IP Library Granted Patent US 9,053,552
Granted Patent B2
US 9,053,552 · App. 13/891,912 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Image processing apparatus, image processing method and non-transitory computer readable medium

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Patent No.
US 9,053,552
App. No.
13/891,912
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes: an adjusting unit that adjusts a color characteristic in relation to a color image; a conversion unit that converts the color image of which color characteristic is adjusted with the adjusting unit into a luminance-chromaticity image; a band image generating unit that generates a band image that represents a predetermined band from a luminance image of the luminance-chromaticity image; an emphasizing unit that obtains a band emphasized image that emphasizes a band using the luminance image and the band image; and a setting unit that sets an emphasized degree of the band performed by using the emphasizing unit and an adjusted degree of the color characteristic performed by using the adjusting unit.

Claims (33)

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to execute:

an adjusting unit configured to adjust a color characteristic of a color image;

a conversion unit configured to convert the color image of which the color characteristic is adjusted with the adjusting unit into a luminance-chromaticity image;

a band image generating unit configured to generate a band image that represents a given band from a luminance image of the luminance-chromaticity image;

an emphasizing unit configured to obtain a band emphasized image that emphasizes a band using the luminance image and the band image; and

a setting unit configured to set an emphasized degree of the band performed by using the emphasizing unit and an adjusted degree of the color characteristic performed by using the adjusting unit.

2. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setting unit is configured to set the adjusted degree of the color characteristic and the emphasized degree of the band to be performed by using the emphasizing unit based on the scene of the color image.

3. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setting unit is configured to set the adjusted degree of the color characteristic and the emphasized degree of the band to be performed by using the emphasizing unit so that a pixel value of the luminance-chromaticity image falls within a color gamut.

4. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setting unit is configured to set the adjusted degree of the color characteristic and the emphasized degree of the band to be performed by using the emphasizing unit using the color image of which the color characteristic is adjusted by the adjusting unit.

5. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the setting unit is also configured to set a band when the band image generating unit generates the band image.

6. The image processing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the adjusting unit is configured to adjust the color characteristic according to a set chromaticity dynamics coefficient, and

wherein the setting unit is configured to set the chromaticity dynamics coefficient used by the adjusting unit.

7. An image processing apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to execute:

a luminance image generating unit configured to generate a luminance image from a color image;

a band image generating unit configured to generate a band image that represents a given band from the luminance image;

an emphasizing unit configured to obtain a band emphasized image that emphasizes a band using the luminance image and the band image;

an adjusting unit configured to adjust a color characteristic of the color image;

a conversion unit configured to convert the color image of which the color characteristic is adjusted with the adjusting unit into a luminance-chromaticity image; and

a setting unit configured to set an emphasized degree of the band performed by using the emphasizing unit and an adjusted degree of the color characteristic performed by using the adjusting unit.

8. An image processing method comprising:

adjusting, by at least one processor, a color characteristic of a color image;

converting, by the at least one processor, the color image of which the color characteristic is adjusted into a luminance-chromaticity image;

generating, by the at least one processor, a band image that represents a given band from a luminance image of the luminance-chromaticity image;

obtaining, by the at least one processor, a band emphasized image that emphasizes a band using the luminance image and the band image; and

setting, by the at least one processor, an emphasized degree of the band and an adjusted degree of the color characteristic.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for an image processing, the process comprising:

adjusting a color characteristic of a color image;

converting the color image of which the color characteristic is adjusted into a luminance-chromaticity image;

generating a band image that represents a given band from a luminance image of the luminance-chromaticity image;

obtaining a band emphasized image that emphasizes a band using the luminance image and the band image; and

setting an emphasized degree of the band and an adjusted degree of the color characteristic.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 058287/0056 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 10, 2013
From: SASAKI, MAKOTO; SAKAMOTO, MASAOMI; OKUTSU, MASARU; HAMA, DAIGO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030396/0803 →