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US 5,896,122 AGranted
Color image processing
AssigneeFujifilm Electronic Imaging Ltd.
InventorsLindsay W. MacDonald, Clive L. Mayne
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AssigneeFujifilm Electronic Imaging Ltd.
InventorsLindsay W. MacDonald, Clive L. Mayne
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Apparatus for performing a color transformation or color retouch operation on multibit digital data defining P color components of image pixels. The apparatus comprises a look-up table (2) which is addressed by N most significant bits (MSBS) of each color component value and which contains coarse versions of output pixel color component values. An interpolator (3) is responsive to M least significant bits (LSBS) of each color component value to interpolate fine versions of the output pixel values from the coarse output pixel values obtained from the look-up table. A processor loads coarse output pixel data for each color component into the 2.sub.NP addresses of the look-up table which may be addressed by the M MSBs of the input pixel data. The processor (8) is adapted to cause the value of N progressively to increase with successive iterations.
A method of performing a colour transformation or colour retouch operation on multibit digital data defining P colour components of image pixels in which N most significant bits (MSBs) of each colour component value address a look-up table (LUT) containing coarse versions of output pixel colour component values, and M least significant bits (LSBs) of each colour component value are used to interpolate fine versions of the output pixel values from the coarse output pixel values, wherein P, N, and M are integers and wherein in a first step, for each colour the 2.sup.NP addresses of the LUT are loaded with appropriate coarse output pixel values, and in a second step the input pixel data addresses the LUT to obtain coarse output pixel data which is subsequently interpolated, and wherein the first and second steps are repeated with increasing values of N.
Apparatus for performing a colour transformation or colour retouch operation on multibit digital data defining P colour components of image pixels, the apparatus comprising a look-up table which is addressed by N most significant bits (MSBs) of each colour component value and which contains coarse versions of output pixel colour component values;
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