IP Library Granted Patent US 8,558,949
Granted Patent B2
US 8,558,949 · App. 13/424,590 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Image processing device, image processing method, and image processing program

Inventors: Shogo Sato (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Sanpei (Chiba, JP); Takashi Tsujimura (Kanagawa, JP); Akira Tokuse (Tokyo, JP); Yoko Fukata (Tokyo, JP); Tadasuke Murakami (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,558,949
App. No.
13/424,590
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image processing device including: a color space selection unit that selects a color space based on designated color information; and a region specifying unit that specifies a region that includes a color that matches the color that is shown by the color information designated in the color space from a color region specified image that is provided for color region specification.

Claims (31)

1. An image processing device comprising:

a color space selection unit that selects a color space based on designated color information; and

a region specifying unit that specifies a region that includes a color that matches a color that is shown by the color information designated in the color space from a color region specified image that is provided for color region specification,

wherein the color space selection unit selects one of a color space that includes color difference information or a color space that includes hue information, and

wherein the color space selection unit selects a color space that includes hue information in a case when a saturation of the color region specified image is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and selects a color space that includes color difference information in a case when the saturation is lower than the threshold value.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a color space that includes the hue information is a YUV color space, and a color space that includes the color difference information is an HSV color space or an HSL color space.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the color space selection unit selects an HSL color space when a luminosity of the color region specified image is higher than a threshold value.

4. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the region specifying unit specifies at least one pixel as the region.

5. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case when a color space that includes the color difference information is selected by the color space selection unit, the region specifying unit determines that in a case when a color difference distance between a color difference signal of the designated color information and a color difference signal of the image is greater than a color difference threshold value, the colors are not the same.

6. The image processing device according to claim 5 ,

wherein in a case when a color space that includes the color difference information is selected by the color space selection unit, the region specifying unit determines that in a case when a color difference distance between a color difference signal of the designated color information and a color difference signal of the color region specified image is equal to or less than a color difference threshold value and the luminosity of the image is within a predetermined range based on the luminosity of the color information, the colors are the same.

7. The image processing device according to claim 1 ,

wherein in a case when a color space that includes the hue information is selected by the color space selection unit, the region specifying unit determines that in a case when a difference between color parameters of the color information and color parameters of the color region specified image is equal to or less than a parameter threshold value, the colors are the same.

8. The image processing device according to claim 7 ,

wherein the color parameters are the hue, the saturation, and the luminosity.

9. The image processing device according to claim 7 ,

wherein in a case when the color information is designated based on a color region designated image that is provided for color region designation, the region specifying unit changes the parameter threshold value based on whether or not there is a color that is similar to a color that is shown in a region other than the designated region of the color region designated image as the color information.

10. An image processing method comprising:

selecting, by use of a color space selection unit, a color space based on designated color information; and

specifying a region that includes a color that matches a color that is shown by the designated color information in the color space from a color region specified image that is provided for color region specification,

wherein the selecting selects one of a color space that includes color difference information or a color space that includes hue information, and

wherein the selecting selects a color space that includes hue information in a case when a saturation of the color region specified image is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and selects a color space that includes color difference information in a case when the saturation is lower than the threshold value.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon a program causing a computer to execute the image processing method comprising:

selecting a color space based on designated color information; and

specifying a region that includes a color that matches a color that is shown by the designated color information in the color space from a color region specified image that is provided for color region specification,

wherein the selecting selects one of a color space that includes color difference information or a color space that includes hue information, and

wherein the selecting selects a color space that includes hue information in a case when a saturation of the color region specified image is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and selects a color space that includes color difference information in a case when the saturation is lower than the threshold value.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 28, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036664/0509 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2012
From: SATO, SHOGO; SANPEI, KENICHI; TSUJIMURA, TAKASHI; TOKUSE, AKIRA; FUKATA, YOKO; MURAKAMI, TADASUKE
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027906/0356 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-080040 · Mar 31, 2011 · national
JP 2012-001037 · Jan 6, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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