method includes displaying an image on a display device having a range of intensities, subdividing the range of intensities from the image on the display device into a set of intensity zones, ... 09/21/06 - 20060210149 - Method and device for processing colour information of a pattern having cluttered and useful information characters In a method for processing of color information of a document provided with noise characters and usable characters, a digital image of the document is generated comprised of image points. At least one image region of a first type is selected which is known to correspond to a region of ... 09/14/06 - 20060204085 - Controlling processor-based systems using a digital camera A processor-based system may be controlled using a digital camera. The digital camera can provide luminance and motion information which may be analyzed to determine whether to alter one or more of the power consumption state, the operation of system utilities, or the operation of a screen saver. ... 09/14/06 - 20060204084 - Color processing apparatus and method Color data which is obtained by capturing an image of a color chart by an image capturing apparatus under a first light source, and depends on the first light source is acquired. Target data which is based on colorimetry data of the color chart under a second light source, and ... 09/14/06 - 20060204083 - Color processing apparatus and its method In gamut mapping, when saturation is linearly compressed, a saturation drop of a low-saturation part is considerable. Linear compression based on zone division produces discontinuous points. Nonlinear compression cannot automatically and uniquely calculate a conversion curve. To combat these problems, first and second gamut data are obtained, the lightness ranges ... 09/14/06 - 20060204082 - Fusion of color space data to extract dominant color A system and a method to extract dominant color information using fusion of color space data may include Red, Green, Blue (RGB) color space data and may include (H), Saturation (S), and Intensity Value (V) color space data. Red, Green and Blue color space histograms may be computed and maximum ... 09/07/06 - 20060198556 - Interpolation processing apparatus and recording medium having interpolation processing program recording therein A first interpolation processing apparatus that engages in processing on image data which are provided in a calorimetric system constituted of first˜nth (n≧) color components and include color information corresponding to a single color component provided at each pixel to determine an interpolation value equivalent to color information corresponding to ... 09/07/06 - 20060198555 - Layout control apparatus, layout control method, and layout control program In a case where a link associating a plurality of partial display areas with one another is not set, the partial display areas overlap with one another. There is a fear that appearance is deteriorated. In a case where a link for preventing overlap is set in the partial display ... 08/31/06 - 20060193512 - Colour measurement device and measurement process for the device A colour measurement device includes a colour measurement channel (20,30) and a control (C), which forms colour measurement values from the measurement signals of the colour measurement channel and from stored white calibration data. It further includes correction means in order to calculate or correct the colour measurement values depending ... 08/24/06 - 20060188150 - Image display device and image display method An image display device which displays a multiband image acquired by a multiband camera capable of capturing two or more bands comprises a parameter input/output and image outputting screen configured to represent each band itself or an image of the band, a band-RGB conversion table configured to use for converting ... 08/24/06 - 20060188149 - Image data sampling method In a method for sampling image data from an image frame with component video, the image frame includes a first component frame, a second component frame and a third component frame. The method comprises steps of selecting a first component portion, a second component portion and a third component portion ... 08/24/06 - 20060188148 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium on which image processing program is recorded Featured are an image processing apparatus, method and a medium including an image processing program. The image processing apparatus includes an image inputting means for inputting an image, a character/line drawing region extracting means for extracting a character/line drawing region from the input image, a pseudo-density region extracting means for ... 08/24/06 - 20060188147 - Method and apparatus applying digital image filtering to color filter array data A method and graphics controller for processing an image is provided wherein color filter array (CFA) data representing the image is received from a digital image capture device into a buffer, a digital filter effect is applied to the CFA data to generate filtered CFA data representing a filtered image, ... 08/17/06 - 20060182336 - Color data conversion apparatus and method using gamut boundary descriptors A color data conversion apparatus and method. The color data conversion apparatus includes a K ratio calculator for outputting a K ratio that is calculated using entered color data; a K ratio adjuster for adjusting the calculated K ratio, which is output from the K ratio calculator, in reference to ... 08/03/06 - 20060171584 - Image sequence enhancement system and method Motion picture scenes to be colorized are broken into separate elements, backgrounds/sets or motion/onscreen-action. Background and motion elements are combined separately into single frame representations of multiple frames which becomes a visual reference database that includes data for all frame offsets used later for the computer controlled application of masks ... 07/27/06 - 20060165278 - Image signal processing device An image signal processing device has an LSI including a ROM access control circuit for holding data for controlling an operation of a video signal processing unit, and a flush ROM that is disposed outside the LSI, holds control data to be transmitted to the ROM access control circuit, and ... 07/20/06 - 20060159334 - Source device to destination device transform using black weight The present invention relates to a color management method for controlling the amount of black ink used by a destination device with a black channel when converting colors from one of a plurality of source device color spaces to destination device color space. This conversion is accomplished by obtaining a ... 07/13/06 - 20060153441 - Scaling an array of luminace values A method includes scaling up at least one portion of an array of luminance values to generate a matrix having a plurality of expanded luminance values and adjusting at least one value using data selected by one of the expanded luminance values. ... 07/06/06 - 20060147110 - Strategies for optimally generating pipeline processing code Strategies are set forth herein for generating customized code used to implement an image processing pipeline. According to one exemplary implementation, the strategies involve: providing a master transformation which maps a plurality of kinds of image input information to a plurality of kinds of image output information using a plurality ... 07/06/06 - 20060147109 - Strategies for producing quantized image information Strategies are set forth herein for quantizing and dithering original image information to produce quantized image information. According to one exemplary implementation, the strategies involve: quantizing a sum that combines an original value taken from the original image information, a noise value, and an error term, to produce a quantized ... 06/22/06 - 20060133669 - Automated color control in film-to-digital transfer A system and method for automatically adjusting color parameters during a film-to-digital transfer. An operator uses standard telecine equipment to preview scenes in order to determine a natural clustering of fields or scenes. Each cluster is processed separately. All the fields in a cluster are treated as one unit in ... 06/22/06 - 20060133668 - Method of detecting the base concentration of a photographic film A method of detecting the base concentration of a film is provided including: a film image entering process of reading a developed film with an image pickup device to generate the pixel values in each of the RGB color component; a non-exposure region detecting step of detecting the edge of ... 06/22/06 - 20060133667 - Interactive images A system and process for creating an interactive digital image, which allows a viewer to interact with a displayed image so as to change it with regard to a desired effect, such as exposure, focus or color, among others. An interactive image includes representative images which depict a scene with ... 06/15/06 - 20060126931 - Image processor for and method of performing tonal transformation on image data A method of performing tonal transform on image data. The method includes extracting a portion of the image data, assigning one of a plurality of labels to the extracted portion, performing a first tonal transformation on the extracted portion if a first label is assigned to the extracted portion, and ... 06/08/06 - 20060120597 - Color detection using grayscale and position information The color of a surface is determined by tracking the position of the surface using grayscale image sensing and then using captured grayscale image information, position information, and grayscale-to-color conversion information to determine color. In one embodiment, the technique requires establishing grayscale-to-color conversion information and a relationship between position and ... 05/25/06 - 20060110033 - Photograph image-processing method and device thereof A photograph image-processing method, comprising steps of entering a film image for reading a film image by an image pickup device and generating color image data, generating concentration histograms for each of RGB color components from the color image data, relative-stretch-processing the concentration histograms, calculating and deriving a relative stretch ... 05/25/06 - 20060110032 - Method and an apparatus for detecting the base concentration of a photographic film A method of detecting the base concentration of a film is provided comprising the steps of generating a concentration histogram from the film image in each of the RGB color components read out with an image pick up device, shifting and stretching the histograms in the other colors towards the ... 05/25/06 - 20060110031 - Method and apparatus for adjusting color profiles to meet a desired aim A system and method for generating an adjusted profile for a device in response to a specified aim, where the aim may include parameters established in response to a user's specifications, for device emulation, etc. ... 05/18/06 - 20060104506 - Apparatus for processing an image and for character recognition in a mobile communication terminal, and method thereof An apparatus for processing inversion of image and method thereof are disclosed by which character information can be acquired through an image inversion processing. The present invention includes a video processing unit calculating a critical value according to luminosity data of the image, an inversion decision unit dividing the luminosity ... 05/18/06 - 20060104505 - Demosaicking method and apparatus for color filter array interpolation in digital image acquisition systems A demosaicking method and apparatus for color filter array interpolation in digital image acquisition systems is provided. The method includes a data-training phase and a data-practice phase. In the data-training phase of this invention, a huge volume of image samples are received for statistical analysis and compared with their corresponding ... 05/11/06 - 20060098866 - User interface for inspection system with isoluminant regions An inspection system having a user friendly operator display. Characteristics of items under inspection are represented in the display by color and brightness. Each pixel on the display is assigned an intensity representation of a first characteristic of a region of an item, such as density. Color is assigned to ... 05/04/06 - 20060093211 - Image processing method and apparatus An image obtained by being imaged by an imaging device and converted to color data using a color processing parameter is input and target color data corresponding to converted color data is input. Next, the color processing parameter is optimized based upon the color difference between the converted color data ... 05/04/06 - 20060093210 - Image forming apparatus The image forming apparatus includes a lower body, an upper body openable from and closable to the lower body, the upper body including a device for forming an image and a support member for supporting the upper body when the upper body is opened, wherein a fastening portion for fastening ... 04/27/06 - 20060088208 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium on which image processing program is recorded In order to the monochromatic conversion of an image, in an image processing apparatus (1a), the color used within the image inputted from an image inputting section (2) is determined by a color analyzing section (3), the mixing-ratio of the color components of the image is defined based on the ... 04/20/06 - 20060083424 - Overlay of tinted images for visualizing change in serial radiologic images A method for combining serial radiological images includes the projection of each of the images onto a line in a color space, the evaluation of a vector sum of the resulting projections; and the generation of a composite image from the vector sum. ... 04/06/06 - 20060072814 - Color interpolation method of an image acquired by a digital sensor by directional filtering Subdivision per basic color channels of grey level data generated by a color sensor is no longer required according to a novel color interpolation method of an image acquired by a digital color sensor generating grey levels for each image pixel as a function of the filter applied to the ... 04/06/06 - 20060072813 - Moving image processing device and method for performing different image processings to moving object region and still object region A moving image processing device includes a recognition unit, a parameter control unit, and an image processing unit. The recognition unit recognizes a moving object region or a still object region from a captured image. The parameter control unit determines a parameter for image processing of any of a color, ... 03/23/06 - 20060062452 - Image processing apparatus for image tone transformation, image processing program, electronic camera, and image processing method An image processing apparatus of the present invention receives a luminance signal indicating luminance or an amount of brightness and input signals indicating a plurality of color differences, and it includes: a signal generator generating a signal Z depending on the input signals indicating the plural color differences; a gain ... 03/16/06 - 20060056684 - Image processing apparatus, image processing program, image processing method, and imaging apparatus An image processing apparatus that corrects the gradation scale of brightness values of an image represented by image data produced in a predetermined imaging apparatus. The image processing apparatus including: an acquiring mechanism that acquires information identifying a predetermined location within the image represented by the image data or information ... 03/16/06 - 20060056683 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and printer driver An image processing apparatus is provided that processes image data to be output by an imaging apparatus. The image processing apparatus includes a target setting part for setting a target pertaining to imaging material saving that involves controlling the amount of imaging material used which target is set based on ... 03/09/06 - 20060050956 - Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and signal processing program The object of the present invention is to provide a signal processing apparatus, a signal processing method, and a signal processing program that can suppress generation of spurious signals due to interpolation and to improve the diagonal resolution of an image generated by interpolation. According to the present invention, generation ... 03/09/06 - 20060050955 - Load allocation when executing image processing using parallel processing For image processes performed repeatedly using a plurality of processing units on a plurality of partial images aligned mutually adjacent to each other, specified processing is performed. This image process includes (i) a first-type process segment on first partial image data representing a partial image to generate M types (M ... 03/09/06 - 20060050954 - Image processing method, computer program product, and image processing apparatus In an image processing apparatus, raw image data can be read and a tone-converted image obtained by performing γ correction on the raw image data is displayed in an image display area on a display screen. On the image display area, an arbitrary point can be designated by the user. ... 03/02/06 - 20060045332 - Method and system for chroma key masking A method for chroma key masking is provided. The method includes adjusting a first parameter representing a size of a first ellipsoid in a color space, adjusting a second parameter representing a size of a second ellipsoid in the color space, and generating a mask value for a given pixel ... 03/02/06 - 20060045331 - Transformation structures for approximating color matching functions RGB filter set and color estimation performance for RGB LED color sensing is provided. A criteria function describing an error between desired color matching functions and a spectral response of an RGB filter set is constructed. RGB filter set response characteristics based on the criteria function are then determined. Finally, ... 03/02/06 - 20060045330 - Method of color image processing to eliminate shadows and relections Method of color image processing to eliminate shadows and reflection A method of color image processing comprises at least the following steps: the color image is converted into an intermediate image comprising components that depend solely on the H and S components of the original image in an HSV or ... 02/23/06 - 20060039602 - Data driven color conversion A system for data driven color conversion is disclosed. The system may include a plurality of interconnected processors. At least one of the processors may include a first processing unit to perform a first portion of a color conversion scheme to generate first intermediate pixel data from pixel data, and ... 02/02/06 - 20060023939 - Method of and apparatus for image processing A monochromatic image signal is made from a color image signal. Values of brightness of pixels in a color border region of a type where two color regions which are small in brightness difference and large in chromaticity difference are positioned side by side are changed to new values different ... 01/19/06 - 20060013477 - System and method for color correction for electronic printing This invention is directed to a system and method for setting output characteristics of an image rendering device. Image data encoded relative to a red-green-blue color space is received in a vector format D, such that each value of D corresponds to a red component value, a blue component value ... 01/19/06 - 20060013476 - 10-bit per pixel processing using 8-bit resources This invention relates to an imaging device that extends the processing of resources to data having a greater bit-depth. A signal having data at the first bit-depth is received, and at least a portion of the data at the first bit-depth is converted into an estimated value that is at ... 01/12/06 - 20060008139 - Image processing apparatus, image forming appratus and color image determination method thereof The inventive image processing apparatus takes steps of 1) dividing an image to be processed into numerals of blocks; 2) determining whether a block is a color block or not; 3) determining whether the image is a color image or not based on the rate of color blocks to the ... 12/22/05 - 20050281459 - Method for scanner characterization for color measurement of printed media having four or more colorants The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for the improved characterization of an image scanner or similar image input terminal so as to enable the device to be employed in the measurement and analysis of color images. The invention uses a family of input device characterization targets, ... 12/22/05 - 20050281458 - Noise-reducing a color filter array image A method of reducing noise in a color filter array encoded image, comprising using an image sensor having a color filter array to capture an image of a scene and using such capture image to provide a color filter array encoded image; low pass filtering the color filter array encoded ... 12/15/05 - 20050276472 - System and method for progressively transforming and coding digital data A system and method facilitating progressively transforming and coding digital pictures is provided. The present invention via employment of a multi-resolution lapped transform provides for progressive rendering as well as mitigation of blocking artifacts and ringing artifacts as compared to many conventional compression systems. The invention includes a color space ... 12/15/05 - 20050276471 - Color-spoke processing apparatus and method usable with sequential color display devices A spoke-processing apparatus usable with sequential color display devices using spokes depending on a color saturation and a luminance of an input color signal. A spoke-processing method usable in sequential color display devices using the spokes includes calculating a color saturation of an input color signal and determining whether the ... 12/15/05 - 20050276470 - Saturation-adaptive image enhancement apparatus and method A saturation-adaptive image enhancement apparatus and method enhances image quality by calculating a saturation level pixel by pixel of an input image and adjusts the saturation of the pixels according to the calculated saturation level. The saturation-adaptive image enhancement apparatus includes a saturation level calculation unit to calculate a saturation ... 12/08/05 - 20050271268 - Methods for selecting high visual contrast colors in user-interface design The invention relates to assessing the level of visual contrast between foreground and background in visually presented information, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for determining whether a given set of foreground and background colors creates sufficient visual contrast to ensure legibility for the general population, as well ... 12/08/05 - 20050271267 - Secondary color modification of a digital image An ellipsoid chroma region of a chroma plane may be defined to specify a range of chromas for which a secondary chroma modification is to be applied, and to determine an output chroma for each chroma of the chroma plane based on the ellipsoid chroma region. Further, two or more ... 12/01/05 - 20050265597 - Color information acquisition apparatus, color information acquisition method, and color information acquisition program product Conventionally, acquisition of color values from a color chart takes substantial labor and time. According to this invention, when the color value of each patch composing a predetermined line is input with each line of the color chart composed of a plurality of patches as the measurement unit, a measured ... 11/24/05 - 20050259869 - Method for analyzing the color deviations in images using an image sensor Color deviations of images are analyzed using a sensor. The received image sensor signal is analyzed pixel by pixel. An image sensor signal is produced for each color channel from a plurality of color channels. An image sensor signal from a first channel, and one from a second channel, are ... 11/17/05 - 20050254705 - Representative color designating method using reliability A method for designating a representative color which is expressed based on a reliability that a representative color of an image region expresses an image region is disclosed. This method includes a step for expressing a reliability of the representative color value as a color information of the image region ... 11/17/05 - 20050254704 - Image processing system An image processing system includes a photographing apparatus (1) and a processing apparatus (2). The photographing apparatus (1) includes six LEDs (6a to 6f) for emitting light with characteristics of spectroscopic distributions varied in a visible light area, a monochrome-type CCD (8) which picks-up a subject image that is illuminated ... 11/10/05 - 20050249404 - Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus for processing RGB image data output from an image capturing element including a primary-color filter, includes: a middle-high range luminance component compensation section for compensating for a middle-high range luminance component of a low-frequency luminance signal generated based on the RGB image data such that the ... 11/10/05 - 20050249403 - Generation of color measured data from transform-based color profiles Color measurements are generated from transform-based device profiles for use in a measurement-based color management system. The color measurements is generated by providing device-dependent color samples to a transform-based color management module and converting them to the profile connection space with the device's transform-based profile. Color measurements are then generated ... 11/10/05 - 20050249402 - Characterization of display devices by averaging chromaticity values The present invention provides a method for characterizing display devices. Initially, a plurality of colors are generated on the display device. The generated colors are measured and a black point and a white point are determined. The measured colors are then corrected for the determined black point in order to ... 11/03/05 - 20050244052 - Edge-sensitive denoising and color interpolation of digital images A method of processing a mosaic digital image includes simultaneously performing edge-sensitive denoising and color interpolation on a first color plane of the digital image. The interpolation fills in missing pixel information in the first color plane. ... 11/03/05 - 20050244051 - Image input unit and image input method The invention is characterized by the fact that an area sensor for outputting an analog signal responsive to the light reception amount of light of CMYG is used and when CMYG image data is converted into RGB image data, RGB image data having a domain also in negative values is ... 10/27/05 - 20050238228 - Filtering image data to obtain samples mapped to pixel sub-components of a display device Image data processing and image rendering methods and systems whereby images are displayed on display devices having pixels with separately controllable pixel sub-components. Image data, such as data encoded in a three-channel signal, is passed through a low-pass filter to remove frequencies higher than a selected cutoff frequency, which obtain ... 10/27/05 - 20050238227 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program thereof, and recording medium Provided herein is an image processing apparatus comprising: input means for inputting image data, which is obtained by digitalizing an image signal that has been converted from light from an object to an electric signal by an image sensor, and performing no compression or lossless compression; image processing parameter input ... 10/27/05 - 20050238226 - Color interpolation method Disclosed is a color interpolation method. The present invention decides a precise position of an edge with use of a G value in a unit pixel structure with a size of 3×3, thereby using different color interpolations according to the position of the edge. Also, the present invention provides an ... 10/27/05 - 20050238225 - Digital signal processing apparatus in image sensor Disclosed is an apparatus for processing a digital signal in an image sensor. The apparatus includes: a line memory unit for storing an inputted digital signal of red (R), green (G) and blue (B); a kernel generation unit for generating a plurality of kernels after receiving the RGB digital signal ... 10/13/05 - 20050226498 - Prepress workflow process employing frequency modulation (fm) screening techniques Embodiments of the present invention include prepress workflow methods. The prepress workflow methods include generating N spot color separations from the color source image, wherein N is less than four. The N spot color separations, when superimposed, form a reproduction composite image similar in color to the source image. Alternatively, ... 10/13/05 - 20050226497 - [rapid color recognition method] A rapid color recognition method is provided. In the method, an area for representing a color of the pixel is identified according to the basic color component data of the pixel, and then the color code is outputted according to a predetermined color classification table of the area. In the ... 10/13/05 - 20050226496 - Image representation method and apparatus A colour image comprises colour values in each of one or more colour channels for each of a plurality of points, or pixels, within the image. The image is represented by rank ordering the values in the or each colour channel. The image representation generated in this way is usable ... 10/06/05 - 20050220337 - Image processing method, image processing apparatus, image processing program, and semiconductor device An image processing method is provided for performing false color reduction processing on a color-difference signal acquired after performing color interpolation processing on image data taken in by a color image pickup sensor, wherein the false color reduction processing uses a one-dimensional filter for selecting N (N≧4) pixels which are ... 09/29/05 - 20050213811 - Recognizing or reproducing a character's color A method, apparatus and system, each capable of recognizing or reproducing a character color, are disclosed. An original image is divided into a character image and a background image. The color information of the character image is obtained to generate a color palette of the character image. A color, defined ... 09/22/05 - 20050207642 - Image processing method and apparatus, program, and storage medium An object of this invention is to obtain an image of a proper brightness in various scenes in which it is difficult to appropriately determine the brightness of an image. To achieve this object, an image processing apparatus includes a luminance level extraction unit which extracts luminance components from image ... 09/22/05 - 20050207641 - Color to grayscale conversion method and apparatus A method and apparatus for translating color to grayscale images, wherein at least some pixels of the color image having the same color are mapped to different grays in the grayscale image depending on the spatial surround of each pixel. Further, the method and apparatus may include applying a high ... 09/08/05 - 20050196039 - Method for color determination using a digital camera A method for consistently determining color information of an object utilizing a high resolution digital image taken with a digital camera. The object is set in a fixed environmental and lighting condition and the digital camera is set with certain predetermined fixed settings to provide consistent and repeatable digital images. ... 09/08/05 - 20050196038 - Apparatus for, and method of, forming parenthesized image; apparatus for, and method of, forming externally framed image; program; and memory medium Outline font data showing the original outside shape having a single closed curve made up of a parenthesized outside shape portion of the parenthesized image and a connecting line portion to connect both open ends is stored. The height and line width are determined. Based on the above data, a ... 08/25/05 - 20050185837 - Image-processing method, image-processing apparatus and image-recording apparatus An image processing method of producing visual image-referred data by conducting an image processing to optimize for viewing the visual on an output medium by utilizing a color appearance model, comprises an inputting process to input a user's editing instruction; a reading process to read scene-referred raw data for each ... 08/25/05 - 20050185836 - Image data processing in color spaces Image data in a first color space is converted to image data corresponding to a second color space. Image processing of the image data occurs in the second color space. After image processing is complete, the image data is then converted to image data in any one of the following ... 08/11/05 - 20050175236 - Image processing In almost all contemporary TVs peaking techniques arc used today to enhance the picture. This means that the edges are sharpened in the luminance channel by using of peaking or peaking-like circuits such as, for instance, luminance transient improvement techniques. By such technique black parts near the edge are usually ... 08/04/05 - 20050169519 - Image processing apparatus, image pickup apparatus, image processing method, image data output method, image processing program and image data ouput program The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus, an image processing method and an image processing program for outputting an image obtained raw datum by an image pickup apparatus and for applying an image transform to an inputted scene referred raw datum based on a color appearance model. The ... 08/04/05 - 20050169518 - Method for visually accurately predicting color matches on different materials A method for improved, automated, repeatable color matching on materials with different properties is provided. The method includes color matching on different materials using acquired, manipulated, and synthetic reflectance curve data. In one example, resulting synthesized reflectance data is employed in formulating a matching colorant. An example method uses a ... 07/28/05 - 20050163368 - Image processing apparatus and method therefor The apparatus according to the invention displays a display area for displaying the conversion curve indicating a relation between input pixel value and output pixel value and a window having a slider bar. The user can adjust the conversion curve moving a knob of the slider bar. In addition, the ... 07/21/05 - 20050157921 - Method and system for preparing grayscale image files for highlight printing on a four color printer A system converts grayscale image data into device independent image data that mimics highlight printing of the grayscale image at a full color printer. The system is preferably implemented in a plug-in for a document control program so a data object associated with the document control program may be used ... 07/14/05 - 20050152597 - Constructing extended color gamut digital images from limited color gamut digital images A method for reconstructing an extended color gamut digital image from a limited color gamut digital image includes transforming the limited color gamut digital image in the particular limited color gamut color space to a reference color space forming a limited color gamut digital image in a reference color space; ... 07/14/05 - 20050152596 - Labelling of secret information A method of enabling selection of one or more pieces of secret information stored in a first entity, the first entity also storing at last one value indicative of at least one attribute for each of the one or more pieces of secret information, the method comprising the steps of: ... 07/07/05 - 20050147293 - Image processing and method Provided is an image processing apparatus and method for providing a more defined high-illuminance image, by converting a low-illuminance image into a high-illuminance image and at the same time, extracting the low-luminance level of the low-luminance image and differentiating an eliminated degree of the noise depending on the extracted low-illuminance ... 06/23/05 - 20050135676 - Document processor A document processor comprises an image reader for reading a document sheet to output digital RGB signals, a color model converter that converts the RGB signals to HSV signals and YUV signals through arithmetic operations, and then attaches the YUV signals to the HSV signals of individual pixels, a color ... 06/23/05 - 20050135675 - Simulation method for makeup trial and the device thereof A simulation method for makeup trial and the device thereof are disclosed, which utilize an image sensor and a deep sensor to establish a 3D image according to a target image of a user and a profile signal, such as the lips, eyes or the entire face, and provide makeup ... 06/23/05 - 20050135674 - Image processing method for generating multi-level data A method of processing image data when generating multi-level data having arbitrary levels with arbitrary level spacing. The method scales the value of the input pixel to a common level spacing in relation to the arbitrary level spacing in which the input pixel resides. The scaled input data is then ... 06/23/05 - 20050135673 - Method for processing color image data employing a stamp field A method for processing image data that employs a stamp field that contains data representing a distance metric for use with a variety of error diffusion operations. The distance metric possesses distance-order preservation permitting the distance from a previous dot to be determined by incrementing the distance metric, without knowing ... 06/23/05 - 20050135672 - Dynamic generation of color look-up tables Creating a look-up table which converts color image data from a device-independent color space to a device-dependent color space, by determining a range of lightness values corresponding to a lightness value of a target data point in device-independent color space, searching a predetermined set of data points in device-independent color ... 06/23/05 - 20050135671 - System and process for identifying, choosing and matching colors A color matching and coordinating reference system for use by manufacturers and consumers of goods includes assigning a unique identification code for each of a plurality of colors. The identification code includes color family indicia, color value indicia, and color selector device indicia. Preferably, each color is assigned a unique ... 06/16/05 - 20050129307 - Image processing device, image processing method, image processing program and recording medium An image processing device performs a color process to a color image signal. The image processing device includes a profile designating section that designates a profile describing color reproducibility of a standard recording medium that is a target of color conversion, a recording medium designating section that designates a recording ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |