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7620243 Noise reduction for primary tones for image replication systems  
Systems and methods are disclosed that provide noise reduction for primary tones. In an embodiment, the systems and methods involve adjusting an input color toward a primary tone at the expense of...
7620242 Particular-region detection method and apparatus, and program therefor  
The particular region detecting method and apparatus detect particular region candidates in an image, then perform face detection in a region including one of the detected particular region...
7620241 Artifact reduction in a digital video  
A method performed by a processing system is provided. The method comprises detecting an artifact in a first frame of a digital video using a plurality of edges identified in the first frame and...
7620239 Color determination device and color determination method  
A color determination device sections a hue plane, in which unit data constituting determining image data is mapped, into partial regions by a color determination boundary, and carries out a color...
7620238 Virtual reality color sampler  
A virtual reality color sampler for displaying prospective colors for an item has an alphanumeric keyboard connected to a color card scanner. A virtual reality goggle is connected to the...
7619792 Image forming apparatus, image forming method  
An image forming apparatus has a calibration mode in which a calibration image is formed on a print medium to correct image forming conditions. The image forming apparatus detects print medium...
7619773 Color management system using measured device data  
Managing color data to transform source color image data from a source device into destination color image data for rendering by a destination device, including accessing a source color data file...
7619652 Frame processing and frame processing method  
A picture frame input from an electronic camera is stored in an input-end buffer frame, and read therefrom in a CPU, where it is processed, using a reconstruction table defining a pixelwise image...
7619637 Systems and methods for improved gamut mapping from one image data set to another  
The present application discloses methods and system for converting input image data in a first color space into image data in a second color space format. Several embodiments disclose improved...
7616812 Signal processing apparatus and method, and program  
Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter...
7616811 Method and system in a digital image processing chain for adjusting a colour balance, corresponding equipment, and software means for implementing the method  
A method in a digital image processing chain adjusts for a colour balance. In the method, the subject is imaged by pixels to form value-sets of the colour components, component-specific histograms...
7616361 Color processing apparatus and its method  
In gamut mapping, when saturation is linearly compressed, a saturation drop of a low-saturation part is considerable. Linear compression based on zone division produces discontinuous points....
7616360 Image processing apparatus and method therefor  
When color materials of more than four colors are used, a signal for the amount of toner used within a range appropriate for the apparatus and toner characteristic is generated using a color...
7616344 Image processing apparatus and method for printing and plate making, and recording medium having image processing program recorded therein for printing and plate making  
For page data containing shadow-casting objects, trap graphics are generated according to the following procedure. First, an ID drawing process is performed for all objects within a page, and based...
7616343 Image data conversion apparatus, image forming apparatus, image data conversion method and program  
A technology that contributes to improvement of visibility of an image containing an achromatic color is provided. A color space information acquiring unit for acquiring color space information of...
7616234 Image processing apparatus, image processing system, image processing method, storage medium, and program  
In an image processing apparatus which can always provide an excellent processed image, an analysis unit analyzes condition information representing a condition at a time when an image is obtained...
7616233 Perfecting of digital image capture parameters within acquisition devices using face detection  
Within a digital acquisition device, acquisition parameters of a digital image are perfected as part of an image capture process using face detection within said captured image to achieve one or...
7616216 Digital content creation system, program product, and storage medium  
There is disclosed a digital content creation system including: a representative color obtaining section that obtains, from a digital content input, a characteristic amount of at least one...
7613335 Methods and devices useful for analyzing color medical images  
In one embodiment, a method that includes comparing a subject color medical image to normal color medical image data; and identifying abnormal pixels from the subject color medical image. Another...
7609908 Method for adjusting the brightness of a digital image utilizing belief values  
A method of processing a digital image, including the steps of: assigning belief values to pixels in the digital image, wherein the belief values are proportional to a belief that the pixels are...
7609883 Method and apparatus for compensating for uneven lighting in an image  
A system that compensates for uneven lighting in a digital image of a surface. During operation, the system receives the digital image of the surface. Next, the system obtains a reference lighting...
7609846 Matching of digital images to acquisition devices  
In a digital image matching method, reference calibration data associated with one or more reference digital image files is ascertained. The reference digital image files each have reference...
7609425 Image data processing apparatus, method, storage medium and program  
Processing for printing image data is speeded up while color gamut is widened and tonality enhanced. An image data processing apparatus for achieving this includes a print-quality acquisition unit...
7609413 Color management for limited gamut devices  
Methods and apparatuses for performing color manipulation using virtual gamuts. In one aspect of the invention, a method to perform color manipulation on a digital processing system includes:...
7609299 Solid-state image sensing apparatus  
A solid-state image sensing apparatus in which a first signal converted linearly to the intensity of incident light, and a second signal converted logarithmically to the intensity of light, can be...
7606415 Image gradation correction based on switching resolution of correction coefficients  
The invention provides an image processing apparatus and an image processing method. An area to which image data belongs is discriminated, and a correction coefficient to be used for correction of...
7605959 System and method of color image transformation  
A method comprises receiving a set of color transfer curves, receiving a digital image file having a plurality of pixel stacks, for each pixel stack in the digital image file: identify initial...
7605950 Printing apparatus  
A printing apparatus for generating a test chart using a plurality of sheets of printing paper and correction data having high accuracy according to the test chart. Overlapping regions G are...
7605945 Color reproduction definition creating method and color conversion method  
The present invention selects color materials for a virtual device from real color materials, adjusts a gray balance to obtain a predetermined black color at a maximum device value by using...
7605943 Production of a color conversion profile utilizing comparison of spectral reflectance data and comparative colors  
A method and apparatus for producing a color conversion profile for use in a color inkjet printer, a color laser printer, or the like. In one embodiment, a spectral printing model converter is used...
7605823 ICC consistent chromatic adaptation  
Systems and methods for providing consistent chromatic adaptation to a workflow comprising a number of International Color Consortium (ICC) profiles is provided. In accordance with an exemplary...
7602969 Imaging data processing method, imaging data processing device, and computer program  
An accurate white balance adjustment process is provided for an image captured in an environment where different color components, such as an ambient light and a flash light are mixed. With respect...
7602967 Method of improving image quality  
A method of improving image quality of a reproduced image, the method including converting red, green, and blue color data of a subject pixel into color data having brightness and chroma...
7602538 Method and apparatus for image data processing  
An image data processing method and apparatus for performing image correction processes for a restored image data file obtained from a JPEG-compressed image data file which may prevent block...
7602527 Album creating apparatus, album creating method and program  
An album with the color arrangement harmonized with images is provided. An album creating apparatus for creating an album including a plurality of images includes: a color extraction section for...
7602525 Method of producing color conversion table, image processing device, image processing method, program and recording medium  
A method of producing a color conversion table capable of enhancing continuity in an image-data color conversion, an image processing device and a method using the color conversion table, a program...
7602401 Image display apparatus and method, program therefor, and recording medium having recorded thereon the same  
An image display apparatus for displaying an image on a panel having pixels each including a plurality of subpixels of different colors includes an interpolation operator interpolating consecutive...
7602400 Color adjusting method and color adjusting apparatus  
A color adjusting method of adjusting colors of a color image. The method includes: adjusting a color of the color image by converting a value of a parameter representing a straight line passing...
7599578 Apparatus, program, and method for image tone transformation, and electronic camera  
A tone transformation apparatus of the present invention extracts or generates a signal Z[i, j] according to a pixel value of a pixel [i. j] of an original image or a pixel value of its immediate...
7599577 Method and apparatus of correcting hybrid flash artifacts in digital images  
A method for digital image eye artifact detection and correction include identifying one or more candidate red-eye defect regions in an acquired image. For one or more candidate red-eye regions, a...
7599553 Image processing apparatus and method that perform color matching using detected uniformity  
When one viewing condition parameter is applied to all pixels, a visual effect between a single color and a background expressed on a rasterized image cannot be reflected on a color matching...
7599552 Image processing apparatus, and color correction method and lookup table  
In a color conversion method of inputting at least two color difference values and obtaining a corresponding saturation value, a main lookup table which stores the saturation value for the color...
7599551 Color correction device and color correction method  
A color correction apparatus is provided including a color correction means 1 for making a color correction to an input image signal 101 , and a color gamut compression means 2 for performing...
7599550 Method for accurate real-time compensation for changing illumination spectra in digital video cameras  
A method for determining a correction for a spectra of scene illumination based on analysis of color content of a video image, in which average image colors are obtained by considering only those...
7599078 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
An image processing system includes a first obtaining section for obtaining a first image and a color mode for the first image; a second obtaining section for obtaining a second image and a color...
7598985 Image processing circuit of image input device  
In image input devices such as digital still cameras, processing is speeded up and power consumption is reduced by arranging in a RPU ( 23 ) performing real time processing of a pixel data from a...
7596266 Method and system for separating illumination and reflectance using a log color space  
In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method for generating an illumination invariant, chromaticity representation of an image is provided. The method...
7595920 Processing apparatus and processing method of color image information  
An image processing apparatus for color image information inputs a combination of component values of reference colors that constitute a processing color, and converts the combination of component...
7595919 Color conversion definition creating method, profile creating method, color conversion definition creating apparatus, profile creating apparatus, color conversion definition creating program storage medium, and profile creating program storage medium  
There is disclosed a color conversion definition creating method of creating a color conversion definition for converting coordinate points in a color reproduction area of a printer into coordinate...
7595825 Image pickup system and image processing program  
An image pickup system includes a color noise estimation section, which has a local region extraction section that extracts luminance and color difference signals in units of 4×4 pixels from...