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20080225135 | Imaging Device Element - characteristic are improved. An imaging device having a hybrid RGBYC color filter using a primary color system RGB filter and a complementary color system YC filter is composed. Four G filters that directly relate to resolution and that is close to a luminance signal that human eyes sense are arrayed in a checker shape so that the number of the G filters is four times larger than the number of filters of each of the other colors. An array shown in FIG. | 09-18-2008 |
20080297604 | Test pattern signal generator and generation method, color measurement system and display device - Disclosed herein is a test pattern signal generator for outputting a video signal adapted to display, on a display device, a test pattern of a color chart according to a standard for a first color gamut and a color chart of a test pattern according to a standard for a second color gamut which is wider than the first color gamut, the test pattern signal generator including: a color chart recording section configured to record color chart information of the standard for the first color gamut and color chart information of the standard for the second color gamut; and a test pattern signal generation section configured to generate, based on the information recorded in the color chart recording section, a video signal adapted to display test patterns in which the color charts according to the respective standards are arranged in a predetermined layout on the same screen. | 12-04-2008 |
20090154798 | Information processing device and method, program, and information processing system - An information processing device, configured to perform color gamut conversion for compressing or enlarging the color gamut of image data, includes: a selecting unit configured to select a generating method of table information for specifying a non-mapping boundary which is a boundary between a region where the coordinate movement of a pixel to be processed is not performed, and a conversion source region where the coordinate movement of the pixel to be processed is performed, and a mapping limit boundary which is a boundary other than the non-mapping region, of the conversion source region, for each hue, from a plurality of generating methods according to a predetermined condition, with the color gamut conversion; and a table information generating unit configured to generate the table information using the method selected from the plurality of generating methods. | 06-18-2009 |
20090154803 | Information processing device and method, program, and information processing system - An information processing device, configured to perform color gamut conversion for compressing or enlarging the color gamut of image data, includes: a selecting unit configured to select a plurality of coordinate movement directions to be synthesized for determining the coordinate movement destination of a pixel to be processed during the color gamut conversion; a coordinate moving unit configured to move the coordinates of the pixel to be processed in each of the selected plurality of directions; and a synthesizing unit configured to synthesize coordinate movement in the selected plurality of directions. | 06-18-2009 |
20090213251 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device having five color filters. The five color filters include three color filters of a R (red) filter, a G (green) filter, and a B (blue) filter of a primary color system and two color filters of a Y (yellow) filter and a C (cyan) filter of a complementary system. The G filter has a checker shape G filter so that the space information of green is obtained four times larger than that of each of the other colors. | 08-27-2009 |
20090303345 | DIGITAL STILL CAMERA AND IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD - To be capable of correcting a captured image to an image desirable to a user only by using a digital still camera. | 12-10-2009 |
20090322780 | RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING CONTROL METHOD, REPRODUCTION DEVICE AND REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD, OUTPUT DEVICE AND OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMS - A recording device includes a color gamut conversion control unit, a color gamut conversion unit, and a recording unit. The color gamut conversion control unit controls a method of converting the color gamut of content data, on the basis of a user-specified condition specified by a user. The color gamut conversion unit converts the color gamut of the content data in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit. The recording unit records, on a recording medium, the content data, the color gamut of which has been converted by the color gamut conversion unit in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit, or the content data, the color gamut of which has not been converted by the color gamut conversion unit in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit. | 12-31-2009 |
20100039443 | Information processing device and method, and program - An information processing device includes: a color gamut information generating unit configured to generate color gamut information representing the color gamut of image data based on table information indicating the highest chroma point at each equal hue plane regarding a plurality of equal hue planes. | 02-18-2010 |
20100039526 | Signal processing apparatus and method, and program - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 02-18-2010 |
20100046835 | Signal processing apparatus and method, and program - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 02-25-2010 |
20100128332 | Image signal processing apparatus and method, and program - An image signal processing apparatus includes the following elements. A control unit determines a gradation correction characteristic representing a conversion characteristic for correcting brightness of an input frame. A separation unit separates the determined gradation correction characteristic into a representative gradation correction value representing an amount of correction for a representative value of a main subject and a remaining gradation correction characteristic obtained by removing the representative gradation correction value from the gradation correction characteristic. A gain processing unit uniformly applies the separated representative gradation correction value to the frame as a gain. A noise reduction processing unit performs noise reduction processing on the frame to which the representative gradation correction value is applied. A gradation correction processing unit performs gradation correction processing on the frame for which the noise reduction processing has been performed using the separated remaining gradation correction characteristic. | 05-27-2010 |
20100296731 | Information processing device and method and program - An information processing device includes: a control unit to determine whether to perform, according to the relation between a gamut of an image subjected to gamut conversion beforehand and a target gamut, a first conversion processing to perform gamut conversion processing to convert the gamut of the image into the target gamut after performing restoring processing to return at least a portion of the image gamut into the state before the gamut conversion, and a second conversion processing to perform the gamut conversion processing without performing the restoring processing; a restoring unit to execute the restoring processing according to control by the control unit; and a gamut conversion unit to execute the gamut conversion processing according to control by the control unit. | 11-25-2010 |
20100310189 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM - The present invention relates to an image processing device and method, program and recording medium for achieving grayscale compression capable of suppressing image quality degradation using a simple configuration. A detection section | 12-09-2010 |
20110007181 | Image processing apparatus, method, program and image pickup apparatus - An amplifier gain setting section estimates a light source parameter which relies upon a spectral distribution of an image pickup light source based on an image signal. Then, a first adjustment control value for each color signal when adjustment is to be performed so as to establish a white balance based on the estimated parameter is modulated by an amount corresponding to a follow-up sensitivity toward a second adjustment control value when adjustment is to be performed so that an achromatic subject under a particular reference light source is reproduced as an achromatic subject. The modulated adjustment control value is set to a white balance amplifier. The follow-up sensitivity is set to the amplifier gain setting section in response to an illuminance level estimated from a detection value of the brightness. | 01-13-2011 |
20110234811 | OPTIMAL RAW RGB DETERMINATION FOR COLOR CALIBRATION - Improving color calibration, and similar operations, by generating an optimal raw RGB color chart, in the raw RGB domain, for an imaging device with a given type of image sensor, such as for a digital still camera. Calibration is performed in response to a constraint which takes into account the spectral sensitivity of the image sensor used on the camera as well as spectral reflectance and spectral radiance of multiple illuminants. Calibration is performed using the raw RGB color chart which is illuminant independent and image sensor specific and which can match the calibration performance of known calibration standards, such as Macbeth 24. | 09-29-2011 |
20120056894 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - The present invention relates to an information processing device and method, and program that can properly perform gamut conversion of content. | 03-08-2012 |
20120162193 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIVIEW IMAGE GENERATION USING DEPTH MAP INFORMATION - A method and apparatus for multiview image generation using depth map information is described. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises converting a input image and an input depth map into a projected image and a projected depth map using values from physical pixel locations that map to projected pixel locations, wherein the projected image and the projected depth map are associated with a particular view of the input image, inpainting the projected image and the projected depth map and producing an output image in a direction of the particular view using the inpainted projected image and the inpainted projected depth map. | 06-28-2012 |
20120243782 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 09-27-2012 |
20140009637 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 01-09-2014 |
20140063286 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD - There is provided an imaging device including an imaging element that acquires a captured image of a subject, a light emission unit that emits light to the subject, and a control unit that is capable of controlling a timing of exposure performed by the imaging element and a timing of light emission performed by the light emission unit. In a mode in which imaging is performed with a plurality of times of consecutive light emission by the light emission unit, the control unit controls at least one of a timing of the exposure and a timing of the light emission so that light amounts effective for exposure in each imaging are substantially the same. | 03-06-2014 |
20140247391 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND PROGRAM - Signals are provided which allow colors in a wider color range than predetermined standards, which can be handled by apparatus according to such predetermined standards. A primary color converter converts first color signals having primary color points in a wider color range than the primary color points according to BT.709 into second color signals based on the primary colors according to BT.709. A photoelectric transducer converts the second color signals into third color signals according to photoelectric transducer characteristics defined in a numerical range wider than a range from 0 to 1.0 of color signals corresponding to a luminance signal and color difference signals according to BT.709. A color signal converter converts the third color signals into a luminance signal and color difference signals. A corrector incorporated in the color signal converter corrects the color difference signals into color difference signals. | 09-04-2014 |
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