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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.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999

Filed:

Mar. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:

Andrew S Katayama, Cardiff, CA (US);

Assignee:

Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348655 ; 348223 ; 348280 ;
Abstract

A method for correcting a color video signal for white balance comprising the steps of: providing a digital color image signal having a sequence of monocolor pixels, wherein each of the pixels represents one color of first, second, and third different colors, which are repeated in a preset pattern; coarse white balance processing each monocolor pixel for a coarse white balance; spatial processing the sequence of monocolor pixels to produce a sequence of tricolor pixels, wherein each of the tricolor pixels represents the first, second, and third different colors; and color correction and fine white balance processing each of the tricolor pixels by means of a matrix multiplier for color correction and fine white balance.


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