# US 2014/0152864 A1 · Apparatus, method, and program for processing image > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0152864 A1 - Document ID: US20140152864A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/053,861 - Filed: 2013-10-15 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-12-04 - Assignees: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yasushi IHA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140152864A1 ## CPC - H04N 23/88: for colour balance, e.g. white-balance circuits or colour temperature control - H04N 25/134: {based on three different wavelength filter elements} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## 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 ### Claim 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, 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. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, 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. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, 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. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) 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. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) 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. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, 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. ### Claim 9 A method of processing an image, the method comprising: determining 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 selectively performing 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 when performing the image space frequency distribution conversion, luminance changes of pixels which are not a preset reference pixel is reduced in the area corresponding to the white-saturation area. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program, which, when executed by a computer, performs a method of processing an image, the method comprising: determining 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 selectively performing 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 when performing the image space frequency distribution conversion, luminance changes of pixels which are not a preset reference pixel is reduced in the area corresponding to the white-saturation area.