IP Library Granted Patent US 9,030,572
Granted Patent B2
US 9,030,572 · App. 14/053,861 · Granted May 12, 2015

Apparatus, method, and program for processing image

Inventor: Yasushi Iha (Changwon, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd.
H04N9/735H04N5/2175H04N9/045H04N5/359
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Patent No.
US 9,030,572
App. No.
14/053,861
Granted
May 12, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus, a method, and a program for processing an image are provided. The apparatus includes: a determiner which determines an area corresponding to a white-saturation area included in a raw image based on raw data representing the raw image, wherein the raw image is obtained by photographing and is not processed; and a converter which selectively performs an image space frequency distribution conversion on a portion of the raw data that corresponds to the determined area corresponding to the white-saturation area. The converter reduces luminance changes of pixels which are not a preset reference pixel in the area corresponding to the white-saturation area.

Claims (15)

1. An apparatus for processing an image, comprising:

a determiner configured to determine an area corresponding to a white-saturation area comprised in a raw image based on raw data representing the raw image, wherein the raw image is obtained by photographing and is not processed; and

a converter configured to selectively perform an image space frequency distribution conversion on a portion of the raw data that corresponds to the determined area corresponding to the white-saturation area,

wherein the converter is further configured to reduce luminance changes of pixels which are not a preset reference pixel in the area corresponding to the white-saturation area,

wherein the determiner is further configured to determine the area corresponding to the white-saturation area according to a result of a comparison between a pixel value of the preset reference pixel and a predetermined threshold value and a result of a comparison between a value, which is obtained by multiplying pixel values of pixels that are not the preset reference pixel by white balance coefficients that respectively correspond to the pixels that are not the preset reference pixel, and the predetermined threshold value.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a compression processor configured to perform image compression processing with respect to the portion of the raw data on which the image space frequency distribution conversion has been selectively been performed.

3. An apparatus for processing an image, comprising:

a determiner configured to determine an area corresponding to a white-saturation area comprised in a raw image based on raw data representing the raw image, wherein the raw image is obtained by photographing and is not processed; and

a converter configured to selectively perform an image space frequency distribution conversion on a portion of the raw data that corresponds to the determined area corresponding to the white-saturation area,

wherein the converter is further configured to reduce luminance changes of pixels which are not a preset reference pixel in the area corresponding to the white-saturation area,

wherein the converter is further configured to set the luminance changes of the pixel which are not the reference pixel in the area corresponding to the white-saturation area, to zero, and

wherein the determiner is further configured to determine the area corresponding to the white-saturation area according to a result of a comparison between a pixel value of the preset reference pixel and a predetermined threshold value and a result of a comparison between a value, which is obtained by multiplying pixel values of pixels that are not the preset reference pixel by white balance coefficients that respectively correspond to the pixels that are not the preset reference pixel, and the predetermined threshold value.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:

a compression processor configured to perform image compression processing with respect to the portion of the raw data on which the image space frequency distribution conversion has been selectively been performed.

Assignments (6)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 10, 2023
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA VISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064549/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2019
From: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049013/0723 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 10/853,669. IN ADDITION PLEASE SEE EXHIBIT A PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 046927 FRAME 0019. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CHANGE OF NAME. Recorded Jan 17, 2019
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048496/0596 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 24, 2018
From: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD
To: HANWHA AEROSPACE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046927/0019 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 11, 2017
From: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
To: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044814/0616 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2013
From: IHA, YASUSHI
To: SAMSUNG TECHWIN CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 031405/0836 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-265772 · Dec 4, 2012 · national
KR 10-2013-0069951 · Jun 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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