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Method for automatic scene balance of digital images

US6243133A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 1997
Grant dateJun 5, 2001
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Expiry dateMar 7, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/6077
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A scene balance correction method for a digital imaging device, including the steps of determining a low-resolution image from an input image in an input color space; applying a color transformation to convert the low-resolution image to a standard color space to form a standard color space low-resolution image; analyzing the standard color space low-resolution image to determine a set of standard color space scene balance correction factors; determining a set of corresponding input color space scene balance correction factors from the standard color space scene balance correction factors using the color transformation; and applying the corresponding input color space scene balance correction factors to the input image to form a corrected input image.

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