IP Library Granted Patent US 8,588,523
Granted Patent B2
US 8,588,523 · App. 13/150,654 · Granted Nov 19, 2013

Method and apparatus for image signal processing

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Patent No.
US 8,588,523
App. No.
13/150,654
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises generating at least one modified image representation of a subject image representation using at least one color shading adjustment, calculating at least one frequency of color ratio values for each of the at least one modified image representation, and determining one of said at least one modified image representation and the subject image based at least in part on the at least one frequency.

Claims (32)

1. A method, comprising:

generating at least one modified image representation of a subject image representation using at least one color shading adjustment;

calculating at least one frequency of color ratio values for each of said at least one modified image representation; and

selecting one of said at least one modified image representation and said subject image based at least in part on said at least one frequency.

2. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising calculating at least one frequency of color ratio values for said subject image.

3. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising applying said at least one color shading adjustment to at least a portion of said subject image when a result of said selecting is one of said at least one modified image representation.

4. A method according to claim 1 , wherein each of said color ratio values is a ratio of at least one of red-to-green color channels and blue-to-green color channels.

5. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said selecting further comprises comparing at least one frequency of color ratio values of said at least one modified image representation with at least one frequency of color ratio values of said subject image.

6. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said selecting further comprises choosing a modified image representation with a greatest frequency of similar color ratio values.

7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein said subject image produced by a camera module.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured with the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:

generating at least one modified image representation of a subject image representation using at least one color shading adjustment;

calculating at least one frequency of color ratio values for each of said at least one modified image representation; and

selecting one of said at least one modified image representation and said subject image based at least in part on said at least one frequency.

9. An apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising calculating at least one frequency of color ratio values for said subject image.

10. An apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising applying said at least one color shading adjustment to at least a portion of said subject image when a result of said selecting is one of said at least one modified image representation.

11. An apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein each of said color ratio values is a ratio of at least one of red-to-green color channels and blue-to-green color channels.

12. An apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said selecting further comprises comparing at least one frequency of color ratio values of said at least one modified image representation with at least one frequency of color ratio values of said subject image.

13. An apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said selecting further comprises choosing a modified image representation with a greatest frequency of similar color ratio values.

14. An apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein said subject image produced by a camera module of said apparatus.

15. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium bearing computer program code embodied therein for use with a computer, the computer program code comprising:

code for generating at least one modified image representation of a subject image representation using at least one color shading adjustment;

code for calculating at least one frequency of color ratio values for each of said at least one modified image representation; and

code for selecting one of said at least one modified image representation and said subject image based at least in part on said at least one frequency.

16. A computer program product according to claim 15 , further comprising code for calculating at least one frequency of color ratio values for said subject image.

17. A computer program product according to claim 15 , further comprising code for applying said at least one color shading adjustment to at least a portion of said subject image when a result of said selecting is one of said at least one modified image representation.

18. A computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein each of said color ratio values is a ratio of at least one of red-to-green color channels and blue-to-green color channels.

19. A computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein said selecting further comprises comparing at least one frequency of color ratio values of said at least one modified image representation with at least one frequency of color ratio values of said subject image.

20. A computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein said selecting further comprises choosing a modified image representation with a greatest frequency of similar color ratio values.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2015
From: NOKIA CORPORATION
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Reel/Frame 035414/0421 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND CONVEYING PARTY'S NAME FROM "MIKKO JUHANA MUUKI" TO "MIKKO JUHANA MUUKKI" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 026370 FRAME 0965. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jul 16, 2012
From: BARRON, EUAN JAMES; MUUKKI, MIKKO JUHANA
To: NOKIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028560/0948 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2011
From: BARRON, EUAN JAMES; MUUKI, MIKKO JUHANA
To: NOKIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026370/0965 →