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Color image processing device
Assignee: Sharp Corp
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Filing: 1998-03-23
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Granted: 2000-06-27
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Expires: 2018-03-23
Abstract
Abstract A color image processing device includes color conversion means for outputting color adjusted signals having been chromatically adjusted in accordance with the input of separated color signals obtained from a scanner and a variable factor signal other than color signals. The color conversion means includes a memory device for discretely storing only the color adjusted signals that correspond to predetermined separated color signals and a predetermined variable factor signal, and color adjusting means for, when the inputted separated color signal or the inputted variable factor signal directly corresponds to none of the color adjusted signals stored in the memory means, outputting color adjusted signals having been interpolated in accordance with the known color adjusted signals found in a neighborhood of the inputted separated color signals and variable factor signal.
Inventors
- 👤 Tatsuya Tanaka
- 👤 Makio Gotoh
- 👤 Yoshinori Murakami
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:44
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; H04N1/60; H04N1/603; H04N1/40; H04N1/40006; H04N1/6083; H04N1/6091
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A color image processing device, including: input means for reading an original and converting into separated color signals of three-dimensions or of higher dimensions; and output means for outputting a color image in accordance with the separated color signals, said color image processing device, comprising color conversion means, to which the separated color signals obtained by the input means and a variable factor signal other than color signals are inputted, for outputting color adjusted signals having been chromatically adjusted in accordance with the inputted separated color signals and the inputted variable factor signal, wherein the color conversion means includes: memory means for discretely storing only the color adjusted signals that correspond to predetermined separated color signals and a predetermined variable factor signal; and data interpolation means for, when the inputted separated color signal or the inputted variable factor signal directly corresponds to none of the color adjusted signals stored in the memory means, outputting color adjusted signals having been interpolated in accordance with the known color adjusted signals found in a neighborhood of the inputted separated color signals and variable factor signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
A color image processing device, including: input means for reading an original and converting into separated color signals of three-dimensions or of higher dimensions; and output means for outputting a color image in accordance with the separated color signals, said color image processing device, comprising color conversion means, to which the separated color signals obtained by the input means and a variable factor signal other than color signals are inputted, for outputting color adjusted signals having been chromatically adjusted in accordance with the inputted separated color signals and the inputted variable factor signal, wherein the color conversion means includes: memory means for discretely storing only the color adjusted signals that correspond to predetermined separated color signals and a predetermined variable factor signal; and data interpolation means for, when the inputted separated color signal or the inputted variable factor signal directly corresponds to none of the color adjusted signals stored in the memory means, outputting color adjusted signals having been interpolated in accordance with the known color adjusted signals found in a neighborhood of the inputted separated color signals and variable factor signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 1, wherein the variable factor signal is a signal obtained in accordance with at least a change in an aging factor, resolution, an environmental condition, and a supplied material.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 1, further comprising a life counter for counting the total number of printed sheets, wherein the variable factor signal includes at least data on the total number of printed sheets.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 1, further comprising temperature and/or humidity detecting means for detecting temperature and/or humidity, wherein the variable factor signal includes at least data on the temperature and/or humidity.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 1, further comprising designation input means for inputting data on a supplied material to the color conversion means, wherein the variable factor signal includes at least the data on the supplied material.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 5, wherein the data on the supplied material includes at least a piece of data on a toner lot number, paper quality, and a photosensitive body.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 1, wherein the input means outputs data on resolution to the color conversion means, and the variable factor signal includes at least the data on the resolution.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
63 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 1, wherein the separated color signals inputted to the color conversion means include at least separated color signals for three colors of red, green, and blue, and the memory means discretely stores only the color adjusted signals that correspond to predetermined red, green and blue separated color signals and a predetermined variable factor signal.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 8, wherein the memory means locates the inputted red, green and blue separated color signals as three-dimensional space coordinates, divides the coordinates into a plurality of unitary cubes, relates an optimum color adjusted signal to be outputted to a vertex coordinate of the unitary cube, and stores a look-up table using the variable factor signal as at least a fourth coordinate axis.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
123 words
The color image processing device as defined in claim 9, when, in the interpolation, the signals inputted into the color conversion means have n-dimensions (n is an integral number larger than 4), and color adjusted signals for three colors of C (cyan), M (magenta) and Y (yellow) are obtained in accordance with the inputted red, green and blue separated color signals, said color image processing device performing an interpolative calculation in accordance with the following formula: ##EQU3## where Dx represents a color adjusted signal derived from the interpolation, Dxi represents a known color adjusted signal on a vertex found in a neighborhood of the inputted signal, and Vi represents a volume of a rectangular cube located at a diagonal angle from the vertex.
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