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Method for calculating color correction conditions, a method for determining an exposure amount for printing, an image processing apparatus, a printing exposure apparatus and a storage medium

US5949962A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 13, 1997
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
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Expiry dateJan 13, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/4074
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a method of obtaining a color correcting condition for a color image on an image frame, plural color component image signals are obtained for each pixel of the color image of the frame, and the frame is divided into plural blocks each of which is composed of plural pixels. A block color density value statistic is obtained for each block from the plural color component signals of the plural pixels of each block, wherein the statistic indicates a relationship between a density value and a number of pixels indicating the density value. A chroma level of each block is evaluated based on the block color density value statistic; a frame color density value statistic is obtained from the plural color component signals of the plural pixels of the plural blocks of the frame by reducing an influence of a block evaluated as a high chroma block; and the color correcting condition for the color image is determined based on the frame color density statistic.

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