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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuhiro Tanabe, Tachikawa, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348188 ; 348223 ;
Abstract
In an automatic color-balance setup system for a color TV camera, a chart board having a white pattern, a black pattern and a gray pattern is imaged by the color TV camera for the purpose of color balance adjustment. The image signal data appearing at the output of the TV camera are analyzed to compute and determine the white level, the black level and the gray level, and the locations of the image signal data corresponding to the individual levels, measurement regions for the white level, the black level and the gray level are automatically determined color balance automatic setup.