Computer readable medium for image process, computer data signal for image process and image-processing apparatus

• US 20080025648A1
• Filed: 04/06/2007
• Published: 01/31/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Takatani, Fumio, Maeda, Aki, Hashimoto, Kazuya, Mitobe, Yasuaki, Kurokawa, Kazunori
• Granted Patent: US 7,949,180 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/305
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/90 Determination of colour characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/54 Conversion of colour picture signals to a plurality of signals some of which represent particular mixed colours, e.g. for textile printing

Abstract

A computer readable medium stores a program causing a computer to execute image process, wherein the image process includes accepting image information, accepting a searching condition, specifying colored regions in an image produced by the image information, searching the specified regions for a region satisfying the searching condition, and outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute image process, the image process comprising:

accepting image information;

accepting a searching condition;

specifying colored regions in an image produced by the image information;

searching the specified regions for a region satisfying the searching condition; and

outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition.

2. The computer readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the specifying colored regions comprises:

specifying a color of each of the colored regions; and

specifying an area of each of the colored regions.

3. The computer readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the accepting the searching condition comprises accepting a threshold value;

and

the searching the specified regions for the region satisfying the searching condition comprises selecting a region whose area is smaller than the threshold value or selecting a region whose ratio of its area to an area of the image is smaller than the threshold value.

4. The computer readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the accepting the searching condition comprises accepting a color range;

and

the searching the specified regions for a region satisfying the searching condition comprises selecting a region whose color is within the color range.

5. The computer readable medium according to claim 4,

wherein the accepting the color range comprises:

accepting an attention color that is one of colors used in the image; and

accepting a distance from the attention color in a given color space.

6. The computer readable medium according to claim 4,

wherein the accepting the color range comprises:

accepting a range of each of color components in a given color space.

7. The computer readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition comprises:

adding to the original image a symbol that indicates the region satisfying the searching condition; and

presenting the symbol-added image.

8. The computer readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition comprises:

coloring a region that does not satisfy the searching condition in a single color and the region that satisfies the searching condition in another single color; and

presenting the colored image.

9. The computer readable medium according to claim 5,

wherein outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition comprises:

coloring a region whose color is not within the color range in a single color and the region whose color is within the color range in other colors which are different from each other in accordance with the distance form the attention color; and

presenting the colored image.

10. A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave for enabling a computer to perform image process, the image process comprising:

accepting image information;

accepting a searching condition;

specifying colored regions in an image produced by the image information;

searching the specified regions for a region satisfying the searching condition; and

outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition.

11. The computer data signal according to claim 10,

wherein the specifying colored regions comprises:

specifying a color of each of the colored regions; and

specifying an area of each of the colored regions.

12. The computer data signal according to claim 10,

wherein the accepting the searching condition comprises accepting a threshold value;

and

the searching the specified regions for the region satisfying the searching condition comprises selecting a region whose area is smaller than the threshold value or selecting a region whose ratio of its area to an area of the image is smaller than the threshold value.

13. The computer data signal according to claim 10,

wherein the accepting the searching condition comprises accepting a color range;

and

the searching the specified regions for a region satisfying the searching condition comprises selecting a region whose color is within the color range.

14. The computer data signal according to claim 13,

wherein the accepting the color range comprises:

accepting an attention color that is one of colors used in the image; and

accepting a distance from the attention color in a given color space.

15. The computer data signal according to claim 13,

wherein the accepting the color range comprises:

accepting a range of each of color components in a given color space.

16. The computer data signal according to claim 10,

wherein outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition comprises:

adding to the original image a symbol that indicates the region satisfying the searching condition; and

presenting the symbol-added image.

17. The computer data signal according to claim 10,

wherein outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition comprises:

coloring a region that does not satisfy the searching condition in a single color and the region that satisfies the searching condition in another single color; and

presenting the colored image.

18. The computer data signal according to claim 14,

wherein outputting information on the region satisfying the searching condition comprises:

coloring a region whose color is not within the color range in a single color and the region whose color is within the color range in other colors which are different from each other in accordance with the distance form the attention color; and

presenting the colored image.

19. An image-processing apparatus comprising:

an image-information-accepting unit that accepts image information;

a searching-condition-accepting unit that accepts a searching condition;

a specifying unit that specifies colored regions in an image produced by the image information;

a searching unit that searches the specified regions for a region satisfying the searching condition; and

an outputting unit that outputs information on the region satisfying the searching condition.

20. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 19,

wherein the specifying unit comprises:

a color-specifying unit that specifies a color of each of the colored regions; and

an area-specifying unit that specifies an area of each of the colored regions.

21. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 19,

wherein the searching-condition-accepting unit comprises a threshold-value-accepting unit that accepts a threshold value;

and

the searching unit comprises a selecting-by-area unit that selects a region whose area is smaller than the threshold value or a selecting-by-ratio unit that selects a region whose ratio of its area to an area of the image is smaller than the threshold value.

22. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 19,

wherein the searching-condition-accepting unit comprises a color-range-accepting unit that accepts a color range;

and

the searching unit comprises a selecting-by-color unit that selects a region whose color is within the color range.

23. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 22,

wherein the color-range-accepting unit comprises:

an attention-color-accepting unit that accepts an attention color that is one of colors used in the image; and

a distance-accepting unit that accepts a distance from the attention color in a given color space.

24. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 22,

wherein the color-range-accepting unit comprises:

a color-component-accepting unit that accepts a range of each of color components in a given color space.

25. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 19,

wherein the outputting unit comprises:

an adding unit that adds to the original image a symbol that indicates the region satisfying the searching condition; and

a presenting unit that presents the symbol-added image.

26. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 19,

wherein the outputting unit comprises:

a coloring unit that colors a region that does not satisfy the searching condition in a single color and the region that satisfies the searching condition in another single color; and

a presenting unit that presents the colored image.

27. The image-processing apparatus according to claim 23,

wherein the outputting unit comprises:

a coloring unit that colors a region whose color is not within the color range in a single color and the region whose color is within the color range in other colors which are different from each other in accordance with the distance form the attention color; and

a presenting unit that presents the colored image.