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Selective color correction applied to plurality of local color gamuts
Assignee: Agfa Gevaert NV
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Filing: 1996-04-24
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Granted: 2000-05-02
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Expires: 2016-04-24
Abstract
Abstract A method is described for selective color correction of an original color image. In one embodiment, a color is selected by picking a colored pixel from the color image and a changed color, having a restricted color change, is associated with the selected color. All original colors, situated within a local color gamut, comprising the selected color, undergo a color modification according to the color change. The effect of the modification decreases as the original color reaches the boundary of the local color gamut. The selected color and changed color may be defined in the native color space, the local color gamut is preferentially defined by an action radius related to a psychometric color space. Two or more selective color corrections may be combined by a weighted mean modification, by choosing for each color change a weight value, which decreases as the selected color is more different from the original color.
Inventors
- 👤 Chris Tuijn
- 👤 Earle Stokes
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 03:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/46; H04N1/56; H04N1/60; H04N1/62; H04N1/622
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
114 words
A method for selective correction of an original colour x in an original colour image, comprising the steps of: selecting at least two different colours μ K , K-1, . . . N, N≧2, wherein each of the colours μ K represents a point in a n-dimensional colour space; defining for each selected colour μ K a required colour change δ K ; defining for each selected colour μ K a weighting function W K (x); and applying a colour modification to said original colour x, according to Σ K W K (x)δ K , K=1, . . . N wherein W K (μ J )=0 if K≠J and W K (μ K )=1.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
114 words
A method for selective correction of an original colour x in an original colour image, comprising the steps of: selecting at least two different colours μ K , K-1, . . . N, N≧2, wherein each of the colours μ K represents a point in a n-dimensional colour space; defining for each selected colour μ K a required colour change δ K ; defining for each selected colour μ K a weighting function W K (x); and applying a colour modification to said original colour x, according to Σ K W K (x)δ K , K=1, . . . N wherein W K (μ J )=0 if K≠J and W K (μ K )=1.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein each weighting function obeys the following inequalities in its range of definition: 0≦W K (x)≦1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein the sum of all weighting functions, evaluated in any original colour x, is not greater than one: Σ K W K (x)≦1.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein each weighting function W K (x) is defined by an extent and a shape.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
Method according to claim 4, wherein said extent is defined by at least one action radius or by one or two action radii per coordinate axis, each action radius having said selected colour μ K as origin.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
Method according to claim 5, wherein said action radius is defined in a colour space having HSL, HSV or Lch coordinate axes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
Method according to claim 4, wherein the extent is set to comprise all colours contributing to said selected colour.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
Method according to claim 4, wherein the shape of the weighting function W K (x) is different for different coordinate axes.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
20 words
Method according to claim 4, wherein said shape is based on the distribution of colours contributing to said selected colour.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
54 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein a. said original colour x, b. said selected colour μ K , c. said required colour change δ K , and d. said colour modification is defined in an RGB, Lab, CMY, CMYK, HiFi or named colour space, preferentially the same space for a, b, c and d.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said colour modification is combined with a global colour transformation, suitable for application to said original colour image.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
Method according to claim 11, wherein said global colour transformation is defined on a sparse grid of colours.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
15 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said selected colour is obtained from said colour image.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
33 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said colour change δ K is obtained from the difference between: a desired colour selected on a reference colour image and said selected colour μ K .
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
56 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said weighting function W K (x) is not increasing as a distance D K between said original colour x and said selected colour μ K increases, as long as D K is smaller than a distance between said selected colour μ K and any different selected colour μ J .
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
46 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said weighting function W K (x) decreases according to a linear, quadratic, cubic, or gaussian function or is proportional to the inverse of a distance D K between said original colour x and the corresponding selected colour μ K .
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein said selected colour and said required colour change are defined in a native colour space.
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