Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, an imaging apparatus includes an image acquiring unit, a correction region setting unit, and an image correcting unit. The image acquiring unit acquires an image. The correction region setting unit sets a region of correction of a face of a person in the image acquired by the image acquiring unit based on a position of the face of the person in the image. The image correcting unit corrects an image in the region of correction set by the correction region setting unit. Thus, according to the imaging apparatus of the embodiment, it is possible to obtain a face image of a desired shape more simply and easily.

Abstract: The conversion of RAW data captured by a camera can have artifacts in smoothness of various hues for varying chroma. To optimize smoothness and color accuracy, transform coefficients defining conversion of a standard color model to a target color model are determined. The RAW data is converted to data in a standard color model and the data in the standard color model is converted to data in the target color model using the transform coefficients. The process is repeated for various lightness levels and combined into a look up table to efficiently convert RAW data to data in the target color model for various lightness levels.

Abstract: A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for calibrating a device using augmented data are disclosed. For example, the method measures k spectral values of each patch for a first plurality of patches generated by the device and a second plurality of patches generated by the reference device, creates a first augmented data set by selecting a delta (?), wherein the first augmented data set comprises the ? applied k times to each one of the k spectral values of each one of the first plurality of patches, initializes initializing a function to create a second augmented data set for the reference device, solves the function to obtain a matrix of calibration values of the device that is based upon the first augmented data set and the second augmented data set and calibrates the device using the matrix of calibration values.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus comprising: a generation unit configured to determine characteristic information associated with image data which expresses an image, to generate an attribute value based on the determination result, and to set the attribute value in an attribute value field included in the image data; and an image processing device configured to apply an image process to a pixel value set in a pixel value field included in the image data, based on the attribute value set in the attribute value field.

Abstract: A method and a system for enhancing colors of an image are disclosed. The method comprises: converting the color components in an RGB color space of each pixel in an image into a hue component, a saturation component, and a value component in an HSV color space of the pixel; stretching the saturation component when it is greater than 0 and smaller than 1; converting the hue component, the stretched saturation component, and the value component into an enhanced red component, an enhanced green component, and an enhanced blue component in the RGB color space. Through the method, the phenomenon of color shift can be prevented, thus enabling the image to be brighter and vivider. Hence, the viewers' visual experience can be improved. The method can relieve the problems of color shift and picture washout.

Abstract: A method and device for detecting uniformity of a dark state image of a display is disclosed. After an acquired dark state image of a display panel is divided into a plurality of areas according to a preset rule, RGB values of each area are determined and converted into XYZ values. The L* and C* values in the CIE-LCH standard are calculated and statistical analysis is performed to the L* and C* values of the areas in the dark state image to determine statistical parameters of the display image. A dark state uniformity coefficient of the dark state image is determined based on the determined statistical parameters, and the uniformity of the dark state image of the display panel is determined through the dark state uniformity coefficient.

Abstract: The system enables conversion of black and white images to color images and/or two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images based on adding color and/or depth to images using masks for regions in the images, as well as reshaping of masks to cover objects that have moved and changed shape as the objects move in a sequence of images. Also, includes motion picture project management system for reviewers, coordinators and artists. Artists utilize image analysis and image enhancement and computer graphics processing for example to convert two-dimensional images into three-dimensional images or otherwise create or alter motion pictures. Enables the efficient management of projects related to motion pictures to enable enterprises to manage assets, control costs, predict budgets and profit margins, reduce archival storage and otherwise provide displays tailored to specific roles to increase worker efficiency.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the image processing device to perform: acquiring a calibration value based on a plurality of test images that are printed on a recording medium, the calibration value indicating an amount of calibration; calibrating a target value by using the calibration value, the target value being used to determine a dot formation state of each pixel of an image in a halftone process; and generating print data by performing the halftone process on each pixel based on the calibrated target value.

Abstract: A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for generating background for an image. A graphical interface module arranges an image in a display element. The arrangement of the image in the display element defines a space between the perimeters of image and the display element. A color detection module determines an estimate of a color of the image about the perimeter of the image. A background generator module determines a variation of color of the image about the perimeter of the image. The background generator module determines a background based at least on the estimate of the color and the variation of color. A display module provides the arrangement of the image in the display element with the background at least filling a portion of the space defined between the perimeters.

Abstract: The amount of achromatic toner used is reduced without decreasing adhesive force. A printer apparatus derives the densities of chromatic toner corresponding to the tone values of image data in the cyan, magenta and yellow format, and derives a total density by adding up the respective densities of the chromatic toner of cyan, magenta, and yellow. Then, the apparatus compares a threshold density such as 100% or 60% with the total density of the chromatic toner of cyan, magenta, and yellow. When the total density is higher than the threshold density, the apparatus sets the density of achromatic toner to 0. When the total density of the chromatic toner of cyan, magenta, and yellow is not higher than the threshold density, the apparatus sets the density of the achromatic toner to a value acquired by subtracting the total density from the threshold density.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes a reading unit, an acquisition unit, a determining unit, and a density correction unit. The reading unit reads a document to generate image data. The acquisition unit acquires color material reduction information reflecting a color material reduction process applicable to the document. The determining unit determines whether to correct the image data based on the acquired color material reduction information. The density correction unit performs a density correction process on the image data if the determining unit has determined to correct the image data.

Abstract: Embodiments of techniques or systems for color management are provided herein. A graphic input may be received which includes pixels associated with color codes. Respective pixels or portions of the graphic input may be binned or indexed into color code bins. Each color code bin may be indicative or be associated with a color or color code. Sample color gradients may be assigned color codes based on counts for respective color code bins. A background or layers may be generated based on the sample color gradients. Additionally, patterns or aspects may be generated for the background or layers. In this manner, color management may be provided in the form of a dynamic, changing, or moving background which may be unique to the graphic input due to the patterns (e.g., movement patterns, shape patterns, movement speed, etc.) and sample color gradients determined based on the graphic input.

Abstract: The invention discloses a method and terminal device for improving video signal definition. The method includes: acquiring information of a connected display device; selecting a corresponding definition improving algorithm according to the acquired information of the display device to process video output signals, and finally outputting the processed video signals to the display device for display. By adopting the above technical scheme, the problem in the prior art of fuzzy or unclear display images caused by mismatching between output images of the mobile device and the connected display device as a uniform fixed algorithm is adopted to magnify images when a mobile device is connected to a display device for video play is solved.

Abstract: In an image processing apparatus, maximum values and minimum values of the classes of respective color components are calculated; the largest value among the maximum values of the color components is found as an all-color maximum value, color correction curves are generated, on the basis of the maximum and minimum values of the respective color components and the all-color maximum value, for color components other than the color component whose maximum value is equal to the all-color maximum value, and the color correction curves are used to perform corrections on the respective color components of the image signal. The color correction curves are generated for performing corrections such that, after the corrections, the maximum value of each color component is approximately equal to the all-color maximum value.

Abstract: Embodiments are directed towards identifying background pixels in a scanned image so that they can be removed from the image. A histogram of each color channel for an initially scanned portion of the image may be determined. The histogram may represent a frequency distribution of pixels in the scanned portion across each color value for each color channel. A white point tracking profile may be determined based on the histogram. The white point tracking profile may identify a range of color values for each channel that are statistically related to a mode color value of a corresponding color channel. When pixels in the scanned image are determined to have a color profile within the white point tracking profile, then those pixels may be modified to a predetermined color profile, such as a maximum color value for each channel. The modified pixels may then be removed from the scanned image.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a method, device and/or system for displaying a more than three primary color (RGB) image. The device (100,200) may include, for example, a driver control module (218) to controllably activate one or more drivers (206,210) of an array of sub-pixel elements of at least four primary colors based on image data representing pixels of the color image in terms of at least three primary colors (RGB). Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: An image processing method includes: receiving image data of a Bayer format comprising red color information, green color information, and blue color information, generating image data of a modified Bayer format by combining the green color information with the red color information and combining the green color information with the blue color information while downscaling the image data of the Bayer format to a target resolution, denoising the image data of the modified Bayer format, and generating RGB image data by demosaicing the denoised image data of the modified Bayer format.

Abstract: An image processing device includes a first production part configured to apply a first smoothing process to an original image data by using a first edge-preserving smoothing filter to produce first image data that include a low-frequency image and an edge image, a second production part configured to apply a second smoothing process to a differential image between the original image data and the first image data to produce second image data that include a high-frequency image, and a synthesis part configured to synthesize the first image data and the second image data.

Abstract: A device includes a processor configured to execute a process including extracting a pixel value of each of a plurality of areas of a same color that are arranged at different positions on a color chart that is captured in an image, and specifying by using the extracted pixel values of the areas and arrangement positions of the areas of the same color an area that has a pixel value that corresponds to a function that expresses fluctuation of pixel values according to a position due to non-uniformity of an illumination environment that fluctuates the pixel values at a constant rate in one direction, and correcting a pixel value of a correction target area between the areas of the same color according to the pixel value of the specified area.

Abstract: A printing method includes a step of supplying a first aggregating agent that induces an aggregation reaction of the white particles contained in the white particle ink, to the colored printing medium; a step of supplying, by the inkjet method, the white particle ink onto the colored printing medium having been supplied with the first aggregating agent such that aggregation of the white particles brings about increase in optical reflectance in a printing area; a step of supplying a second aggregating agent that is charged with same charge as that for the first aggregating agent and that induces an aggregation reaction of dye contained in dye ink, to the white particles aggregated; and a step of supplying, by the inkjet method, the dye ink to the white particles aggregated.

Abstract: A color conversion method includes: a step (a) of obtaining paper white information including a spectral reflectance and a scanner response value of a paper white portion of a document, a step (b) of searching for a registered scanner profile corresponding to paper white information the same as or similar to the paper white information, from a plurality of registered scanner profiles for paper types, and a step (c) of determining whether a new scanner profile needs to be created corresponding to the paper white information obtained in the step (a), according to a result of searching in the step (b).

Abstract: The present invention includes a first generating unit that generates a recording-amount of a chromatic-color-material in each pixel of a color-image from first image data indicating the color-image; a second generating unit that generates a recording-amount of a transparent-color-material in each pixel of a transparent-image from second image data indicating the transparent-image; a storage unit that stores an upper-limit-recording-amount of the color-materials and an upper-limit-recording-amount assignable to the transparent-color-material, for color material image data indicating an image formed from the recording-amount of the chromatic-color-material and the recording-amount of the transparent-color-material; and a correcting unit that calculates a recording-amount assignable to the transparent-color-material by subtracting the recording-amount of the chromatic-color-material from the upper-limit-recording-amount of the color-materials, and corrects the recording-amount of the transparent-color-material

Abstract: When the discharge volume of a specific ink is adjusted additionally to uniformly adjusting the discharge volume of a plurality of inks used for printing, a correction ratio input unit of a printer driver execution unit of a print control device receives input of a total correction ratio for correcting the discharge volume of cyan ink, magenta ink, yellow ink, and black ink, and receives input of a specific correction ratio for further correcting the discharge volume of black ink. The discharge volume correction unit sets the corrected discharge volume of cyan ink, magenta ink, and yellow ink to the product of the rated discharge volume times the total correction ratio, and sets the corrected discharge volume of black ink to the product of the rated discharge volume times a correction ratio multiple, which is the product of the total correction ratio and the specific correction ratio.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes an elimination processing unit that eliminates a specific color in image information. The elimination processing unit does not consider a pixel having a saturation that exceeds a saturation threshold and a lightness that is lower than a lightness threshold, which corresponds to a hue of the pixel, as an elimination target and considers a pixel having a saturation that exceeds the saturation threshold and a lightness that is higher than a lightness threshold, which corresponds a hue of the pixel, as the elimination target.

Abstract: There are provided a profile providing apparatus, a profile providing system, a profile providing method, and a profile providing program that allow providing a profile of the appropriate version while reducing the burden relevant to a setting on the client side. A version selection unit, which selects one of a plurality of versions stored in a profile database as a specific version, and a transmission processing unit, which transmits a profile of the selected specific version to each client apparatus so as to be associated with a unified name that does not depend on the version, are provided.

Abstract: A gem tester for testing a gem under test and a kit including a horizontal recharging stand are disclosed. In one embodiment of the gem tester, an elongated body has a line-of-sight contour tapering from a bulbous end to a radially deviating frontal nose having a probe extending therefrom. Internal circuitry measures electrical and thermal conductivity of the gem under test in order to identify the type of gem under test and drive a color control signal in response thereto. A luminescent mounting extends about the contact to provide, in response to the control signal, a color indication of the identified gem type.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a print device, a tone correction unit, a peripheral light quantity drop detecting unit, and a color value correction unit. The tone correction unit corrects a tone characteristic of the print device based on color values of a plurality of color patches of each of a reference chart and a test chart in an image. The image is generated by simultaneously taking a reference sheet and a test sheet by an imaging device. The reference chart is drawn on the reference sheet. The test chart is printed on the test sheet by the print device. The peripheral light quantity drop detecting unit detects the amount of the peripheral light quantity drop in each of the patches based on the positions and luminances of the plurality of reference regions in the image and the positions of the patches in the image.

Abstract: An image processing device for forming an image on a medium includes an image data acquiring part and an expanding part. The image data acquiring part is configured to acquire an image data used for forming the image. The expanding part is configured to expand, based on a correspondence relationship for expansion, the acquired image data into a plurality of printing data.

Abstract: Accurate automatic registration and fusion of LADAR (from laser detection and ranging) and EO (electro-optical) data from different sensors provides additional analysis and exploitation value beyond what each data set provides on its own. Such data sets often exhibit significant misregistration due to uncorrelated geometric errors between or among two or more sensors. One or more automatic algorithms achieve superior registration as well as algorithms for fusing the data in three dimensions (3D). The fused data can provide multi-image colorization for change detection, automatic generation of surface relief colorization, interactive and/or automatic filtering of 3D vegetation points for LADAR foliage penetration analysis, automatic surface orientation determination for improved spectroradiometric exploitation, and other benefits that cannot be achieved by the LADAR or EO data alone.

Abstract: A recording device includes a color gamut conversion control unit, a color gamut conversion unit, and a recording unit. The color gamut conversion control unit controls a method of converting the color gamut of content data, on the basis of a user-specified condition specified by a user. The color gamut conversion unit converts the color gamut of the content data in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit. The recording unit records, on a recording medium, the content data, the color gamut of which has been converted by the color gamut conversion unit in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit, or the content data, the color gamut of which has not been converted by the color gamut conversion unit in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit.

Abstract: Certain embodiments provide an image forming apparatus, including: an image forming part to form an image made of plural pixels by using plural printing colors and a special color different from the plural printing colors; an input part of image data of the image; an image processing part to output component data of the plural printing colors from the image data for each of the pixels; a user interface to specify a condition for converting the component data of the plural printing colors into component data of a multi color in which the special color is added to the plural printing colors; and a conversion part to convert the component data of the plural printing colors from the image processing part into the component data of the multi color to the image forming part based on the condition of the user interface.

Abstract: To be able to do good color mapping between color encodings for gamuts with considerably different luminance dynamic range while not introducing significant color errors, we describe an image color processing apparatus (201) arranged to transform an input color (L,x,y) of a pixel specified in a color representation corresponding to a first luminance dynamic range into an output color (L*,x,y) of a pixel specified in a color representation corresponding to a second luminance dynamic range, which first and second dynamic ranges differ in extent by at least a multiplicative factor 1.

Abstract: A display device with fewer terminals. The display device includes a timing signal generating circuit which outputs an output signal based on a clock signal, in which one signal line serves as both a signal line to which a start pulse signal that drives the timing signal generating circuit is input and a signal line to which an image signal is input. Further, a blocking circuit which outputs a start pulse to the timing signal generating circuit but does not output the image signal is provided between the signal line and the timing signal generating circuit.

Abstract: A method for producing a customized print includes determining a color of at least one feature of an object, where the object is imaged with a reference color chart. A color palette is selected based on the at least one determined feature color and a print is generated based on the selected color palette. A system for producing a customized print is also described.

Abstract: A social network service system includes a server wherein a terminal of a member is connectable to the server. The server includes a memory configured to store a home screen includes top image data for each member, a selector configured to select a type of an image processing, and a processor configured to process, at a predetermined timing, the top image data of a member in accordance with the type of the image processing which is selected by the selector.

Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for compensating for optical brighteners found in print media while calibrating a printer. The system is able to determine reflectance values for a print medium, to determine reflectance values for a colorant applied to the print medium, and to alter the determined reflectance values for the colorant based on the reflectance values of the print medium. The system is further able to calibrate a printer that applied the colorant to the print medium based on the altered reflectance values.

Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus for reconstructing indexed color spaces. The method comprises accessing a plurality of indexed color spaces, wherein each indexed color space comprises a bit depth; and creating one or more unions of two or more indexed color spaces from the plurality of indexed color spaces, wherein the bit depth of the union of the two or more indexed color does not exceed the bit depth of any of the two or more indexed color spaces.

Abstract: Print data are generated so as to include an evaluation patch group, which has at least one evaluation color patch, the color of which was determined depending on the type of input color space characteristics used in a color conversion process on content data representing print content, and an identification color patch having a color inherent to the type of input color space characteristics. The type of input color space characteristics is identified based on a colorimetric value of the identification color patch on a print. Judgment conditions for color reproducibility are acquired depending on the type of input color space characteristics.

Abstract: An imaging device includes photoelectric conversion elements arranged unidirectionally for each color of light to be received, and performing photoelectric conversion of reflected light from an approximately same position of an object for the each color sequentially pixel by pixel; and a black correction unit that corrects a black level of the object with respect to a pixel group including some photoelectric conversion elements in a way that an output result of the photoelectric conversion of reflected light by a photoelectric conversion element for a pixel, independent of the reflected light, is subtracted from another output result of photoelectric conversion of reflected light by the photoelectric conversion element for the same pixel.

Abstract: In an image processing performing local tone correction on an image, tone correction on an object (face) area can be suppressed from becoming nonuniform. The apparatus is provided with an acquisition unit (102) that acquires coordinate information on an object area, a division unit (103) that divides the inputted image into a plurality of divided areas, a first decision unit (105) that decides atone correction coefficient for each of the divided areas, a second decision unit (106) that decides a tone correction coefficient for the object area based on coordinate information on the object area and the tone correction coefficients for the plurality of divided areas, and an image processing unit (107) that performs tone correction processing on the object area by applying thereto the tone correction coefficient decided by the second decision unit in a uniform manner without depending on coordinates thereof.

Abstract: A print controlling apparatus includes a storage to store a plurality of color feature information, an acquirer to acquire color feature information of a second image forming apparatus, a moderator to moderate color converting table of a first image forming apparatus by using the acquired color feature information and the plurality of color feature information stored in the storage, and a controller to perform printing jobs regarding the first image forming apparatus by using the moderated color converting table.

Abstract: An image forming device has an image processing unit that generates first image data on the basis of image forming data describing an object. The first image data specify first gradation values of at least one black or chromatic color. The image processing unit also identifies certain pixels in an area in which the object is disposed, and generates second image data specifying a second gradation value that is greater than a predetermined gradation value for the identified pixels. An image forming unit forms a first image, based on the first image data, by using at least one black or chromatically colored developing agent, and forms a second image, based on the second image data, by using a white developing agent, thereby reproducing colors in white areas while reducing the usage of the white developing agent.

Abstract: In a color image processing apparatus in the present invention, correction values used for causing reproduction characteristics of multi-colors formed by an image forming unit to be close to target values are obtained using results of measurement of colors of multi-color patch images formed by the image forming unit using a plurality of recording materials. The color image processing apparatus includes a first processing unit configured to, when the image forming unit forms a color image, execute a correction process using the correction values, a second processing unit configured to, when the image forming unit forms the color image, execute the correction process without using at least some of the correction values or not to execute the correction process, and a control unit configured to selectively cause the first processing unit and the second processing unit to operate.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method and system for determining and providing color metadata for a downlink data channel. In accordance with the present invention color metadata is determined such that gamut mapping is defined by a transmitted source gamut which enables adapted mapping that preserves saturation and contrast levels of the source for a downlink data channel. The metadata is then provided to a downlink data channel for color management.

Abstract: An image processing device includes an image acquisition part acquiring first image data, a character detector detecting, based on the first image data, data of a character area in the first image data, a marking detector detecting, based on the first image data, data of a marking area in the first image data, an image adjustment area determination part determining, based on a detection result of the character detector and a detection result of the marking detector, data of an image adjustment area in the first image data, and an image processing part subjecting the data of the image adjustment area in the first image data to image processing to output second image data.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus that enables to output a transmission result report without confusing a user even if a part of printing mechanisms or a printing function is broken. A report output unit generates a transmission result report showing a result of transmission of image data and causes the printing unit to output the transmission result report. A setting unit sets whether to add a part of the transmitted image data to the transmission result report as an additional image. A control unit creates and outputs the transmission result report without adding the additional image even if the setting unit sets to add the additional image, when the transmitted image data is the color image and when the printing unit cannot print a color image and can print a monochrome image.

Abstract: An adjusting method includes steps of providing a display apparatus, transforming a first value in a first color space of a color displayed by the display apparatus into a second value in a second color space, adjusting the second value to a third value in the second color space, and transforming the third value into a fourth value in the first color space. By adjusting the second value to the third value in the second color space intuitively, the present invention achieves the advantages of providing an intuitive operation, simplifying the adjustment, saving time and enhancing the user experiences.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes: an adjusting unit that adjusts a color characteristic in relation to a color image; a conversion unit that converts the color image of which color characteristic is adjusted with the adjusting unit into a luminance-chromaticity image; a band image generating unit that generates a band image that represents a predetermined band from a luminance image of the luminance-chromaticity image; an emphasizing unit that obtains a band emphasized image that emphasizes a band using the luminance image and the band image; and a setting unit that sets an emphasized degree of the band performed by using the emphasizing unit and an adjusted degree of the color characteristic performed by using the adjusting unit.

Abstract: Displays are provided with circuitry performing color correction to compensate for the displays' luminance and chrominance transfer characteristics. Some techniques are suitable for RGBW displays and for subpixel-rendered displays. Some displays include an external light source (e.g. a backlight unit in LCDs), and the color correction is coordinated with dynamic control of the light source.

Abstract: For each totally black pixel of image data to be printed using a fluid-ejection printing device, it is determined whether the pixel is part of a line feature or an area fill feature of the image data. Where the pixel is part of a line feature, a first printing mask selected that is optimized for printing line features. Where the pixel is part of an area fill feature, a second printing mask is selected that is optimized for printing area fill features. Each mask specifies a number of fluid droplets to be printed and positions where the fluid droplets are to be printed. The selected mask is applied to the pixel. The pixel is printed using the mask that has been applied. The fluid-ejection printing device prints the pixel by ejecting the number of fluid droplets specified by the mask at the positions specified by the mask.