Method for fast color saturation control
View Patent ↗A method for a fast color saturation control of digital color images using one color saturation factor has been achieved. Said method can be performed in any color space having three primaries as e.g. the R-G-B or in the CMY color space without the requirement to convert all the pixels of said color image into another color space as e.g. HSI to perform the color saturation control. Thus a significant computational effort for the conversion of the pixels from one color space into another and back can be avoided. Saving computational effort saves time and reduces the electrical power consumption. Right after the color saturation control process the corrected images can be viewed, if the colors are not satisfactory the process can be easily repeated using a modified color saturation factor. Said method can be used for new pictures taken by a digital camera as well as for downloaded pictures from any source. Additionally said method of color saturation control can be combined with a color correction process.
1. A method for a fast color saturation control of digital color images in any color space having three primaries comprising:
providing an imaging device;
set a color saturation control factor f;
insert said color saturation factor in a suitable way in a color saturation matrix M;
multiply said color saturation matrix with all pixel values of the image in the color space selected;
send image to a display and view colors; and
select a new color saturation control factor and repeat process if colors are not satisfactory.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said display is a print.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said digital color image has been taken in a digital camera and the color saturation process is being performed using said digital camera.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said digital color image has been downloaded from any source and the color saturation process is performed by a software embodied in a computer readable medium.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said color saturation factor f is inserted in said color saturation matrix M in the following way:
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6. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplier of said imaging device provides said color saturation factor f in a menu to be selected.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein said imaging device is a digital camera.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein said imaging device is a phone.
9. The method of claim 6 wherein said imaging device is a computing device.
10. A method for a fast color saturation control of digital color images in the R-G-B color space comprising:
providing an imaging device;
set a color saturation control factor f;
insert said color saturation factor in a suitable way in a color saturation matrix M;
multiply said color saturation matrix with all pixel values of the image in R-G-B color space;
send image to a display and view colors; and
select a new color saturation control factor and repeat process if colors are not satisfactory.
11. The method of claim 10 wherein said display is a print.
12. The method of claim 10 wherein said digital color image has been taken in a digital camera and the color saturation process is being performed using said digital camera.
13. The method of claim 10 wherein said digital color image has been downloaded from any source and the color saturation process is performed by a software embodied in a computer readable medium.
14. The method of claim 10 wherein said color saturation factor is inserted in said color saturation matrix M in the following way:
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15. The method of claim 10 wherein the supplier of said imaging device provides said color saturation factor f in a menu to be selected.
16. The method of claim 15 wherein said imaging device is a digital camera.
17. The method of claim 15 wherein said imaging device is a phone.
18. The method of claim 15 wherein said imaging device is a computing device.
19. A method for a fast color saturation control of digital color images in the C-M-Y color space comprising:
providing an imaging device;
set a color saturation control factor f;
insert said color saturation factor in a suitable way in a color saturation matrix M;
multiply said color saturation matrix with all pixel values of the image in C-M-Y color space;
send image to a display and view colors; and
select a new color saturation control factor and repeat process if colors are not satisfactory.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein said display is a print.
21. The method of claim 19 wherein said digital color image has been taken in a digital camera and the color saturation process is being performed using said digital camera.
22. The method of claim 19 wherein said digital color image has been downloaded from any source and the color saturation process is performed by software embodied in a computer readable medium.
23. The method of claim 19 wherein said color saturation factor f is inserted in said color saturation matrix M in the following way:
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24. The method of claim 19 wherein the supplier of the imaging device provides said color saturation factor f in a menu to be selected.
25. The method of claim 24 wherein said imaging device is a digital camera.
26. The method of claim 24 wherein said imaging device is a phone.
27. The method of claim 24 wherein said imaging device is a computing device.
28. A method to combine a fast color saturation control of digital color images with a color error correction in a color space having three primaries comprising:
providing an imaging device;
obtain values of a color correction matrix;
calculate corrected values in a vector N for the primary colors of color space selected;
set a color saturation control factor f;
insert said color saturation factor in a suitable way in a color saturation matrix M;
multiply said color saturation matrix with all pixel values of the image in the color space selected to obtain a vector S for each pixel
multiply said vector S with said vector N for each pixel of the image to combine color saturation control and color correction;
send image to a display and view colors; and
select a new color saturation control factor and repeat color saturation control if colors are not satisfactory.
29. The method of claim 28 wherein said color space is the R-G-B color space.
30. The method of claim 28 wherein said color space is the C-M-Y color space.
31. The method of claim 28 wherein said display is a print.
32. The method of claim 28 wherein said digital color image has been taken in a digital camera and the color saturation process is being performed using said digital camera.
33. The method of claim 28 wherein said digital color image has been downloaded from any source and the color saturation control and the color error correction process is performed by software embodied in a computer readable medium.
34. The method of claim 28 wherein said color saturation factor f is inserted in said color saturation matrix M in the following way:
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35. The method of claim 28 wherein the supplier of said imaging device provides said color saturation factor f in a menu to be selected.
36. The method of claim 35 wherein said imaging device is a digital camera.
37. The method of claim 35 wherein said imaging device is a phone.
38. The method of claim 35 wherein said imaging device is a computing device.