Image processing apparatus, image processing method, program and imaging apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAtsushi Ueda, Daisuke Satou, Jun Minakuti
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Provided is an image processing apparatus, including an extraction color region determination unit which performs a process of determining an extraction color region including at least a partial region in an image using color information of an input image signal, and an image processing unit which performs image processing on the extraction color region of the input image signal determined by the extraction color region determination unit and/or the remaining region of the input image signal excluding the extraction color region, to obtain an output image signal.
Claims16
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- at least one circuit configured to:
- perform a first process of determining an extraction color region including at least a first partial region in an image using color information of an input image signal;
- when the extraction color region is not determined by the first process, perform a second process of determining the extraction color region including a second partial region in the image, wherein the second partial region is different from the first partial region;
- and
- perform image processing on the extraction color region of the input image signal and/or the remaining region of the input image signal excluding the extraction color region, to obtain an output image signal.
An image processing method, comprising acts of:
- performing a first process of determining an extraction color region including at least a first partial region in an image using color information of an input image signal;
- when the extraction color region is not determined by the first process, performing a second process of determining the extraction color region including a second partial region in the image, wherein the second partial region is different from the first partial region;
- and
- performing image processing on the extraction color region of the input image signal and/or the remaining region of the input image signal excluding the extraction color region, to obtain an output image signal.
At least one non-transitory computer readable storage device configured to store computer executable instructions that, when executed by a computer, perform a method comprising acts of:
- performing a first process of determining an extraction color region including at least a first partial region in an image using color information of an input image signal;
- when the extraction color region is not determined by the first process, performing a second process of determining the extraction color region including a second partial region in the image, wherein the second partial region is different from the first partial region;
- and
- performing image processing on the extraction color region of the input image signal and/or the remaining region of the input image signal excluding the extraction color region, to obtain an output image signal.
An image processing method, comprising acts of:
- performing a process of determining an extraction color region including at least a partial region in an image using color information of an input image signal, wherein the process of determining an extraction color region comprises:
- assigning every pixel or every block including a predetermined number of pixels in a predetermined image region to any one of a plurality of color regions;
- and
- determining the extraction color region on the basis of a frequency of each color region of the plurality of color regions;
- and
- performing image processing on the extraction color region of the input image signal and/or the remaining region of the input image signal excluding the extraction color region, to obtain an output image signal.
An image processing method, comprising acts of:
- performing a process of determining an extraction color region including at least a partial region in an image using color information of an input image signal;
- and
- performing image processing on the extraction color region of the input image signal and/or the remaining region of the input image signal excluding the extraction color region, to obtain an output image signal,
- wherein, when a photography condition of the input image signal varies, updating the determined extraction color region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.