Image processing method and system for coloring an image with groups of colors which produce a desired impression
US5611028A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 18, 1994 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 18, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K2215/0094
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing method of coloring an image with colors of well harmonized or matched group. Plural color groups, each including plural grouped colors and giving an individually different mental effect or impression, are stored in a memory, and a specified color group is selected from the stored plural color groups to color the image with colors included in the thus selected color group. Also provided is a system for the practice of the method described above. The system comprises image display means for displaying a colored image, memory means for storing plural color groups, each including plural grouped colors and giving an individually different mental effect or impression, area input means for defining one or more areas to be colored with desired colors, color input means for selecting a specified color group from the plural color groups and designating particular colors included in the thus selected color group, and coloring processor means for coloring the areas with the particular colors designated through the color input means.
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