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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8179576 | Image processing apparatus A color correction unit corrects a color of an image signal. A reference data storing unit stores reference data corresponding to patches in a reference chart. A correction parameter generating unit generates image processing parameters based on the reference data a... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8154779 | Image reading apparatus A method is provided for processing image data read from a book document placed on a platen of an image reading apparatus. The method includes determining a background pixel of the image data based on a luminance difference or a color difference between neighboring ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149484 | Color gamut data creating device A color gamut data creating device includes a locating unit, and an extracting unit. The locating unit locates characteristic points based on the measurement points on a target plane. The extracting unit extracts at least three vertices of a color gamut from among t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149483 | Color gamut data creating device A color gamut data creating device includes a locating unit, and an extracting unit. The locating unit locates characteristic points based on the measurement points on a target plane. The extracting unit extracts at least three vertices of a color gamut from among t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139274 | Method and apparatus for printing converted image using predefined data and color characteristics A method and apparatus that outputs an optimally-converted image using predefined data and color characteristics. The method includes: receiving the color characteristics; converting the received color characteristics into a range of lightness; converting the range ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8072659 | Color processor, computer readable medium and color processing method The color processor is provided with: a conversion source color data acquiring part for acquiring conversion source color datasets in a first color space; a gamut storage for storing a gamut; a determining part for determining whether or not each of the conversion s... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8045242 | Color conversion apparatus and color conversion method A color conversion apparatus includes: an original data analyzing unit configured to extract background color information of an original and color information of a character and line drawing object on the background; a background color changing unit configured to ch... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8035871 | Determining target luminance value of an image using predicted noise amount A bright luminance value, a dark luminance value, and an average luminance value relating to a face image portion included in an image represented by fed image data are calculated in calculating circuits. Further, a target bright luminance value and a target dark lu... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8027070 | Methods and systems for hue adjustment Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods for color image hue shifting. Some aspects relate to processes by which reference hue values and corresponding hue shift values are used to modify color hue values in a non-perceptually-uniform color spa... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8009338 | Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus that reduces a color of a document image to be printed. An image generation unit scans a document to generate image data. A hue determination unit determines a specific hue included in the image data and a hue becoming a complementary c... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7986448 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method for the same An image processing method includes creating a conversion table for converting a color in a device-independent color space into a color in a device color space based on a colorimetry result of a color patch output by a device. Creating the conversion table includes ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7898706 | System and method for maintaining hue constancy System and method for maintaining perceived hue constancy. A method for displaying an image includes receiving a color vector and associated image data, remapping the color vector to maintain a perceived hue constancy by adjusting a hue component of the color vector... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7884980 | System for capturing graphical images using hyperspectral illumination A graphical scanner for scanning a graphical image includes a source for producing an optical beam, a monochromator for dividing the optical beam into a plurality of component beams for hyperspectral bandpasses, a director for directing the component beams to illumi... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7826112 | Color conversion apparatus and color conversion method A color conversion apparatus includes: an original data analyzing unit configured to extract background color information of an original and color information of a character and line drawing object on the background; a background color changing unit configured to ch... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7733548 | Image reading apparatus A method is provided for processing image data read from a book document placed on a platen of an image reading apparatus. The method includes determining a background pixel of the image data based on a luminance difference or a color difference between neighboring ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7706033 | Image processing device, image processing method, and medium including image processing program An image processing device includes an image generating unit configured to generate image data expressed a single hue from color image data, which include at least a first area to be filled with a first color based on first hue component data and a second area to be... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706035 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus processes an input color image, combines the input color image with the processed color image in a ratio that varies from picture element to picture element according to the hue of the picture element, and outputs the combined image. Th... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7706034 | Multi-Dimensional look-up table generation via adaptive node selection based upon color characteristics of an input image What is provided is a system and method for node set construction and look-up table generation to transform image data in the form of color values of an input color image in an input color space to an output color space of an image output system. In the present meth... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7688489 | Color processing apparatus and its method, program, and printer driver The color of magenta using newly developed magenta ink has characteristics L*≈41, a*≈82, and b*≈24, and has differences ΔL*≈4, Δa*≈0, and Δb*≈26 from the conventional magenta ink, i.e., the lightness value is low, and the color difference b* assumes a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7652808 | Spatially varying luminance compression gamut mapping system and method A system and method for gamut mapping includes a luminance compression algorithm for gamut mapping that varies across different parts of the image. In shadow regions, a soft compression function is applied to bring out the detail. In other regions, including areas w... | 01/26/2010 |
| 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. Nonlinear compression cannot automatically and uniquely calculate a convers... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7602537 | Gamut mapping with primary color rotation Gamut-mapping from a source device to a destination device is performed in a perceptually linear color space such as CIECAM02 by separating a source image into primary color components and processing each primary component separately by mapping a source primary hue ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7586658 | Method and apparatus for removing color noise in image signal In a method and apparatus for processing an image signal, luminance signals are generated for an object pixel and local pixels. A luminance dispersion value is then generated for the object pixel from the luminance signals of the object and local pixels. A control f... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7548357 | Image processing device, image display device, image processing method, and image processing program Aspects of the invention relate to a method of processing images capable of performing natural saturation enhancement having a balance between color components with a small amount of calculation is provided. The image processing device may be arranged in an image di... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7529007 | Methods of identifying the type of a document to be scanned Methods for establishing or configuring imaging device settings use the luminance and chrominance values of an original document. The document is identified as either a text document or a photograph based at least in part on the luminance values of the document's pi... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7515318 | Image processing apparatus, image processing process and program In an image processing method, on the basis of input image data with respect to a target pixel, independent multi-level data (g0, g1) corresponding to respective plural species of dots which are different in at least one of a density and a diameter are... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7474446 | Color reduction processing apparatus, printer control device, color reduction method, and printer control method A color reduction processing apparatus and method reduce an original image containing many colors to a printable image containing few colors according to human color sensation. A conversion processing unit converts the pixel data for each pixel in an RGB color image... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7468821 | Image determination apparatus and image determination method An image determination apparatus, an image reading apparatus, and an image determining method include a device for cutting a color/monochrome region based on a color saturation value obtained by a predetermined derivation method based on image data, and a device for... | 12/23/2008 |
| 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 image to be corrected which is different from the given image is corr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 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 corresponding to the darkest areas and to the brightest areas, an image co... | 10/21/2008 |
| 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 color reproducibility is to be maintained for a long period. To accomp... | 10/14/2008 |
| 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 side-by-side, or creating better-looking images individually. In the... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 variable calculator, a saturation enhancement unit, and a saturation compo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 received, and the elements are converted from a color space represen... | 09/30/2008 |
| 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 is identified. A rendering intent is automatically selected based on ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 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 the image data of this color patch. The color of each color pat... | 09/02/2008 |
| 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 plane of the chromatic space of the color histogram of a re... | 08/12/2008 |
| 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 accepted that are defined within an original color gamut that is smal... | 08/05/2008 |
| 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 the color reproduction device is determined. The color spaces of the ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 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 required, and the computation volume can be greatly reduced. However, when t... | 07/08/2008 |
