Method and apparatus for modifying a portion of an image frame in accordance with colorimetric parameters
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1. A method for modifying at least one colorimetric attribute of a predetermined region of a motion picture frame comprising:
- (a) providing metadata associated with the motion picture frame, said metadata defining the predetermined region of the frame; and
(b) applying a calorimetric transform to pixels within the predetermined region, modifying the at least one colorimetric attribute thereby.
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Abstract
A method for modifying at least one calorimetric attribute of a predetermined region (22,24) of a motion picture frame (20) in which metadata associated with the motion picture frame (20) is provided, the metadata defining the predetermined region (22,24) of the frame (20). A colorimetric transform is applied to pixels within the predetermined region (22,24), modifying the at least one colorimetric attribute thereby.
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44 Claims
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1. A method for modifying at least one colorimetric attribute of a predetermined region of a motion picture frame comprising:
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(a) providing metadata associated with the motion picture frame, said metadata defining the predetermined region of the frame; and
(b) applying a calorimetric transform to pixels within the predetermined region, modifying the at least one colorimetric attribute thereby. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for modifying an original flesh tone in a set of consecutively displayed digital motion picture frames to provide a modified flesh tone, the method comprising, for each frame in the set:
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(a) obtaining image data for the frame;
(b) identifying at least one area in the frame having the original flesh tone;
(c) applying a calorimetric transform to said at least one area to modify the original flesh tone over said at least one area and obtain the modified flesh tone; and
(d) incorporating image data for the modified flesh tone into the frame, forming a modified frame thereby. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for modifying at least one colorimetric attribute of a predetermined region of a motion picture frame comprising:
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(a) preparing a master motion picture frame having said predetermined region;
(b) generating metadata identifying said predetermined region;
(c) transmitting said master motion picture frame and said metadata to an exhibition site; and
(d) applying a colorimetric transform at the exhibition site to pixels of said master motion picture frame within said predetermined region, thereby modifying the at least one colorimetric attribute. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A method for modifying an original flesh tone in a set of consecutively displayed digital motion picture frames to provide a modified flesh tone, the method comprising:
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(a) processing said set of consecutively displayed digital motion picture frames to generate metadata identifying areas having the original flesh tone;
(b) transmitting, to an exhibition site, a master motion picture comprising said set of consecutively displayed digital motion picture frames and said metadata;
(c) Receiving said master motion picture and said metadata at said exhibition site; and
(d) applying a colorimetric transform to said set of consecutively displayed digital motion picture frames, according to said metadata, to modify said areas having the original flesh tone, forming a modified set of consecutively displayed digital motion picture frames thereby. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36)
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37. An exhibition system for projecting a digital motion picture comprising:
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(a) a server for receiving digital motion picture data;
(b) a control console for accepting, from an operator, assignment of a selected color transform to identified image frames of the digital motion picture; and
(c) a display system for obtaining the digital motion picture data from said server as a sequence of said image frames, for applying color modification data to at least a portion of each of a plurality of successive said image frames to form color-modified image frames according to said selected color transform, and for displaying said color-modified frames accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for modifying at least one attribute of an object confined to a predetermined region of a motion picture frame, said method comprising:
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(a) providing metadata associated with the motion picture frame, said metadata defining the predetermined region containing the object; and
(b) applying a transform to pixels within the predetermined region, thereby modifying the at least one attribute of the object whereby the object is treated differently relative to other objects in the frame. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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