Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and program

• US 10,250,779 B2
• Filed: 08/30/2017
• Issued: 04/02/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Horita, Shuhei
• Primary Examiner(s): Vo, Quang N
• Application Number:
  US15/690,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20170366709A1
• Time in Patent Office: 580 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/46 Colour picture communication systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/60 Colour correction or control H04N1/54 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/6005 with luminance or chrominance signals, e.g. LC1C2, HSL or YUV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/6019 using look-up tables H04N1/6025 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/603 controlled by characteristics of the picture signal generator or the picture reproducer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence

Abstract

The image processing apparatus (10) includes an image matching unit (14) that performs a process of matching a positional relationship between read image data which is any one of the first read image data (24) and second read image data obtained by color conversion of the first read image data (24) and original document image data (20) of the target printed matter (22); a statistical processing unit (16) that generates statistical information that reflects a distribution of read image signal values of the read image data in each image region of the read image data corresponding to an image region having the same original document image signal values in the original document image data (20); and a mismatching detection unit (18) that detects color mismatching between the original document image data (20) and the target printed matter (22) on the basis of the statistical information.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus comprising:

an image reading unit that reads a target printed matter to acquire first read image data indicating a read image of the target printed matter;

an image matching unit that performs a process of matching a positional relationship between read image data which is any one of the first read image data and second read image data obtained by color conversion of the first read image data and original document image data of the target printed matter;

a statistical processing unit that generates statistical information that reflects a distribution of read image signal values of the read image data in each image region of the read image data corresponding to an image region having the same original document image signal values in the original document image data; and

a mismatching detection unit that detects color mismatching between the original document image data and the target printed matter on the basis of the statistical information.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a region classification processing unit that performs a process of classifying respective pixels of the original document image data into groups of pixels having the same original document image signal values on the basis of original document image signal values of the respective pixels of the original document image data to divide the original document image data into image regions having the same original document image signal values.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the statistical processing unit performs a statistical process using a pixel group of the read image data that belongs to the image region of the read image data corresponding to the image region having the same original document image signal values as a population to generate the statistical information of at least one of a statistic indicating scattering of the read image signal values of pixels that belong to the population or a histogram of the read image signal values.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the statistical processing unit performs a statistical process using a pixel group of the read image data that belongs to the image region of the read image data corresponding to the image region having the same original document image signal values as a population to generate the statistical information of at least one of a statistic indicating scattering of the read image signal values of pixels that belong to the population or a histogram of the read image signal values.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a color conversion unit that converts, using a first color conversion table indicating a correspondence relationship between read image signal values of the first read image data acquired by the image reading unit and chromaticity values indicated by values in a device non-dependent color space, the read image signal values of the first read image data into the chromaticity values,

wherein the statistical processing unit generates the statistical information using chromaticity values of the read image color-converted by the color conversion unit as the read image signal values.

6. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a color conversion unit that converts, using a first color conversion table indicating a correspondence relationship between read image signal values of the first read image data acquired by the image reading unit and chromaticity values indicated by values in a device non-dependent color space, the read image signal values of the first read image data into the chromaticity values,

wherein the statistical processing unit generates the statistical information using chromaticity values of the read image color-converted by the color conversion unit as the read image signal values.

7. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising:

a color conversion unit that converts, using a first color conversion table indicating a correspondence relationship between read image signal values of the first read image data acquired by the image reading unit and chromaticity values indicated by values in a device non-dependent color space, the read image signal values of the first read image data into the chromaticity values,

wherein the statistical processing unit generates the statistical information using chromaticity values of the read image color-converted by the color conversion unit as the read image signal values.

8. The image processing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

a color conversion unit that converts, using a first color conversion table indicating a correspondence relationship between read image signal values of the first read image data acquired by the image reading unit and chromaticity values indicated by values in a device non-dependent color space, the read image signal values of the first read image data into the chromaticity values,

wherein the statistical processing unit generates the statistical information using chromaticity values of the read image color-converted by the color conversion unit as the read image signal values.

9. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the mismatching detection unit detects a mismatching region between colors of the original document image data and the read image data on the basis of the statistical information.

10. The image processing apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the mismatching detection unit detects a mismatching region between colors of the original document image data and the read image data on the basis of the statistical information.

11. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein the mismatching detection unit detects a mismatching region between colors of the original document image data and the read image data on the basis of the statistical information.

12. The image processing apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising:

an image adjustment unit that adjusts original document image signal values of pixels that belong to the mismatching region in the original document image data on the basis of read image signal values of pixels that belong to the mismatching region of the read image data.

13. The image processing apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

an image adjustment unit that adjusts original document image signal values of pixels that belong to the mismatching region in the original document image data on the basis of read image signal values of pixels that belong to the mismatching region of the read image data.

14. The image processing apparatus according to claim 12,

wherein the image adjustment unit converts the read image signal values of the pixels that belong to the mismatching region of the read image data into signal values based on a color space of the original document image data, and calculates the amount of adjustment on the basis of a difference between the signal values obtained by converting the read image signal values of the pixels that belong to the mismatching region into the color space of the original document image data and representative values of signal value groups in the mismatching region.

15. The image processing apparatus according to claim 13,

wherein the image adjustment unit converts the read image signal values of the pixels that belong to the mismatching region of the read image data into signal values based on a color space of the original document image data, and calculates the amount of adjustment on the basis of a difference between the signal values obtained by converting the read image signal values of the pixels that belong to the mismatching region into the color space of the original document image data and representative values of signal value groups in the mismatching region.

16. The image processing apparatus according to claim 14,

wherein the image adjustment unit adds the amount of adjustment to the original document image signal values of the pixels that belong to the mismatching region in the original document image data to calculate original document image signal values after adjustment.

17. The image processing apparatus according to claim 15,

wherein the image adjustment unit adds the amount of adjustment to the original document image signal values of the pixels that belong to the mismatching region in the original document image data to calculate original document image signal values after adjustment.

18. The image processing apparatus according to claim 12, further comprising:

a color conversion table creation unit that creates, on the basis of a correspondence relationship between original document image data after adjustment obtained by adjusting the original document image signal values by the image adjustment unit and the second read image data obtained by converting the read image signal values of the first read image data into chromaticity values indicated by values in a device non-dependent color space, a second color conversion table indicating a correspondence relationship between the original document image signal values based on a color space of the original document image data and the chromaticity values.

19. An image processing method comprising:

an image reading step of reading a target printed matter to acquire first read image data indicating a read image of the target printed matter;

an image matching step of performing a process of matching a positional relationship between read image data which is the first read image data or second read image data obtained by color conversion of the first read image data and original document image data of the target printed matter;

a statistical processing step of generating statistical information that reflects a distribution of read image signal values of the read image data in each image region of the read image data corresponding to an image region having the same original document image signal values in the original document image data; and

a mismatching detection step of detecting color mismatching between the original document image data and the target printed matter on the basis of the statistical information.

20. A non-transitory computer recording medium storing a program that causes a computer to realize:

a function of acquiring, using an image reading unit that reads a target printed matter, first read image data indicating a read image of the target printed matter;

an image matching function of performing a process of matching a positional relationship between read image data which is the first read image data or second read image data obtained by color conversion of the first read image data and original document image data of the target printed matter;

a statistical processing function of generating statistical information that reflects a distribution of read image signal values of the read image data in each image region of the read image data corresponding to an image region having the same original document image signal values in the original document image data; and

a mismatching detection function of detecting color mismatching between the original document image data and the target printed matter on the basis of the statistical information.