Color image processing
US5896122A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 22, 1992 |
| Grant date | Apr 20, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 22, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/6011
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Apparatus for performing a color transformation or color retouch operation on multibit digital data defining P color components of image pixels. The apparatus comprises a look-up table (2) which is addressed by N most significant bits (MSBS) of each color component value and which contains coarse versions of output pixel color component values. An interpolator (3) is responsive to M least significant bits (LSBS) of each color component value to interpolate fine versions of the output pixel values from the coarse output pixel values obtained from the look-up table. A processor loads coarse output pixel data for each color component into the 2.sub.NP addresses of the look-up table which may be addressed by the M MSBs of the input pixel data. The processor (8) is adapted to cause the value of N progressively to increase with successive iterations.
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