Vignette color component value generation method and apparatus
AssigneeCrosfield Electronics Limited
InventorAndrew J. V. Yeomans
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Abstract
A method of generating color component values of a vignette, the values being permitted to lie between upper and lower limits comprises generating a nominal vignette value; and modifying the nominal vignette value by a randomly chosen amount, the randomly chosen amount lying within a predetermined range. The predetermined range within which the random amount may lie narrows in accordance with the nearness of the nominal vignette value to the upper and lower limits.
Claims5
A method of generating colour component values of a vignette, the colour component values being permitted to lie between upper and lower limits, the method comprising generating a nominal vignette value;
- and modifying said nominal vignette value by a randomly chosen amount, said randomly chosen amount lying within a predetermined range, wherein said predetermined range within which said randomly chosen amount may lie narrows in accordance with the nearness of said nominal vignette value to said upper and lower limits.
Apparatus for generating colour component values for a vignette, the colour component values being permitted to lie between upper and lower limits, the apparatus comprising a nominal vignette value generator;
- a random number generator for generating a random number varying within a predetermined range;
- and combining means coupled to said nominal vignette value generator and said random number generator to modify the value generated by said nominal vignette value generator in accordance with the random number;
- wherein said random number generator includes means for causing the predetermined range within which the random number may lie to narrow in accordance with the nearness of said nominal vignette value generated by said nominal vignette value generator to the upper and lower limits.
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