Detecting process neutral colors
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1. A method for classifying pixels into one of a neutral category and a non-neutral category, the method comprising:
- inputting a group of pixels within an image into a memory device, a color of each of the pixels being represented by a respective color identifier, wherein the color identifiers include components of a first color space;
transforming the first color space components of the color identifiers to a second color space;
determining an average color identifier of the group of pixels as a function of the color identifiers of the pixels in the group; and
classifying one of the pixels within the group into one of the neutral category and the non-neutral category as a function of the average color identifier by comparing the average color identifier in the second color space with a threshold color identifier in the second color space, the threshold color identifiers being determined as a function of a position along a neutral axis in the second color space.
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Abstract
A method for classifying pixels into one of a neutral category and a non-neutral category inputs a group of pixels within an image into a memory device. A color of each of the pixels is represented by a respective color identifier. An average color identifier is determined as a function of the color identifiers of the pixels in the group. One of the pixels within the group are classified into one of the neutral category and the non-neutral category as a function of the average color identifier.
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1. A method for classifying pixels into one of a neutral category and a non-neutral category, the method comprising:
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inputting a group of pixels within an image into a memory device, a color of each of the pixels being represented by a respective color identifier, wherein the color identifiers include components of a first color space; transforming the first color space components of the color identifiers to a second color space; determining an average color identifier of the group of pixels as a function of the color identifiers of the pixels in the group; and classifying one of the pixels within the group into one of the neutral category and the non-neutral category as a function of the average color identifier by comparing the average color identifier in the second color space with a threshold color identifier in the second color space, the threshold color identifiers being determined as a function of a position along a neutral axis in the second color space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system for detecting neutral colors, comprising:
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an input device for inputting data associated with an image; a buffer memory for receiving and storing portions of the image data; and a processing unit for averaging groups of the image data, determining if the respective groups represent one of a neutral and non-neutral color, and identifying and classifying one of the pixels within the respective groups as being one of a plurality of neutral and non-neutral colors, wherein the processing unit segments the image for identifying rendering classes in the image and determining if the respective groups of the image data are included in any of the classes, the processing unit further determining if the respective groups represent one of the neutral and the non-neutral colors as a function of whether group of the image data is included in one of the classes. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for detecting neutral colors, the method comprising:
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inputting a group of pixels within an image into a buffer memory, a color of each of the respective pixels being one of a plurality of neutral and a plurality of non-neutral colors the inputting step including, scanning image data representing the group of pixels into the buffer memory in an RGB color space; determining an average color of the group of pixels; transforming the average color into one of a L*a*b* and a L*C*h* color space; and detecting if the group of pixels represents one of the neutral colors as a function of the average color including, comparing the average color of the one of the L*a*b* color space data and the L*C*h* color space data with a threshold function value, which is determined as a function of L*. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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