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20080212873 | Vectorisation of Colour Gradients - A method is described of generating a vector description of a colour gradient in an image. The image comprises an array of pixels, each pixel having one or more associated colour values. The image has at least one gradient area in which at least one of the colour values varies between neighbouring pixels. In each gradient area, a path is generated (step | 09-04-2008 |
20080212874 | Method for Spectral Integrated Calibration of an Image Sensor by Means of a Monochromatic Light Source - A method of spectral integrated calibration of an image sensor ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080219548 | Method and apparatus for generating user preference data regarding color characteristic of image and method and apparatus for converting image color preference using the method and apparatus - A method and apparatus for generating user preference data regarding the color characteristic of an image and a method and apparatus for converting image color preference using the method and apparatus is provided. The method for generating user preference data comprises (a) obtaining an image color characteristic value of a preference image and a reference image, (b) generating {preference value, reference value} which corresponds to a pair of the preference value and the reference value, and (c) generating the pair {preference value, reference value} as preference meta-data having at least one feature block. The method for converting image color preference comprises calculating a color characteristic value with respect to an input image, generating preference meta-data having at least one feature block, the feature block comprising a block header including a feature identifier corresponding to information identifying a color characteristic and at least one feature descriptor including the preference value and the reference value, obtaining a color characteristic value with respect to the input image using the calculated color characteristic value of the input image and the color preference data, and converting the color characteristic of the input image so that the input image has the obtained color characteristic value. | 09-11-2008 |
20080219549 | Systems and Methods for Illuminant Estimation - Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for estimation of an image illuminant. | 09-11-2008 |
20080226161 | Determining Edgeless Areas in a Digital Image - A computer program product and method for locating edgeless areas within digital images, by locating a pixel with a luminance value that does not vary from its major neighbors by more than a fixed tolerance, and seeking to expand an edgeless area about such pixel by examining the variance in luminance of pixels about the selected pixel and if within a preset tolerance, including such neighbors within an edgeless area, and optionally further including pixels otherwise not includable within the edgeless area if local variations in luminance suggest a noisy background for which the tolerance may be increased. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226162 | AUTOMATIC FILM GRAIN REPRODUCTION - A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture provide the ability to automatically reproduce film grain into a new image. A reference image and new image are obtained. An image of the reference image is subdivided into two or more tiles. A grain simulation tool is then used to automatically determine if an object feature exists in each of the two or more tiles. Response curves are constructed for each of the tiles that does not contain an object feature. Frames of grain are produced/generated based on the response curves and added to the new image. | 09-18-2008 |
20080226163 | Methods and apparatus for enhancing color data - In one embodiment, an image processor may be used to manipulate a hue value to obtain an updated hue value, manipulate a saturation value to obtain an updated saturation value based on the updated hue value and the saturation value, and if updated pixel data including the updated hue value and the updated saturation value is an illegal value, adjust a luma value. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-18-2008 |
20080240552 | HUE SEGMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A hue segmentation system and method thereof suitable for image devices are described. First, a plurality of hue segments are generated based on color data of a plurality of colors in a color gamut. Then, the area difference between the hue segments and the color gamut is calculated. If the area difference is greater than a predetermined value, the hue segmentation system searches at least one vertex among the hue segments to divide the segments for generating a plurality of additional hue segments. The above-mentioned steps are performed repeatedly until the area difference is less than the predetermined value. Thus fewer hue segments indicate the color gamut of color processing of the image devices to effectively decrease calculation times and save required memory. | 10-02-2008 |
20080240553 | PORTABLE TERMINAL DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR THE SAME - A character image can be readily formed into an image appropriate as a pictographic character for use in an E-mail document. A mobile telephone is equipped with a character image registering system that registers a pictographic character formed from a character image generated by an imaging operation. A character component detecting part detects a character component from the character image to be subjected to image processing. A character image cutting part cuts the image corresponding to a portion including the detected character component. An image processing part adjusts a color of the character component and a color of a background on the basis of different criteria, respectively, with respect to the cut image. Further, the image processing part adjusts a line width of the character component or changes the color of the character component in accordance with a request through an operation unit, as appropriate. Upon reception of a request to save the image, a registration processing part accepts an input of a “reading”, and registers in a conversion dictionary a correlation between the “reading” and the image subjected to the image processing at this time. | 10-02-2008 |
20080253646 | IMAGE PROCESSOR, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - An image processor is the image processor generating composed image data by composite image data of plural images taken with different exposures, which includes an image data acquisition unit that acquires image data of images taken with different exposures, a reliability evaluation unit that evaluates the reliability of image data having different exposures acquired by the image acquisition unit, in which the image data acquired by the image acquisition unit includes image data of plural color components, according to image data of plural color components included in the image data, a color selection unit that selects image data of each color component from any of image data of plural images having different exposures based on the reliability obtained from the result of evaluation by the reliability evaluation unit and a composite unit that generates the composed image data by composite image data of respective color components selected by the color selection unit in the image data. | 10-16-2008 |
20080260242 | Apparatus and methods for measuring and controlling illumination for imaging objects, performances and the like - Scene illumination analysis and control systems and methods that can measure the intensity and wavelength dependent distribution of light illuminating a scene, determine any differences between desired illumination and actual illumination, determine appropriate remedies to adjust illumination and automatically control, and adjust illumination to effect those remedies if desired. Associated software, measurement and control devices, for example appropriate accessories for calibrating the measurement devices, collecting and controlling measurements, analyzing measurements and comparing them to established criteria. The systems and methods can also calculate expected scene illumination based on geographic location, altitude, time of year and day, and weather or other environmental factors, and provides analysis and reports to allow the user to assess scene illumination and plan for in-production or post-production correction of video or film images. | 10-23-2008 |
20080267491 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM - An object of the present invention is to support the user to create VDP data and use the VDP data to appropriately set a color profile to every object contained in the VDP data for printing, thereby reducing the burden of the user. The present invention an information processing method comprising a color filter setting step of setting a color filter associating a color profile and an object for variable area of variable data printing based on a filtering rule and a color profile acquisition step of obtaining the color profile associated with the color filter. | 10-30-2008 |
20080267492 | Real Time Conversion of Colour Data to a Palette Based on Image Format - A colour point from a first set of points in a colour space is selected to stand in for a colour point from a second, larger set of colour points in the colour space. The second set colour point is hashed to produce an address that is used to look up a group of one or more first set colour point identifiers, each corresponding to a first set colour point that is capable of producing the address of the group if subjected to the hash function. Where the group contains more than one first set colour point, an error test is used to determine which of them is the best match for the second set colour point. | 10-30-2008 |
20080273792 | Image file processing method including color conversion and corresponding image file processing apparatus - An image file processing method adopted in an image file processing apparatus, includes steps for: inputting from the outside an image file containing at least color information corresponding to each of pixels defined by a color space used in the image file, a color space identification tag indicating whether or not the color space used in the image file is a first color space and a color space information tag providing color space information related to the color space used in the image file; making a decision as to whether or not the color space used in the image file is the first color space based upon the color space identification tag; and referencing the color space information tag in the image file if the color space used in the image file is determined not to be in the first color space. | 11-06-2008 |
20080285844 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE OF AN UNIVERSAL COLOR INDEX (UCI): A COLOR APPEARANCE SYSTEM CALIBRATED TO REFLECTANCE SPECTRA - A method for establishing a relationship between a physical structure of reflectance spectra as defined in a Euclidean color space and a perceptual space of color appearance defined in terms of human perception of colors is performed by obtaining a cube root spectrum of the physical reflectance spectrum in a selected spectral range, reconstructing the cube root of the physical reflectance spectrum by a weighted linear combination of three basis functions, the weights of the linear combination of the basis functions constituting the coordinates in a three-dimensional Euclidean color space with respect to which similarities and differences among reflectance spectra in metric terms and a color characterized in a perceptual space of color appearance can be analyzed, and making an analytic comparison between a physical system in the three-dimensional Euclidean color space and the perceptual system by means of a linear transformation therebetween. | 11-20-2008 |
20080285845 | Image processing apparatus and method - An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises an object area extracting unit for extracting an object area including an object pixel and pixels adjacent to the object pixel from a bayer pattern image; a fault pixel judging unit for determining if the object pixel is a fault pixel based on levels of the adjacent pixels and a fault pixel judgment standard range that varies according to a level of the object pixel; and a fault pixel correcting unit for correcting the level of the object pixel determined to be a fault pixel based on a level average value of the adjacent pixels and a fault pixel correction standard range that varies according to the level average value of the adjacent pixels. | 11-20-2008 |
20080292182 | NOISE REDUCED COLOR IMAGE USING PANCHROMATIC IMAGE - A method for producing a noise-reduced digital color image, includes providing an image having panchromatic pixels and color pixels corresponding to at least two color photoresponses; providing from the image a panchromatic image and at least one color image; and using the panchromatic image and the color image to produce the noise-reduced digital color image by setting a plurality of color characteristics equal to the corresponding panchromatic characteristics at each color pixel location. | 11-27-2008 |
20080298675 | Image color compensating apparatus and methods thereof - The invention relates to an image color compensating apparatus and related method thereof. A color space conversion operation is implemented in a pixel of a source image to convert first image signals corresponding to the pixel to second image signals corresponding to a color space plane. The color space plane comprises a color compensation region. Mathematical operations are implemented in the second image signals to determine where the pixel is located. When the pixel resides in the color compensation region, a compensation operation is implemented in the second image signals. Thus, the pixel approaches a predetermined direction for adjusting the color of the pixel. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298676 | COLOR PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS - A method for generating a color processing parameter used in color processing performed on an image captured by an imaging unit includes inputting data of an image captured by the imaging unit, inputting target data corresponding to the data, generating a pair of data and target data based on the data and the target data, and generating a color processing parameter for converting the data to the target data. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298677 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - A color processing apparatus includes an input conversion unit configured to convert input data expressed in an input device-dependent color space into data expressed in a device-independent color space, a determination unit configured to determine an attribute of the input data and transmit a result of the determination to a color gamut mapping unit and an output conversion unit. The color gamut mapping unit is configured to perform color gamut mapping on data expressed in the device-independent color space to data corresponding to color gamut information of an output device based on a result of the determination. The output conversion unit is configured to convert the data which is subjected to the color gamut mapping into output data which is expressed in an output device-dependent color space based on a result of the determination. | 12-04-2008 |
20080310710 | Direct calibration of color imaging devices - A system for and method of determining calibration parameters while only capturing a single image is described herein. Furthermore, traditional calibration algorithms are avoided by the direct determination of the calibration parameters. The determination of the calibration parameters is possible by first determining a training data set from images acquired of a variety of objects with a multitude of colors. Then, using the training data set, regression coefficients are generated. A camera to be calibrated then acquires only one set of image information such as a single picture. Then, using the regression coefficients and the acquired information, the calibration parameters are directly estimated for that camera. | 12-18-2008 |
20080317336 | Color naming, color categorization and describing color composition of images - The invention provides methods, systems and apparatus for assigning color names to individual image pixels, and generating verbal description of color composition in images, suitable for a wide variety of information processing applications. For an isolated image pixel (individual color sample or color value) an illustrative embodiment of this invention uses a predetermined vocabulary of color names, and then generates a distance measure describing the best color match and corresponding color name for the given pixel. For the input image, an illustrative embodiment of this invention computes the simplified representation of the scene, consistent with human perception, and uses the predetermined vocabulary, syntax rules and metric to assign color names to all perceptually significant objects and regions and obtain the verbal description of the overall color composition. The invention is also applicable to other types of information signals, such as sequences of video frames, web pages, etc. | 12-25-2008 |
20090003689 | VARIABLE/PERSONALIZED COLORIZATION PRINTING USING TONE REPRODUCTION CURVES - Disclosed herein is a method wherein each pixel is tagged with a special VI (Variable Information) flag, which indicates the color of the pixel is variable or fixed. When the document gets created during raster image processing (“ripping”), the output CMYK of the VI and non-VI pixels are constrained to be odd and even numbers, respectively. In the meantime, a special TRC is created, and the VI colors are obtained through this special TRC at the odd indices, while the non-VI colors are obtained through the even indices. To enable the variable colorization printing, the job needs to be ripped once and saved. The saved job then can be reprinted multiple times with different TRCs that have the same values at the even indices, but different values at the odd indices. | 01-01-2009 |
20090003690 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE AT HIGH SPEED - An image processing method and system that performs color space transformation on an image to be compressed and obtaining pixel values, performing intra-row differential pulse code modulation coding on the image pixel values to obtain numerical values, and determining whether each of the numerical values is within a preset range. Variable length coding is performed on the numerical value obtained by using a fixed code table if the numerical value is within the range, variable length and by using a dynamic code table if it is not. Low algorithm complexity and fast processing meets the requirement of real-time video transmission. The pixel components of the image can be processed in parallel and adjacent processing steps can be performed in the same clock frequency, thereby remarkably reducing difficulty and cost in FPGA or chip implementation. | 01-01-2009 |
20090010531 | Method and apparatus for detecting preferred color and liquid crystal display device using the same - Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for detecting a preferred color, which is capable of accurately detecting a preferred-color area with a small amount of computations, and a liquid crystal display device using the same. The method for detecting a preferred color includes comparing a hue value of an input pixel with hue reference values and detecting a first preferred-color pixel, and performing a best linear estimation (BLE) operation with respect to the first preferred-color pixel and detecting a second preferred-color pixel. | 01-08-2009 |
20090016601 | IMAGE DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD - N-band image data are output from an N-band image capture device, being capable of N>4 multiband image capturing, to an image data processing device. An image data evaluation information provision unit provides a determination unit with evaluation information on the basis of the input N-band image data. On the basis of the evaluation information, the determination unit determines whether to set the N-band image data or M-band image data having a smaller band number than the N-band image data as image data to be output. On the basis of a determination result of the determination unit, an output image data selection unit selects either the N-band image data or the M-band image data as the image data to be output to an image data recording unit. | 01-15-2009 |
20090028424 | Image processing method, image processing system, and image processing porgram - The process captures a plurality of images under a light source whose luminance varies over time, such as a fluorescent lamp, under such an imaging condition that a plurality of images that are different from one another in terms of light source conditions can be captured (S | 01-29-2009 |
20090028425 | IDENTIFYING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE USING COLOR PROFILES - A representation of an object in an image of a live event is obtained by determining a color profile of the object. The color profile may be determined from the image in real time and compared to stored color profiles to determine a best match. For example, the color profile of the representation of the object can be obtained by classifying color data of the representation of the object into different bins of a color space, in a histogram of color data. The stored color profiles may be indexed to object identifiers, object viewpoints, or object orientations. Color data which is common to different objects or to a background color may be excluded. Further, a template can be used as an additional aid in identifying the representation of the object. The template can include, e.g., a model of the object or pixel data of the object from a prior image. | 01-29-2009 |
20090034834 | System and method for image processing - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of generating a gradient representation of the image, and normalizing the gradient representation to generate an illumination-invariant gradient representation of the image. | 02-05-2009 |
20090041341 | METHOD FOR MAPPING A COLOR SPECIFIED USING A SMALLER COLOR GAMUT TO A LARGER COLOR GAMUT - A method maps a color specified using a smaller color gamut to a larger color gamut. Under that method, a map in a chromaticity diagram is constructed that provides a direction and a magnitude for a unit change in chroma for a specified pixel value in the chromaticity diagram. Using the magnitude and direction in the map, the specified color is mapped to a new pixel value corresponding to a predetermined shift in chromaticity. Preferably, the new pixel value preserves the hue of the specified color, and its luminance related to that of the specified color. Also, the new pixel value preferably has a greater color saturation than the specified pixel value. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041342 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COLOR VALUE OF PIXEL - A method and a system are used for determining color value of a pixel for an image processing operation, including steps of: providing a reference depth value representing a level of motion of the pixel; providing a plurality of color values and corresponding depth values of the pixel at a plurality of levels of motion; and selecting a target color value of the pixel among the plurality of color values according to the reference depth value and the plurality of depth values. | 02-12-2009 |
20090041343 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an analyzing unit, a determining unit and a color conversion unit. The analyzing unit analyzes colors being used in an image. The determining unit determines, based on an analysis result provided by the analyzing unit, as to whether or not the colors being used in the image are converted into one or more limited colors. When the determining unit determines that the colors being used in the image are converted into the one or more limited colors, the color conversion unit converts the colors being used in the image into the one or more limited colors. | 02-12-2009 |
20090046925 | Method, Apparatus and System for Color Component Registration - A method, apparatus and system for image processing include a registration device configured to register component images for at least a block of an image to form a registered image. A quality control device is configured to receive the registered image, examine the registered image, and modify portions of the registered image to improve the alignment of the registered image. In one embodiment of the present invention, the quality control device includes user controls to perform quality control functions including communicating a command to the registration device to re-register an image modified by the quality control device. The user controls may include a control panel configured specifically for making the quality improvement changes required. | 02-19-2009 |
20090046926 | Image processing circuit, display device, and printing device - An image processing circuit includes: a storage unit that stores positions of pixels constituting a shape-image to be regularly-arranged and pixel values of the pixels; a conversion unit that: if a pixel value of a first pixel constituting an image represented by input binary image data, the pixel value of the first pixel being expressible by one value or another value, one of the values being 0, and a pixel value of a second pixel constituting the shape-image and arranged at a position corresponding to a position of the first pixel is a predetermined value, converts the pixel value of the first pixel into 0 and outputs a pixel value 0; and if the pixel value of the first pixel is 0, or if the pixel value of the first pixel is a value other than 0, and the pixel value of the second pixel is a value other than the predetermined value, directly outputs the pixel value of the first pixel; a first multiplication unit that multiplies the pixel value of the second pixel by the pixel value output from the conversion unit, and outputs a resultant value; an inversion unit that inverts the pixel value output from the conversion unit and outputs a resultant value; a second multiplication unit that multiplies the pixel value of the first pixel or a pixel value of a third pixel constituting a background part of the image represented by the binary image data by the value output from the inversion unit, and outputs a resultant value; and an adder that adds up the value output from the first multiplication unit and the value output from the second multiplication unit, and outputs a resultant value as output image data. | 02-19-2009 |
20090052769 | Method and apparatus for correcting chromatic aberration of image - Provided are a method and apparatus for correcting chromatic aberration of an image, the method and apparatus used in an image processing apparatus for an image pickup device or a display image processing apparatus. The chromatic aberration correction apparatus includes a chromatic aberration region sensing unit analyzing a luminance signal of an input image and sensing a region having chromatic aberration; a color gradient calculation unit calculating a first weight, which indicates a degree of chromatic aberration, based on a difference between gradients of color components of the input image; a luminance gradient calculation unit calculating a second weight, which indicates the degree of chromatic aberration, based on gradients of luminance components of the input image; and a chrominance correction unit correcting chrominance of a pixel of the input image, which is included in the sensed region, based on a value obtained by multiplying the first weight by the second weight. | 02-26-2009 |
20090060322 | COLOR CONTROL OF PDL CIE COLOR - A method for processing image data includes receiving image data including an assigned color space, comparing the assigned color space of the image data to a known color space, and processing the image data using the known color space in place of the assigned color space if the difference between the known color space and the defined color space is below an acceptable threshold. The method is particularly suited for use with Adobe® PostScript® applications. | 03-05-2009 |
20090067708 | COLOR TRANSFORMING METHOD - A method for modifying original display device pixel values for a display device to maintain colorfulness, the method comprises the steps of obtaining original display device pixel values of an image; measuring white luminance from a viewing surface; and maintaining the colorfulness by calculating new pixel values based on the original display device pixel values, the measured luminance and a standard white luminance. | 03-12-2009 |
20090080769 | Image data processing apparatus and method - An image data processing apparatus receives trichromatic image data with values expressing red, green, and blue and generates information indicating the gamut of colors of the image data. The gamut information is obtained from maximum and minimum values, or values equivalent to the maximum and minimum values, pertaining to different color components during a prescribed time interval, and indicates the actual gamut of colors that appear during the prescribed time interval. The gamut information is appended to the image data, or output separately from the image data, for use in subsequent image processing. | 03-26-2009 |
20090097742 | METHOD FOR COLOR INTERPOLATION - In a method for color interpolation between two colors, each interpolated color between a first color having at least two color components and a second color having at least two color components, is defined by copying at least one color component from a corresponding color component of a neighboring color and calculating at least one other color component. | 04-16-2009 |
20090110269 | Method of Obtaining a Saliency Map From a Plurality Of Saliency Maps Created From Visual Quantities - The invention relates to a method of obtaining a saliency map from a plurality of saliency maps created from different visual quantities, comprising - a step for normalizing said saliency maps based on the theoretical maximum of each visual quantity, -an intra-map competition step selecting the main saliency areas in each saliency map, -an inter-map competition step based on the sum of the intra-map competitions with an inter-map redundancy term that is a function of the product of the intra-map competitions and of the probability of a site appearing on said saliency maps. | 04-30-2009 |
20090123063 | Detecting Redeye Defects in Digital Images - A method for detecting a redeye defect in a digital image containing an eye comprises converting the digital image into an intensity image, and segmenting the intensity image into segments each having a local intensity maximum. Separately, the original digital image is thresholded to identify regions of relatively high intensity and a size falling within a predetermined range. Of these, a region is selected having substantially the highest average intensity, and those segments from the segmentation of the intensity image whose maxima are located in the selected region are identified. | 05-14-2009 |
20090136124 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes an interpolation unit ( | 05-28-2009 |
20090141970 | GENERATING A TRANSFORMED INTERIM CONNECTION SPACE FOR SPECTRAL DATA - Generation of a transformed Interim Connection Space for spectral data is provided. A first Interim Connection Space for spectral data in a full spectral space is accessed. A first map, which characterizes a linear transformation from the full spectral space to a first color space, is accessed. A second map, which characterizes a linear transformation from the first Interim Connection Space to the first color space, is determined. The first Interim Connection Space is decomposed into orthogonal subspaces, the orthogonal subspaces including a first subspace that is a null space of the second map and a second subspace that is an orthogonal complement of the null space in the first Interim Connection Space. The transformed Interim Connection Space is generated based on the first subspace and the second subspace. | 06-04-2009 |
20090141971 | Systems and Methods for Skin-Color-Cognizant Color Mapping - Embodiments of the present invention comprise systems and methods for adjusting image color values to accommodate a different color gamut. In some embodiments, colors within a skin-color region are preserved while colors outside the skin-color region are stretched to fill the new color gamut. | 06-04-2009 |
20090154798 | Information processing device and method, program, and information processing system - An information processing device, configured to perform color gamut conversion for compressing or enlarging the color gamut of image data, includes: a selecting unit configured to select a generating method of table information for specifying a non-mapping boundary which is a boundary between a region where the coordinate movement of a pixel to be processed is not performed, and a conversion source region where the coordinate movement of the pixel to be processed is performed, and a mapping limit boundary which is a boundary other than the non-mapping region, of the conversion source region, for each hue, from a plurality of generating methods according to a predetermined condition, with the color gamut conversion; and a table information generating unit configured to generate the table information using the method selected from the plurality of generating methods. | 06-18-2009 |
20090161949 | Structural content filtration of hypotheses in a cognitive control framework - Structural content filtration to reduce the number of hypotheses for the location of an active object in a recorded image generated by a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application program may be accomplished by transforming the recorded image and a corresponding playback image, determining a sub-image from the transformed recorded image which corresponds to an object to be searched for in the transformed playback image, determining a set of points on the transformed playback image which have appropriate values for matching the sub-image, and filtering hypotheses on the playback image which are more than a selected distance from any one of the subset of points. | 06-25-2009 |
20090169097 | MARKOV STATIONARY COLOR DESCRIPTOR - A method for generating a Markov stationary color (MSC) descriptor is disclosed. The MSC descriptor may be used for image/video content representation, which characterizes both intra-color and inter-color spatial relationships in images. The MSC descriptor has a low storage requirement, relative to some other color descriptors. | 07-02-2009 |
20090169098 | Image quality estimation device and method - The present invention relates to an image quality evaluating device for using a color appearance model to evaluate image quality of a color area, and a method thereof. The image quality evaluating device realizes a color space corresponding to a color area by using information on color appearance, calculating a volume of the color space, and calculating clearness of the color area, viewing angle characteristics, gray level characteristics, and color differences in the color space. | 07-02-2009 |
20090175534 | BINARIZING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A binarizing device includes: a difference vector calculation unit that calculates a difference vector between an average color in a peripheral pixel region and a current color of a current pixel; a selection unit that selects one of the average color and the current color as a significant color; and an output unit that, in a case where predetermined conditions are satisfied, outputs one of binary values, and that, in a case where at least one of the predetermined conditions is not satisfied, outputs the other of the binary values, wherein the selection unit calculates a run length of each of the average color and the current color in a plurality of directions in the peripheral pixel region, and selects one of the average color and the current color, which has a shorter run length, as the significant color. | 07-09-2009 |
20090185742 | METHOD FOR IMAGE COMPENSATION - In an image compensation method, formats of images are identified based on ambient color quantity information. If the image is in text format or of high contrast, over compensation is barred to avoid edge effect. A compensation coefficient is set basing on edge eigenvalue of images. The compensation value is fine tuned based on a threshold value to obtain finer compensation result. | 07-23-2009 |
20090190828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE DATA CHANNEL ANALYSIS USING RELATIVE STRENGTH HISTOGRAMS - Relative histograms compare occurrences in event channels for a multi-channel data set for determining comparisons therebetween. One or more relative histograms are formed using relating functions applied to channels, preferably including a quotient between a first reference channel and a second channel and between the reference channel and at least a third channel. Preferably the relating functions generate values where a ratio and its reciprocal are symmetrical about an identity value. More preferably a data set is presented in a two-dimensional histogram for establishing the deviation of significant counts from an adjustment point which is preferably at the identity value. In practice, the relative histograms can be applied to correct tint in the red, green and blue channels of color images. | 07-30-2009 |
20090190829 | Image decoding apparatus and method for handling intra-image predictive decoding with various color spaces and color signal resolutions - The present invention is directed to an image information decoding apparatus adapted for performing intra-image decoding based on resolution of color components and color space of an input image signal. An intra prediction unit serves to adaptively change block size in generating a prediction image based on a chroma format signal indicating whether resolution of color components is one of 4:2:0 format, 4:2:2 format, and 4:4:4 format, and a color space signal indicating whether color space is one of YCbCr, RGB, and XYZ. An inverse orthogonal transform unit and an inverse quantization unit serve to also change orthogonal transform technique and quantization technique in accordance with the chroma format signal and the color space signal. A decoding unit decodes the chroma format signal and the color space signal generate a prediction image corresponding to the chroma format signal and the color space signal. | 07-30-2009 |
20090196494 | COLOR CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, AND COLOR CONVERSION METHOD - A color conversion device which converts an image signal in a first color space into an image signal in a second color space corresponding to an image output unit includes: a color conversion table storing unit which stores a color conversion table storing color conversion data used for converting an image signal corresponding to a plurality of lattice points in a third color space having a color range containing the color range of the second color space into the image signal in the second color space; a first color conversion unit which converts the image signal in the first color space into the image signal in the third color space; and a second color conversion unit which converts the image signal in the third color space into the image signal in the second color space based on the color conversion data stored in the color conversion table. The first color conversion unit converts an image signal corresponding to a reference color in the first color space into an image signal corresponding to the lattice points in the third color space. | 08-06-2009 |
20090202146 | Assigning region attributes in a drawing - Techniques for assigning a region attribute to a region in a drawing are disclosed. One technique includes editing the drawing to define a current region, associating the current region with a previous region having a previous region attribute, and assigning the previous region attribute to the current region. Another technique includes deriving a previous path attribute and a relation for a previous path, editing the drawing to define a current set of paths having current regions, and assigning the previous path attribute to at least one current region based on the relation of the previous path. | 08-13-2009 |
20090208097 | COST-EFFECTIVE IMAGE METADATA CREATION USING NEAR-DUPLICATE IMAGE DETECTION - Briefly, embodiments describe a method, article and/or system for determining image similarity. | 08-20-2009 |
20090220147 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING OF IMAGES USING A DIGITAL FILTER - A system, device and a method to perform bilateral filtering using linear convolution by way of an FFT or a recursive sequence method. Proper selection of functions for the photometric and spatial components of a bilateral filter may reduce the computational cost of the bilateral filter while preserving the bilateral filter de-noising and edge detection capabilities. Such functions may reduce the computational cost of a bilateral filter to substantially O(1). | 09-03-2009 |
20090238447 | IMAGE PROCESSOR - An image processor includes a frequency transform unit performing frequency transform independently on a luminance signal and plural chrominance signals and outputting an item of frequency data of the luminance signal and plural items of frequency data of the chrominance signals, and a quantization unit performing quantization independently on plural items of frequency data inputted from the frequency transform unit. The quantization unit performs quantization on one or plural specific items of frequency data corresponding to a signal with noise among the frequency data of the luminance signal and the chrominance signals, employing a quantization coefficient having a value greater than “1”, and performs quantization on frequency data apart from the specific items of frequency data, employing a quantization coefficient having a value “1”. | 09-24-2009 |
20090257648 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING IMPROVED HUMAN OBSERVER XYZ FUNCTIONS AND CALCULATIONS FOR CIELAB - A method for determining color-matching functions includes obtaining spectral data originating from metameric pairs and generating new color matching functions by modifying original color matching functions. The new color matching functions are constrained to be similar to the original color matching functions while reducing calculated perceptual error between the metameric pairs. In another embodiment a method for determining color-matching functions spectral data originating from color matching experiments and from metameric pairs are generated. Color matching functions from a set of parameters and an error function that indicates error due to perceptual differences between the parameterized color matching functions and the color matching experiments are defined. Methods for defining human observer functions, optimizing the definitions of LMS cone response functions as well as other methods and systems are also disclosed. | 10-15-2009 |
20090268960 | IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display device includes:an image input unit configured to input an image; a content categorizer configured to determine a content category of the image; a database configured to store adjustment items corresponding to each of a plurality of content categories, the adjustment items being related to sensibility words each representing an impression for images; an adjustment item display configured to display the adjustment items corresponding to the content category, the adjustment item being selectable by a user; a receiver configured to receive set values of the adjustment items selected from the user; an image quality parameter calculator configured to calculate image quality parameters in accordance with the set values of the adjustment items; an image processor configured to perform image processing on the image in accordance with the image quality parameters; and an image display configured to display the processed image. | 10-29-2009 |
20090285475 | Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program - An image processing apparatus is disclosed. The image processing apparatus includes a color profile forming device. The color profile forming device includes a curved surface and table forming section, a cross-sectional surface forming section, a mapping section, and a color profile forming section. The curved surface and table forming section forms a curved surface and forms a mapping table by point group setting. The cross-sectional surface forming section forms a cross-sectional surface of a second gamut. The mapping section performs mapping of a color signal group of a first gamut on the cross-sectional surface of the second gamut by referring to the mapping table. The color profile forming section forms an LUT for a user corresponding to a selected hue, a selected curved surface, and a selected mapping table, based on input and output images whose color signals have been converted by the mapping table. | 11-19-2009 |
20090285476 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMBINING IMAGES - Provided are an image composition apparatus for composing color images with black-and-white images including infrared components, and an image composition method thereof. The image composition method includes generating a first image signal with color information and a second image signal including infrared components without color information, dividing the first image signal into a brightness signal and a color signal, composing the brightness signal of the first image signal with a brightness signal of the second image signal to generate a composed brightness signal, and composing the composed brightness signal with the color signal of the first image signal to generate a color image. | 11-19-2009 |
20090290789 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCED COMPLEXITY VIDEO PROCESSING VIA SPECIAL CHROMA HANDLING - A method and apparatus for reduced complexity video and image processing with special chroma handling are disclosed. Frame-type decisions are made on a video stream made up of a sequence of frames. A first subset of the frames are selected to be monochrome and generated without chroma data. A second subset of the frames are selected to be in color and generated with chroma components. In one embodiment, the first subset of frames includes odd frames and the second subset of frames includes even frames in the video stream. Under higher video frame rates, the lack of color in every other frame is not visible to the end viewer. Accordingly, subsequent processing of the output video stream permits luma-only processing of many frames in the video stream, extensively reducing the amount of computation. | 11-26-2009 |
20090290790 | Detection of anti aliasing in two-color images for improved compression - A method for identifying anti aliased images of two or three colors makes use of the fact that in most anti-aliasing techniques, the color values of the source images are known with sub-pixel accuracy, e.g., the boundaries of text characters are described with arbitrary high precision and averaging ensures that the destination pixel values are interpolations of the two source colors so that all of the color values of the image lie on a single line, or a single plane, in 3-dimensional color space. | 11-26-2009 |
20090297022 | Color correcting method and apparatus - Some embodiments provide a method of color correcting an image. Some such embodiments provide (1) a display area for displaying a modifiable graph correlating a first color attribute of the image to a set of second color attributes and (2) at least one tool that adjusts the graph in order to adjust color attributes in the image. The graph adjustment tool of some embodiments is a set of control points that specify the color correction adjustment over a parameterized curve representation of the graph. In some embodiments, the graphs are rasterized curves that are adjusted through the use of a Gaussian manipulator. The Gaussian manipulator distributes a second color attribute adjustment over a set of first color attribute values according to a Gaussian distribution. Moreover, some embodiments allow for the selective switching between the parameterized and rasterized curves or the control points and the Gaussian manipulator. | 12-03-2009 |
20090304269 | Image Construction - A method of creating a viewable image comprises applying a colour vector or matrix comprising colour values and a coverage value to a material represented as a projective transformation matrix including a further coverage value. The method further comprises rendering the transformed illumination vector or matrix as an image vector or matrix. | 12-10-2009 |
20090304270 | REDUCING CONTOURS IN DIGITAL IMAGES - One or more implementations access a digital image containing one or more bands. Adjacent bands of the one or more bands have a difference in color resulting in a contour between the adjacent bands. The one or more implementations apply an algorithm to at least a portion of the digital image for reducing visibility of a contour. The algorithm is based on a value representing the fraction of pixels in a region of the digital image having a particular color value. | 12-10-2009 |
20090316984 | COLOR INTERPOLATION METHOD AND DEVICE CONSIDERING EDGE DIRECTION AND CROSS STRIPE NOISE - A color interpolation method and a device are disclosed. The color interpolation method includes (a) setting a grid noise coefficient; (b) computing a grid noise offset by using the grid noise coefficient set in the step of (a); (c) extracting a pixel value only from a Bayer pattern image regardless of R, G and B values and computing edge directional information; (d) determining a condition of the edge directional information, computed in the step of (b), among a plurality of predetermined conditions, each of the plurality of predetermined conditions corresponding to a color interpolation parameter computing algorithm and the grid noise offset being used as a parameter of the color interpolation parameter computing algorithm corresponding to each of the conditions; and (e) computing a color interpolation parameter based on the color interpolation parameter computing algorithm corresponding to the condition of the edge directional information, determined in the step of (d). | 12-24-2009 |
20090324061 | DIGITAL MEDIA WITH TOKEN FOR ANALOG RECONVERSION DETECTION - A digital media with encoded audio-visual content includes an encoded token. The token comprises visual data having defined characteristics, which are designed such that when the audio-visual content is output as analog output and then re-recorded as digital data, the resulting digital data includes an altered token. Digital data may be processed to detect altered tokens indicating that the data was recorded from an analog output. When an altered token is detected, the copy may be considered to be an unauthorized copy and handled accordingly. | 12-31-2009 |
20090324062 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - The present invention relates to a method of matching a color image and depth image using feature points corresponding to each other. An image processing method, including: selecting a first pixel group including at least one pixel from an input color image; selecting a second pixel group including at least one pixel corresponding to each of the at least one pixel included in the first pixel group from an input depth image; calculating a transformation function of the first pixel group and second pixel group based on a coordinate value of each of the at least one pixel included in the first pixel group and a coordinate value of each of the at least one pixel included in the second pixel group; and matching each pixel of the input color image with each pixel of the input depth image based on the transformation function. Image processing apparatus, including: a first selection unit selecting a first pixel group including at least one pixel from an input color image; a second selection unit selecting a second pixel group including at least one pixel corresponding to each of the at least one pixel included in the first pixel group from an input depth image; a calculation unit calculating a transformation function of the first pixel group and second pixel group based on a coordinate value of each of the at least one pixel included in the first pixel group and a coordinate value of each of the at least one pixel included in the second pixel group; and an image matching unit matching each pixel of the input color image with each pixel of the input depth image based on the transformation function. | 12-31-2009 |
20100021053 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGES - A system reads a digital image that includes a set of pixels. The system determines a distribution of colors of the pixels of the digital image. Also, the system analyzes the distribution to identify a range of colors of a background of the digital image. Further, the system identifies pixels whose colors are within the identified range, and the system modifies the identified pixels to have a different color. | 01-28-2010 |
20100021054 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA FOR COLOR MEASUREMENTS FROM A DIGITAL ELECTRONIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE OR SYSTEM - A method for providing an intensity or brightness measurement using a digital image-capturing device comprising: selecting a target area within a field of view of the image-capturing device, the target area containing pixels; measuring the intensity or brightness of pixels in a target area; accumulating the intensity or brightness values of the pixels in the target area; and determining a pixel value representative of the intensity or brightness of the pixels in the target area. A device for making color measurements comprising an image-capture device, a processor or logic device, and a memory location for accumulating color data, and the processor or logic device is programmed to perform color measurements by accumulating the data for pixels located in the target area in memory, and determining a representative color value. | 01-28-2010 |
20100027876 | Seam-Based Reduction and Expansion of Images With Color-Weighted Priority - A system and method for expansion and reduction of images uses an absolute value associated with each pixel of an input image (e.g., a color and/or intensity value) to determine a respective energy value for each pixel. For example, a given color or range of colors (e.g., skin tones, or other high-priority colors) may be assigned higher energy values than other colors and/or color ranges, and may be protected during image reduction and/or expansion. These energy values may be used to determine a cost associated with various seams of the image, which may represent the priority of the seams in the image. One or more low-cost seams may be identified for removal or replication to produce a resized image. The methods may be used in conjunction with an automated skin tone detector or a user interface that allows selection of one or more high priority colors or color ranges. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027877 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTIVE SCALING OF COLOUR MAPPED IMAGES - A method for scaling an original colour mapped image are disclosed. The method performs steps of: transforming the original colour map into the scaled colour map based on the original colour map and the original image independently of the scaled image; scaling the original image into the scaled image; for each pixel of the scaled image: determining a set of contributing pixels in the original image, which define a colour of the pixel; determining the colour of the pixel based on colours of the contributing pixels and geometric proximity of the pixel to the contributing pixels; establishing correspondence between the colour of the pixel and a colour in the scaled colour map; and determining a corresponding colour map index thereof; and setting the determined colour map index in the scaled pixel map. A corresponding system for scaling digital images is also provided. | 02-04-2010 |
20100027878 | CONTENT DETECTION OF AN IMAGE COMPRISING PIXELS - Methods for image content detection check ( | 02-04-2010 |
20100027879 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM - The process captures a plurality of images under a light source whose luminance varies over time, such as a fluorescent lamp, under such an imaging condition that a plurality of images that are different from one another in terms of light source conditions can be captured (S | 02-04-2010 |
20100054581 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR SPACE CONVERSION WITH REDUCED ARTIFACTS - A method and system convert an original digital image being represented by a first color space to a digital image being represented by a second color space by transforming the original image data represented by a first color space to second image data being represented by a second color space, the transformation causing the colors of the transformed image data to be substantially encodable in the second color space. The second image data represented by the second color space is transformed to third image data represented by the first color space, the transformation causing the colors of the transformed image data to be substantially encodable in the first color space. Distortions in the third image data represented by the first color space are corrected to form corrected image data represented by the first color space, and the corrected image data represented by the first color space is transformed to fourth image data represented by the second color space. | 03-04-2010 |
20100054582 | Conversion Matrix Determining Method, Image Processing Device, Image Processing Program and Imaging Apparatus - A conversion matrix determining method for determining a conversion matrix to be used in color conversion processing executed on a photographic image, includes: obtaining image data of an image captured under a given condition and a calorimetric value measured under a condition identical to the given condition from a subject of the image data; and determining a conversion matrix to be used to execute color conversion on an image signal in a nonlinear color space where a luminance value changes nonlinearly, based upon the image data and the calorimetric value having been obtained. | 03-04-2010 |
20100061625 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, And Computer-Readable Media for Attaining Image Processing - An image processing apparatus that receives mosaic image data having settings of only one color component, R, G, or B, in each pixel and subjects the received mosaic image data to a series of image processing to generate color image data with settings of all the three color components, R, G, and B, in each pixel; wherein the mosaic image data has the form of a Bayer color filter array; and the image processing apparatus includes: a vertical-direction color difference component computation module; a horizontal-direction color difference component computation module; an edge direction determination module; a color component interpolation module; an oblique edge pixel detection module; an oblique edge direction determination module; and an oblique edge pixel interpolation correction module. | 03-11-2010 |
20100067782 | COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST ORIGINAL BACKGROUND RETRIEVAL - A device and method of modifying an image containing a foreground and an original or substitute background are disclosed. Boundary pixels contain only the original background or the original background and the foreground. The original background is replaced by a predetermined or random color or by a color corresponding to the substitute background. The entire boundary pixel can be replaced by the replacement color. Alternatively, the ratio of the foreground to the original background can be estimated from the neighboring pixels and only the original background replaced by the replacement color. Once some or all of the boundary pixels are replaced, the image can be transmitted or otherwise transferred to other devices or viewers. Some or all of the images in a video can be modified. | 03-18-2010 |
20100067783 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING PRINT COLORS - In a method of and a system for predicting print colors, a profile generator corrects the standard spectral reflectances of a color chart printed under standard density conditions and the differences between the spectral reflectances of color charts for the respective colors in which the density of one of the colors C, M, Y, K is changed to a changed density setting value and the densities of the other colors are fixed to standard density setting values, using density differences with the standard density setting values which are calculated by a monochromatic solid density calculator. The profile generator then generates a print predicting profile for desired target densities based on the corrected corrective standard spectral reflectances and the spectral reflectance differences, and highly accurately predicts the colors of a print using the print predicting profile when the densities of desired ones of the colors are changed. | 03-18-2010 |
20100080453 | SYSTEM FOR RECOVERY OF DEGRADED IMAGES - A system for recovering degraded images captured through atmospheric turbulence, or other atmospheric inhomogeneities, such as snow, rain, smoke, fog, or underwater fluctuations, is provided having an imager for capturing through such turbulence both a degraded image of a scene having at least one object, and an image of a point source associated with the object. The imager converts the degraded image into first image data signals representing the degraded image, and converts the image of the point source into second image data signals representing a point spread function. A computer of the system receives the first and second image data signals and produces third image data signals representing a recovered image of the object of the degraded image in accordance with the first and second image data signals. In another embodiment, the imager captures a degraded image through atmospheric turbulence of a scene having a known reference object and an unknown object, and converts the degraded image into first image data signals. After receiving the first image data signals, the computer identifies in the first image data signals such image data signals representing the reference object. The computer produces image data signals representing a recovered image of the degraded image in accordance with the first image data signals, the image data signals representing the reference in the first image data signals, and image data signals representing an undegraded image of the reference. The computer may output the image data signals representing a recovered image to an output device to display or print the recovered image. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080454 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DATA SIGNAL - An image processing apparatus includes a screen processing unit that performs, on a color component basis, screen processing for a color signal having basic color components and at least one spot color component. The screen processing unit performs FM screen processing for one of the basic color components of the color signal and performs AM screen processing for the color components, other than the one of the basic color components, of the color signal with four types of screen angles. | 04-01-2010 |
20100080455 | Film grain simulation method - Briefly, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present principles, simulation of a block of film grain for addition to a block of an image occurs by first establishing at least one image parameter in accordance with at least one attribute of the block. Thereafter, a block of film grain is established in accordance with the image parameter. Deblocking filtering can be applied to the film grain block. | 04-01-2010 |
20100086201 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR PROCESSING METHOD - The colorimetric values of a plurality of reference color patches formed on a specific medium are measured at a plurality of temperatures, and a temperature characteristic LUT in a colorimetric value temperature correction unit is created based on the colorimetric values. Upon creating a calibration LUT, a patch based on arbitrary device values is formed on the medium, and a patch temperature and colorimetric values are acquired immediately after fixing of that patch. A correction target temperature as a temperature upon observation of the medium is, for example, fixed, the colorimetric values are corrected by interpolation processing based on the temperature characteristic LUT to obtain colorimetric values, and a calibration LUT is created based on the colorimetric values. | 04-08-2010 |
20100086202 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes: a color difference calculating unit for generating an (R−G)G(B−G) Bayer array image from an RGB Bayer array image; a band-limited interpolation unit for interpolating a sampling position whose number is smaller than the number of U pixel to obtain an equal number of interpolation (R−G), G, and (B−G) pixels from the (R−G)G(B−G) Bayer array image: and an RGB calculating unit for obtaining interpolation R, G and B pixels which constitute a color image with the sampling position where R, G and B pixels coincide, based on the obtained interpolation (R−G), G, and (B−G) pixels. | 04-08-2010 |
20100092076 | PHISHING ABUSE RECOGNITION IN WEB PAGES - A method of identifying potential phishing abuse images includes: producing a first color map that represents a subset of color values and pixel locations within a base image; producing a second color map that represents color values and pixel locations within a target image; selecting an alignment the first color map with the second color map such that at least some pixel locations of the first color map align with at least some pixel locations of the second color map; determining a measure of color value matching of aligned pixel locations for the selected alignment; and repeating the acts of selecting and determining until a prescribed threshold measure of color value matching is determined for at least one of the selected alignments or until an evaluation limit is reached. | 04-15-2010 |
20100092077 | DOMINANT COLOR DESCRIPTORS - A system computes a combined dominant color descriptor (DCD) of a plurality of images (IM | 04-15-2010 |
20100098329 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME - An image processing method of converting a gray image into a halftone image, and an image forming apparatus using the same, the image processing method including: calculating critical values of a halftone table in positions of the halftone table from an initial pattern that has a smaller storage size than that of the halftone table, the halftone table corresponding to at least one pixel of the gray image; and creating the halftone image by applying a halftone process to pixels of the gray image on the basis of the calculated critical values of the halftone table. Accordingly, a memory used to store a halftone table is decreased, thereby reducing a cost of the memory, minimizing restriction on design, and speeding a halftone process up. | 04-22-2010 |
20100104176 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - It is difficult to reproduce an input image more faithfully while enlarging a dynamic range and color gamut, in a reproduced image obtained by overlapping output images by a projector and printer. An image processing apparatus ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100124371 | Content-Aware Image and Video Resizing by Anchor Point Sampling and Mapping - Aspects of the present invention include systems and methods for resizing a set of images, which may comprises one or more images, while preserving the important content. In embodiments, the saliency of pixels in the set of images is determined using one or more image features. A small number of pixels, called anchor points, are selected from the set of images by saliency-based sampling. The corresponding positions of these anchor points in the set of target images are obtained using pixel mapping. In embodiments, to prevent mis-ordering of pixel mapping, an iterative approach is used to constrain the mapped pixels to be within the boundaries of the target image/video. In embodiments, based on the mapping of neighboring anchor points, other pixels in the target are inpainted by back-projection and interpolation. The combination of sampling and mapping greatly reduces the computational cost yet leads to a global solution to content-aware image/video resizing. | 05-20-2010 |
20100128976 | METHOD FOR DESCRIBING AN ACTUAL COLOR GAMUT OF A COLOR DEVICE OR OF A COLOR CONTENT - To describe the actual color gamut, a hierarchical structure is proposed which comprises, from bottom to top:
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20100142804 | METHOD FOR EDITING MULTI-CHANNEL IMAGES - The present invention presents a framework for separating specular and diffuse reflection components in images and videos. Each pixel of the an M-channel input image illuminated by N light sources is linearly transformed into a new color space having (M−N) channels. For an RGB image with one light source, the new color space has two color channels (U,V) that are free of specularities and a third channel (S) that contains both specular and diffuse components. When used with multiple light sources, the transformation may be used to produce a specular invariant image. A diffuse RGB image can be obtained by applying a non-linear partial differential equation to an RGB image to iteratively erode the specular component at each pixel. An optional third dimension of time may be added for processing video images. After the specular and diffuse components are separated, dichromatic editing may be used to independently process the diffuse and the specular components to add or suppress visual effects. The (U,V) channels of images can be used as input to 3-D shape estimation algorithms including shape-from-shading, photometric stereo, binocular and multinocular stereopsis, and structure-from-motion. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150433 | VARIABLE DATA DIGITAL PANTOGRAPHS - A variable data pantograph is formed by receiving a variable data string and retrieving at least one character representation from a vocabulary of character representations stored in memory. The retrieved at least one character representation corresponds to the variable data string. Each of the character representations in the vocabulary is associated with a foreground region including a character shape and a background region suitably sized and arranged for encompassing the foreground region. The background region incorporates a first pattern of elements and is controlled to render a target color using a first set of color separation control data and the foreground region incorporates a second pattern of elements and is controlled to render the target color using a second set of color separation control data. The retrieved at least one character representation is assembled to form a variable data pantograph, whereby when the variable data pantograph is rendered in an original document, the foreground and background regions are similar in tone, the foreground and background regions being substantially less similar in tone in a copy of the original document to render the character visible. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150434 | Out of Phase Digital Watermarking in Two Chrominance Directions - The present invention relate generally to digital watermarking. One claim recites a method including: obtaining first data representing a first chrominance channel of a color image or video, where the first data comprises a watermark signal embedded therein; obtaining second data representing a second chrominance channel of the color image or video, the second data comprising the watermark signal embedded therein but with a signal polarity that is inversely related to the polarity of the watermark signal in the first data; combining the second data with the first data in a manner that reduces image or video interference relative to the watermark signal, said act of combining yielding third data; using at least a processor or electronic processing circuitry, processing the third data to obtain the watermark signal; and once obtained, providing information associated with the watermark signal. Of course, additional combinations and claims are provided as well. | 06-17-2010 |
20100150435 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - Provided is an image processing method and apparatus. The image processing method includes: detecting a face area from an input image; and performing a color process according to the detected face area. Accordingly, expressing of a skin color is not restricted since a color to be processed with a different color and a color area overlap. | 06-17-2010 |
20100158357 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM OF SKIN COLOR ENHANCEMENT - Image processing methods and systems are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving image data. The image data includes color component data representing a location of a pixel in a color space. The method further includes performing a linear transformation of the location of the pixel in the color space when the location is identified as within a skin color region of the color space. The linear transformation is performed by mapping the location of the pixel at a first portion of the skin color region to a second portion of the skin color region based on a position of the pixel within the skin color region and based on the proximity of the position of the pixel to a boundary of the skin color region. The color space remains substantially continuous at the boundary of the skin color region after applying the linear transformation. | 06-24-2010 |
20100158358 | Video stream modification to defeat detection - A method and system for detecting automatic ad detection is presented in which video streams are modified such that features cannot be automatically recognized or statistical parameters and fingerprints derived from the video stream cannot be matched against fingerprints of known video segments in a database. | 06-24-2010 |
20100166299 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - Corresponding points or a motion vector is generated with reduced positional error even if incoming images have been shot under different illumination conditions. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166300 | Method of generating motion vectors of images of a video sequence - A digital image processing system and method for removing motion effects from images of a video sequence, and generating corresponding motion compensated images. | 07-01-2010 |
20100166301 | REAL-TIME IMAGE GENERATOR - A real-time image generator is disclosed. A real-time image generator may include a first block extracting only a luminance component having a saturation, hue, and value domain from red, green and blue values of an image. A second block outputs a log summation value and pixel count value with respect to a luminance component of an overall image by using the extracted luminance component and a natural log value. A third block calculates a luminance average value of the image by using the natural log summation value and the pixel count value outputted in the second block, the third block generating a tone mapping look up table including a tone mapping operator (L | 07-01-2010 |
20100172574 | ILLUMINANT ESTIMATION - In a method of chromagenic illuminant estimation pixels from mutually-corresponding images with different filtering (e.g. a filtered image and an unfiltered image) are compared, a fraction of the brightest pixels being selected for a subsequent chromagenic estimation. The pixels may be at corresponding locations or they may correspond in that their mean brightness is in the same rank order. In one method, in which, in a first preprocessing stage, for a database of m lights E | 07-08-2010 |
20100183219 | COLOR DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING COLOR DISTRIBUTION OF IMAGE AND COLOR DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS METHOD THEREFOR - A color distribution analysis apparatus analyzes color distribution of image data by counting frequencies of appearance of color types shown in readout image data. The color distribution analysis apparatus includes: a primary counter increment section that increments a primary counter with a predetermined bit width provided for each color type; a counter generation section that, when a carry is generated by allowing the primary counter increment section to increment the primary counter corresponding to the color type of the image data, generates an extended counter with a predetermined bit width corresponding to the primary counter; and an extended counter increment section that increments the extended counter in accordance with generation of the carry. | 07-22-2010 |
20100189344 | DUAL TIR PRISM ARCHITECTURE TO ENHANCE DLP PROJECTORS - A projection system incorporating a prism with dual total internal reflection function, to increase the performance of DLP™ projection, by offering a solution to combine 2 light paths to contribute to the brightness on the screen and at the same time rejecting flat-state and off-state light from entering the projection lens thereby enhancing contrast. In one implementation those two light paths can be collecting light from 2 different light sources which are driven in a pulsed manner with a duty cycle of approximately 50% for each of the two light sources at increased power. In a second implementation with a colour sequential single DMD™ projector, while one light path passes a primary colour the second light path passes the complementary secondary colour. A special colour transformation algorithm is proposed to transform the image input signals to make optimal use of the capabilities offered by the second implementation, and create maximum brightness and colour saturation of the image. | 07-29-2010 |
20100195901 | Digital image processing and systems incorporating the same - Algorithms for improving the quality of images tone mapped using the bilateral filter are presented. The algorithms involve a localized operator applied to the tone mapping compression factor which enhances apparent image contrast in the low dynamic range output of the tone mapping. At least one embodiment of the present invention is related to circuitry configured to perform at least a portion of related calculations. | 08-05-2010 |
20100195902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATION OF IMAGE COLORS - A system and method for correcting or calibrating a color in an image by comparing a value of a color property of at least two colors in the image to a known value of such color property for such colors, calculating a variance of the colors in the image from the known values of the colors, and applying the variance to other colors in the image. Some embodiments include identification of an object in the image as including the known colors. | 08-05-2010 |
20100195903 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA-SET GENERATING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DATA-SET GENERATING PROGRAM - Provided is an image processing device that includes: a data-set generating unit that generates a plurality of data sets in which spectral information and color information corresponding to the spectral information are set as a pair; an associating unit that associates a stained sample image with at least one of data sets generated by the data-set generating unit based on color information of the stained sample image and color information of the respective data sets; and a spectral-information extracting unit that extracts spectral information used for estimating spectral characteristics of the stained sample according to the association of data sets by the associating unit. | 08-05-2010 |
20100202682 | Method for texturizing virtual three-dimensional objects - The invention relates to a method for texturizing virtual three-dimensional objects, particularly virtual three-dimensional building objects and city models with a photographic image ( | 08-12-2010 |
20100215258 | DETERMINING WHETHER A COLOR IS INSIDE OR OUTSIDE A BOUNDARY SURFACE OF A COLOR GAMUT - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for quickly and accurately determining whether a color is inside or outside the boundary of a surface of a color gamut. The present method enables a gamut mapping algorithm to quickly identify points which require further processing and those which are already inside the gamut and thus do not need to be processed by the gamut mapping function. The present method can be performed directly on the printing device to determine whether the colors are in/out of the actual gamut surface of the target marking device. Other embodiments have also been disclosed. | 08-26-2010 |
20100226565 | IMAGE REPRODUCTION USING A PARTICULAR COLOR SPACE - The image processing apparatus executes a prescribed basic color space conversion regardless of content of the color space identification information when a reduced image is a processing target. The image processing apparatus executes a specified color space conversion utilizing a color space specified by the color space identification information when a main image is a processing target. | 09-09-2010 |
20100232687 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REORDERING IMAGE DATA HAVING A DISTRIBUTION OF THE BAYER PATTERN TYPE - The present disclosure relates to a method for reordering data organized according to a matrix configuration, comprising steps of reading line by line input data having a matrix configuration ( | 09-16-2010 |
20100232688 | COLOR CHART PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR CHART PROCESSING METHOD, AND COLOR CHART PROCESSING PROGRAM - A color chart processing apparatus includes a spectrum calculating unit for receiving information regarding a spectral reflection factor of each color contained in a predetermined color chart and information regarding determination illumination light, and determining a spectrum of the color contained in the predetermined color chart under the determination illumination light by calculating the received information, and a determination information output unit for receiving a color signal of a subject, determining which color of the predetermined color chart closest matches the color signal of the subject by comparing the spectrum of each color determined by the spectrum calculating unit with the color signal of the subject, and outputting information identifying the resulting determination color. | 09-16-2010 |
20100239159 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - A color processing method includes setting a color gamut constituted by combinations of values of M color components, wherein each combination has a minimum total sum of the values of the M color components among combinations that provide a corresponding one of target colors, and each combination meets a predetermined limitation; obtaining output color signals each having values of the M color components by controlling, within a range meeting the predetermined limit, combinations each providing any of colors within the set color gamut; and generating pairs each having a corresponding one of the output color signals and an input color signal which is in an input color space, corresponds to the corresponding one of the output color signals, represents a color within the set color gamut, and has values of N color components as elements where N is an integer smaller than M. | 09-23-2010 |
20100260411 | CHROMATOGRAPHY INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR JUDGING DEGRADATION OF CHROMATOGRAPHY SPECIMEN - By measuring a luminance difference between predetermined two points or a luminance variation in a predetermined region in a state in which a liquid sample is developed in a chromatography specimen | 10-14-2010 |
20100272352 | PIXEL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A pixel processing method includes: selecting a first plurality of color component values of a first plurality of pixels within a pixel block in a buffering device, performing a first color component process upon a first target pixel in the first plurality of pixels to determine a first target color component value of the first target pixel; and selecting a second plurality of color component values of a second plurality of pixels within the pixel block at the same time as the first color component process is performed, and performing a second color component process upon a second target pixel in the second plurality of pixels according to the second plurality of color component values to determine at least one underdetermined target color component value of the second target pixel, wherein the second target pixel has been processed by the first color component process. | 10-28-2010 |
20100272353 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ADAPTIVE BLACK POINT COMPENSATION - A system and method for carrying out improved spatial and color adaptive gamut mapping algorithms, based on image decomposition in two bands I | 10-28-2010 |
20100272354 | METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA FOR COLOR MEASUREMENTS FROM A DIGITAL ELECTRONIC IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE OR SYSTEM - A method for providing an intensity or brightness measurement using a digital image-capturing device comprising: selecting a target area within a field of view of the image-capturing device, the target area containing pixels; determining the brightness of pixels in the target area; accumulating the brightness values of the pixels in the target area; and determining a pixel value representative of the pixels in the target area. A device for making color measurements comprising an image-capture device, a processor or logic device, and a memory location for accumulating color data, and the processor or logic device is programmed to perform color measurements by accumulating the data for pixels located in the target area in memory, and determining a representative color value. | 10-28-2010 |
20100278421 | EXTRACTING COLORS - A method of processing an image signal comprises receiving an image signal comprising a series of frames, calculating a plurality of dominant colors, over the series of frames, selecting a subset of frames of the image signal, calculating a plurality of dominant colors, over the subset of frames, comparing the dominant colors of the subset of frames to the dominant colors of the series of frames, and determining the dominant color in the subset of frames, with the largest difference from the closest dominant color in the series of frames. | 11-04-2010 |
20100303344 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE SYNTHESIZING - An image processing apparatus captures an object's image and separates the object's image into multiple components. The apparatus includes: a light projecting section | 12-02-2010 |
20100310160 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING COLOR CONVERSION TABLE - An input color signal is converted into an output color signal fitting into an output device with a combined color conversion table that a to-be-combined (black adjustment) color conversion table and a normal-use color conversion table depending on the output device are combined. As a unit for generating the to-be-combined color conversion table, there is provided a unit for changing an output RGB value corresponding to an input RGB value (a value close to black) determined to be in a predetermined target range of black adjustment, out of output RGB values in a dummy color conversion table in which no color conversion is made, to a value making it more blackish. The generated color conversion table is combined with the normal-use color conversion table. | 12-09-2010 |
20100316284 | Three-dimensional image generation apparatus and method using region extension of object in depth map - A three-dimensional (3D) image generation apparatus and method using a region extension of an object in a depth map is provided. The 3D image generation apparatus may include a discontinuity preservation smoothing filtering unit to apply a discontinuity preservation smoothing filter preserving discontinuity of a boundary or a shape of a depth image, a boundary preservation filtering unit to apply a max filter to a depth image for increasing a depth value of an object, and a rendering unit to render a two-dimensional (2D) color image and the filtered depth image and to generate a 3D image. | 12-16-2010 |
20100316285 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOSSLESS AND MINIMAL-LOSS COLOR CONVERSION - A method and apparatus for perfectly lossless and minimal-loss interconversion of digital color data between spectral color spaces (RGB) and perceptually based luma-chroma color spaces (Y′C | 12-16-2010 |
20100322508 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one aspect of the invention, an image processing apparatus comprises: a determination unit configured to determine for each pixel of an input image represented by the input image signal, whether the pixel is belonging to a high density range or a low density range; a specification unit configured to specify for each pixel belonging to the high density range, whether the pixel is belonging to a high frequency range or a low frequency range; and a generation unit configured to generate the output image signal by applying color conversion with a 1st conversion parameter to an input image signal corresponding to a pixel belonging to the high frequency range, and applying color conversion with a 2nd conversion parameter to an input image signal corresponding to a pixel belonging to the low frequency range. | 12-23-2010 |
20100322509 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus performs a gradation conversion on an input image (frame) input from the outside to generate a conversion image and performs a plurality of smoothing processes corresponding to a plurality of preset level values on the generated conversion image or a reduced image generated from the conversion image to generate a plurality of level-value-limited conversion images. Then, the image processing apparatus selects one or a plurality of conversion images from the plurality of level-value-limited conversion images, synthesizes the selected images, generates a synthesis image, performs the gradation conversion on the generated synthesis image, and generates a smoothed image that is converted to have the same gradation as that of the input image. | 12-23-2010 |
20110002534 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An apparatus includes: a division unit configured to divide image data into a plurality of blocks each being composed of a plurality of pixels; a detection unit configured to detect a most frequent color for each of the blocks; a calculation unit configured to calculate an occupancy rate of the most frequent color for each of the blocks; and a generation unit configured to generate data by changing between a block composed of at least a low-resolution pixel and a block composed of low- and high-resolution pixels superimposed with each other, based on the most frequent color occupancy rate. | 01-06-2011 |
20110007964 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE-ASSISTED HUMAN LABELING OF PIXELS IN AN IMAGE - A user interface and method is embodied on a computer readable medium and executable on a computer. The user interface is a labeler which labels only foreground pixels of an image stored in a computing environment. The labeler operates in a Region mode/state and Brush mode/state, and includes a Tentative mode that permits an assigned label to be changed after pixels have been selected. Groups of pixels may be selected for labeling at once by a point-and-click command, and a pixel may belong to one or more groups of pixels which are stored in memory as image layers. The groups are formed dynamically by user selection actions, and/or through automatic recognition algorithms. Pixels already labeled with certain labels may be locked to not be altered by additional labeling operations. Unassigned pixels may be highlighted to increase the ease at which they are identified in an image. Comparisons between labeled images are undertaken to indicate differences between different groundtruth labeling. | 01-13-2011 |
20110026813 | RELATIVE THRESHOLD AND USE OF EDGES IN OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION PROCESS - Converting images to binary image representations is part of an Optical Character Recognition program in a computer system. The method and system according to present invention is using a relative threshold level to convert the image to its binary image representation. | 02-03-2011 |
20110033105 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - According to an aspect of the invention, an image processing apparatus includes a generating unit, a calculating unit, a receiving unit, and a changing unit. The generating unit generates a plurality of histograms of images with respect to each color based on an input image. The calculating unit calculates a plurality of first image densities of the images from the histograms. The receiving unit receives a content of image quality adjustment performed on the input image. The changing unit changes one of the histograms based on the content of the image quality adjustment. The one of the histogram corresponds to one of the images on which the image quality adjustment is performed. The calculating unit calculates a second image density corresponding to the one the images based on the one of the histogram changed by the changing unit. | 02-10-2011 |
20110038532 | METHODS OF REPRESENTING AND ANALYSING IMAGES - A method of representing at least one image comprises deriving at least one descriptor based on colour information and colour interrelation information for at least one region of the image, the descriptor having at least one descriptor element, derived using values of pixels in said region, wherein at least one descriptor element for a region is derived using a non-wavelet transform. The representations may be used for image comparisons. | 02-17-2011 |
20110044535 | PRINTING GRAPHICS WITH TRANSPARENCY ON A POSTSCRIPT ENABLED IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for emulating transparency in a PostScript-enabled image forming device, such as a PostScript-enabled print device. The present system and method uses Adobe's DeviceN color space to support transparency printing on PostScript-enabled devices. The present method uses abstract data represented by a color plane in DeviceN space to indicate the existence of a transparency layer in the image to be printed. An emulation procedure is then called to perform a color space transformation and to perform color blending of the first image into the second image. A transparency value is used as one of the colorant channels to define the blending. Advantageously, the present method is backward compatible as there is no update required to the printer's driver or firmware. The present method has been demonstrated to work with Adobe Reader and PostScript Level-3. | 02-24-2011 |
20110058735 | COLOR TRANSFORMATION SAMPLE POINT IDENTIFICATION - Color transformation sample point identification is described. A subset of points from a superset of points representing a colorimetric relationship is identified. The subset of points defines an initial n-simplex with (n+1) points representing an approximation of the colorimetric relationship, where n represents a number of dimensions. An additional point from the superset of points is selected and added to the subset of points to replace the n-simplex with a set of at least two n-simplices. The additional point is selected such that a volume of an (n+1 )-simplex formed by the (n+1) points of the initial n-simplex and the additional point is increased. An error value for the approximation is determined by calculating an error volume between the (n+1)-simplex and the superset of points. | 03-10-2011 |
20110091099 | REVIEW APPARATUS AND INSPECTION SYSTEM - A review apparatus comprises: means for acquiring a reference image and an optical image by associating the data of the reference image and the data of the optical image with the gradation values defined by a color palette selected from among a plurality of first color palettes; and means for acquiring a comparison image by associating comparison image data that can be acquired from the reference image data and the optical image data with the gradation values defined by a color palette selected from among a plurality of second color palettes. Gradation values for the comparison image data are represented by gradation values for the reference image data and gradation values for the optical image data. | 04-21-2011 |
20110110584 | Method And Apparatus For Converting A Color Image To Grayscale - A method and apparatus for converting a color digital image into a grayscale digital image is disclosed. First, each green intensity value in the color digital image is copied into a corresponding pixel location of the grayscale digital image. Then for each red intensity value in the color digital image, the red intensity value is adjusted to match a local dynamic range of green intensity values. The adjusted red intensity value is inserted into the corresponding pixel location of the grayscale digital image. Then for each blue intensity value in the color image, the blue intensity value is adjusted to match a local dynamic range of green intensity values. The adjusted blue intensity value is inserted into the corresponding pixel location of the grayscale digital image. | 05-12-2011 |
20110123103 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING INTRA-IMAGE PREDICTIVE DECODING WITH VARIOUS COLOR SPACES AND COLOR SIGNAL RESOLUTIONS - The present invention is directed to an image information decoding apparatus adapted for performing intra-image decoding based on resolution of color components and color space of an input image signal. An intra prediction unit serves to adaptively change block size in generating a prediction image based on a chroma format signal indicating whether resolution of color components is one of 4:2:0 format, 4:2:2 format, and 4:4:4 format, and a color space signal indicating whether color space is one of YCbCr, RGB, and XYZ. An inverse orthogonal transform unit and an inverse quantization unit serve to also change orthogonal transform technique and quantization technique in accordance with the chroma format signal and the color space signal. A decoding unit decodes the chroma format signal and the color space signal to generate a prediction image corresponding to the chroma format signal and the color space signal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123104 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING INTRA-IMAGE PREDICTIVE DECODING WITH VARIOUS COLOR SPACES AND COLOR SIGNAL RESOLUTIONS - The present invention is directed to an image information decoding apparatus adapted for performing intra-image decoding based on resolution of color components and color space of an input image signal. An intra prediction unit serves to adaptively change block size in generating a prediction image based on a chroma format signal indicating whether resolution of color components is one of 4:2:0 format, 4:2:2 format, and 4:4:4 format, and a color space signal indicating whether color space is one of YCbCr, RGB, and XYZ. An inverse orthogonal transform unit and an inverse quantization unit serve to also change orthogonal transform technique and quantization technique in accordance with the chroma format signal and the color space signal. A decoding unit decodes the chroma format signal and the color space signal to generate a prediction image corresponding to the chroma format signal and the color space signal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110123105 | IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR HANDLING INTRA-IMAGE PREDICTIVE DECODING WITH VARIOUS COLOR SPACES AND COLOR SIGNAL RESOLUTIONS - The present invention is directed to an image information decoding apparatus adapted for performing intra-image decoding based on resolution of color components and color space of an input image signal. An intra prediction unit serves to adaptively change block size in generating a prediction image based on a chroma format signal indicating whether resolution of color components is one of 4:2:0 format, 4:2:2 format, and 4:4:4 format, and a color space signal indicating whether color space is one of YCbCr, RGB, and XYZ. An inverse orthogonal transform unit and an inverse quantization unit serve to also change orthogonal transform technique and quantization technique in accordance with the chroma format signal and the color space signal. A decoding unit decodes the chroma format signal and the color space signal to generate a prediction image corresponding to the chroma format signal and the color space signal. | 05-26-2011 |
20110135193 | Generating Agricultural Information Products Using Remote Sensing - A method for generating a supplementary index raster file based on a plurality of primary index raster files that are associated with an area of interest (AOI) uses a computer coupled to a remote sensing device via a network, wherein the computer includes an input device, a display, and a memory. The method includes generating the plurality of primary index raster files including at least two independent vegetation index (VI) raster files and a soil brightness index (SBI) raster file, wherein each primary index raster file includes a plurality of pixel values. The method also includes classifying each pixel value of the at least two VI raster files as one of a leafy material and a non-leafy material, generating a leaf pigmentation index (LPI) raster file based on the classified pixel values, storing the LPI raster file into the memory, and selectively displaying the LPI raster file. | 06-09-2011 |
20110142331 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COLOR INTERPOLATION - A system and method of color interpolation includes a spatial convolution unit that receives an output of an image sensor and then performs spatial convolution on the received image-sensor output, thus generating a convolution signal. A color interpolation unit performs color interpolation on the convolution signal, thus generating a color-interpolated signal. Finally, a spatial deconvolution unit performs spatial deconvolution, which is the inverse of the spatial convolution, on the color-interpolated signal, thus generating a preprocessed image. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142332 | METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF COLOR SEPARATIONS - A method for registering color deviations on printing materials produced in machines processing printing material, includes using a computer to analyze image data from a prepress stage with regard to coloring in a printed image on the printing materials. During the analysis in the computer, the image data from the prepress stage are organized into image types, the image types are allocated set points and the set points are compared with actual values registered by a color measuring instrument on the printing materials being produced. | 06-16-2011 |
20110142333 | Image processing apparatus and computer readable medium - Image processing apparatus of the embodiments includes a storage which stores data on any of color and brightness of a pixel represented in a first floating-point format including a significand represented in an integer-bit length and an exponent represented in a non-integer-bit length; and an image processor which processes the data. | 06-16-2011 |
20110150326 | STEEL BRIDGE COATING INSPECTION SYSTEM USING IMAGE PROCESSING AND THE PROCESSING METHOD FOR THE SAME - There is provided a processing method of an inspection system for paint coated film of steel bridge using image processing technique comprising: a paint coated film image storing process that stores in a data base (DB) unit a paint coated film image information of a steel bridge photographed by the inspection system; a paint coated film information loading process that loads paint coated film image information through calling a file containing the paint coated film image information to be inspected which is stored in the DB unit; a scale and rust extracting process that displays a scale part and a rust part on an output unit after detecting the rust part and the scale part by an image processing process of the inspection system for paint coated film and storing a calculated percentage of deteriorated are in the DB unit; and a repainting information calculating process that calculates a time for repainting and provide an optimum method for paint coating by deteriorated image information of paint coated film. | 06-23-2011 |
20110158512 | Method and System for Developing New-View Image - A method and a system for developing a new-view image from an original image with a corresponding depth map is provided. The original image has a plurality of original pixels and the new-view image has at least a new-view pixel. The method for developing the new-view image comprises the following steps. According to a corresponding depth value of each original pixel, a corresponding position of each original pixel corresponding to the new-view pixel is estimated. An occupancy proportion of each original pixel occupying the new-view pixel is estimated according to the corresponding position of each original pixel. An estimated color of an estimated partial pixel of the new-view pixel is initially obtained according to the occupancy proportion of one selected original pixel. The estimated partial pixel is updated according to the occupancy proportions and estimated occlusion proportion of the other selected original pixels one by one. | 06-30-2011 |
20110158513 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM - A chroma of each block is calculated from color difference signals to calculate the number of blocks having chroma equal to or more than a predetermined threshold from the blocks other than those of a detected face area and to calculate a high chroma block ratio of the high chroma blocks having the chroma equal to or more than the predetermined threshold, to the number of the blocks other than the blocks in the face area. If an average chroma and the high chroma block ratio are predetermined values or more, the scene is discriminated as a vivid color scene. The threshold of the criterion of the high chroma block ratio is made to be small, if the scene has been discriminated as the vivid color scene in the past, while if the scene has not been discriminated, the threshold is made to be large. | 06-30-2011 |
20110170770 | FINDING AND STRUCTURING IMAGES BASED ON A COLOR SEARCH - Displaying objects from a search is disclosed, including receiving a search color, using a processor to search through a collection of one or more objects to obtain a resulting set of one or more objects based at least in part on the search color, determining, for each of the resulting set of objects, a display parameter based at least in part on an amount of the search color in the object, and displaying the resulting set of objects in a collage based at least in part on the display parameters, wherein the objects are sized and placed such that they substantially fill a predefined collage area. | 07-14-2011 |
20110170771 | Method, System and Software Product for Color Image Encoding - The present invention relates to the compression of color image data. A combination of hard decision pixel mapping and soft decision pixel mapping is used to jointly address both quantization distortion and compression rate while maintaining low computational complexity and compatibility with standard decoders, such as, for example, the GIF/PNG decoder. | 07-14-2011 |
20110182502 | Method of Content Aware Image Resizing - Audiovisual content presentation to users has evolved from users receiving hardcopy printed materials to their searching and retrieving information by accessing any of hundreds of millions of web sites and billions of web pages. User retrieval being performed on a wide variety of platforms from high performance PCs to low performance cellular telephones. Accordingly substantial limitations exist in initially displaying this audiovisual content as well as when users dynamically manipulate browser dimensions or move through the content. Further additional limitations exist for those authoring both online and traditional content to manipulate sourced content to provide the published content. As such a requirement exists for dynamically resizing images that respects the information content within the audiovisual content. Embodiments of the invention provide for content aware resizing of audiovisual content both within authoring and user environments, and in dependence upon device characteristics such as display, processor, power, etc. | 07-28-2011 |
20110182503 | Image Preprocessing - A method performed by a software process executing on a computer system, includes accessing a digital image having a plurality of pixels encoded in a color space that defines hue as a pair of Cartesian coordinates. The method also includes calculating a chroma value for a specified pixel by determining a distance between a point corresponding to a hue coordinate pair value for the specified pixel and a Cartesian origin point. The calculated chroma value is compared to a predetermined threshold and an image processing operation is performed on the digital image based on a result of the comparison. | 07-28-2011 |
20110182504 | MODULAR COLOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE - Color management converting source-side color images into destination-side color images. A module library includes module entries corresponding to function modules implementing color processing functionalities. Each module entry includes a module locator and input and output interface definitions, and some include a profile interface definition. A profile library includes profile entries corresponding to sources of parameters. Profile entries include a profile locator and a profile interface definition. A script specifying a sequence of function modules and sources of parameters is received and interpreted. The module library is accessed to confirm compatibility of the input interface definition for one function module and the output interface definition for an immediately preceding function module. The profile library is accessed to confirm compatibility of the profile interface definitions for the source of parameters and the function module. The color transformation workflow is built based on the compatibility of the interface definitions. | 07-28-2011 |
20110182505 | GRAY LEVEL WEIGHTING CENTROID METHOD FOR HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE - A gray level weighting centroid method for holographic data storage is disclosed. Firstly, a first gray level image having a plurality of blocks is received. Then, a convolution calculation is performed on a weight matrix and the image, so as to obtain a second gray level image having a plurality of blocks each having a gray level value. The gray level values are divided into a bright gray level value and a dark gray level value by a threshold value, so as to convert the second gray level image into a thresholding image and find the positions of the borders of the blocks corresponding to the bright gray level value. Next, the blocks surrounded by the positions of the borders and respectively used as a centroid block are found by making the positions of the borders correspond to the first gray level image. Finally, the centroid block is calculated to obtain a centroid point. | 07-28-2011 |
20110182506 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COLOR PROCESSING PROGRAM - A color processing apparatus includes a memory, a color-difference-accuracy calculating unit, an invertibility-accuracy calculating unit, and an output unit. The memory stores a patch set including patch colors. The color-difference-accuracy calculating unit calculates, as a color-difference accuracy, a color difference between a measured color value, which corresponds to a target color, and a predicted value, which is predicted from the target color using a color conversion model generated from the patch set and measured color values corresponding to the patch colors. The invertibility-accuracy calculating unit calculates, as an invertibility accuracy, a difference between the target color and a predicted target color that is predicted from the predicted value using a model with which transformation is performed in a direction opposite to a direction of transformation using the color conversion model. The output unit outputs the color-difference accuracy and the invertibility accuracy. | 07-28-2011 |
20110188744 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE GENERATION AND RENDERING - Techniques and tools for high dynamic range (HDR) image rendering and generation. An HDR image generating system performs motion analysis on a set of lower dynamic range (LDR) images and derives relative exposure levels for the images based on information obtained in the motion analysis. These relative exposure levels are used when integrating the LDR images to form an HDR image. An HDR image rendering system tone maps sample values in an HDR image to a respective lower dynamic range value, and calculates local contrast values. Residual signals are derived based on local contrast, and sample values for an LDR image are calculated based on the tone-mapped sample values and the residual signals. User preference information can be used during various stages of HDR image generation or rendering. | 08-04-2011 |
20110194757 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING THE DIFFERENCE AMONG SCALED IMAGES AS A LAYERED IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention is to provide an image processing apparatus using the difference among scaled images as a layered image and a method thereof, which utilize the Gaussian and Laplacian pyramid theory to convert an original image into a plurality of scaled images of different scales, and the difference among scaled images of two adjacent different scales as a layered image of the corresponding layer, so that the edge and line characteristics of a scene of the original image for each layered image can be displayed in different levels sequentially from a clear level to a vague level, and provide a layered image display interface and an image characteristic editing interface for users to examine each layered image through the layered image display interface and edit or perform special effect to each layered image, so as to simulate different visual effects based on different vision models. | 08-11-2011 |
20110194758 | REPRESENTING AND RECONSTRUCTING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES - A high dynamic range image can be recovered from a full-resolution lower-dynamic-range image and a reduced-resolution higher-dynamic-range image. Information regarding higher spatial frequencies may be obtained by extracting high spatial frequencies from the lower-dynamic-range image. In some embodiments an approximate impulse-response function is determined by comparing the higher- and lower-dynamic range images. A scaling image obtained by applying the impulse-response function to a high-frequency band of the lower-dynamic range image is combined with an upsampled higher-dynamic range image to yield a reconstructed image. | 08-11-2011 |
20110211752 | Image Processing for Aberration Correction - Processing of a digital image that has been recorded through an optical system is described, the image being in a raw format matrix of picture elements and comprising a plurality of subsets of picture elements, each subset corresponding to a color component. The method comprises analyzing values of picture elements of the color components in terms of spatial features, resulting in at least one calculated parameter that is representative of aberration caused by the optical system, and performing demosaicing of the digital image by, for each picture element under consideration, defining a kernel comprising picture elements that are to be considered during the demosaicing, the definition of the kernel being dependent on the at least one parameter that is representative of the aberration. | 09-01-2011 |
20110216966 | METHOD FOR COMBINING IMAGE AND IMAGING PRODUCT - A method of combining an image with an imaging-related product, comprising: providing an image; forming an image-color histogram of spatially-coherent color clusters within the image, the image-color histogram indicating the frequency of occurrence of spatially-coherent related colors in the image; selecting one or more of the image colors having a frequency of occurrence in the image high enough to be visible to an image observer; selecting an imaging-related product having one or more of the selected high-frequency colors within the imaging-related product or having a color complementary to one or more of the selected high-frequency colors within the imaging-related product; and combining the image and the imaging-related product. | 09-08-2011 |
20110216967 | SPECIFIED COLOR AREA DEMARCATION CIRCUIT, DETECTION CIRCUIT, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USING SAME - A specified color area demarcation circuit | 09-08-2011 |
20110222761 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESERVING THE CREATIVE INTENT WITHIN AN IMAGE PRODUCTION CHAIN - Capturing complex artistic intent for an image having image data for multiple pixels. Plural look algorithms are defined, where each look algorithm applies color adjustments to one or more colors to produce corresponding output colors. An artistic intent is identified for each pixel of the image, where the artistic intent is constituted by chained application of one or more of the look algorithms. Information identifying the artistic intent for each pixel of the image is stored in a format that stores the artistic intent identification information together with the image data for each pixel of the image. | 09-15-2011 |
20110229021 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERPOLATING AND RENDERING IMAGE ON MOBILE DEVICES - An apparatus and method for efficiently interpolating and rendering transformed images on mobile devices are provided. The method includes obtaining a plurality of super pixels by virtually increasing a resolution of the original image, determining a sampling position of a target image pixel under transformation, selecting the nearest super pixel from the plurality of super pixels for the target image pixel, and determining a characteristic of the selected nearest super pixel for the target image pixel. The apparatus and method render a transformed image having image quality comparable to that achieved by bilinear interpolation method while significantly reducing the necessary calculation cost. | 09-22-2011 |
20110229022 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a circumstance vector generation unit configured to acquire information indicating circumstances, to digitize the information, and to generate a circumstance vector, a conversion parameter calculation unit configured to weighted-add several conversion parameters specified by the circumstance vector among a plurality of previously prepared conversion parameters for image conversion, and a converted image generation unit configured to perform image conversion using the conversion parameters obtained by the weighted-adding with respect to an original image to be processed so as to generate a converted image. | 09-22-2011 |
20110229023 | TECHNIQUE FOR ENABLING COLOR BLIND PERSONS TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN VARIOUS COLORS - Systems and methods for processing data representative of a full color image. Such systems may comprise the steps of assisting a color blind person to indicate portions of an image which to their color-deficient vision are indistinguishable, and altering the image to cause those portions to become distinguishable and identifiable. | 09-22-2011 |
20110229024 | Devices and Methods for Processing Images Using Scale Space - Certain embodiments relate to processing images by creating scale space images from an image and using them to identify boundaries of objects in the image. The scale space images can have varying levels of detail. They are used to determine a potential map, which represents a likelihood for pixels to be within or outside a boundary of an object. A label estimating an object boundary can be generated and used to identify pixels that potentially may be within the boundary. An image with object boundaries identified can be further processed before exhibition. For example, the images may be two-dimensional images of a motion picture. Object boundaries can be identified and the two-dimensional (2D) images can be processed using the identified object boundaries and converted to three-dimensional (3D) images for exhibition. | 09-22-2011 |
20110235902 | PRE-COMPUTING DIGESTS FOR IMAGE SIMILARITY SEARCHING OF IMAGE-BASED LISTINGS IN A NETWORK-BASED PUBLICATION SYSTEM - A system and method, which may be an offline method, extracts relevant image features about listing items in a network-based publication system for enabling image similarity searching of such listing items. When a seller lists an item, an image of the item is uploaded and may be sent to a picture processing service, which generates several digests. The digests are compressed data structures each representing a particular image feature such as edge, color, texture, or words. These digests are then stored in a search database, where the digests can be used to retrieve listings by image similarity at scale. A similar process can be performed for a query listing for searching the search database for items similar to the query listing. | 09-29-2011 |
20110243427 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF - An image processing device and a method thereof are provided. In the image processing method, an adjusting value is computed according to a pixel of a current image and a plurality of reference pixels nearby. In addition, a weighted coefficient is computed according to a gray-scale difference between the pixel of the current image and a pixel of a previous image. Further, a weighted adjusting value is computed according to the adjusting value and the weighted coefficient. Besides, the pixel of the current image is adjusted according to the weighted adjusting value to generate a pixel of an output image. Thereby, the current image is adjusted adaptively to increase the quality of the output image. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243428 | Bi-Affinity Filter: A Bilateral Type Filter for Color Images - An edge preserving filter that works on the principle of matting affinity allows a better representation of the range filter term in bilateral class filters. The definition of the affinity term can be relaxed to suit different applications. An approximate bi-affinity filter whose output is shown to be very similar to the traditional bilateral filter is defined. The present technique has the added advantage that no color space changes are required and hence an input image can be handled in its original color space. This is a big benefit over the traditional bilateral filter, which needs conversion to perception based spaces, such as CIELAB, to generate results close to the present invention. The full bi-affinity filter preserves very minute details of the input image, and thus permits an enhanced zooming functionality. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243429 | COLOR TRAPPING ON A HALFTONED BI-LEVEL BITMAP - What is disclosed is a novel system and method for determining whether a pixel resides along a two-color edge in a halftoned bi-level bitmap. In one embodiment, a bitmap having a plurality of colored pixels is received. For each pixel in the bitmap, a window of size n×m is defined centered on the current pixel. The window is partitioned into a plurality of regions with each region having an orientation direction with each orientation direction having an associated numeric value. A number of pixels are counted for each of the first and second colors in each of the associated orientation directions. A determination is made as to the respective orientation direction having the maximum and minimum pixel counts for each of the first and second colors. Thereafter, a determination is made whether the pixel resides along a two color edge based upon the max/min counts and each associated orientation direction. | 10-06-2011 |
20110243430 | IMAGE INPUT APPARATUS - Provided is an image inputting apparatus wherein luminance signals having a high S/N ratio can be generated even during nighttime with a small quantity of photons. An imaging element images image components. A color signal generating section generates color signals from the image components. A color space conversion section converts the color signals into a color space that includes luminance signals and color difference signals. The color space conversion section calculates a luminance signal obtained by adding the image components, as the luminance signal of the color space to be converted. | 10-06-2011 |
20110249890 | Apparatus and method for enhancing visibility of color image - An apparatus for enhancing the visibility of color images includes: a luminance value cumulative distribution calculator that calculates a cumulative distribution function of the number of pixels from a minimum value of luminance values; a baseband signal determining unit that determines baseband signal pixels having luminance values smaller than a threshold level; a luminance compensation value generator that generates luminance compensation values to apply the lower-level luminance compensation values as the pixels have higher-level luminance values, for the pixels having the luminance values larger than the threshold level; a luminance gain generator that determines a luminance gain applied to the luminance compensation values according to a mean luminance values of the input images and the level of the luminance values of the pixels to which the luminance compensation values are applied; and a luminance value enhancing unit that summing the luminance compensation values including the gain with the luminance values. | 10-13-2011 |
20110268352 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises: an unit configured to sequentially determine, as a processing object, each of blocks, and to compare color data of respective pixels in the block that is the processing object, thereby specifying a pattern flag indicating an arrangement pattern of color data; an unit configured to extract first color data from a pixel, and further to extract second color data to fourth color data corresponding to the arrangement pattern; an unit configured to hold the pattern flag of each of the blocks, the first color data, and the second color data to fourth color data; and an unit configured to specify addresses in a memory, at which the first color data and the second color data to fourth color data in a block to be composed are held. | 11-03-2011 |
20110268353 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGE ELEMENTS - A method, system, and machine-readable medium for classifying an image element as one of a plurality of categories, including assigning the image element based on a ratio between an unoccluded perimeter of the image element and an occluded perimeter of the image element and coding the image element according to a coding scheme associated with the category to which the image element is classified. Exemplary applications include image compression, where categories include image foreground and background layers. | 11-03-2011 |
20110274346 | Information Processing Apparatus, Information Processing Method and Program - There is provided an information processing apparatus including a storage unit in which a color arrangement database recording correspondences between color arrangement information about a combination of colors and a color arrangement mood concerning an atmosphere provided by the combination of colors is stored and a color arrangement mood analysis unit that analyzes the input color arrangement information based on the color arrangement database to determine the color arrangement mood corresponding to the combination of colors represented by the input color arrangement information. | 11-10-2011 |
20110280475 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BOKEH EFFECT IN OUT-FOCUSING PHOTOGRAPHY - An apparatus and method for out-focusing photography in a portable terminal is disclosed, including detecting a position of each pixel corresponding to a light area from an original image, generating a blurred image by blurring the original image, mapping a preset texture in correspondence with the detected positions of the pixels in the blurred image, and outputting a result image by mixing the image in which the texture is mapped and the original image, a user can perform out-focusing photography by using a portable terminal having a small lens iris. | 11-17-2011 |
20110293174 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method And Recording Medium For Storing Program To Execute The Method - According to example embodiments, an image processing method includes estimating, using a location-based multi-illuminant estimation unit, candidate correlated color temperature values and location values of sub-units of an image, calculating, using the location-based multi-illuminant estimation unit, a correlated color temperature (CCT) matrix based on the candidate CCT values and the location values, and performing, using a color processing unit, color processing by using the CCT matrix. | 12-01-2011 |
20110299766 | DATA DRIVEN INTERPOLATION USING GEODESIC AFFINITY - Often, information regarding images and/or other data may be incomplete. For example, an image may have depth information associated with a portion of the image, but not the entire image. It may be advantageous to extrapolate the values from the known points to the entire image. Accordingly, a dimensional array representing an image (or other data) may be traversed one or more times to generate an interpolated table. The interpolated table may comprise pixels of unknown value, where a pixel of unknown value may be associated with a number of pixels with known values. In this way, values for pixels may be specified based upon values of pixels having known values. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299767 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A tile image including a predetermined number of pixels (e.g., 32×32 pixels) is divided into blocks (pieces) of a size of 2×2 pixels each to compare color data of each pixel in each piece. A pattern flag indicating an arrangement pattern of the color data contained in each piece is identified, and first color data and color data other than the first color data in each piece are identified, where the first color data is color data corresponding to a pixel at a predetermined position in each piece. If it is determined that all the pieces, except for a piece consisting of the same color, included in the tile image consist of the same color, the two colors are set to representative colors for reference in the tile image. | 12-08-2011 |
20110299768 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR SPECTRAL IMAGE SAMPLING - The present invention relates to spectral image sampling. An image is projected onto an array of optical transformation devices. Image intensity values transmitted by said array of optical transformation devices are detected at each sensor element of an image sensor. The image sensor comprises a plurality of photosensitive sensor elements configured to detect a magnitude of incident light, wherein said sensor elements are shaped as regular polygons whose aspect ratio is controlled to minimize sensor element count while obtaining a desired image quality. The detected image intensity values are processed to infer the image. | 12-08-2011 |
20110305385 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus comprises: a specification unit configured sequentially to determine, as a processing object, each of the blocks divided, and to compare data types of respective pixels in the block that is the processing object; a first determination unit configured to determine whether pixels included in a block including two data types to L (L=M×N) data types include a single type of attribute data; and an output unit configured to output, based on a determination by the first determination, a flag indicating that the block includes an attribute, a flag indicating a layout pattern of the block, a type of color data and a type of attribute data which are extracted from a pixel at a predefined position in the block. | 12-15-2011 |
20110311132 | WAVEFRONT ANALYSIS INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD - The present invention provides high-resolution wavefront measurement systems and methods for real-time inspection of optical and geometrical properties of specular and transparent objects, the systems of the invention comprising at least one illumination apparatus, at least one imaging apparatus constructed and configured to image the object onto an image plane, at least one gradient element disposed at one of the aperture stops of the imaging apparatus; and a sensor placed in the image plane of the imaging apparatus, wherein the sensor is capable of differentiating between different areas of the gradient element thereby being adapted to provide real-time optical and geometrical data of the object. | 12-22-2011 |
20120002870 | Device Link Profile Creation Method, Computer-Readable Medium Storing Program, and Device Link Profile Creation Apparatus - A device link profile creation method including: storing a plurality of device link profiles in a storage unit with information about a first device profile which is used to create one of the plurality of device link profiles, for each of the plurality of device link profiles; storing the first device profile in the storage unit; and performing control by a control unit to: when the first device profile is updated to be a second device profile, detect the second device profile; detect a first device link profile which is created by using the first device profile, as a device link profile to be updated; automatically create a second device link profile by using the second device profile; and update the detected device link profile to be updated by replacing the device link profile to be updated with the created second device link profile. | 01-05-2012 |
20120014591 | Cross-Color Image Processing Systems And Methods For Sharpness Enhancement - Systems and methods for processing a detected composite color image to form a processed composite color image includes the following, for each of a plurality of pixels in the image: (1) identifying a window of pixels in the image that surrounds the pixel, (2) calculating a weight factor coefficient for each detected color from detected color intensity values of the pixels that surround the pixel, (3) calculating raw color contributions corresponding to each nonselected color, (4) multiplying each of the detected color values of a selected color and the raw color contributions corresponding to the nonselected colors, with corresponding weight factor coefficients, to form weighted color contributions, and (5) summing the weighted color contributions to form a processed color intensity value for the pixel. | 01-19-2012 |
20120020551 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A data division unit divides N components of N-dimensional vector signals to upper bit signals and lower bit signals. A vertex data read-out unit obtains output signals of a unit solid or unit hypersolid corresponding to a combination of the upper bit signals of the N components from a plurality of multi-dimensional LUT units used to divisionally store output signals corresponding to vertices of unit solids or unit hypersolids that configure a lookup table in eight-vertex units. An interpolation computing unit makes interpolation computations of output signals for N-dimensional vector signals based on the obtained output signals and the lower bit signals of the N components. | 01-26-2012 |
20120039528 | Image processing apparatus and method - Provided is an image processing apparatus. In the case of a multi-view image, the image processing apparatus may warp a color image and/or a depth image of a reference view to correspond to a target view. An occlusion region may be extracted by comparing the warped color image and/or depth image of the reference view with a color image and/or a depth image of the target view. The image processing apparatus may encode the extracted occlusion region information without loss, and decrease an amount of data in the multi-view image. | 02-16-2012 |
20120045121 | System and method for matching color swatches - A system and method are disclosed that includes storing, on one or more processor readable media that are operatively coupled to one or more processors, at least one database. The database(s) includes electronic color information representing a plurality of colors, and electronic item information representing a plurality of items. Each of the plurality of items respectively contain at least one of the plurality of colors. The database(s) also store electronic user information representing a plurality of users. First electronic color information is received from a first user computing device associated with a first user. The first electronic color information represents a first color. A search request is received from the first user computing device for one or more items that contain a color that is at least associated with the first color. At least one of the plurality of items that respectively contains the color that is at least associated with the first color is determined, and the at least one of the plurality of items and the first color are displayed. | 02-23-2012 |
20120063675 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC COLORING OF DIGITAL IMAGES - Methods and systems for coloring media are described. A first sequence of images at a first resolution is received, wherein the first sequence of images includes images with color information. A second sequence of images is received. Optionally, image registration is performed for a plurality of images in the first sequence with respect to the second sequence and/or for a plurality of images in the second sequence with respect to the first sequence. A color analysis is performed using (optionally aligned) images from the first sequence of images and the second sequence of images, and the results are used to color the second sequence of images. | 03-15-2012 |
20120063676 | TWO-DIMENSIONAL CODE WITH A LOGO - A two-dimensional code with a logo, wherein a two-dimensional code that represents information by means of a cell dot distribution pattern formed by having a plurality of cells colored and a logo mark visually representing characters are superimposed. In a preferred embodiment, at least a part of the cell dot color area is smaller than the cell area while the two-dimensional code that represents the information by means of the cell dot distribution pattern that color codes the cells and the logo mark that visually represents the character are superimposed. | 03-15-2012 |
20120070075 | IMAGE PROCESSING BASED ON VISUAL ATTENTION AND REDUCED SEARCH BASED GENERATED REGIONS OF INTEREST - A system for complexity reduction in images involving concepts of visual attention based most probable region detection for object presence and perspective-view based reduced scale-search approaches. Visual attention concept in context uses gradient and contrast of an image. A pixel meeting certain criteria for gradient or contrast values may be further processed for object presence. Limiting image processing to such regions may reduce the complexity of digitized images. Post processing the outcome using morphological operations like dilation and erosion appropriately may help retain some of the missed object pixels in the resultant image. Typically image blocks at different scales are searched for object presence. Reduced-scale search involves removing certain scales during search. As object size in image varies with its location scales within a given scale-range if searched, may lead to higher chances of object presence. This is implemented using relative heights and widths estimation using the perspective view concept. | 03-22-2012 |
20120070076 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PIXEL TRANSFORMATIONS - Methods, apparatuses, systems, and machine readable media for pixel transformations. One exemplary method includes: determining a state of a pixel format transformation, wherein a pixel format includes a predetermined number of pixel data components and a predetermined number of bits for each of the pixel data components and wherein the state includes a source pixel format and a destination pixel format and at least one intermediate pixel format; converting pixel data in the source pixel format to pixel data in the intermediate pixel format; and converting the pixel data in the intermediate pixel format to pixel data in the destination pixel format. In certain embodiments, a method includes building and compiling a function, at run-time, for the pixel format transformation based upon the state. | 03-22-2012 |
20120082373 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A POINT IS INSIDE A POLYHEDRON - A method for determining if a test point is within a color gamut of an image processing device, which includes: (a) selecting a test point which may or may not be within the color gamut of the image processing device, and wherein the color gamut of the image processing device is defined by at least one polyhedron; (b) forming a test plane containing the test point and two other points, and which intersects an inner portion of the at least one polyhedron; (c) generating a polygon from the intersection of the test plane and an outer boundary of the at least one polyhedron, the polygon having a closed path, which forms a boundary of the polygon; (d) generating a test ray extending from the test point and which is within the test plane; and (e) counting a number of times the test ray crosses the boundary of the polygon. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082374 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING COLOR IN AN IMAGE - A method for evaluating a color of a sample includes acquiring an image having a plurality of pixels from a sample and a plurality of pixels from known color calibration patches. The image is color calibrated using the known color patches to endow the pixels from the sample with the tristimulus values they would have under one or more known illuminants. The calibrated image is transmitted, together with metadata, to a remote location where further computations and an approval process are performed. The further computations include comparing all of the pixels in the image of a standard that are of a first color to all pixels of a second color in the similarly calibrated image of the sample, where the second color is a color in the image of the sample that is most similar to the first color from the image of the standard. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082375 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING MULTIPLE COPIES OF A MOSAIC - The creation of multiple copies of unique and individualized mosaics is performed by creating a pattern from an image using a computer and inserting colored sticks into a frame to match the rows or columns of the pattern. After gluing the sticks of a row or column together while the sticks are still in the frame, the rows or columns are removed and joined together to form assemblies which are sliced to provide near identical copies of each assembly. The slices are then adhered to separate substrates, again in conformance with the pattern, to make multiple copies of the mosaic. | 04-05-2012 |
20120082376 | Reduced Complexity and Blur Technique for an Electronic Lighting System - Digital blurring of an image is carried out by blurring using a linear or piecewise continuous blurring function. The blurring function blurs a rectangular portion of an image so that the blurring can be embodied by vertical blurring followed by halls on pull blow. Blurring is done by getting on portion of the line of pixels, adding and dividing by the number of pixels. All the columns are blurred, followed by all of the rows being blurred. The columns and rows can be blurred at the same time to maximize the number of cache hits. | 04-05-2012 |
20120087576 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE - An image processing device has a classification unit that generates a lookup table by dividing color palettes correlating RGB data with indices into a plurality of groups based on a relationship among R values, G values and B values of the RGB data; a storage unit that stores the lookup table; and a conversion unit that determines to which of the plurality of groups pixel data having the RGB data corresponds based on a relationship among R values, G values and B values of the pixel data, and searches for RGB data that is similar to the RGB data of the pixel data in the determined group, and outputs an index corresponding to the searched RGB data as pixel data. | 04-12-2012 |
20120099784 | CHROMATIC MATCHING GAME - A system and method for image retrieval formulated as a game are disclosed. The method includes receiving a user's image category selection, retrieving an image responsive to the user's image category selection from an associated image database, and displaying the retrieved image and a set of candidate color palettes to the user. The set of candidate color palettes includes a correct palette and at least one incorrect palette. The method further includes providing for a user to attempt to identify the correct palette by selecting at least one of the displayed candidate color palettes and, with a computer processor, generating a score based on the user's at least one selection and outputting the score. | 04-26-2012 |
20120106835 | HYBRID VECTOR HALFTONE SCREENING AND ERROR DIFFUSION - Vector halftoning and error diffusion are combined to provide a quantization method that yields high quality rendered images while demanding fewer system resources. For instance, the method is tolerant of resolution reductions in secondary or auxiliary channels to the vector halftoning process. Accordingly, these secondary pixel data channels can be sub-sampled and/or bit-depth reduced for transmission bandwidth conservation and/or reduction in data storage requirements. Restoring the resolution of the low resolution channels provides estimated image data to arrange or align with high resolution target channel data for the vector halftoning process. Error from marking decisions generated by the vector halftoning process is diffused to neighboring unprocessed pixels. The method also allows for the use of a small vector halftone threshold array while providing quantized images with fine texture and wide color gamuts. In some embodiments error diffusion is distributed according to vector error diffusion. | 05-03-2012 |
20120106836 | Method and system for enhancing image sharpness based on local features of image - A system for enhancing image sharpness includes a minimum unit, a maximum unit, a subtraction unit, a local mean unit, a sharpness calculation unit and a sharpness processing unit. The minimum unit receives pixels in a local area of an image to output a minimum luma value. The maximum unit receives the pixels in the local area of the image to output a maximum luma value. The subtraction unit subtracts the minimum luma value from the maximum luma value to generate a difference value. The local mean unit calculates an average of the luma values in the local area to generate a local mean value. The sharpness calculation unit calculates a sharpness factor for a pixel based on the difference value and an adjustable coefficient. The sharpness processing unit performs a sharpness processing on the pixel according to the sharpness factor and the local mean value. | 05-03-2012 |
20120114227 | OPPONENT COLOR DETAIL ENHANCEMENT FOR SATURATED COLORS - A method, system and device for enhancing detail in areas of saturated color in an image are described. As areas of saturated color are detected in an image the opponent color channel is used to calculate a factor to apply to the original pixel value. By calculating this factor to adjust the pixel values of the image detail may be enhanced in the color saturated areas. A user supplied value may also be included to control the amount of automatic adjustment to the pixel values. | 05-10-2012 |
20120114228 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, and an image processing method, which can reproduce an edge portion with a high resolution in a high resolution raster image, and suppress image degradation such as a jaggy, while suppressing processing cost. In the present invention, an image processing part divides image data of raster data into blocks of M×N pixels (M, N are integers of 1 or more and also at least one of M and N is an integer of 2 or more). Then, the part performs color rounding processing in the block and counts the number of colors in the block. Subsequently, when the number of colors existing in the block is two, the part acquires shape information about arrangement of the two colors. Then, the part stores the shape information and color information for a first color and color information for a second color. | 05-10-2012 |
20120121171 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A VALUE OF AN ATTRIBUTE TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN IMAGE - A method for determining a value of an attribute to be associated with an image, the method comprising the steps of: determining saturation of each of a plurality of pixels of an image; selecting a set of a plurality of pixels from the pixels of the image having a saturation above a predetermined level; determining a value of an attribute on the basis of the selected set of pixels; and associating the determined value of the attribute with the image. | 05-17-2012 |
20120128239 | IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT TO MERCHANDISE AN ITEM - Image-based features may be significantly correlated with click-through rates of images that depict a product, which may provide a more formal basis for the informal notion that good quality images will result in better click-through rates, as compared to poor quality images. Accordingly, an image assessment machine is configured to analyze image-based features to improve click-through rates for shopping search applications (e.g., a product search engine). Moreover, the image assessment machine may rank search results based on image quality factors and may notify sellers about low quality images. This may have the effect of improving the brand value for an online shopping website and accordingly have a positive long-term impact on the online shopping website. | 05-24-2012 |
20120141022 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An electronic document generation system includes a first layer generation unit that generates a character image layer that represents a character image in the scanned image by a predetermined number of bits, an edge image generation unit that generates an edge image of the character image, a second layer generation unit that generates an antialiasing layer that includes a binarized image generated based on the edge image and that is to be superimposed in a semi-transparent state on the character image layer, a file generation unit that generates the electronic document that includes the character image layer and the antialiasing layer, and a base color determination unit that determines a base color of the character image. The second layer generation unit sets the same color as the base color for the antialiasing layer. | 06-07-2012 |
20120141023 | SMART PHOTO STORY CREATION - A computer implemented method for producing a photo story includes automatically sorting a plurality of images, by a computer system, according to a primary criterion to produce a list of sorted images, automatically pruning the list of sorted images, by the computer system, based on one or more secondary criteria to produce a list of kept images, wherein the list of kept images is a subset of the list of sorted images, automatically placing the list of kept images in one or more pages, sections, or chapters to produce a photo story, and displaying the photo story by the computer system. | 06-07-2012 |
20120148149 | VIDEO KEY FRAME EXTRACTION USING SPARSE REPRESENTATION - A method for identifying a set of key frames from a video sequence including a time sequence of video frames, comprising: extracting a feature vector for each video frame in a set of video frames selected from the video sequence; defining a set of basis functions that can be used to represent the extracted feature vectors, wherein each basis function is associated with a different video frame in the set of video frames; representing the feature vectors for each video frame in the set of video frames as a sparse combination of the basis functions associated with the other video frames; and analyzing the sparse combinations of the basis functions for the set of video frames to select the set of key frames. | 06-14-2012 |
20120148150 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS DETERMINING GROUP CORRESPONDING TO INPUT SPECTRAL DATA - An error calculation unit calculates a difference between approximate spectral data obtained by approximating input spectral data using principal component data and the input spectral data for each of a plurality of groups. An error determination unit determines to which of a plurality of groups the input spectral data belongs based on a comparison result by the error calculation unit. | 06-14-2012 |
20120155752 | GEOMETRIC FEATURE BASED IMAGE DESCRIPTION AND FAST IMAGE RETRIEVAL - An apparatus and method for processing pictures (images, graphics or video frames) for image representation and comparison on the basis of a geometric feature description built from histograms of pseudo-color saturation. The feature description can also include normalized centroid variance, as well as an intensity map. The descriptions allow various matching comparisons to be performed between an input image and a set of comparison images, such as to find matching (or mismatching, or other relationship) images. The comparison can be sped using staged comparisons, whereby an image failing one level of comparison need not be considered in subsequent phases. A set of efficient image feature descriptors are described for use in a fast image retrieval scheme, which is efficient for searching of images spanning different image types, rotations and scales. | 06-21-2012 |
20120155753 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING LIGHT SOURCE - A method and apparatus for estimating a light source in an image obtained by an image device are provided. The light source estimating apparatus includes: a brightness-color correlation calculator which calculates brightness-color correlation data from an image of an object generated from at least one image frame; a color balance calculator which calculates a color balance of an entire region of the image and a color balance of a neutral gray region of the image having an average color of gray; a characteristic data generating unit which generates characteristic data of the image based on the brightness-color correlation data, the color balance of the entire region and the color balance of the neutral gray region; and an identifier which determines a type of a light source in the image, based on the characteristic data of the image. | 06-21-2012 |
20120163709 | AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF IMAGE OUTLIERS - Outlier images—those images that differ substantially from other images in a set—can be automatically identified. One or more penalty values can be assigned to each image that quantifies how different that image is from others in the set. A threshold can be determined based on the set of penalty values. Each image whose penalty values are above the threshold is an outlier image. The penalty values can be the sum of per-pixel penalty values multiplied by the number of pixels with nonzero penalty values. A per-pixel penalty value can be the difference between a color value for that pixel and a predetermined range of color values, based on corresponding pixels in other images. The per-pixel penalty value can be determined for each component color and then optionally summed together. The threshold penalty values can be adjusted to provide for greater, or less, sensitivity to differences among the images. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170836 | WEB-BASED COLOR SELECTION SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a database having a plurality of digital color images and a neutral gray background value for each of the images; a processor configured to receive search criteria and to identify one or more of the digital color images meeting the search criteria; and a display configured to display at least one of the identified digital color images on a neutral gray background, wherein the brightness of the neutral gray background is determined by the neutral gray background value for the image being displayed. A method performed by the apparatus is also provided. | 07-05-2012 |
20120170837 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING PARTIAL VIEWS AND/OR A STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE MASTER FROM A 2D-VIEW FOR STEREOSCOPIC PLAYBACK - Image data, in particular a three-dimensional image master, is generated for stereoscopic playback via an auto-stereoscopic playback device. Image data are generated for playback that evokes a three-dimensional visual impression in a human observer by: receiving and/or importing 2D image data of an original view, deriving a plurality of further partial views that represent the information shown in the original view from different viewing angles. For each pixel of the 2D image data of the original view, color values are determined and a control value dependent on the color values is automatically assigned to each of the pixels. Each control value represents disparity information, and while deriving the plurality of partial views, which represents different viewing directions of an original scene represented by the 2D image data of the original view, the individual pixels of the original image are shifted pixel-wise relative to one another according to a displacement vector pre-set for the respective view and corresponding to the control value assigned to the individual pixel, and the pixels of the respective view are derived on the basis of the shifted pixels. | 07-05-2012 |
20120177286 | DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION DIRECTION OF A COLOR EDGE AT A PIXEL LOCATION IN A COLOR IMAGE - What is disclosed is a system and method for determining an orientation direction of a color edge at a given pixel location in a binary color image. The orientation direction of the color edge is determined from eight pixel counts with each pixel count being a total number of pixels in each of eight regions of a window centered about a candidate pixel which resides along the color edge. The eight regions are associated with 8 compass points. The orientation of the edge is determined by a 1 | 07-12-2012 |
20120183207 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus connected to an external memory and a cache memory. The apparatus includes a counter, a coordinate calculator, a tag checker, a pixel referring module, a pixel value calculator and an outputting module. The counter determines a converted coordinate according to a predetermined execution sequence. The coordinate calculator calculates a unconverted coordinate used to calculate a converted pixel value located at the converted coordinate. The tag checker generates a conversion request to calculate the converted pixel value with reference to an unconverted pixel located at the unconverted coordinate. The pixel referring module reads the unconverted pixel from the cache memory based on the conversion request when the unconverted pixel is stored in the cache memory. The pixel value calculator calculates the converted pixel value with reference to the read unconverted pixel. The outputting module writes the converted pixel having the calculated converted pixel value into the external memory. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183208 | INTERPOLATION - A method of pixel interpolation in which a two-dimensional digital filter is arranged so as to interpolate an output pixel from a two-dimensional array of colour input pixels by aligning a filtering operation with a detected direction of an image feature at a pixel position to be interpolated comprises detecting image activity within respective colour components of a group of input pixels around the pixel position to be interpolated; generating monochromatic test pixels by combining the colour components of input pixels in relative proportions dependent upon the detected image activities; detecting the direction of an image feature in a group of the monochromatic test pixels around the pixel position to be interpolated; and interpolating an output pixel using the two-dimensional filter, according to the detected image feature direction. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183209 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY CREATING NATURAL IMAGE BY USING OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUE - A method of automatically creating a natural image which may reduce the torment of creation which is a burden to a designer when creating a new image. To this end, the method includes an initial setting operation of setting an initial condition; a pre-process operation of setting a variable for a phase optimization process; a phase optimization operation of dividing an image to be created into finite elements, assigning values of material properties to the finite elements, performing filtering on the assigned values of the material properties, optimizing a design variable by using an optimization technique, updating a design variable obtained through the optimization process into a new design variable, determining whether the new design variable satisfies a preset convergence criterion, and if it is determined that the new design variable satisfies the preset convergence criterion, outputting a resultant structure; and a post-process operation of converting a final value of a design variable obtained through the phase optimization process into an RGB value of a digital image. | 07-19-2012 |
20120183210 | Method and a Device for Merging a Plurality of Digital Pictures - Embodiments provide a method for merging a plurality of first digital pictures, wherein each first digital picture includes a plurality of pixel values. The method includes extracting details from the plurality of first digital pictures. The method further includes combining the pixel values of the plurality of first digital pictures to generate a combined digital picture. The method further includes modifying the combined digital picture with the extracted details to generate a merged digital picture. | 07-19-2012 |
20120195496 | VARIABLE RATE SPRAYER SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VARIABLY APPLYING AGROCHEMICALS - Systems, methods and computer-readable media are provided for controlling a variable-rate sprayer for precision agriculture. Highly efficient digital image processing enables rapid and reliable control of the variable rate sprayer. In one embodiment, image processing uses only a subset of luminance, hue, saturation and intensity textural features to provide rapid image recognition. In another embodiment, an image is decomposed into RGB components and a G is ratio determined. For example, the textural method is useful in growing season where colour differentiation is difficult. The G ratio method is useful in early spring and late fall where colour differentiation is possible. These rapid computationally light methods enable a mobile sprayer system to identify crop or field conditions in real-time and to dispense an appropriate amount of agrochemical in a specific section of the sprayer boom where the target has been detected as the mobile sprayer advances. | 08-02-2012 |
20120195497 | Slide Processing Apparatus and Method - A basket processing apparatus that includes a basket storage portion in a form of a horizontal load rail. A plurality of slide storage baskets can be located in series on the rail. Each basket is ‘side loading’ and the side loading aperture of each basket can be selectively covered by a slide retaining bar. When the baskets are placed on the load rail, the basket can be moved along the horizontal rail by a basket moving means. The arrangement of the rail and the basket moving means is such that the baskets can be pushed together and move as a ‘train’. Baskets moved to the pick-up end of the rail can then be removed from the rail and processed. A vertical lift mechanism can be used to remove the basket and transport it to a processing device, for example a coverslipper. | 08-02-2012 |
20120195498 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROFILE GENERATION METHOD - When a grid point that is the object to be mapped is present in a first division region a color of which has lightness equal to or higher than the lightness at the maximum chroma point in the color gamut and has chroma higher than the chroma at that point, the intersection of a straight line connecting the grid point to the maximum chroma point and an achromatic axis is calculated and a point having lightness equal to or higher than the lightness of the intersection is set as the focal color. Then, the intersection of a straight line connecting the object grid point to the focal color and the boundary of color gamut is set as an output color for the grid point. The output colors are prevented from being separated into color on the high and on the low lightness sides with respect to the maximum chroma point. | 08-02-2012 |
20120195499 | COLOR DESCRIPTION ANALYSIS DEVICE, COLOR DESCRIPTION ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COLOR DESCRIPTION ANALYSIS PROGRAM - The present invention provides a color description analysis device which converts a natural language description as a description regarding colors expressed in a natural language into data representing distribution of values in a prescribed color space, comprising color ratio determining means which determines the ratio of each area occupied by each color included in the natural language description in the whole area of an image as the object of the natural language description by use of words and phrases indicating relationship between colors and included in the natural language description. | 08-02-2012 |
20120201450 | HUE-BASED COLOR MATCHING - Some embodiments provide a computer program for performing a color matching operation. The computer program identifies first and second images. Each image includes several pixels. Each pixel includes a hue component value. The computer program identifies a set of hue ranges for the first image based on analysis of the hue component values of pixels in the first image. The computer program identifies a set of hue ranges for the second image based on analysis of the hue component values of pixels in the second image. The computer program modifies pixel values of the first image to match pixel values of the second image based on the sets of hue ranges for the first and second images. | 08-09-2012 |
20120207385 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM - A color processing apparatus includes a first calculation unit, a determination unit, and a second calculation unit. The first calculation unit calculates a second color signal from a first color signal by using successive approximation. The first color signal is given by repeatedly calculating a first successive solution using an inverse matrix of a sensitivity matrix of an input/output characteristic function of an output device. The determination unit determines whether or not the first successive solution calculated by the first calculation unit is divergent. The second calculation unit calculates a second successive solution using a method different from a method used by the first calculation unit when the determination unit determines that the first successive solution is divergent. | 08-16-2012 |
20120213429 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FLOWCHART INFORMATION FROM DIGITAL IMAGES - A system and method for extracting flowchart information from digital images is provided. The method includes converting the digital flowchart image into a grayscale image and then binarizing the image. The method further includes extracting and masking text data from the binarized image. Further, flow lines connecting geometric components within the flowchart image are extracted and masked. The geometric components are classified into one or more categories and the flow line relationships between the geometric components are extracted. Finally, the extracted text data, flow line relationship information and geometric component information is stored in a database. | 08-23-2012 |
20120213430 | System and Method for Iterative Interactive Ray Tracing in a Multiprocessor Environment - A method comprises receiving scene model data including a scene geometry model and a plurality of pixel data describing objects arranged in a scene. The method generates a primary ray based on a selected first pixel data. In the event the primary ray intersects an object in the scene, the method determines primary hit color data and generates a plurality of secondary rays. The method groups the secondary packets and arranges the packets in a queue based on the octant of each direction vector in the secondary ray packet. The method generates secondary color data based on the secondary ray packets in the queue and generates a pixel color based on the primary hit color data, and the secondary color data. The method generates an image based on the pixel color for the pixel data. | 08-23-2012 |
20120224766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - An image processing apparatus includes a superimposition processing unit which performs a blend process on a plurality of images which are continuously photographed. The superimposition processing unit includes a moving subject detection unit, a blend processing unit, and a noise reduction processing unit. The moving subject detection unit detects the moving subject region of an image, and generates moving subject information in units of an image region. The blend processing unit generates a superimposition image by performing a blend process on the plurality of images using a high blend ratio in a stationary subject region and using a low blend ratio in the moving subject region based on the moving subject information. The noise reduction processing unit performs a stronger pixel value smoothing process on the moving subject region of the superimposition image based on the moving subject information. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224767 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a management unit configured to manage relevant information for associating color reproduction information and user identification information and relevant information for associating the user identification information to each other, an image reception unit configured to receive original image data together with the user identification information, a generation unit configured to generate image data after matching by performing color matching processing on the original image data received by the image reception unit by using the color reproduction information specified based on the user identification information received by the image reception unit and the relevant information managed by the management unit, and a storage unit configured to store the image data after matching generated by the generation unit in a database. | 09-06-2012 |
20120237119 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEARCHING DIGITAL IMAGES - A method and system for automatically analyzing and searching a database of digital content items includes a process for analyzing digital content items to identify portions capable of receiving text. In one implementation user input is received, where the user input helps construct a set of ordered values representing digital content item features desired by the user. The constructed set of ordered values is compared to sets of ordered values corresponding to digital content items in the database of digital content items, and digital content items are retrieved with sets of ordered values corresponding to the constructed set of ordered values. | 09-20-2012 |
20120237120 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING OVER-RANGE COLORS - A method includes dividing an input range of color values of a first color space into a plurality of sub-ranges, wherein at least one of the sub-ranges comprises an over-range color value. The method also includes determining for each sub-range a level of accuracy in converting color values within each sub-range. The method further includes determining a processing step to be applied to input color values in each sub-range based on the determined level of accuracy. | 09-20-2012 |
20120250984 | IMAGE SEGMENTATION FOR DISTRIBUTED TARGET TRACKING AND SCENE ANALYSIS - Pixels in a feature space can be divided using a hashing method. Random planes are selected within a feature space and a pixel's relationship to each plane determines a bit of a hash code. Clusters of pixels can be identified by local maxima in the hash cells in the feature space. Nearby pixels in the feature space can be further assigned to these local maxima based on hamming distance. An image can be segmented by observing adjacent pixels sharing a common hash code. | 10-04-2012 |
20120257821 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - To provide an apparatus that generates an RGB pattern data from an image pickup signal by an image pickup element having an RGBW pattern and a method. An edge detection unit analyzes an output signal of the image pickup signal of the RGBW pattern to obtain edge information corresponding to the respective pixels, and a texture detection unit generates texture information. Furthermore, a parameter calculation unit executes an interpolation processing in which an applied pixel position is changed in accordance with an edge direction of a transform target pixel to generate parameters equivalent to an interpolation pixel value. In a blend processing unit, the parameters generated by the parameter calculation unit, the edge information, and the texture information are input, in accordance with the edge information and the texture information corresponding to the transform pixel, a blend ratio of the parameters calculated by the parameter calculation unit is changed, the blend processing is executed, and a transform pixel value is decided. | 10-11-2012 |
20120263377 | IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method and system for producing a scalar image from a derivative field and a vector image is disclosed. A function class c is selected, where all members of the class c are functions which map each vector of the vector image to a unique scalar value. A function f is selected from the class c which maps the vector image to a scalar image, the derivative of which is closest to the derivative field. The scalar image is generated from the vector image by using f to calculate each scalar value in the scalar image from a corresponding vector in the vector image. | 10-18-2012 |
20120269427 | PRINTED INFORMATION DEVICE - A printed information device includes a region of interest in an image, and at least two channels assigned to the region of interest by different means of logical partitioning. The region of interest represents a physical area of the image. Each of the channels has a different error tolerance. Continuous and/or cyclic information is independently encoded in each of the at least two channels. The deterrent is configured to be read substantially simultaneously by at least two distinct reading strategies. | 10-25-2012 |
20120294516 | METHOD FOR MERGING THE REGIONS IN THE IMAGE/VIDEO - The present invention relates to a method for merging regions in the image/video, capable of merging plural of image regions into an image merging region. In the disclosed method, these image regions are first sequenced basing on their compactness value. Then, one of these image regions is designated as a reference image region, and a merging test process is executed by merging the reference image region with one of the nearby image regions thereof in sequence, for forming a temporal image merging region. Later, the compactness value of the temporal image merging region is compared with the compactness value of the two consisting image regions thereof, respectively. When the compactness value of the temporal image merging region is larger than either one of the compactness value of the two consisting image regions thereof, the temporal image merging region is designated as an image merging region. | 11-22-2012 |
20120294517 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING COLOUR FROM AN IMAGE - Embodiments of the invention relate to the determination of the colour of a colour sample from an image of the colour sample. In one embodiment a colour sample capture card is provided having printed thereon colour samples of known colour (for example, XYZ tri-stimulus values). An image of the test colour sample is then captured using domestically available equipment, such as a consumer digital camera or camera-equipped mobile telephone, the image also containing the colour sample capture card. Regression analysis is then performed using the RGB colour samples in the image and known XYZ colours thereof to characterise the colour capture response of the image capture device. In one embodiment the colour calibration characteristics are determined using N known calibration colour samples, wherein N is less than the total number of known calibration colour samples across the whole colour space. Having characterised the image capture device the XYZ colour of the unknown colour sample can be determined from the RGB colour thereof in the image. | 11-22-2012 |
20120294518 | CONTRAST IMPROVEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING - A contrast improvement method and system for photoacoustic imaging decomposes a photoacoustic image into a plurality of subband images using a set of filters, and integrates the subband images to form an integrated image. The subband images may be pseudo colored and weighted to improve contrast of the photoacoustic image. | 11-22-2012 |
20120301016 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing system and an image processing method are provided. The image processing method includes following steps. Transformation matrixes between color channel images are obtained according to feature points in the color channel images. A transformation matrix having the minimum distortion is selected to determine a shift datum color channel image. The other color channel images are transformed according to the transformation matrixes corresponding to the shift datum color channel image. The shift datum color channel image and the transformed color channel images are combined to obtain a shift calibrated image. Thereby, the dispersion problem is resolved. | 11-29-2012 |
20120321177 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR PROCESSING METHOD - Data which represents a color space is input, a dataset which represents visual uniformity in each of a plurality of color areas is acquired, and control points which indicate a control region including the plurality of color areas corresponding to the dataset are set on the color space. Then, using the control points and dataset, the color space is corrected to be shrunk. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321178 | METHOD FOR STITCHING IMAGE IN DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A method of stitching an image to combine at least a first image and a second image in a digital image processing apparatus includes obtaining matching areas of the first image and the second image where the second image overlaps the first image, and changing gradations of an entire area of the second image to make a representative gradation of the matching area of the first image the same as a representative gradation of the matching area of the second image, wherein a change rate in changing at least one of the gradations of the entire area of the second image is set according to a level of a gradation of the second image before the changing the gradations of the entire area of the second image. | 12-20-2012 |
20120321179 | Focus-based Edge Detection - A model generator computes a first image perimeter color difference value for each of a plurality of first pixels included in a first image that is captured using a first focal length, and selects one of the first image perimeter color difference values that exceeds a perimeter color difference threshold. Next, the model generator computes a second image perimeter color difference value for each of a plurality of second pixels included in a second image that is captured using a second focal length, and selects one of the second image perimeter color difference values that exceeds the perimeter color difference threshold. The model generator then determines that an edge is located at the first focal length by detecting that the selected first image perimeter color difference value is greater than the selected second image perimeter color difference value, and generates an image accordingly. | 12-20-2012 |
20120328185 | METHOD OF FILTERING COLOR MEASUREMENT DATA - A method of characterizing an imaging system is described includes printing a color chart having a plurality of predetermined color patches; measuring the color patches to obtain colorimetric data; initializing a Neugebauer model with the Neugebauer solids of said colorimetric data; optimizing the global parameters of the Neugebauer model; optimizing the parameters associated with Demichel terms based on the Neugebauer primary associated with the Demichel term; optimizing parameters that vary with device coordinates; creating a characterization file for the imaging system. | 12-27-2012 |
20130004062 | COLOR JUDGING APPARATUS, COLOR JUDGING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT AND PROGRAM - With a pixel included in image data as a reference pixel, a pixel that shares the same pixel value as the reference pixel or a pixel similar to the reference pixel is judged as a shared pixel, and for the pixel judged as the shared pixel, color of the reference pixel is regarded as a color judgment result of the shared pixel, thus making it possible to reduce color calculation processing for the shared pixel. This makes it possible to provide a color judging apparatus operating at higher speed and the like. Thereby, it is possible to provide the color judging apparatus operable at high speed and the like by reducing the number of times of the color calculation processing executed for an input image. | 01-03-2013 |
20130011052 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGES - Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device, the bi-chrome images having pixels of a first and second color. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a first color and a second color, analyzing the image to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image, each particle comprising contiguous pixels of the same color, the particle information comprising information on first and second color particle size and count, and determining if the image is unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011053 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANALYZING THE QUALITY OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CONFIRMATION IMAGES - Methods and systems for evaluating an imager that produces bi-chrome images from a scanner or a digital imaging device, the bi-chrome images having pixels of a first and second color. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an image with a hand-held imaging device, the image having pixels of a first color and a second color, analyzing the image to determine information about particles of the first and second color contained in the image, each particle comprising contiguous pixels of the same color, the particle information comprising information on first and second color particle size and count, and determining if the image is unacceptable based on predetermined objective criteria and the particle information. | 01-10-2013 |
20130016900 | IMAGE FILTERING APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON NOISE PREDICTION USING INFRARED RAY (IR) INTENSITY - Provided is an image filtering apparatus and method that may generate a noise prediction model associated with a depth image, based on an infrared ray (IR) intensity, and thereby predict noise included in a depth image using the generated noise prediction model. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016901 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMAANM Iwaki; YasuharuAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP Iwaki; Yasuharu Tokyo JP - Disclosed are an image processing method and device and an image processing program that are able to perform gradation conversion—that achieves a favorable saturation reproduction when exchanging and reproducing images between devices or between color spaces having different dynamic ranges—by element of having: a first gradation conversion that, when converting gradation characteristics of image data of an image, converts first gradation characteristics using a one-dimensional first lookup table corresponding to the RGB pixel data of the image; and a second gradation conversion that converts the RGB pixel data of the image to chromaticity data and luminescence data or lightness data, and that converts second gradation characteristics of the converted luminescence data or lightness data using a one-dimensional second lookup table corresponding to the luminescence data or lightness data; and then weighting the first gradation conversion and the second gradation conversion. | 01-17-2013 |
20130028509 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE FROM WHICH GHOST BLUR IS REMOVED USING MULTI-EXPOSURE FUSION - An apparatus and method for generating a High Dynamic Range (HDR) image from which a ghost blur is removed based on a multi-exposure fusion. The apparatus may include an HDR weight map calculation unit to calculate an HDR weight map for multiple exposure frames that are received, a ghost probability calculation unit to calculate a ghost probability for each image by verifying a ghost blur for the multiple exposure frames, an HDR weight map updating unit to update the calculated HDR weight map based on the calculated ghost probability, and a multi-scale blending unit to generate an HDR image by reflecting the updated HDR weight map to the multiple exposure frames. | 01-31-2013 |
20130028510 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a searcher. A searcher searches for a partial image expressing a sentence on a color image. A first designator designates the color image as a recorded image when a search result of the searcher indicates “non-detected”. A second designator designates a single-color N graduation image (N: an integer of 3 or more) that is based on the color image, as the recorded image, when a ratio of the partial image detected by the searcher falls below a reference. A third designator designates a binary image that is based on the color image, as the recorded image, when the ratio of the partial image detected by the searcher is equal to more than a reference. | 01-31-2013 |
20130034299 | Robust Patch Regression based on In-Place Self-similarity for Image Upscaling - Methods and systems for image upscaling are disclosed. In one embodiment, a low frequency band image intermediate is obtained from an input image. The input image is upsampled by a scale factor to obtain an upsampled image intermediate. A result image is estimated based at least in part on the upsampled image intermediate, the low frequency band image intermediate, and the input image, wherein the input image is of a smaller scale than the result image. | 02-07-2013 |
20130064445 | Adaptive Dithering During Image Processing - Systems and method are provided for adjusting certain pixel values in an image. In an embodiment of the invention, an average pixel value of pixels at given distances from a selected pixel are examined to determine if the pixel is in a high-contrast area. If the pixel is in a smooth color gradient transition area, the pixel value may be adjusted in some embodiments using an additional dither or dither pattern to reduce differences between the pixel values of the selected pixel and the additional average pixel values exceeding the lower threshold. | 03-14-2013 |
20130071014 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND ARTICLE FOR EVALUATING A STACK OF OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE - An evaluation system to determine a value of a stack of objects preprocess a pixelated color image to produce a set of two color contour data, processes the two color contour data to identify a location of a top and a bottom of the stack, and locates, for each of the objects in the stack, a respective set of color pixels from the pixelated color image corresponding to each object based on the identified locations of the top and bottom of the stack. Each of the objects in the stack are then classified into a color classification based on the object's respective set of color pixels, and the value of the object is determined based on a known correspondence between the color classification and a value. The cumulative value of the stack is determined by summing the determined values for each of the objects in the stack. | 03-21-2013 |
20130071015 | SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AND DELIVERING MATCHING COLOR COATING AND USE THEREOF - The present invention is directed to a system for repairing one or more defects of a target coating of a vehicle. The system can repair target coatings at a repair facility using matching coating compositions provided from a supply center, where the matching coating compositions can be produced according to target repair data transmitted from one or more repair facilities to the supply center. The system can comprise one or more supply centers and one or more repair facilities. | 03-21-2013 |
20130077858 | IMAGE PROCESSING MODULE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing module is provided. A de-mosaic unit in the image processing module includes an edge direction detection unit and a multi-pixel directional interpolation unit. The edge direction detection unit is used to determine an edge direction of a central pixel of the pixel array. The multi-pixels directional interpolation unit is used to determine at least one missing color value of the central pixel based on the edge direction, and determine at least one missing color value of the neighboring pixels based on the edge direction. An image enhancement unit in the image processing module is connected to the de-mosaic unit. | 03-28-2013 |
20130077859 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLOR LOOK UP TABLE GENERATION - In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, a method is provided to generate a color look up table for multiple images. The method includes selecting color points from a first image. The first color points comprise weak image texture. The method also includes identifying feature points in a spatial neighborhood of each first color point. Additionally, the method includes identifying feature points from a second image. The second feature points correspond to the first feature points. The method also includes determining a color points in the second image. The second color points correspond to the first color points, and are determined using a spatial interpolation of the first plurality of color points from the first plurality of feature points and then applying the obtained spatial interpolation to the second plurality of feature points. Further, the method includes generating the color lookup table. | 03-28-2013 |
20130089255 | GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A SEAL IMPRESSION - A method and apparatus for generating an image of a seal impression. Irradiation of a face of a seal with N beams of light striking the face in succession from N respective different directions respectively corresponding to N different angles of incidence of the light on the face is caused, the face having a character thereon, N≧2. N still images of the face corresponding respectively to the N beams are acquired, each still image structured as pixels including a RGB color combination. The N still images are combined to generate a composite image of pixels that includes a common area of pixels that commonly appears on the face of the seal in all still images, the common area having a luminance value exceeding a specified luminance threshold, the common area including a character area pertaining to where the engraved character is located on the face of the seal. | 04-11-2013 |
20130114891 | POST PROCESSING FOR IMPROVED GENERATION OF INTRINSIC IMAGES - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image, in a computer memory, generating an intrinsic image corresponding to the image and modifying the intrinsic image as a function of a bi-illuminant, dichromatic reflection model. | 05-09-2013 |
20130114892 | Method and device for generating a super-resolution image portion - A method for generating a super-resolution image from at least two input images, represented by digital samples. The super-resolution image having a final resolution higher than an initial resolution of one of at least two input images. The method including obtaining, for each input image of the at least two input images, a distortion model to register the input image on a reference grid at the final resolution. The method including warping each input image into a warped image according to the distortion model. Computing warped coordinates respectively for digital samples of the input image. Wherein, the contribution of each digital sample of the input image to the warped image is weighted. The weight applied to each digital sample depending on the warped coordinates of the digital sample. Combining the warped images in order to generate a combined warped image having the final resolution. | 05-09-2013 |
20130121567 | DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES IN A DIGITAL IMAGE - A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for determining characteristics of light sources. In one embodiment, an image comprising pixels may be received. The image may be affected by a plurality of light sources including a first light source and a second light source. The first light source and the second light source may overlap. The intensity and direction of each of the plurality of light sources in the image may be determined. In one embodiment, the color of each light source may also be determined. | 05-16-2013 |
20130121568 | System and Method of Image Upsampling - A method includes receiving an image having a first resolution and generating an upsampled image having a second resolution based on the image. A multi-dimensional data structure corresponding to a multi-dimensional image space is generated from the upsampled image. Each node of the data structure is determined based on a weighted sum of values of one or more pixels in the upsampled image. Each of the one or more pixels corresponds to a pixel in the received image and is located within a region of the image space having a vertex defined by the node. A filter modifies the values of the nodes and a second upsampled image is generated based on the modified values of the nodes. Each pixel of the second upsampled image not corresponding to a pixel in the received image is determined based on a weighted sum of the modified values of one or more nodes. | 05-16-2013 |
20130129203 | IMAGING TERMINAL OPERATIVE FOR DECODING - There is set forth herein an imaging terminal operative for decoding of bar codes. In one embodiment the terminal can include a color imaging assembly having a color image sensor array. The terminal can be operative for capture of a color frame of image data. Responsively to the capture of the color frame of image data the terminal can convert the color image data to monochrome image data while maintaining the color image data. The terminal can utilize the monochrome image data to search for a color bar code finder pattern. The terminal can be operative so that if the color bar code pattern is found utilizing the monochrome image data the terminal can utilize the color image data for attempting to decode a color bar code. | 05-23-2013 |
20130129204 | Illuminant Estimation - In a method of chromagenic illuminant estimation pixels from mutually-corresponding images with different filtering are compared, a fraction of the brightest pixels being selected for a subsequent chromagenic estimation. The pixels may be at corresponding locations or they may correspond in that their mean brightness is in the same rank order. In one method, in which, in a first preprocessing stage, for a database of m lights E | 05-23-2013 |
20130136343 | Fraud Detection Using Image Analysis - In one embodiment, a method executed by at least one processor includes receiving an image associated with a user and analyzing, by the at least one processor, the image. The method also includes determining a set of colors of the image based on the analysis of the image and generating a representation of the image based on the determined set of colors. The method further includes comparing the representation of the image to one or more stored representations of a first set of images. The stored representations of the first set of images are based on sets of colors of the first set of images. The first set of images are associated with known users. The method also includes, in response to comparing the representation of the image to the one or more stored representations of the first set of images, determining that the user is a suspected fraudulent user. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136344 | CREATING A DUOTONE COLOR EFFECT USING AN ICC PROFILE - A method for creating a duotone color effect from a lightest color and a darkest color, including: obtaining a source image in a red-green-blue (RGB) color space; obtaining a lightest color RGB tuple and a darkest color RGB tuple; generating an international color consortium (ICC) device link profile based on the lightest color RGB tuple and the darkest color RGB tuple; and converting the source image in RGB color space to a duotone image in RGB color space using a color conversion function with the ICC device link profile. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136345 | CREATING A LUMINANCE EFFECT USING AN ICC PROFILE - A method for creating a luminance effect, including: obtaining a source image in a red-green-blue (RGB) color space; obtaining a luminance effect parameter; generating an international color consortium (ICC) device link profile based on the luminance effect parameter; and converting the source image in RGB color space to a final image in RGB color space using a color conversion function with the ICC device link profile. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136346 | COMPUTING DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FOREGROUND COLOR OF IMAGE - In a method of a computing device for processing a foreground color of an image, pixels of the image are sampled according to a predetermined sampling ratio. An RGB value of each sampled pixel of the image is counted, and an ideal pixel value of each of the R value, the G value and the B value is determined. A background color of the image is selected from a predetermined color palette according to the ideal pixel value of each of the R value, the G value and the B value. A complementary color of the background color is calculated. A foreground color of the image is selected from the color palette according to the complementary color. | 05-30-2013 |
20130136347 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE COLOR OF AN OBJECT IN A PHOTO - A method for interpreting a color in a photographic digital image is disclosed. The method includes receiving a photographic digital image comprising a color portion proximate to a color scale. Different spatial positions on the color scale correspond to different known outcome values. The position of the color portion in the digital image is located and a digital color value for the color portion is determined. Digital scale color values at different positions on the color scale are determined. The digital color value is compared to one or more digital scale color values to determine a digital reference color value that approximates the digital color value of the color portion. A position of the digital reference color value on the color scale is determined. An outcome value is then determined based on the position of the digital reference color value. | 05-30-2013 |
20130163861 | PIXEL FLOW PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH INTEGRATED CONNECTED COMPONENTS LABELING - An apparatus for efficient processing of images that are expressed as flows of pixels is disclosed. The proposed pixel flow processor consists of a number of readout units each of them capable of reading images as continuous flows of pixels and flows of pixels provided in bursts, a plurality of pixel flow output units each of them capable of generating images, at least one pixel processing pipeline implementing functions like color conversion, color balancing, scaling and feature extraction, and at least one component labeling unit. This apparatus can be further enhanced with an integral image calculation unit. The apparatus provides output image as continuous flows of pixels and flows of pixels provided in bursts, which can become input to equivalent structures or stored to bus-accessible devices. | 06-27-2013 |
20130170740 | METHOD OF PREDICTING PERCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEMORY AND DIRECTLY VIEWED COLORS IN VIDEO - Disclosed is a processor for predicting perceptual differences between colors recalled from memory and directly viewed colors in a tested video. The processor includes a memory effects processor structured to generate compensation factors for distortions of color due to memory effects and apply the compensation factors to data from the reference video or data from the tested video. The compensation factors may include factors for changes in saturation over time, changes in hue angle, changes in uncertainty, and a categorization factor that reflects a trend in shifts and towards cardinal color centroids over time in memory. | 07-04-2013 |
20130216128 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GENERATING AN INTERLACED COMPOSITE IMAGE - According to some embodiments, there is provided a method of creating an interlaced composite image. The method comprises receiving a plurality of images selected for interlacing, generating an interlaced composite image by interlacing a plurality of image strips from each the image and a plurality of separating strips in alternating manner, and outputting the interlaced composite image. At least some of pixel color values of each of the plurality of separating strips are calculated as a function of respective pixel color values of each of a first and second of the plurality of image strips which are interlaced to its left and to its right in the interlaced composite image. | 08-22-2013 |
20130243310 | Apparatus and Method for Measuring Optical Characteristics Using a Camera and a Calibration Chart Imaged with the Camera - A method including the determination of color information of an object is disclosed. Data is generated of the object with an image generation device having a field of view. The object and a reference implement having one or more regions of predetermined optical properties are positioned in the field of view of the image generation device. Data is generated of the reference implement, which includes a positional location attribute. Based on the positional location attribute a position of the one or more regions of predetermined optical properties of the reference implement in the field of view of the image generation device is determined by a processing system without operator identification of the position of the reference implement in the field of view of the image generation device. Color information of the object is generated by adjusting the data generated of the object based on the data generated of the reference implement. The color information may include value, chroma and hue information, RGB values, XYZ coordinates, or Lab values. The color information may be transmitted electronically to a remote location. The object may be human skin. The object and the reference implement may be positioned so as to be subject to a substantially corresponding lighting condition. | 09-19-2013 |
20130259362 | ATTRIBUTE CLOUD - An example system includes at least one memory and at least one processing device. The at least one memory comprises instructions that when executed by the at least one processing device cause the system to receive a text corpus, filter the text corpus to obtain a plurality of attributes, determine the semantic cohesion between the plurality of attributes, and create an attribute cloud including the plurality of attributes, where the placement of the plurality of attributes within the attribute cloud is based at least in part on the determined semantic cohesion between the plurality of attributes. | 10-03-2013 |
20130266215 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING/DETERMINING THE DATE OF A PHOTO - Undated photos are organized by estimating the date of each photo. The date is estimated by building a model based on a set of reference photos having established dates, and comparing image characteristics of the undated photo to the image characteristics of the reference photos. The photo characteristics can include hues, saturation, intensity, contrast, sharpness and graininess as represented by image pixel data. Once the date of a photo is estimated, it can be tagged with identifying information, such as by using the estimated date to associate the photo with a node in a family tree. | 10-10-2013 |
20130301912 | IMAGE ENHANCEMENT USING MODULATION STRENGTH MAP AND MODULATION KERNEL - An image enhancement system may generate a net signed fractional modulation value at each location in an image using a modulation strength map (MSM) in combination with a modulation kernel F(θ). The system may scale an image value at each location using the net signed fractional modulation value at each location. Application of the algorithm may not result in systematic clipping of peri-edge locations to maximum or minimum brightness values, or any other form of systematic homogenization of values at peri-edge locations. | 11-14-2013 |
20130322745 | Local Image Statistics Collection - Systems and methods for generating local image statistics are provided. In one example, an image signal processing system may include a statistics pipeline with image processing logic and local image statistics collection logic. The image processing logic may receive and process pixels of raw image data. The local image statistics collection logic may generate a local histogram associated with a luminance of the pixels of a first block of pixels of the raw image data or a thumbnail in which a pixel of the thumbnail represents a downscaled version of the luminance of the pixels of the first block of the pixel. The raw image data may include many other blocks of pixels of the same size as the first block of pixels. | 12-05-2013 |
20130329989 | PATTERN CONVERSION FOR INTERPOLATION - A method of processing a digital image having a predetermined color pattern, includes converting the predetermined color pattern of the digital image into a converted digital image having a different desired color pattern; and using algorithms adapted for use with the desired color pattern for processing the converted digital image. | 12-12-2013 |
20130343644 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAY CONTENT DETECTION IN OUTPUT DOCUMENTS FOR BILLING DETERMINATIONS - A method and system implementing the method for color pixel counting in images by determining color pixels that, upon marking, appear as visibly color or gray to the human eye by applying a 2-dimensional filter and a reverse color lookup process. An area color computation is performed on a window around each pixel of interest to determine average gray level values for output colors (C, M, Y). Gray line values for each output color are determined and the values for at least two output colors are compared to the average gray level values. If average gray level value for both colors is within a tolerance for the gray line, the pixel is determined as visibly gray. Otherwise, if at least one count is not within the tolerance, the pixel is determined as visibly color. The count of visibly color pixels can be used to determine the billable color pixel count. | 12-26-2013 |
20130343645 | COLOR MATRIX CODE - When an imaging device receives an image file that includes a color barcode, a processor of the imaging device and/or a remote processor may decode the barcode by identifying informational elements and calibration elements in the barcode. When the calibration elements are detected, one or more color model parameters are determined, and a color model is developed. When an informational element is then detected, a color value is determined for the informational element, the color model is applied using the color model parameters to yield an adjusted color value for the informational element, and the adjusted color value is used to decode the color barcode. | 12-26-2013 |
20140016861 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, PICTURE STYLE CONVERSION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing apparatus includes a line drawing conversion module configured to executes line drawing conversion of a source image, an image conversion module configured to form a plurality of divisional images having geometrical shapes, by connecting lines of a line drawing obtained by the line drawing conversion by the line drawing conversion module, and a coloring module configured to color, in specific colors, areas in the respective divisional images formed by the image conversion module. | 01-16-2014 |
20140023266 | Method of Detecting and Quantifying Blur in a Digital Image - Method of detecting and quantifying blur in a digital image implementing a computer and comprising: —a step a) of obtaining a digital image; a step b) of obtaining a brightness parameter for each pixel on the basis of the digital image, the step b) comprising an operation of convolution with an edge detection matrix; a step c) of calculation of a score S1 comprising the maximum, calculated over all the pixels, of the brightness parameter obtained in step b); and a step d) a step of evaluating the digital image, the digital image being considered to be blurred if the score S1 obtained in step c) is strictly less than a first predetermined threshold, the score S1 providing a first quantity of blur present in the digital image. | 01-23-2014 |
20140037200 | SETTING AN OPERATING-SYSTEM COLOR USING A PHOTOGRAPH - Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of tools and techniques for setting color settings of an operating system using one or more photographs. According to one exemplary technique, a photograph is received, and one or more pixel weights for one or more pixels of the photograph are determined. Also, using at least one of the one or more pixel weights, at least one dominant color of the photograph is determined. Additionally, using the at least one dominant color, at least one color setting of an operating system is set. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037201 | Method and Wireless Handheld Device for Determining Image Hue - The present invention provides a device and a machine readable storage medium for determining image hue, which relate to the field of image processing. The device is configured to perform: obtaining color information of a part or all of pixels of an image including hue values, brightness values and saturation values; determining a pixel whose hue value needs to be compared according to the obtained color information, and comparing the pixel, whose hue value needs to be compared, with hue values of preset multiple candidate colors, determining a closest candidate color, and accumulating a weight value of the pixel whose hue value needs to be compared to a weight value of the closest candidate color; and using hue of a candidate color with the highest weight value as hue of the image. The machine readable storage medium can cause a processor to perform the steps above. | 02-06-2014 |
20140037202 | Methods and Systems for Estimation of Additive Noise - Aspects of the present invention are related to systems and methods for estimation of additive noise in an image or in a video sequence. An additive-noise estimate may be computed based on a first significant peak in a histogram of standard-deviation values of patches of an image-channel image associated with an input image. | 02-06-2014 |
20140044349 | CONTEXTUAL DOMINANT COLOR NAME EXTRACTION - Dominant color names may be extracted from an image by analyzing spatial-context of pixels contained in the image. A dominant color region may be defined by taking a double-threshold approach that addresses ambiguous color regions and a degree of confidence that each pixel belongs in the dominant color region. Affiliation maps and binary maps may be used to generate the dominant color region. Images may be converted to a saliency map, from which a region of interest may be assigned a dominant color name. Image search results may be filtered by the dominant color name associated with the image. | 02-13-2014 |
20140050393 | METHOD FOR PERFORMING A MULTI-CLUSTERING MERGE FOR USE IN AN IMAGE PROCESS - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image defined by image locations, in a computer memory, generating a bi-illuminant chromaticity plane in a log color space for representing the image locations of the image in a log-chromaticity representation for the image, calculating a set of log-chromaticity cluster maps, each based upon an estimate for an orientation of the bi-illuminant chromaticity plane selected from a set of estimates and including a cluster for each one of the image locations, and merging the set of log-chromaticity cluster maps to obtain a single, merged log-chromaticity cluster map. | 02-20-2014 |
20140056512 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOSSY COMPRESSION OF IMAGE COLOR PROFILES - Techniques for accurate color representation of images stored within a social networking system. In an embodiment, an error metric and a target error threshold are determined. A binary search algorithm and a simulated annealing algorithm are performed. A color profile for transforming an image in a first color space to a second color space is created based on the binary search algorithm, the simulated annealing algorithm, the error metric, and the target error threshold. Determination of the error metric may comprise determining a frequency with which a color occurs in the image, assigning a weight to the color based on the frequency, and calculating the error metric based on the weight. Determination of the error metric may comprise dividing the image into a plurality of sections, assigning a plurality of importance values to the plurality of sections, and calculating the error metric based on the plurality of importance values. | 02-27-2014 |
20140056513 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR COMPOUND IMAGE DEMOSAICING AND WARPING - Methods, systems, and computer program products to obtain a color image from a color filter array, such as, for example, a color filter array comprising a Bayer pattern. A method of image processing includes, for each pixel location (i,j) and for each color channel in a color image, determining a warped location (i′,j′) in a color filter array, and determining a color value of the color channel at location (i′,j′) in the color filter array. The method may further include storing the determined color value. The determining of the color value may include interpolating the color value of the color channel at location (i′,j′) in the color filter array. In this manner, a single interpolation operation set may be needed and an intermediate image may be avoided, saving memory, reducing processing time, minimizing artifacts, and reducing cost. | 02-27-2014 |
20140064610 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - There is provided an image processing unit including a color space conversion unit that converts a first color space expressing an input image into a second color space, a frequency conversion unit that converts the input image expressed in the second color space into a frequency component, a CSF setting unit that sets a CSF (Contrast Sensitivity Function) corresponding to the second color space, and a level control unit that controls a level of the frequency component of the input image for each band according to the CSF. | 03-06-2014 |
20140072210 | ORIENTED, SPATIO-SPECTRAL ILLUMINATION CONSTRAINTS FOR USE IN AN IMAGE PROGRESS - In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image represented in a spatial plane, organizing spatio-spectral information for the image in a matrix equation expressed by normal and tangential constraints determined as a function of a spatial orientation of selected image locations, relative to the spatial plane of the image and utilizing the matrix equation to solve for an intrinsic image corresponding to the image. | 03-13-2014 |
20140105489 | PRE-COMPUTING DIGESTS FOR IMAGE SIMILARITY SEARCHING OF IMAGE-BASED LISTINGS IN A NETWORK-BASED PUBLICATION SYSTEM - A system and method, which may be an offline method, extracts relevant image features about images in a network-based publication system for enabling image similarity searching of such images. An image is uploaded and may be sent to a picture processing service, which generates digests. The digests are compressed data structures each representing a particular image feature such as edge, color, texture, or words. These digests are then stored in a search database, where the digests can be used to retrieve images by image similarity at scale. A similar process can be performed for an image query for searching the search database for images similar to the query image. | 04-17-2014 |
20140126809 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETERMINING COLOR AMOUNT, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - When a printing fee is changed, if a printing fee is changed to one for a color amount that is smaller than an actual color amount of an input image, an image processing apparatus automatically performs image processing in order to maximize the color amount at the selected printing fee and prints an image processing result. | 05-08-2014 |
20140153820 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE - Provided is an image processing apparatus that can effectively display an image by using an optimized dynamic range compression technique and a method of processing an image by using the same. The method includes: obtaining a first blurred image and a second blurred image from the input image; estimating illuminance of the input image by combining the first blurred image and the second blurred image; generating a dark region amplified image from the input image; generating a bright region conserved image from the input image; applying weights to the dark region amplified image and the bright region conserved image, respectively, according to the estimated illuminance; and combining the weighted dark region amplified image and the weighted bright region conserved image to generate a final image. | 06-05-2014 |
20140153821 | COLOR DETERMINATION DEVICE, COLOR DETERMINATION SYSTEM, COLOR DETERMINATION METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - In a color determination device ( | 06-05-2014 |
20140161348 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO DETECT AND SELECT BEST PHOTOGRAPHS - Disclosed is a software routine which determines which photographs in a corpus are similar, groups the similar photographs, and which then determines which photographs within a group meet criteria of “better” photographs. | 06-12-2014 |
20140161349 | STRAIGHT LINE DETECTION APPARATUS AND STRAIGHT LINE DETECTION METHOD - To detect a straight line using the Hough transform taking into consideration not only the number of points but also other properties of the straight line, the Hough transform unit performs a Hough transform on contour-enhanced binary image data. The Hough table stores a count after the Hough transform. The adjustment unit adjusts the count. The straight line detection unit detects a straight line based on the adjusted count. Additionally, to detect a straight line, independent of its direction or location in the image, for each straight line in the binary image data, the straight line calculation unit determines the intersections where that straight line cuts up the binary image data to calculate the intersection distance. The normalization unit divides the count stored in the Hough table by the intersection distance to normalize the count. The straight line detection unit detects a straight line based on the normalized count. | 06-12-2014 |
20140169666 | Creating a blended image - Methods and systems are disclosed for creating a blended image by receiving an overlay image frame in a device ( | 06-19-2014 |
20140177952 | COLOR NAME DETERMINATION DEVICE, COLOR NAME DETERMINATION METHOD, INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM - In a color name determination device, a color receiver receives input of a color, a document retriever retrieves for documents in which images relating to the received color are disposed, a key word extractor extracts key word character strings appearing in the retrieved documents, an image retriever retrieves for images relating to the extracted key word character strings, a degree acquirer represents, with a predetermined accuracy, colors appearing in the images as a retrieval result and acquires degrees at which the colors appear in the images, a color determiner determines color indicated by the received character string on the basis of the acquired degrees, and a color naming determiner determines, if the received color and the determined color are the same or similar, the a key word character string corresponding to the determined color is a color name character string indicating the received color. | 06-26-2014 |
20140185927 | MEASURING INSTRUMENT, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT POSITION POSITIONING METHOD AND MEASUREMENT POSITION POSITIONING PROGRAM USING THE SAME - A measurement system is capable of accurately aligning the corresponding measurement points of a plurality of measurement targets to evaluate the measurement targets from measurement results. A measurement system includes a measuring instrument and a PC, the measuring instrument includes a spectroscopic unit that measures a measurement point of a measurement target and a camera that images surroundings in real-time. The PC displays an evaluation image of continuous image information, which is imaged and displayed by the camera on a display screen so as to be superimposed on a reference image of still image information, which has been imaged and stored in memory. By comparing the data obtained by measuring the measurement point in the evaluation image when both images overlap each other and the measurement data of the point in the reference image, it is possible to perform positioning easily and compare the measurement data. | 07-03-2014 |
20140198981 | DOCUMENT UNBENDING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Embodiments of a processing systems and methods can unbend an image of facing pages of a bound book. An exemplary processing system can comprise an edge-detection unit, a keystone-correction unit, a flattening unit, and a conversion unit. After an image is received by the processing system, the image can be processed in turn by each unit. The edge-detection unit can identify edges of a document in the image. The keystone-correction unit can reduce or remove keystoning in the image, thereby correcting horizontal distortion of the document. The flattening unit can flatten or straighten text or objects in the image, thereby correcting vertical distortion of the document. The conversion unit can convert the image to a desired color profile. Accordingly, the processing system can process an original image into a more easily readable and digitally manipulable image. | 07-17-2014 |
20140233850 | Method for Determining the Luminance of Traffic Signs and Device for Implementing Same - The method of the invention comprises: obtaining a sequence of at least two images, with different levels of illumination; extracting the region containing the sign in the image; calculating the luminance values of the signs; and obtaining the difference in luminance of the sign corresponding to the two levels of illumination. The value obtained is the luminance of the sign ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140270498 | CONTENT BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONDUCTING SPECTRUM COLOR BASED IMAGE SEARCH - A method for dynamically displaying results of simultaneous two dimensional image search comprises: maintaining a first database comprising a set of records, each record comprising an image and an associated set of annotations describing the image, receiving an annotation criterion and a color scheme from a user, generating a target color scoring template from the color scheme, conducting a content based search by searching the first database to identify a set of pertinent images satisfying the annotation criterion, and performing the following operations for each image in the set of pertinent images: resizing a given image to a predefined size before generating an image color spectrum histogram for the given image, adding the given image to a pool of acceptable images if the generated image color spectrum histogram matches with the target color scoring template; and dynamically displaying images in the pool of acceptable images to the user. | 09-18-2014 |
20140270499 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING DEVICE - An image processing apparatus includes: a color feature data calculation unit configured to calculate color feature data of each pixel in an intraluminal image or color feature data of each small region obtained by dividing the intraluminal image into a plurality of small regions; a residue candidate distribution determination unit configured to determine, from among the color feature data, color feature data distributed on a side comparatively strong in redness to be a mucosa distribution and determine color feature data distributed on a side comparatively weak in redness to be a residue candidate distribution; and a residue distribution determination unit configured to determine, from among distributions of the color feature data determined to be the residue candidate distribution, a residue candidate distribution distributed on a side strong in yellowness with reference to the mucosa distribution to be a residue distribution. | 09-18-2014 |
20140301637 | Single-image Specular Reflection Separation - Systems and methods are discussed to separate the specular reflectivity and/or the diffuse reflectivity from an input image. Embodiments of the invention can be used to determine the specular chromaticity by iteratively solving one or more objective functions. An objective function can include functions that take into account the smooth gradient of the specular chromaticity. An objective function can take into account the interior chromatic homogeneity of the diffuse chromaticity and/or the sharp changes between chromaticity. Embodiments of the invention can also be used to determine the specular chromaticity of an image using a pseudo specular-free image that is calculated from the input image and a dark channel image that can be used to iteratively solve an objective function(s). | 10-09-2014 |
20140307960 | Generation of ghost-free high dynamic range images - Apparatuses and methods for reading a set of images to merge together into a high dynamic range (HDR) output image are described. Images have a respective HDR weight and a respective ghost-free weight. Images are merged together using the weighted average of the set of input images using the ghost-free weight. A difference image is determined based on a difference between each pixel within a HDR output image and each respective pixel within a reference image used to create the HDR output image. | 10-16-2014 |
20140321739 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The embodiments of the present invention provide an image processing method and apparatus and electronic device. The image processing method includes: acquiring a visible image and an infrared image of a captured object; decomposing the visible image to generate a base image layer containing low frequency components; decomposing the infrared image to generate a detail image layer containing high frequency components; and combining the base image layer and the detail image layer, so as to generate a combined image of the captured object. In the embodiments of the present invention, a combined image with the surface of a captured object being smooth and important characteristic portions being kept without distortion can be obtained. | 10-30-2014 |
20140369598 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-LINEAR PROCESSING OF IMAGE FRAMES - Embodiments of the present disclosure include systems and methods for image processing for enhancing, e.g., photos, videos, and graphics representations. Particularly, some embodiments perform a histogram-based SMQT decomposition of various attributes in an original image. The SMQT decomposition of these attributes may then be used to create a look-up-table indicating how to modify pixel attributes in the same or a subsequent image so as to enhance the same or subsequent image. The results of the SMQT decomposition for each attribute may be interpolated based, e.g., on user preferences, to achieve a more optimal enhancement. | 12-18-2014 |
20140376805 | METHOD FOR DEMOSAICKING - A method for demosaicking a digital image is provided. Pixels of the digital image are processed in an order from the upper-left to lower-right of the digital image. If a current-processed pixel is a second color or a third color, a first sub-window centered at the current-processed pixel is generated. A first mask is used to select a first plurality of prior-processed pixels. A set of direction weightings of the current-processed pixel is calculated according to stored direction weightings of the first plurality of prior-processed pixels. An interpolating direction of the current-processed pixel is determined according to the set of direction weightings of the current-processed pixel. A value of a first color for the current-processed pixel is calculated based on the set of direction weightings of the current-processed pixel and values of the first color of pixels of the first color in the first sub-window. | 12-25-2014 |
20150023591 | OPTICAL ANALYSIS OF A POINT OF AIM OF A PROJECTILE DISCHARGE DEVICE - A system and method for performing an optical analysis of a point of aim of a projectile discharge device includes capturing and storing a first image in a first temporary storage location, capturing and storing a second image in a second temporary storage location, comparing the second image with the first image by employing an image processing technique decoding a plurality of color codes of the first image by an image processor and storing in a first two dimensional array, decoding a plurality of color codes of the second image by an image processor and storing in a second two dimensional array, comparing a plurality of matrix of elements of the first two dimensional array and the second two dimensional array and storing in a third two dimensional array and generating a binary outcome of an authorized user in a unique color chosen by the authorized user. | 01-22-2015 |
20150110389 | Systems and Methods for Lossy Compression of Image Color Profiles - In one embodiment, an image is received by a computing device, the image corresponding to a first color space. A color profile is created for transforming the image from the first color space to a second color space, the creation of the color profile being based on an approximation function for transforming the image. The approximation function is determined by a polyline which comprises a number of line segments. The polyline is separated from an ideal function curve for transforming the image by an error value that is within a pre-determined threshold. | 04-23-2015 |
20150117768 | Text rendering method with improved clarity of corners - A method determines a contribution of an object to an intensity value of a current pixel that is partially covered by the object by calculating an entry location and exit location for an edge of the object in the current pixel, the entry and exit locations being located on boundaries of the current pixel with different orientations. The method determines an intensity value for at least one neighbouring pixel located adjacent to the current pixel, the neighbouring pixel being selected based on the calculated entry and exit locations, and then determines an intensity value of the current pixel using the determined intensity value of the at least one neighbouring pixel as a contribution of the object at the current pixel. | 04-30-2015 |
20150131901 | METHOD OF MAKING CAMOUFLAGE - Methods are disclosed relating to the production of camouflage that include steps such as harvesting a set of objects that have a diversity of color from the environment, placing the set of objects within a scene, capturing a set of images of the scene, adjusting color in the set of images, assembling a composite image, printing the composite image, making color adjustments and reprinting the composite image. | 05-14-2015 |
20150317805 | COLOR-SAMPLE IMAGE GENERATOR, COLOR-SAMPLE GENERATOR, COLOR-SAMPLE GENERATION METHOD, AND COLOR-SAMPLE - A color sample image generator, a color-sample generator, and a color sample generation method are provided. The color-sample image generator produces a color sample, and lightness of every pixel of a first area of a first image from which the color sample is to be extracted is measured and all the pixels are arranged in a second area of a second image that is different from the first area based on lightness level. The color-sample generator and the color-sample generation method includes obtaining all pixels of a first area of a first image from which a color sample is to be extracted, measuring a level of lightness of each of the obtained pixels of the first area, and rearranging each of the pixels whose lightness has been measured in a second area of a second image that is different from the first area. | 11-05-2015 |
20150332434 | Demosaicking System and Method for Color array Based Multi-Spectral Sensors - A computer-implemented demosaicking system and method that can receive an image (or many images that represent individual frames of a video) at a demosaicking processor from a multi-spectral band camera. The image can include four or more band images that each correspond to an unique spectral band obtained by the multi-spectral band camera. A clustering module can perform spectral clustering of the four or more band images to identify multiple clusters. For each of the plurality of clusters, a weights module can determine a cluster weight by computing correlations between each of the unique spectral bands in each cluster. A super-resolution module can perform super-resolution for each of the unique spectral bands by utilizing the cluster weights from the weights module. The super-resolution module can iteratively apply the super-resolution for each of the unique spectral bands and a value for each unique spectral band can be updated after each iteration. | 11-19-2015 |
20150348268 | REGISTRATION OF SEPARATIONS - Separations or images relating to film or other fields may be registered using a variety of features, such as, for example: (1) correcting one or more film distortions; (2) automatically determining a transformation to reduce a film distortion; (3) applying multiple criteria of merit to a set of features to determine a set of features to use in determining a transformation; (4) determining transformations for areas in an image or a separation in a radial order; (5) comparing areas in images or separations by weighting feature pixels differently than non-feature pixels; (6) determining distortion values for transformations by applying a partial distortion measure and/or using a spiral search configuration; (7) determining transformations by using different sets of features to determine corresponding transformation parameters in an iterative manner; and (8) applying a feathering technique to neighboring areas within an image or separation. | 12-03-2015 |
20150363945 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR AUTOMATICALLY FINDING OBJECTS OF A SPECIFIC COLOR - A computer implemented method, system and computer program product for identifying the Main Colors and the matching colors of a visual object, and then viewing on a mobile device select items comprising the matching colors, such as from a merchant's catalogue. A visual object is analyzed for color content, and the results are stored on a system database located on the device or on a remote server. The color analysis of the objects comprise advanced image processing techniques, such as Main Color extraction using color space transformation comprising HSV, RGB and CYMK to map between pixels in the image. The user can subsequently view a display on their mobile identifying the visual object's Main Colors and at least one Harmonic Color; and then select and view all items (i.e. products in a database) comprising one Harmonic Color, and/or all items of a specific type and Harmonic Color. | 12-17-2015 |
20160005188 | COLOR NAME GENERATION FROM IMAGES AND COLOR PALETTES - Systems and methods are provided for generating color names for colors corresponding to images and/or palettes. A color image is obtained, and one or more color palettes corresponding to the color image are identified. The color palette may be generated based on palette generation criteria, which may facilitate or control a palette generation process. Illustratively, the palette generation process may include image pre-processing, color distribution generation, representative color identification, palette candidate generation, and palette determination. A color name for each color identified in the color palette and/or the color image can be identified based at least in part on color name popularity information. Color name popularity information may be identified from color name-related voting results provided by a social network site. Aspects of the disclosure are further directed to processing the identified color name(s), such as updating color name metadata associated with the original color image and/or the color palette. | 01-07-2016 |
20160011051 | HAIR COLORANT SYSTEM AND METHOD | 01-14-2016 |
20160019675 | TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, RECEIVING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING METHOD, AND TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SYSTEM - Provided is a transmitting apparatus including an image obtaining unit configured to obtain image data having pixel information including color information and having a first resolution, an image conversion unit configured to delete the color information of at least a portion of pixels of the obtained image data, to rearrange the pixel information of a plurality of pixels, and to convert the image data having the first resolution into image data having a second resolution lower than the first resolution, and an output unit configured to output, to a transmitter, the image data whose resolution has been converted from the first resolution into the second resolution by the image conversion unit, the transmitter having a maximum resolution of image data which the transmitter is allowed to wirelessly transmit to a receiving apparatus, the maximum resolution being the second resolution. | 01-21-2016 |
20160026892 | PAPER SHEET OR PRESENTATION BOARD SUCH AS WHITE BOARD WITH MARKERS FOR ASSISTING PROCESSING BY DIGITAL CAMERAS - A surface object comprises a surface with a boundary, the surface having a background color. At least one optical marker is provided on the surface for assisting of image processing for improving appearance of an image of the surface with the boundary. At least one optical marker includes at least one color which is lighter or darker than the background color and the color different ΔE between the background color and the at least one color of the optical marker being between ΔE=2 and ΔE=18. | 01-28-2016 |
20160027160 | Temporally coherent local tone mapping of high dynamic range video - Approaches are described for tone-mapping an image frame in a sequence of image frames. A tone-mapping pipeline applies a spatiotemporal filter to each pixel of the image frame, based on a forward optical flow and a backward optical flow, to produce a base layer image. The tone-mapping pipeline applies a temporal filter to each pixel of the image frame, based on the forward and backward optical flows, to produce a temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline produces a detail layer image based on the base layer image and the temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline produces a detail layer image based on the base layer image and the temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline applies a tone curve to the base and detail layer images to produce a tone-mapped base and detail layer image, respectively, and combines the tone-mapped base and detail layer images to produce a tone-mapped image frame. | 01-28-2016 |
20160027161 | Temporally coherent local tone mapping of HDR video - Approaches are described for filtering a first image frame in a sequence of image frames. A tone-mapping pipeline applies a spatiotemporal filter to each pixel of the first image frame, based on a forward optical flow and a backward optical flow, to produce a base layer image. The tone-mapping pipeline applies a temporal filter to each pixel of the first image frame, based on the forward optical flow and the backward optical flow, to produce a temporally filtered frame. The tone-mapping pipeline produces a detail layer image based on the base layer image and the temporally filtered frame. | 01-28-2016 |
20160042530 | Local irradiance estimation for use in rendering an image - Relightable free-viewpoint rendering allows a novel view of a scene to be rendered and relit based on multiple views of the scene from multiple camera viewpoints. Cast shadows in the scene are handled to allow local occlusion to be taken into account when determining irradiance estimates for the sample positions in the scene. This is achieved by determining an initial estimate of irradiance by ignoring local occlusion, then using that initial irradiance estimate with knowledge of the scene geometry to determine an angle-dependent radiance estimate for the scene. This radiance estimate can then be used with the knowledge of the scene geometry to determine local irradiance estimates at the sample positions within the scene. | 02-11-2016 |
20160048946 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus includes a super-resolution processing unit for executing super-resolution processing on one input image among an input image group having a plurality of color channels and input images each having a common partial region, a resolution conversion unit for executing resolution conversion processing on the input image having been subjected to the super-resolution processing, and a specification unit for specifying a combination of a magnification of the super-resolution processing and a magnification of the resolution conversion processing for each color channel. The specification unit specifies the combination so that a magnification of the super-resolution processing of at least one color channel differs from a magnification of the super-resolution processing of other color channels. | 02-18-2016 |
20160048949 | SKIN TONE TUNED IMAGE ENHANCEMENT - Techniques related to skin tone tuned image enhancement are described. Such techniques may include performing an enhancement of a pixel of an input image based on a skin tone detection score and local detail information of the pixel. | 02-18-2016 |
20160055654 | RAPID ANOMALY DETECTION (RAND) - A rapid anomaly detection approach with corresponding method and system to detect anomalies in scene pixels making up a hyperspectral scene, efficiently, is presented. The approach includes tailoring an approximation of an anomaly score for each scene pixel, individually, based on an “intermediate anomaly score.” The intermediate score is computed using a portion of the terms used to compute the anomaly score. Scene pixels with low intermediate anomaly scores are removed from further processing. The remaining scene pixels are further processed, including computing anomaly scores to detect anomalies in these pixels. Advantageously, examples of the RAND approach process a few terms of all scene pixels, eliminate most scene pixels, and calculate more terms on high anomaly scoring scene pixels as needed. | 02-25-2016 |
20160063676 | Image Scaling Techniques - Image scaling techniques, in accordance with embodiments of the present technology, include directionally interpolating blocks of pixel data of an image, sharpening the directional interpolated blocks of pixel data, and optionally clamping the sharpened, directional interpolated blocks of pixel data. | 03-03-2016 |
20160071288 | STORAGE MEDIUM, METHOD, AND DEVICE FOR EVALUATING IMPORTANCE OF IN-IMAGE REGION - Provided is a device for evaluating the importance of an in-image region and that can appropriately evaluate the importance in terms of meaning of an in-image region. A processing unit performs a process including color reduction with respect to an evaluation subject region of an image. An importance determination unit determines the importance of the evaluation subject region on the basis of the degree of magnitude of the error between the pre-processing signal value of the evaluation subject region and the post-processing signal value of the evaluation subject region. | 03-10-2016 |
20160086309 | IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR - An image signal processing method includes: receiving an original color filter array (CFA) image and a pixel binned CFA image; computing a specific information of the pixel binned CFA image; and processing the original CFA image according to the specific information. The associated image signal processor includes an input terminal, an operating unit and a processing unit, wherein the input terminal is for receiving an original CFA image and a pixel binned CFA image, the operating unit is for computing a specific information of the pixel binned CFA image, and the processing unit is for processing the original CFA image according to the specific information and utilizing the pixel binned CFA image. | 03-24-2016 |
20160093027 | IMAGE PROCESSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - A first edge strength calculation circuit calculates an edge strength of each pixel in the image on the basis of results of detection by the first edge detection circuit. A filter strength setting unit sets a filter strength of a two-dimensional lowpass filter for each pixel, on the basis of the edge strength calculated by the edge strength calculation circuit. A second edge strength calculation circuit calculates an edge strength of each pixel in the image, on the basis of results of detection by the second edge detection circuit. An enhancement strength setting circuit sets an edge enhancement strength of the edge enhancement filter for each pixel, on the basis of the edge strength calculate by the second edge strength calculation circuit. | 03-31-2016 |
20160093066 | SATURATION COMPENSATION METHOD - A saturation compensation method is provided. The method includes the steps of: retrieving an input image; performing at least one first image process on the input image to generate a first image; calculating saturation corresponding to each pixel in the input image; and performing a saturation compensation process on the first image according to the input image and the saturation to generate an output image. | 03-31-2016 |
20160104301 | CROSS-LEVEL IMAGE BLENDING - One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for image blending and/or facilitating image transitions. In an example, a map interface displays map information, such as of a town, through a visualization. A first image having a first level of detail and a first image type (e.g., satellite imagery of the town) may be displayed through the visualization. While zoomed into the town, a second image having a second level of detail and a second image type (e.g., aerial imagery of the town) may be displayed through the visualization. Instead of merely transitioning the visualization from displaying the first image to displaying the second image (during zooming), which may otherwise provide a visually abrupt transition, one or more intermediate blended images, having intermediate levels of detail between the first image and the second image, may be generated and displayed during the transition between the first image and the second image. | 04-14-2016 |
20160117844 | Pigment Identification of Complex Coating Mixtures with Sparkle Color - A method that includes obtaining, using a processor, image data from a target coating. The method also includes performing, using the processor, an image analysis to determine at least one sparkle point from the image data, and performing, using the processor, a hue analysis to determine a sparkle color from the sparkle point. The method further includes calculating, using the processor, a sparkle color distribution, and generating, using the processor, a coating formulation that is the same or substantially similar in appearance to the target coating. | 04-28-2016 |
20160117846 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOSSY COMPRESSION OF IMAGE COLOR PROFILES - In one embodiment, an image containing a number of colors is received. The image is divided into a number of sections, and an importance value is determined for each section. For each section of the image, a frequency of each color is determined. For each color in the image, a weighted score is calculated based on the frequency of that color in a particular section, and the importance value in the particular section. The weighted scores are used to adjust an error metric used to determine an approximation function for a color profile to transform the image from a first color space to a second color space, where the error metric measures the difference between the approximation function and an ideal function curve for the transformation. | 04-28-2016 |
20160125623 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - An image identification method, an electronic device with image identification function and a computer program product executing the image identification method with a software program are provided. The image identification method comprises steps of: proceeding texture feature extraction on a color source image to obtain a plurality of texture parameters; proceeding color feature extraction on a color source image to obtain a plurality of color momentums; and weighting the plurality of texture parameters and the plurality of color momentums to obtain an image identification parameter corresponding to the color source image. | 05-05-2016 |
20160132749 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPUTING AND PRESENTING RESULTS OF VISUAL ATTENTION MODELING - At least some embodiments of the present disclosure feature systems and methods for assessing the impact of visual features within a region of a scene. With the input of a visual representation of a scene and at least one selected region within the scene, the system applies a visual attention model to the visual representation to determine visual conspicuity of the at least one selected region. The system computes feature-related data associated with a plurality of features of the at least one selected region. Based on the visual conspicuity and the feature-related data, the system assesses an impact that at least one of the features within the at least one selected region have on the visual conspicuity. | 05-12-2016 |
20160155244 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | 06-02-2016 |
20160163066 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An image processing device extracts a similar color region from an image, based on at least a difference between a reference hue angle calculated based on a hue angle of pixels or small regions within a specific region of the image and the hue angle within the specific region, and a color difference between reference color space coordinates calculated based on color space coordinates of the pixels or small regions within the specific region and the color space coordinates within the specific region. | 06-09-2016 |
20160188959 | Image Capture Apparatus Capable of Processing Photographed Images - In an image capture apparatus comprising an image capture unit including an image sensor and a control unit including a CPU, the control unit detects a facial portion of a person within an image captured by the image capture unit and performs image processing unique to a person on the facial portion, and, in a case in which it is possible to estimate that a person is a target for photographing in a method different from a detection of a face of the person, the control unit controls to perform the image processing unique to a person on a skin color portion detected within the image. | 06-30-2016 |
20160198132 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIDE-BAND IMAGING BASED ON NARROW-BAND IMAGE DATA | 07-07-2016 |
20190147912 | Apparatus and Methods for Improving Video Quality From a Digital Video Signal Including Replicated Image Frames | 05-16-2019 |
20190149789 | RECIPROCAL APPROXIMATION CIRCUIT | 05-16-2019 |
20220138920 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image processing method is performed by an electronic device, the method including: obtaining, according to a quantity of pixels whose color feature values fall within color feature intervals in an original image, a first histogram corresponding to the original image; obtaining, according to a quantity of pixels whose color feature values fall within the color feature intervals in an upsampled image of the original image, a second histogram corresponding to the upsampled image; respectively determining, according to the first histogram and the second histogram, target color feature intervals matching the color feature intervals in the second histogram; and processing, according to the target color feature intervals matching the color feature intervals in the second histogram, the color feature values of the pixels falling within the color feature intervals in the upsampled image, to obtain a target image. | 05-05-2022 |