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Adding color to digital images

US11232607B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2020
Grant dateJan 25, 2022
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/6008
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In implementations of adding color to digital images, an image colorization system can display a digital image to be color adjusted in an image editing interface and convert pixel content of the digital image to a LAB color space. The image colorization system can determine a lightness value (L) in the LAB color space of the pixel content of the digital image at a specified point on the digital image, and determine colors representable in an RGB color space based on combinations of A,B value pairs with the lightness value (L) in the LAB color space. The image colorization system can then determine a range of the colors for display in a color gamut in the image editing interface, the range of the colors corresponding to the A,B value pairs with the lightness value (L) of the pixel content at the specified point on the digital image.

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