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7454056 Color correction device, color correction method, and color correction program  
A CPU 200 acquires image data of a photographed image, determines a specific subject area containing a specific subject in the photographed image, and calculates a specific subject characteristic...
7450267 Accuracy of color conversion profile  
A method for determining lattice points to be referenced to prepare the correspondence defining data, said method including steps of prescribing a smoothness evaluation function which evaluates...
7446901 Conforming output intensities of pens  
A linearization data structure is generated for a pen, in view of another pen, for conforming output intensities of the pen to output intensities of the other pen.
7444038 Image correction apparatus and image correcting method  
Images at two or more correction levels are output as corrected images for a given image, and a user is allowed to select a preferred corrected image. Based on the selection result of the user, an...
7440011 Method for the real-time processing of a signal representing an image  
A signal representing an image generated by at least one photosensitive device is processed in real-time to supply, from a scene to be observed having a high dynamic range between the signals...
7436545 Method of forming image, image forming apparatus, and program for carrying out the method  
If an ink for a particular color (for example, red) having an excellent color developing characteristic is used in addition to inks for three primary colors of subtractive color mixture, the high...
7433511 Color adjustment using black generation and under color removal  
In one embodiment, mapping color data from CMY to CMYK is performed in a manner which allows selection between creating better harmony between process-neutral and K-only neutral images when printed...
7433104 Method and apparatus for adaptively enhancing colors in color images  
A method and an apparatus for adaptively enhancing a color of an image are provided. The apparatus includes a saturation component deriving unit, a saturation enhancement function determining...
7430061 System and method to eliminate clipping during color conversion  
A color enhancement system with variable color saturation addresses issues of clipping of an output image by analysis and application of color correction to individual pixels. Encoded image data is...
7423780 Dynamic selection of rendering intent for color proofing transforms  
In general, in one aspect, the invention features an apparatus, method, and computer program product for automatically selecting a rendering intent. A device color profile associated with a device...
7420705 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and storage medium  
Image data of a color patch is created using a printer profile according to a color conversion method and the image output apparatus 3 prints and outputs the color patch on a storage medium using...
7411698 Method and device for detecting a color cast in an image  
Given an image converted into a chromatic space ( 101 ), a method is used for identifying a color cast (i.e. a dominant color), through statistical analysis ( 105 ) of the distribution on an color...
7408558 Laser-based display having expanded image color  
A method for displaying a color image by providing a color image display apparatus having at least three narrow-band emissive light sources that define a display color gamut. Image data values are...
7403304 Method for optimised colour reproduction of a coloured original image  
A method is provided for optimized color reproduction of a color original image by a color reproduction device. Color values of a color space of the original image are determined. A color space of...
7397588 Generation of hue slice table for gamut mapping  
A table representing a color gamut for a device for use in a color management system where colors are represented in a color appearance space comprises data representing a collection of hue slices...
7397483 Image data conversion using interpolation  
In tetrahedral interpolation suitable for data conversion implemented by digital computations, when the unit rectangular hexahedron is a regular hexahedron, no complicated multiplication is...
7394929 Digital picture image color conversion  
A computer method for transforming a sensor color space of a digital image to standard color space. The color pixels in the sensor color space digital image are grouped and multiplied by multiple...
7391903 Image processing method, image processing program and image processing processor for interpolating color components  
An image processing method for converting a first image, which is expressed in a colorimetric system made up of a plurality of color components and is constituted of a plurality of pixels each...
7385730 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and printing apparatus and printing system using the image processing apparatus  
In an apparatus for performing printing using a color ink-jet head having a plurality of ink-discharge-port strings corresponding to ink materials having different color tones, a high-quality image...
7382492 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
The image processing technique of the invention receives an input image with an ID of a digital camera used for taking the input image (step S 100 ) and performs color adjustment of the input image...
7382490 4-dimensional gray neutrality calibration  
A method of applying a gray neutrality calibration to a color signal, said method comprising: representing said color signal as a position in a multi dimensional color space, in which each said...
7382415 Color correction processing circuit by each hue  
The object of the present invention is to provide a color correction process designed for enabling all the hues in the image properly corrected without leaving any uncorrected range; the inputted...
7379207 Method and system for device-independent color gamut mapping  
System and method for device-independent color gamut mapping is disclosed. The system recognizes that a finite set of color gamut mapping intents form the basis for performing color gamut mappings...
7376277 Data transform for improved compression of multicomponent images  
Color image transform coding methods and apparatus which take advantage of redundant information which is normally present in the luminance and chrominance components of a color image are...
7375853 Image processing apparatus and method  
A separating unit determines, for an image data, whether there exists black data, and generates density data from the black data when the black data exists, and generates color data from data other...
7372596 Color conversion definition creating method, color conversion definition creating apparatus, and color conversion definition creating program storage medium  
A combined profile is created through a first step of deriving a coordinate component of a black on a color space for CMYK dot % for a printer associated with a predetermined representative...
7369273 Grayscale mistracking correction for color-positive transparency film elements  
In a color image transformation method and system, a photographic color-positive transparency media bearing a captured image is transmission scanned to provide a scanned image. The scanned image...
7365876 Method for generating a color match between a target object and a source object  
In a method for generating a color match between a target object having a plurality of different target color values and a source object, a target color space with target color locations to be...
7362475 Image forming device for processing a file containing raster data and vector data  
An image forming device for forming images based on a file configured of a first data area for storing raster data and a header for storing vector data. The image forming device includes a raster...
7359100 Image correction method, program, and apparatus  
An image correction method of this invention includes a step of identifying a first pixel that satisfies one of predetermined conditions as to a pixel level, which are set for each color component,...
7355753 Color saturation adjustment  
A method of adjusting primary color data values including producing color saturation adjusted primary color data values that depend on a relative amount of chroma in the initial primary color data...
7349119 Image storage and control device for camera to generate synthesized image with wide dynamic range  
The invention is an image pickup apparatus comprising an LE-SE buffer for storing multiple images with different exposure amounts that have been taken with a CCD, an SL synthesizing circuit for...
7348992 Apparatus for and method of color compensation  
An apparatus for color compensation includes a chroma deflection generation unit to calculate a chroma deflection based on an input chroma signal and a predetermined first reference value, a hue...
7345787 Accuracy of color conversion profile  
A method for determining lattice points to be referenced to prepare the correspondence defining data, said method including steps of prescribing a smoothness evaluation function which has a...
7339700 Profile adjustment method, apparatus, and program  
The invention makes it possible to perform a quantitative evaluation not influenced by experience and sensitivity of a user, upon adjustment of a profile. The adjustment of first conversion data,...
7339619 Image pickup system and image processing program for performing correction on chroma signal  
A color signal of a primary color or a color signal of a complementary color is converted from a CCD to signals in a color space having an intensity, a hue and a chroma. Tone conversion is...
7333671 Image processing method to improve image sharpness  
A method for processing an image to increase sharpness of the image without changing hue characteristics. The method includes performing a transformation process to transform an original image...
7333235 Printer controller for controlling operation of a pagewidth printhead  
A printer controller for controlling operation of a pagewidth printhead is provided. The printer controller comprises: a bus; a data input interface connected to the bus so that the bus can receive...
7333117 Method of compensating colors in image display device for users with color vision deficiency and device of the same  
Disclosed are a method of compensating colors in an image display device for users with color vision deficiency and a device of the same, enabling the users with color vision deficiency to view...
7327879 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and medium on which image processing program is recorded  
Featured are an image processing apparatus, method and a medium including an image processing program. The image processing apparatus includes an image inputting means for inputting an image, a...
7327498 Image reader for use in image forming apparatus  
An image reader according to the present invention can change the wavelength of the light radiated from an illumination unit, by switching illumination lamps to radiate a light, so that the light...
7327372 Color correcting parameter calculator, image color correcting device, method of calculating color correcting parameters, and program therefor  
In a color correcting parameter calculator, a color correcting unit 11 calculates a target color by executing color correction processing of an input color on a reference side while a reference...
7324673 Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image processing program storage medium  
There is disclosed an image processing apparatus for performing an image processing on a medical image represented by digital data in a medical field, and the appropriate image processing is...
7324118 Super imposed image display color selection system and method  
An optimal pen color is automatically selected for a given background color based upon a predetermined relative distance in the Munsell color-order system. The predetermined distance is defined in...
7320510 Image processing method and image processing apparatus  
A high quality gray scale (monochrome) image in which influences of “recorded color deviation” and “color transition” are suppressed is formed even in the case of a slightly uneven...
7319545 Method and apparatus for calibration of a color printer  
A method permitting an end user to recalibrate a color reproduction device. The color reproduction device includes a device for converting the native color values of the scanner into a device...
7312899 Apparatus and method for editing colors  
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for color-editing capable of simply carrying out color-editing spectral values, such as spectral reflectance, spectral transmittance, spectral radiance and...
7312896 Digital printing system and digital print  
To provide a digital printing system that can satisfactorily reproduce yellow, magenta, and cyan colors, respectively, and can excellently reproduce specific skin tones and have significantly...
7312891 Image processing method and apparatus  
When a color reproduction model of a device is generated, colorimetry of a 9×9×9 grid, for example, is performed utilizing equidistant signal values in the color space of the device. Generally,...
7312799 Visual determination of gamma for softcopy display  
Provided herein are teachings directed to calibrating an output device such as a color display, using a visual method of determining the gamma for the blue primary that is easier to perform and...