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US 6,388,675 B1Granted
Image processing apparatus and image processing method
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsYasunori Kamada, Miki Abe, Eiichiro Morinaga, Takayasu Kon
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Abstract
Picture data composed of a color palette storage address and palette number data is read from memory. On the basis of the color palette storage address, a color palette is taken from among one or more color palettes stored in the memory. The picture data is colored according to the extracted color palette for each piece of the palette number data.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- graphic data reading means for reading picture data stored in a memory, separating a color palette storage address and palette number data from said picture data, outputting said color palette storage address, and temporarily storing said palette number data to be outputted;
- color palette storage address holding means for temporarily storing said color palette storage address outputted from said graphic data reading means;
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- color palette storage/control means for temporarily storing a color palette selectively taken, on the basis of said color palette storage address, from among a plurality of color palettes stored in said memory, reading color data corresponding to said temporarily stored color palette on the basis of said palette number data outputted from said graphic data reading means, and outputting said color data.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- storage means for storing picture data composed at least of a color palette storage address and palette number data and a plurality of color palettes;
- graphic data reading means for reading said picture data stored in said storage means, separating said color palette storage address and said palette number data from said picture data, outputting said color palette storage address, and temporarily storing said palette number data to be outputted;
- color palette storage address holding means for temporarily storing said color palette storage address outputted from said graphic data reading means;
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- color palette storage/control means for temporarily storing a color palette selectively taken, on the basis of said color palette storage address, from among said plurality of color palettes stored in said storage means, reading color data corresponding to said temporarily stored color palette on the basis of said palette number data outputted from said graphic data reading means, and outputting said color data.
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An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- reading picture data from a memory;
- separating a color palette storage address and palette number data from said picture data;
- storing temporarily said color palette storage address and said palette number data;
- taking selectively a color palette, on the basis of said color palette storage address, from among a plurality of color palettes stored in said memory;
- holding temporarily said color palette;
- reading corresponding color data from said temporarily stored color palette for each piece of said temporarily stored palette number data;
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- outputting said color data.
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