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Apparatus and method of color converting a dominant color

US8254673B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 13, 2007
Grant dateAug 28, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 1, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V10/56
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method of reproducing a preferred color is provided. The apparatus includes a color distribution analysis module to analyze a distribution of colors in an input image, a dominant color extraction module to extract a dominant color from the input image according to a result of the analysis, a conversion domain determination module to determine a conversion domain to be processed in a color space based on a proportion of the dominant color, and a color conversion module to convert colors in the input image that belong to the conversion domain.

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