# US 2014/0192219 A1 · Imaging device and imaging method

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- Number: US 2014/0192219 A1
- Document ID: US20140192219A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/151,900
- Filed: 2014-01-10
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2009-01-27
- Assignees: Sony Corporation
- Applicants: Sony Corporation
- Inventors: Yohta ORIGUCHI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192219A1

## CPC

- H04N 23/12: with one sensor only
- H04N 9/643: {Hue control means, e.g. flesh tone control}
- H04N 23/71: Circuitry for evaluating the brightness variation
- H04N 23/72: Combination of two or more compensation controls
- H04N 23/84: for processing colour signals
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

## Abstract

An imaging device is provided which includes a hue value setting portion that sets at least one hue value from among a plurality of hue values, a color component region detection portion that detects a region having a color component that includes the set hue value, from image data of a photographic subject, and a color component region display portion that, based on the image data of the photographic subject, converts, of the photographic subject, the detected region having the color component to a first color, converts regions other than the detected region having the color component to a second color different from the first color, and displays the photographic subject on a display portion.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An imaging device comprising:
a hue value setting portion that sets at least one hue value from among a plurality of hue values;
a color component region detection portion that detects a region having a color component that includes the set hue value, from image data of a photographic subject; and
a color component region display portion that, based on the image data of the photographic subject, converts, of the photographic subject, the detected region having the color component to a first color, converts regions other than the detected region having the color component to a second color different from the first color, and displays the photographic subject on a display portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein
the color component that includes the set hue value is a group of colors within a predetermined range centered on the hue value.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein
the hue value setting portion sets at least two hue values,
the color component region detection portion detects, for each of the set hue values, the region having the color component that includes the set hue value, from the image data of the photographic subject, and
based on the image data of the photographic subject, the color component region display portion converts, of the photographic subject, a region having one of the detected plurality of color components to the first color, converts regions other than the region having one of the detected plurality of color components to the second color different from the first color, and displays the photographic subject on the display portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The imaging device according to claim 1, wherein
the hue value setting portion sets at least two hue values,
the color component region detection portion detects, for each of the set hue values, the region having the color component that includes the set hue value, from the image data of the photographic subject, and
based on the image data of the photographic subject, the color component region display portion converts, of the photographic subject, a region that satisfies all of the detected plurality of color components to the first color, converts regions other than the region that satisfies all of the detected plurality of color components to the second color different from the first color, and displays the photographic subject on the display portion.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The imaging device according to claim 1, further comprising:
an operation portion from which a user inputs a hue value, wherein
the hue value setting portion sets the at least one hue value based on the hue value input from the operation portion.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The imaging device according to claim 2, further comprising:
an operation portion from which a user inputs the predetermined range, wherein
the hue value setting portion detects, from the image data of the photographic subject, a region having a color component based on the predetermined range input from the operation portion.

### Claim 7

An imaging method, comprising the steps of:
setting at least one hue value from among a plurality of hue values;
detecting a region having a color component that includes the set hue value, from image data of a photographic subject; and
based on the image data of the photographic subject, converting, of the photographic subject, the detected region having the color component to a first color, converting regions other than the detected region having the color component to a second color different from the first color, and displaying the photographic subject on a display portion.