Image processing method and apparatus
US7133157B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/58
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing method for obtaining processed color image signals from image signals on a silver halide photosensitive material, having the following steps: transforming color image signals into a luminance signal and color information signals; applying a high-frequency component suppression processing to the color information signals; decomposing the luminance signal into a luminance low-frequency component signal, a luminance medium-frequency component signal, and a luminance high-frequency component signal; applying a processing, in accordance with requirement, to the luminance low-frequency component signal; applying a suppression processing to the luminance medium-frequency component signal; applying an emphasis processing to the luminance high-frequency component signal; composing a processed luminance signal through combining the processed luminance low-frequency component, the processed luminance medium-frequency component signal, and the processed luminance high-frequency component signal; and transforming the processed luminance signal and the processed color information signals into a set of processed color image signals.
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