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Methods and apparatus for multigeneration color image processing

  • US 5,307,182 A
  • Filed: 12/30/1991
  • Issued: 04/26/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image processing method, the method performed by a data processing system having a memory, and comprising the steps of:

  • (a) grouping colors of a multi-pixel image stored in the memory and having a color composition into sets of colors;

    (b) determining the average color of each set of colors;

    (c) selecting a target color, for each set of colors, from a plurality of predetermined target colors, the selected target color being the predetermined target color that is closest to the average color of the set; and

    (d) remapping the color of each pixel of the image stored in the memory to the target color selected for the set including the pixel.

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