Imaging Camera Processing Unit and Method
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To allow much better user control of how a camera output image captures an original scene, the imaging camera unit (401), arranged to form part of a image-capturing camera system (400), comprising: a user-interface (420), allowing a user to specify at least one indication (gp) of a geometric position of an object (101) of his preference in a captured image (Io) received from an imaging sensor (406) via an input (403); a user-adaptable object segmentation unit (410), arranged to determine a set of pixels (sg) being part of the object (101), on the basis of the indication (gp); and a color composition monitor unit (412), arranged to determine at least one statistic (ST) on the basis of at least one color property of pixels in the set of pixels (sg).
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14. An imaging camera unit, arranged to form part of a image-capturing camera system, comprising:
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a user-interface for specifying at least one indication of a geometric position of an object of user preference in a captured image received from an imaging sensor via an input; a user-adaptable object segmentation unit for determining a set of pixels being part of the object on the basis of the indication; a color composition monitor unit for determining at least one statistic on the basis of at least one color property of pixels in the set of pixels; and an object transformation unit for applying a transformation to the at least one color property of the pixels in the set of pixels based on a specification of a user supplied to the object transformation unit via a transformation interface unit, wherein the object transformation unit is arranged to apply a different or no transformation to the at least one color property of pixels outside the set of pixels. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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25. A still-picture or video camera, comprising:
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an imaging camera unit comprising; a user-interface for specifying at least one indication of a geometric position of an object of user preference in a captured image received from an imaging sensor via an input; a user-adaptable object segmentation unit for determining a set of pixels being part of the object on the basis of the indication; a color composition monitor unit for determining at least one statistic on the basis of at least one color property of pixels in the set of pixels; and an object transformation unit for applying a transformation to the at least one color property of the pixels in the set of pixels based on a specification of a user supplied to the object transformation unit via a transformation interface unit, wherein the object transformation unit is arranged to apply a different or no transformation to the at least one color property of pixels outside the set of pixels; and an imaging sensor connected to the imaging camera unit.
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26. A method of determining in a camera at least one statistic of at least one color property of pixels of an object in a picture captured by an imaging sensor of the camera, comprising:
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specifying at least one indication of a geometric position of the object of his preference in the captured image; determining a set of pixels being part of the object on the basis of the indication; determining the at least one statistic on the basis of the at least one color property of pixels in the set of pixels; applying a transformation to the at least one color property of the pixels in the set of pixels based on a user supplied specification; and applying a different or no transformation to the at least one color property of pixels outside the set of pixels. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A computer program, embodied on a computer readable medium, for determining in a camera at least one statistic of at least one color property of pixels of an object in a picture captured by an imaging sensor of the camera, the computer program enabling a processor to execute the acts comprising:
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specifying at least one indication of a geometric position of the object of his preference in the captured image; determining a set of pixels being part of the object on the basis of the indication; determining the at least one statistic on the basis of the at least one color property of pixels in the set of pixels; applying a transformation to the at least one color property of the pixels in the set of pixels based on a user supplied specification; and applying a different or no transformation to the at least one color property of pixels outside the set of pixels.
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Specification