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Color correction device and color correction method

US6058208A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 24, 1995
Grant dateMay 2, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/622
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A color correction device for correcting colors in a color image, comprising: standard point registration means for registering coordinates of a standard point on a color space for at least one color to be used as a standard for color correction; object point registration means for registering coordinates of an object point on the color space which corresponds to a standard point and which is a desired color after color correction; and coordinate conversion means for determining a mapping function based on the standard point and the object point, and for generating a corrected color image by using the mapping function to convert pre-correction points on the color space which are equivalent to a color of each pixel in an inputted pre-correction image. By means of the construction described above, all of the colors in a color space can be converted based on at least one pair of standard point and object point. As a result, precise color correction can be easily achieved.

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