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Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium thereof

US8446485B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 21, 2010
Grant dateMay 21, 2013
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Expiry dateJan 3, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/667
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus, including: an image obtaining means that obtains an image; a color area detecting means that detects a predetermined color area from the image thus obtained by the image obtaining means; an area specifying means that specifies an area to be adjusted based on saturation and brightness of the color area thus detected by the color area detecting means; and a color adjusting means that adjusts at least one of a hue, the saturation and the brightness of a pixel in the process area thus specified by the area specifying means.

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