US5296945A
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Video ID photo printing apparatus and complexion converting apparatus
Assignee: Olympus Corp
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Filing: 1992-02-28
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Granted: 1994-03-22
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Expires: 2012-02-28
Abstract
Abstract Video ID photo printing apparatus corrects the complexion of a person serving as an object into a desired color without any influences caused by controlling an illumination light source and the various control section of a video image pickup apparatus, printer characteristics, and the like. In order to extract the complexion data of the person serving as an object photographed by a color TV camera, a skin-color portion in a face image is detected by a detection point setting unit. A comparator compares the detected data value with a data value of a desired standard skin color formed in advance and stored in a standard color memory. The skin color of the picked up face image is converted into a desired skin color by a look-up table in accordance with a comparison result, and the data of the desired skin color is written in a frame memory. Thereafter, the face image which is subjected to color conversion is printed by a full-color printer.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaji Nishikawa
- 👤 Junichi Ishibashi
- 👤 Toshiyuki Ebihara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 19:03
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; H04N1/60; H04N1/62; H04N1/628
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
A video ID photo printing apparatus comprising: video image pickup means for photographing an object and for outputting video original image data; address designating means for designating an address corresponding to a complexion data portion of the video original image data, said complexion data portion corresponding to a skin tone portion of the photographed object; extracting means for extracting color data from the video original image data at the designated address corresponding to the complexion data portion, the extracted color data comprising conversion-designated color data; storage means for storing standard color data representing a predetermined standard complexion; comparing means for comparing the conversion-designated color data with said standard color data stored in said storage means; complexion conversion arithmetic means, having a conversion parameter determined by a comparison result obtained from said comparing means, for converting, as a function of said conversion parameter, color data for all pixels of the video original image data into a converted video image signal; and a full-color video printer for printing an image corresponding to said converted video image signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
175 words
A video ID photo printing apparatus comprising: video image pickup means for photographing an object and for outputting video original image data; address designating means for designating an address corresponding to a complexion data portion of the video original image data, said complexion data portion corresponding to a skin tone portion of the photographed object; extracting means for extracting color data from the video original image data at the designated address corresponding to the complexion data portion, the extracted color data comprising conversion-designated color data; storage means for storing standard color data representing a predetermined standard complexion; comparing means for comparing the conversion-designated color data with said standard color data stored in said storage means; complexion conversion arithmetic means, having a conversion parameter determined by a comparison result obtained from said comparing means, for converting, as a function of said conversion parameter, color data for all pixels of the video original image data into a converted video image signal; and a full-color video printer for printing an image corresponding to said converted video image signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A video ID photo printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said address designating means includes a detection point-setting section for designating an address of a fixed point in the video original image data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
67 words
A video ID photo printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: said address designating means includes a detection point-setting section for designating a plurality of predetermined addresses of the video original image data; and said extracting means calculates average data of the color data of pixels extracted from the addresses designated by the address designating means, and uses the calculated average data as said conversion-designated color data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
70 words
A video ID photo printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said complexion conversion arithmetic means includes: means for converting the conversion-designated color data into a standard color; and means for performing color conversion with respect to the entire image to be printed such that the more the conversion-designated color data deviates from color data not corresponding to a complexion data portion, the smaller is the amount of conversion performed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
A video ID photo printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: said storage means stores a plurality of standard complexion data; said video ID photo printing apparatus further comprises means for designating one of the stored standard complexion data; and said comparing means compares one conversion-designated color data extracted by the extracting means with one standard color data.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
57 words
A video ID photo printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said address designating means extracts image data from the video original image data along a line designated beforehand, and includes means for identifying a facial image portion included in the extracted image data, and means for automatically determining an address from which complexion data is extracted.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
60 words
An apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising: monitor means for displaying an image; and position designating means for designating an arbitrary portion on the image displayed on said monitor means; and wherein said extracting means includes means for extracting the complexion data from said video original image at the arbitrary portion of the image displayed on said monitor means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
60 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: monitor means for displaying an image; and position designating means for designating an arbitrary portion on the image displayed on said monitor means; and wherein said extracting means includes means for extracting the complexion data from said video original image at the arbitrary portion of the image displayed on said monitor means.
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