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White balance and image color control device

US5461429A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 31, 1993
Grant dateOct 24, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 31, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/73
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A white balance coefficient setting unit 51 sets a white balance coefficient for an image signal; a white balance correction coefficient determination unit 52 determines two white balance correction coefficients to be applied to a luminance signal of the image signal in accordance with the white balance coefficient; a luminance signal operation unit 59 obtains two output signals by multiplying the luminance signal by each of the two white balance correction coefficients; a first adder 57 adds one of the two output signals and a first color difference signal of the image signal together; a second adder 58 adds the other output signal and a second color difference signal of the image signal together. Adding results of the first and the second adders 58 and 59 will be output as a white balance correction value to be applied to the two color difference signals.

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