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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:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 14, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Helen R Delp, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345431 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for creating a color name dictionary. A predetermined color space is identified. The predetermined color space is divided into a plurality of color space segments. A color name is assigned to each of the plurality of color space segments. A method and apparatus are provided for querying an image by color name. An image is acquired from an image source, such as an image database. A pixel is acquired from the acquired image. The acquired pixel is compared with a color name volume. A color name volume containing the acquired pixel is identified.