IP Library Granted Patent US 7,068,839
Granted Patent B2
US 7,068,839 · App. 10/312,110 · Granted Jun 27, 2006

Method for transformating color image on image processing system

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Patent No.
US 7,068,839
App. No.
10/312,110
Granted
Jun 27, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to method for processing color image on image processing system. The method for processing color image on image processing system includes the steps of: extracting from the color image hue, luminance and saturation which are the factors of the color image; setting the saturation factor as predetermined constant by normalizing the saturation factor; transforming the color image into complex number using the hue factor and luminance factor. Accordingly, an image processing system can reduce the load of color image processing by way of present invention that reduces the redundancy between the factors of color images through transforming the three factors of the color image into complex number.

Claims (309)

1. A method for processing colour image on image processing system includes the steps of:

a) extracting from the colour image hue, luminance and saturation which are the factors of the colour images;

b) setting the saturation9n factor as predetermined constant by normalizing the saturation factor; and

c) transforming the colour image into complex number using the hue factor and luminance factor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step a) extracts the factors at the colour image from the colour image using the equations below:

(Equations)

Luminance (L):

L

=

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

+

min

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

2

;

Saturation

(

S

)

:

S

=

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

-

min

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

+

min

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

,

for

0

<

L

0.5

S

=

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

-

min

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

2.0

-

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

-

min

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

,

for

0.5

L

<

1.0

;

and

Hue

(

H

)

:

H

=

60

(

g

-

b

)

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

-

min

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

,

for

r

=

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

H

=

120

+

60

(

b

-

r

)

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

-

min

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

,

for

g

=

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

H

=

240

+

60

(

r

-

g

)

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

-

min

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

,

for

b

=

max

(

r

,

g

,

b

)

wherein the r, g and b represent the colour of red, green and blue of the colour image respectively.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step b) normalises the saturation factor as the predetermined constant between 0 and 1.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the saturation factor is utilised not in transforming original colour image to complex valued colour image, but in transforming complex valued colour image to original colour image.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the saturation factor is set as the middle value in the normalised range.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step b) transforms the colour image to complex valued colour image using the transforming equation 1 below:

CI=L×e jH =[cos( H )+ j sin( H )]  (Transforming equation 1)

WHEREIN the L represents the luminance factor and the H represents the hue factor of the colour image.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transforming equation 1 has the luminance factor of the colour image as the absolute value part of the complex value.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transforming equation 1 has the hue factor of the colour image as phase part of the complex value.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step b) transforms the colour image to complex valued colour image using the transforming equation 2 below:

CI=L+jH   (Transforming equation 2)

WHEREIN the L represents the luminance factor and the H represents the hue factor of the colour image.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transforming equation 2 has the luminance factor of the colour image as real part of the complex value.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the transforming equation 2 has the hue factor of the colour image as imaginary part of the complex value.

12. A computer-readable recording medium for recording a program for performing a method for processing colour image in an image processing system provided with a processor, the method comprising the steps of:

a) extracting from the colour image hue, luminance and saturation which are the factors of the colour image;

b) setting the saturation factor as predetermined constant by normalizing the saturation factor; and

c) transforming the colour image into complex number using the hue factor and luminance factor.

Assignments (1)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SPELLING OF THE NAME OF ASSIGNOR AND ASSIGNEE WHOI-YUL KIM PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 013682 FRAME 0051. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CORRECT SPELLING OF ASSIGNOR AND ASSIGNEE IS WHOI-YUL KIM. Recorded Sep 21, 2006
From: KIM, WHOI-YUL; CHOI, MIN-SEOK
To: KONAN TECHNOLOGY, INC.; KIM, WHOI-YUL
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