Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image processing method and image processing apparatus which perform color correction of an image
- Patent Title (中): 执行图像的颜色校正的图像处理方法和图像处理装置
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Application No.: US12185554Application Date: 2008-08-04
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Publication No.: US08750609B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Ryosuke Iguchi , Kiyoshi Umeda
- Applicant: Ryosuke Iguchi , Kiyoshi Umeda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2007-210296 20070810
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; H04N5/228 ; H04N9/73 ; H04N9/68

Abstract:
An amount of color correction of a facial region is modified based on changes caused in face average values by white balance correction. Also, the amount of color correction of the facial region is modified according to luminance of pixels of interest to perform optimum color correction on the facial region and a highlight region.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090041347A1 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-02-12
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