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Method and system of local color correction using background liminance masking
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Co LP
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Filing: 2000-09-05
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Granted: 2004-05-25
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Expires: 2020-09-05
Abstract
Abstract A color correction apparatus and method in which a mask is derived from image data in a first pixel representation and is used to convert the image data into a perceptual color space representation which is a function of a background luminance parameter. The mask corresponds to a blurred monochrome version of the original image and includes a set of averaged greyscale values having a pixel-by-pixel correspondence with the original image. The values within the mask vary dependent on the location of the corresponding pixel within the image data. When converting the image data pixel-by-pixel into the perceptual color space representation, localized color correction is obtained by using varying mask values as the background luminance parameter for each pixel conversion.
Inventors
- 👤 Nathan M. Moroney
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 17:05
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; H04N1/60; H04N1/6083; H04N1/6086
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A method of color correcting an image having an associated pixel representation comprising the steps of: deriving a mask having associated mask values from the pixel representation; converting the pixel representation into a color space representation which is a function of a background luminance parameter, said background luminance parameter being a viewing condition parameter; and while converting, using the mask values as the background luminance parameter so as to provide local pixel-by-pixel luminance adjustment of the image in the color space representation.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
82 words
A method of color correcting an image having an associated pixel representation comprising the steps of: deriving a mask having associated mask values from the pixel representation; converting the pixel representation into a color space representation which is a function of a background luminance parameter, said background luminance parameter being a viewing condition parameter; and while converting, using the mask values as the background luminance parameter so as to provide local pixel-by-pixel luminance adjustment of the image in the color space representation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of image correction as described in claim 1 wherein the color space representation is a perceptual color space representation.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of color correction as described in claim 1 wherein the color space representation is one of CIECAM97s and CAM97s2.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of color correction as described in claim 1 wherein the pixel representation is one of a tristimulus, RGB color space, and CMYK color space representation of the image.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
102 words
The method of color correction as described in claim 1 wherein the step of deriving the mask comprises the steps of: decimating the pixel representation to generate a condensed pixel representation of the image, the condensed representation having an associate condensed set of values less in number than the associated mask values; filtering the condensed representation by averaging the condensed values to generate a filtered condensed representation; expanding the filtered condensed representation to generate an expanded representation having an associated expanded set of values that are equal in number to the associated mask values; scaling the expanded representation to generate the mask.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of color correction as described in claim 1 wherein the step of deriving the mask further comprises the steps of: deriving for each given pixel value in the pixel representation a corresponding mask value b determining an average pixel value of a set of pixel values surrounding the given pixel value; and using the averaged value as the corresponding mask value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method as described in claim 6 wherein the step of averaging is a weighted averaging.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
88 words
A system of color correction of an image having an associated pixel representation comprising: a first digital image processor for deriving a mask of digital values from the pixel representation; a second digital image processor for converting the pixel representation to a color space representation which is a function of a background luminance parameter, said background luminance parameter being a viewing condition parameter, wherein the second digital image processor uses the mask values as the background luminance parameter to convert the pixel representation to the color space representation.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
88 words
A system of color correction of an image having an associated pixel representation comprising: a first digital image processor for deriving a mask of digital values from the pixel representation; a second digital image processor for converting the pixel representation to a color space representation which is a function of a background luminance parameter, said background luminance parameter being a viewing condition parameter, wherein the second digital image processor uses the mask values as the background luminance parameter to convert the pixel representation to the color space representation.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system as described in claim 8 wherein the first digital image processor comprises an image filter for receiving the pixel representation and generating averaged representation of the image.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
The system as described in claim 9 wherein the first digital image processor comprises an image decimator for decimating the pixel representation of the image into a condensed representation of the image prior to providing it to the image filter.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The system as described in claim 10 wherein the filter generates a weighted averaged representation.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
35 words
The system as described in claim 11 wherein the first digital image processor comprises an image expander for expanding the condensed and filtered image to generate an expanded representation of the condensed and averaged representation.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
29 words
The system as described in claim 8 being implemented using one of a digital signal processing implementation, hardware implementation, and a combination of digital signal processing and hardware implementations.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
86 words
A method of color correcting an image having an associated pixel representation comprising the steps of: deriving at least one mask having associated mask values from the pixel representation; converting the pixel representation into a color space representation which is represented by viewing condition perceptual attributes, each mask corresponding to one of the viewing condition perceptual attributes; and while converting, using the mask values to provide pixel-by-pixel adjustments of at least one of the viewing condition perceptual attributes of the image in the color space representation.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
86 words
A method of color correcting an image having an associated pixel representation comprising the steps of: deriving at least one mask having associated mask values from the pixel representation; converting the pixel representation into a color space representation which is represented by viewing condition perceptual attributes, each mask corresponding to one of the viewing condition perceptual attributes; and while converting, using the mask values to provide pixel-by-pixel adjustments of at least one of the viewing condition perceptual attributes of the image in the color space representation.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method as described in claim 14 wherein the color space representation is one of CEICAM97s and CAM97s2 and the perceptual attributes include luminance, chroma, and hue.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method as described in claim 14 wherein the viewing condition perceptual attributes comprise background luminance.
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