System and method for color characterization using fuzzy pixel classification with application in color matching and color match location
US7046842B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30141
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for measuring the similarity of multiple-color images and for locating regions of a target image having color information that matches, at least to a degree, the color information of a template image. A color characterization method operates to characterize the colors of an image and to measure the similarity between multiple-color images. For each image pixel, the method determines a color category or bin for the respective pixel based on HSI values of the respective pixel, wherein the color category is one of a plurality of possible color categories in HSI color space. In various embodiments, the weight of the pixel may be fractionally distributed across a plurality of color categories, e.g., as determined by applying fuzzy pixel classification with a fuzzy membership function. The percentage of pixels assigned to each category is then determined. The percentage of pixels in each color category is then used as a color feature vector to represent the color information of the color image. A quantitative measurement of the color similarity between color images is then computed based on the distance between their color feature vectors. Once the color information o…
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