Color Processing In Perceptual Color Space Patents (Class 345/591)
  • Patent number: 8629881
    Abstract: Method of mapping source colors from a source color device having an actual source gamut that is represented by a source convex (gamut boundary descriptor) and a source non-convex into target colors for a target color device having an actual target gamut that is represented by a target convex and a target non-convex, comprising, 1—if the source color to map is located outside the source non-convex, a pre-mapping step that maps the source color into the source non-convex, 2—if the mapped target color is located outside the target non-convex, a post-mapping step that maps the target color into the target non-convex. This method allows precise gamut mapping while allowing also for simple geometrical operations using convex gamuts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing
    Inventors: Laurent Blonde, Jürgen Stauder, Wolfgang Endress
  • Patent number: 8630022
    Abstract: A method and system identify a target simplex (T7) and interpolate inputs of points (214, 216, 218) of the target simplex (T7) to identify a combination of inputs that achieves a target result (TR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: I-Jong Lin, Miheer Bhachech, Jeffrey M. DiCarlo
  • Patent number: 8625663
    Abstract: A method for determining digital video data includes receiving digital data comprising a plurality of digital images, wherein each digital image is encoded in a first color space, determining a plurality of color-graded digital images in response to the plurality of digital images and in response to color grading input data, wherein each color-graded digital image is encoded in a second color space, and wherein the second color space is associated with HD video, encoding each color-graded image with a compression encoding substantially independent of integer pixel translation of the plurality of color-graded digital images to form encoded image data package, storing the encoded image data package in a tangible media, and determining the digital video data for a video display device in a remote server in response to the encoded image data package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Pixar
    Inventor: Rick Sayre
  • Publication number: 20140002481
    Abstract: A method for converting image data within a source gamut into modified image data within a destination gamut, is provided including utilizing a processor to operate on input red-green-blue (RGB) data within the source gamut with a multivariate polynomial function to produce modified RGB data within the destination gamut, wherein the polynomial function includes coefficients optimized in accordance with a predefined criteria such that when displayed on a display device having the destination gamut the modified RGB data have a colour appearance representing a perceptually optimised transform of the input RGB data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Benjamin John BROUGHTON, Andrew KAY, Kenji MAEDA, Masayuki NATSUMI, Fumitaka SEKI
  • Publication number: 20130342559
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for generating superpixels for a sequence of frames are described. A feature space of the sequence of frames is separated into a color subspace and a spatial subspace. A clustering is then performed in the spatial subspace on a frame basis. In the color subspace a clustering is performed on stacked frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Matthias RESO, Joern JACHALSKY, Bodo ROSENHAHN
  • Patent number: 8605105
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus and a method for enhancing depth are disclosed. The image processing apparatus may classify an input image into a foreground layer, a middle layer, a background layer, may calculate a representative color of each of the classified layers, and perform rendering of a color stereoscopy of the middle layer and a color stereoscopy of the background layer based on the representative color and a lightness of the background layer, thereby enhancing a stereoscopic effect and a depth. Also, a color temperature of the foreground layer and a color temperature of the middle layer are controlled based on the representative color and the background layer, to generate a difference in depth between the middle layer and the foreground layer, thereby representing an image having a more enhanced depth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Young Hong, Ho Young Lee, Du Sik Park
  • Patent number: 8602565
    Abstract: A reprojection system which allows a projection to be displayed onto a display screen, and reprojected by that display screen. The display is received on the surface that itself displays, and it is then redisplayed on the surface. The redisplay can be at the same size or at a different size as the original projection. Preferably the redisplay is at the same relative intensity but a brighter actual intensity than the original display. The information is can be received and redisplayed in a number of different ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Harris Technology, LLC
    Inventor: Scott C. Harris
  • Patent number: 8581923
    Abstract: A temporal based system for reducing the color artifacts of a field sequential color based liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Louis Joseph Kerofsky
  • Patent number: 8576231
    Abstract: A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium usable with a programmable computer, the computer program product having computer-readable code embodied therein for displaying data in a graphical format, the computer-readable code includes, but is not limited to, instructions for mapping a range of detected densities of detected frequency signals to a corresponding range of color hues, generating a spectrum density graph displaying the detected frequency signals and corresponding densities as represented by the mapped corresponding range of color hues, and generating a waterfall spectrum graph displaying the corresponding detected densities utilizing the same color mapping of the detected range of densities of detected frequency signals as utilized by the generated spectrum density graph, thereby providing a density color match between data points on the spectrum density graph and the waterfall spectrum graph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventors: Ryan Woodings, Brian Tuttle, Don Valate Harrison
  • Patent number: 8576244
    Abstract: Provided is a video signal generation apparatus and method that may minimize crosstalk between a luminance signal and color difference signals. The video signal generation apparatus may generate the luminance signal using a nonlinear Y signal and then generate color difference signals using a nonlinear XYZ signal to maximize a de-correlation characteristic between the luminance signal and the color difference signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seo Young Choi, Ho Young Lee, Yun-Tae Kim, Du-Sik Park, Ji Young Hong
  • Patent number: 8570599
    Abstract: 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; and creating a characterization file for the imaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: Christopher J. Edge
  • Patent number: 8570626
    Abstract: A profile combines at least the following: a color map between device-dependent color spaces, a first output profile that characterizes a mapping between a color space of a first output device being emulated and a device-independent color space, and a second output profile that characterizes a mapping between a color space of a second output device and the device-independent color space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alejandra Terrón Arregui, Martin Maria Saguer
  • Patent number: 8570337
    Abstract: Color correction according to the present disclosure performs correction by adding a predetermined correction value to an input value of a component to be corrected, which is one of a plurality of components for representing a color with a predetermined color space, and outputs a corrected value. The color correction includes calculating an unadjusted correction value based on the input value; and adjusting the unadjusted correction value calculated in the calculating the unadjusted correction value so that the corrected value does not decrease with an increase in the input value, and outputting the adjusted value as the predetermined correction value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinichi Tomioka, Nobuko Fujita
  • Patent number: 8570338
    Abstract: An information processing device includes: a color gamut information generating unit configured to generate color gamut information representing the color gamut of image data based on table information indicating the highest chroma point at each equal hue plane regarding a plurality of equal hue planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takami Mizukura, Naoya Katoh
  • Patent number: 8564831
    Abstract: The different illustrative embodiments provide a computer program product, and apparatus for managing a set of colors in a document. A plurality of respective costs are identified. Each respective cost is associated with printing the document using a respective combination of a plurality of combinations of the set of colors. An amount of contrast for a first respective combination is identified using a contrast matrix. A determination is made as to whether the amount of contrast for the first respective combination and an associated respective cost meet a set of criteria. Responsive to a determination that the set of criteria is met, the document is printed using the first respective combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vinicio Bombacino, Leonardo Lanni, Luigi Massa, Andrea Tortosa
  • Patent number: 8564835
    Abstract: The different illustrative embodiments provide a method and apparatus for managing a set of colors in a document. A plurality of respective costs are identified. Each respective cost is associated with printing the document using a respective combination of a plurality of combinations of the set of colors. An amount of contrast for a first respective combination is identified using a contrast matrix. A determination is made as to whether the amount of contrast for the first respective combination and an associated respective cost meet a set of criteria. Responsive to a determination that the set of criteria is met, the document is printed using the first respective combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Vinicio Bombacino, Leonardo Lanni, Luigi Massa, Andrea Tortosa
  • Patent number: 8564828
    Abstract: Methods and systems of assessing color gamut requirements for a print job and a printing device are disclosed. A print job including one or more input color spaces may be received. A computing device may produce a color transformation for each input color space using at least a color gamut error profile. The computing device may further produce result information based on the one or more color transformations. Result information may be provided to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Michael E. Farrell, Nicholas Paul Osadciw, Javier A. Morales, David E. Rumph
  • Patent number: 8558949
    Abstract: An image processing device including: a color space selection unit that selects a color space based on designated color information; and a region specifying unit that specifies a region that includes a color that matches the color that is shown by the color information designated in the color space from a color region specified image that is provided for color region specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shogo Sato, Kenichi Sanpei, Takashi Tsujimura, Akira Tokuse, Yoko Fukata, Tadasuke Murakami
  • Patent number: 8547391
    Abstract: A signal adapting chromacity system to control that may include a signal conversion engine to receive a source signal designating a color of light defined by a two spatial plus luminance dimensional color space, such as the xxY color space. The signal conversion engine may convert the source signal to a three dimensional color space defined within a subset gamut of a full color gamut, such as an RGW, RBW, or GBW color space. The subset gamut may include a first color light, a second color light and a high efficacy light. The signal conversion engine may perform a conversion operation to convert the source signal to an output signal, using the output signal to drive light emitting diodes (LEDs). The conversion operation may be a matrix, angular or linear conversion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Lighting Science Group Corporation
    Inventors: Fredric S. Maxik, Robert R. Soler, David E. Bartine, Ran Zhou, Valerie A. Bastien, Matthew Regan, Eliza Katar Grove, Eric Bretschneider
  • Patent number: 8542246
    Abstract: A color conversion device generates color data in a second color gamut based on first converted color data and input color data, which are obtained from input color data in a first color gamut, and outputs the color data in the second color gamut. The color conversion device includes a first color mapping unit which generates the first converted color data by mapping the input color data into the second color gamut; a color mixing unit which generates color data by mixing the first converted color data and second converted color data at a ratio corresponding to the first color gamut and the second color gamut; and a color data output unit which outputs the color data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuo Saigo, Hiroshi Miyai, Hisakazu Hitomi, Masanobu Inoe, Masahiro Kawashima, Akihiro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 8537175
    Abstract: A video enhancement server enhances a video. A scene segmentation module detects scene boundaries and segments the video into a number of scenes. For each frame in a given scene, a local white level and a local black level are determined from the distribution of pixel luminance values in the frame. A global white level and global black level are also determined from the distribution of pixel luminance values throughout the scene. Weighted white levels and black levels are determined for each frame as a weighted combination of the local and global levels. The video segmentation server then applies histogram stretching and saturation adjustment to each frame using the weighted white levels and black levels to determine enhanced pixel luminance values. An enhanced video comprising the enhanced pixel luminance values is stored to a video server for serving to clients.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: George Toderici, Jay Yagnik
  • Publication number: 20130235065
    Abstract: A system and method for generating immersive sensation for a two-dimensional still image is provided. The method for generating immersive sensation including: converting a color space of an inputted image; loading a background mask to separate a foreground image and a background image from the inputted image; achieving attribute information for each of the foreground image and the background image, based on a perceptual attribute with respect to the color space, via an image content analysis; predicting scaling parameters based on the attribute information; and enhancing the inputted image based on the scaling parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Xiao KAIDA, Ji Young HONG, Ho Young LEE
  • Publication number: 20130235064
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for RGB color space gamut conversion, including: projecting any point o in RGB color space having source graphic data onto points N, M; projecting point o? corresponding to point o onto points N?, M?; based on matrix equations between point N and point N?, and between point M and point M?, computing point N? and point M?; based on points N?, M?, computing point o? in target cube corresponding to point o in RGB color space having source graphic data; and computing target color after color conversion from any point in source graphic data. The invention also discloses an apparatus for RGB color space gamut conversion and a liquid crystal display device. With this, it is possible to perform color conversion in RGB color space, adjust color performance of output in hue and color purity, and accentuate specific color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co. LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-tsung Kang
  • Patent number: 8525847
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more computers programmed to enhance images, the method including receiving an image and a face region associated with the image, sampling pixels from the face region, generating, based on the sampled pixels, a face-region evaluation, identifying a modification to the image based on the face-region evaluation, and modifying the image in accordance with the identified modification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Reid, Joshua Fagans, Tim Cherna
  • Patent number: 8520020
    Abstract: Stereoscopic color management of images with plural views. Image data for each view is defined in a component input device color space. Image data in the component input device color spaces is converted to a nominal source color space using plural input transforms each corresponding to one of the plural views. A rendering transform is used to convert image data for each view in the nominal source color space to a nominal destination color space. The nominal source color space, nominal destination color space and rendering transform are the same for all views. The image data for each view in the nominal destination color space is ultimately converted to a component output device color space associated with a stereoscopic output device respective of the view using a respective output transform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Siu-Kei Tin
  • Patent number: 8514239
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a color converting unit that converts input image data into image forming data used for image formation; and a control unit that controls the image formation by the image forming data, wherein the color converting unit converts each of a plurality of predetermined colors that are difficult for colorblind people to mutually distinguish among colors included in a color space of the input image data, as difficult colors for colorblind people, into a same color in a color space of the image forming data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Limited
    Inventor: Seiji Miyahara
  • Patent number: 8514240
    Abstract: A processing unit executes a process for creating a dedicated color palette (color palette dedicated for a palm vein GUI) as an initialization process, and creates the color palette dedicated for a palm vein GUI. The processing unit replaces a 256-level gradation grayscale palette set in an acquired photographed image with the color palette dedicated for the palm vein GUI. The processing unit performs guide GUI display for guiding a palm to an appropriate position, using a display image formed by setting the color palette dedicated for the palm vein GUI for the photographed image acquired from a photographed image-acquiring process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Frontech Limited
    Inventors: Naoko Suzuki, Junichiro Toya, Shinya Iwasaki, Yasuhiko Mita, Kiyomi Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20130201203
    Abstract: A non-transitory machine readable medium that has a computer program for displaying color values of at least one particular color channel of an image includes several pixels is described. The computer program retrieves a color value for each pixel in the plurality of pixels of the image. The computer program displays a graphical presentation of a distribution of color values of the image along the particular color channel. The graphical presentation includes (1) a first set of color values of the image that fall within minimum and maximum cutoff values for the particular color channel, and (2) a second set of color values of the image that fall outside the minimum and maximum cutoff values.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventor: Peter Warner
  • Patent number: 8494280
    Abstract: An automated method for extracting highlighted regions in a scanned text documents includes color masking of highlight regions, extracting text from highlighted regions, recognizing the characters in extracted text optically and inserting the recognized characters to new document in order to easily identify highlighted text in scanned images. Using a two-layer multi-mask compression technology configured in a scanned export image path, edges and text regions can be extracted and together with the use of mask coordinates and associated mask colors, all highlighted texts can be easily identified and extracted. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) can then be utilized to appropriate summarization of different extracted highlighted texts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ramesh Nagarajan, Michael R. Campanelli, Isaiah Simmons
  • Patent number: 8493402
    Abstract: Methods and systems to manipulate color processing parameters to allow the detection of an arbitrary color of interest. Such reconfigurations may enable general point-of-interest color processing. Color mapping curves may also be configured, to accomplish the tasks of color correction, enhancement, de-saturation, and color compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ya-Ti Peng, Yi-Jen Chiu
  • Patent number: 8487949
    Abstract: The RGB values of each pixel in every frame are converted into ideal tristimulus values X, Y, and Z. Based on a chromaticity-histogram based on the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z and a color gamut for each Y value corrected in accordance with a backlight-brightness, an xy error count generation unit obtains the number of chromaticity errors for each of a plurality of backlight-brightnesses. A lightness-histogram is created based on the RGB signals for each frame. Based on the histogram and a lightness higher than a maximum tone after correction according to the backlight-brightness, a lightness error count generation unit obtains the number of lightness errors for each of the plurality of backlight-brightnesses. An error minimum BL-brightness detection unit decides an optimum backlight-brightness based on the number of chromaticity errors and the number of lightness errors. A tone conversion unit performs tone conversion in accordance with the backlight-brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Masami Morimoto
  • Patent number: 8487955
    Abstract: Methods and a system for a natural language control interface are provided to enable a user to modify colors in a digital image. A textual interface is provided to select a color to be modified within the image and a direction of change for the modification. A swipe interface is provided to select a magnitude and polarity for the modification. Actions on the textual and swipe interface are converted to natural language commands which are in turn used to derive a color transformation that is applied to relevant portions of the image to yield a modified image. The modifications are displayed in real time for a user to observe as they are inputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Raja Bala, Karen M. Braun, Yonghui Zhao, Zahra Langford, Robert J. Rolleston
  • Patent number: 8488039
    Abstract: A digital image processing apparatus capable of displaying a color distribution chart and a method of operating the same is provided. The digital image processing apparatus includes a digital signal processing unit which detects digital color signals from an image input via an image photographing unit and calculates a color distribution chart that indicates a proportion of the detected color signals in the image. The apparatus and method can calculate and display a color distribution chart of a displayed image and change colors of the image into optimized colors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eun-young Kim
  • Patent number: 8487953
    Abstract: The image signal converting apparatus is used in a lighting unit. The lighting unit includes a liquid crystal panel modulating a red component light according to a red image signal, a liquid crystal panel modulating a green component light according to a green image signal, and a liquid crystal panel modulating a blue component light according to a blue image signal. Yellow component light is superimposed on any of the red component light, the green component light and the blue component light. The image signal converting apparatus includes a controlling unit which controls a superimposition amount of yellow component light based on a specific image signal among a red image signal, a green image signal, and a blue image signal. A color corresponding to the specific image signal has a hue adjacent to a hue corresponding to the yellow component light. The controlling unit controls a reduction amount of the specific image signal based on the superimposition amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masutaka Inoue, Susumu Tanase, Takaaki Abe
  • Publication number: 20130176326
    Abstract: Techniques are described generally related to perceptual attribute adjustment. In some examples, the perceptual attribute adjustment may be performed by a color correction unit as part of the functionality of the color correction unit to correct deficiencies in the ability of a display to display particular colors. In this manner, the techniques may allow for current display processors to implement the described techniques without needing hardware modification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Qualcomm Incorporated
  • Patent number: 8482575
    Abstract: A method and system for determining highlighting colors for topic elements in a chart. The method includes acquiring contrast elements and topic elements which need to be highlighted, acquiring colors of the contrast elements and layout information of the topic elements and the contrast elements in the chart, determining a plurality of combinatorial contrast policies for the colors of the contrast elements according to a color contrast standard, calculating weights of the combinatorial contrast policies using the layout information, and determining highlighting colors of the topic elements according to the combinatorial contrast policies and their weights. A highlighting color can be selected automatically for the information that needs attention, so that the user can determine information that should be specially noted without having professional knowledge about color, saving time and energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Dong, Li Xia, Ming Xie, Wen Jun Yin, Li Li Zhao
  • Patent number: 8477367
    Abstract: A system and related method for selectively printing color content of a page with a reduced color gamut are provided. The system includes a detection module, a printing mode module, and a conversion module. The detection module is configured to detect a color object in the page and the printing mode module exists in at least one mode. The conversion module can selectively convert the detected color object to a converted reduced-colorant object in accordance with the existence of the at least one mode of the printing mode module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Ramesh Nagarajan, Andrew Joseph Zipprich, Robert Eero Nuuja
  • Patent number: 8466930
    Abstract: The fact that B and R are close to a U axis and to a V axis, respectively, is noted. On that basis, from an example of color adjustment parameters set in directions of colors, it is found out that, when inputted V is in a negative range, B has a small influence. Accordingly, a B component is omitted from calculation in order to reduce a calculation amount. Similarly, components having small influences are omitted when B is in a positive range, when U is in the positive range, and when U is in the negative range. Thereby, adjustment parameters AR, AG, and AB set in directions shown in the drawing can be defined. When inputted V is in the positive range, a V component can be adjusted by multiplying AR by the inputted V. Similar processing is performed when inputted V is in the negative range, when U is in the positive range, and when U is the negative range, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Koji Otsuka, Daisuke Koyama, Osamu Mamba
  • Patent number: 8466936
    Abstract: A color gamut mapping method for multimedia equipment is disclosed. This method performs color gamut mapping on a video signal received by the multimedia equipment and gives an output, wherein the video signal is in a first color gamut while display light of the multimedia equipment is in a second color gamut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignees: Hisense Beijing Electric Co., Ltd., Hisense Group Co., Ltd., Hisense Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dabo Guo, Weidong Liu, Yingshuai Liu
  • Patent number: 8462169
    Abstract: A system and method for generating immersive sensation for a two-dimensional still image is provided. The method for generating immersive sensation including: converting a color space of an inputted image; loading a background mask to separate a foreground image and a background image from the inputted image; achieving attribute information for each of the foreground image and the background image, based on a perceptual attribute with respect to the color space, via an image content analysis; predicting scaling parameters based on the attribute information; and enhancing the inputted image based on the scaling parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao Kaida, Ji Young Hong, Ho Young Lee
  • Patent number: 8456483
    Abstract: The subpixel rendering component of a display system provides the capability to substitute a second subpixel rendering filter for a first subpixel rendering filter for computing the values of certain subpixels on the display panel when the input image data being rendered indicates an image feature that may give rise to a color balance error at some portion of the displayed output image. An image processing method of correcting for color balance errors detects the location of a subpixel being rendered and for certain subpixels, detects whether the input image data indicates the presence of a particular image feature. When the image feature is detected for particular subpixels being processed, a second subpixel rendering image filter is substituted for a first subpixel rendering image filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seok-Jin Han
  • Patent number: 8446423
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and devices for processing a raster image so that the white color filled in the raster image during building the raster image can be differentiated from that contained in the figure objects presented in the page, which will be inserted into the raster image later. The method comprises building the raster image and filling the raster image with a white color; and transferring the white color in a figure object described in a page and inserting the figure object into the raster image. In this way, the white color filled in the raster image during building the raster image can be differentiated from that contained in the figure objects presented in the page, which will be inserted into the raster image later.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignees: Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd., Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd., Peking University
    Inventors: Jian Wang, Lei Yao
  • Publication number: 20130120432
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein relates to enhancing the visual distinction between color managed image elements and non-color managed image elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Lars U. Borg, Ken Kameda
  • Patent number: 8432392
    Abstract: A method of operation of a display system includes: receiving a current input image with current input pixels; identifying an input object, having input object pixels, based on differences in characteristics of the current input pixels; calculating an object pixel depth for the input object pixels from an image depth map of the current input image based on a weighted average of depth candidates; and generating a processed image, having a perceived depth, from the current input image with the image depth map and the object pixel depth for displaying on a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoon Kyung Kim, Zhi Zhou, Yeong-Taeg Kim
  • Patent number: 8421816
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating the selection of colors. An initial set of colors from a color space is generated in one or more computing devices for rendering in a user interface. Each color from the color space is expressed as a respective tuple of color component values. A selection of one of the initial set of colors is obtained. A subsequent set of colors from the color space is generated for rendering in the user interface. The subsequent set of colors is determined according to values of the N most significant bits of each of the corresponding color component values of the one of the initial set of colors, where N is a predetermined positive integer that is less than a bit length of each color component value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Charles McBride, Vinayak R. Hegde
  • Patent number: 8416451
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling color output includes receiving a document containing a color image, producing a first output copy of the document using a first color processing path, receiving at least one natural language request to adjust the color output of the device, adjusting the color output of the device, and producing a second output copy of the document. The method and system further includes presenting natural language descriptions of the effects of color processing paths with or without sample palettes to the user either to solicit a suggestion from the user or present the user with choices based upon the natural language request received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J Rolleston, Geoffrey J Woolfe
  • Patent number: 8416239
    Abstract: When generating an intermediate image which is an image in the middle of changing from one to the other of two pseudo three-dimensional images generated by ray casting a three-dimensional image from an arbitrary viewpoint under two different opacity level setting conditions, determining an opacity level setting condition by determining an opacity level to be allocated according to each pixel value such that a variation in the opacity level for a change in a changing phase of the intermediate image become smaller as the changing phase approaches closer to a pseudo three-dimensional image generated under either one of the two different opacity level setting conditions in which a smaller value is allocated as the opacity level to be allocated according to each pixel value, and generating an intermediate image by ray casting the three-dimensional image from an arbitrary viewpoint under the determined opacity level setting condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 8411106
    Abstract: Conversion of colors of an image from a source color space to a destination color space by use of both a color profile and an image profile. The source and destination color spaces are respectively represented by source and destination color space transformations associated with source and destination color profiles. Colors in an image are converted from the source color space to a device-independent color space, using the source color space transformation. A gamut mapping is determined from a source color gamut to a destination color gamut, by using a gamut boundary description constructed either from a source image profile which is separate from the source color profile, or from a destination image profile which is separate from the destination color profile. The gamut mapping is applied, and the gamut mapped colors are transformed from the device-independent color space to the destination color space, using the destination color space transformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Arkady Ten, John S. Haikin
  • Patent number: RE44149
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a system and method for creating characterization information from a first display device that can be transmitted and used by a second display device. Computer readable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium calibrate a first display device, create an ICC color profile from said calibration information, storing the ICC color profile and sending the ICC color profile to a second display device for it to use. The calibration or characterization information can also be associated with an image file and sent to a second location for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Remote Director, LLC
    Inventors: Franz H. Herbert, Dan Caldwell, Robert Burnett
  • Patent number: RE44194
    Abstract: This invention is directed to a system and method for creating characterization information from a first display device that can be transmitted and used by a second display device. Computer readable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium calibrate a first display device, create an ICC color profile from said calibration information, storing the ICC color profile and sending the ICC color profile to a second display device for it to use. The calibration or characterization information can also be associated with an image file and sent to a second location for display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Remote Director, LLC
    Inventors: Franz H. Herbert, Dan Caldwell, Robert Burnett