US5412427A
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Electronic camera utilizing image compression feedback for improved color processing
Assignee: Intellectual Ventures Fund 83 LLC
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Filing: 1993-10-29
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Granted: 1995-05-02
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Expires: 2013-10-29
Abstract
Abstract An electronic camera is disclosed that employs a color transformation stage 14 for transforming primary color signals into luminance and chrominance signals. The luminance signal is subjected to a lossy compression in the compression stage 16a, and then decoded in the decompression stage 32 to generate a feedback signal having lossy artifacts. The feedback signal is used in the generation of the chrominance signals prior to their compression, which causes the later-reconstructed chrominance signals to have fewer artifacts due to the compression algorithm.
Inventors
- 👤 Majid Rabbani
- 👤 Craig M. Smith
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 04:13
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N11/00; H04N11/04; H04N11/042; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/64; H04N1/646
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
An electronic camera, comprising: a color image sensor having a discrete array of image sensing photosites sensitive to a plurality of colors, said image sensor generating a plurality of primary color signals corresponding to the intensity of the light sensed by the photosites; means for converting the primary color signals into a luminance signal and at least one chrominance signal, wherein said at least one chrominance signal is a difference signal based on two or more of the primary color signals; compression means for generating compressed luminance and chrominance signals by lossy compression of the luminance and chrominance signals; and feedback means for generating a decompressed lossy signal from said luminance compressed signals, and for applying said decompressed lossy signal to said converting means for use in the generation of the difference signals prior to their compression by said compression means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
141 words
An electronic camera, comprising: a color image sensor having a discrete array of image sensing photosites sensitive to a plurality of colors, said image sensor generating a plurality of primary color signals corresponding to the intensity of the light sensed by the photosites; means for converting the primary color signals into a luminance signal and at least one chrominance signal, wherein said at least one chrominance signal is a difference signal based on two or more of the primary color signals; compression means for generating compressed luminance and chrominance signals by lossy compression of the luminance and chrominance signals; and feedback means for generating a decompressed lossy signal from said luminance compressed signals, and for applying said decompressed lossy signal to said converting means for use in the generation of the difference signals prior to their compression by said compression means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
An electronic camera as claimed in claim 1 further including storage means for storing said compressed signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An electronic camera as claimed in claim 1 wherein the luminance signal is approximated by a green signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
An electronic camera as claimed in claim 1 wherein said converting means further includes an interpolation section that uses the decompressed lossy signal to interpolate a plurality of lossy luminance interpolation signals for use in the generation of the difference signals.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
128 words
Signal processing apparatus for processing a plurality of color image signals, said apparatus comprising: means for transforming the plurality of color image signals into a plurality of encoded signals, at least one encoded signal comprising an arithmetic difference derived from two or more of the color image signals; means for compressing said encoded signals by use of a lossy compression algorithm, said compression means producing compressed signals which include noise and artifacts introduced by the algorithm; means for decompressing at least one of the compressed signals to generate a feedback signal; means for applying said feedback signal to said transforming means, whereby said feedback signal is used in the arithmetic difference for at least one of said encoded signals prior to its compression by said means for compressing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
128 words
Signal processing apparatus for processing a plurality of color image signals, said apparatus comprising: means for transforming the plurality of color image signals into a plurality of encoded signals, at least one encoded signal comprising an arithmetic difference derived from two or more of the color image signals; means for compressing said encoded signals by use of a lossy compression algorithm, said compression means producing compressed signals which include noise and artifacts introduced by the algorithm; means for decompressing at least one of the compressed signals to generate a feedback signal; means for applying said feedback signal to said transforming means, whereby said feedback signal is used in the arithmetic difference for at least one of said encoded signals prior to its compression by said means for compressing.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
112 words
A method for processing a plurality of color image signals, comprising the steps of: transforming the plurality of color image signals into a plurality of encoded signals, including a luminance signal and at least one color difference signal derived from a combination of two or more of the color image signals; compressing the luminance signal by use of a lossy compression algorithm; decompressing the luminance signal to generate a feedback signal; applying the feedback signal to said transforming step, whereby the feedback signal is used in the generation of said at least one color difference signal; and compressing said at least one color difference signal by means of the lossy compression algorithm.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
112 words
A method for processing a plurality of color image signals, comprising the steps of: transforming the plurality of color image signals into a plurality of encoded signals, including a luminance signal and at least one color difference signal derived from a combination of two or more of the color image signals; compressing the luminance signal by use of a lossy compression algorithm; decompressing the luminance signal to generate a feedback signal; applying the feedback signal to said transforming step, whereby the feedback signal is used in the generation of said at least one color difference signal; and compressing said at least one color difference signal by means of the lossy compression algorithm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method as claimed in claim 6 further comprising the step of storing the compressed encoded signals.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method as claimed in claim 7 further comprising the step of interpolating a lossy luminance signal from the feedback signal, and wherein the step of applying the feedback signal to said transforming step uses the lossy luminance signal in the generation of said at least one color difference signal.
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