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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1998
Masafumi Kurashige, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumasa Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Nakahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Hayatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image converting apparatus for converting an image of an input video signal into an image with a metallic luster and representing the metallic luster with parameters designated corresponding to the input image. The apparatus is based on the concept that a model of reflected light can represented with a model of reflected light of diffusion reflection and mirror-surface reflection and that even though the resultant model of reflected light is three-dimensional data, assuming that the brightness of an input video signal linearly varies, the model can be represented with brightness data. A color correction circuit,has a look-up table with which calculations for generating an image with a metallic luster are performed with the brightness data and the designated parameters. A matrix calculating circuit extracts a luminous signal component from the input video signal. A pre-modifying circuit adjusts the amplitude. The color correction circuit performs calculations for generating an image with a metallic luster. Mix circuits mix output signals of the color correction circuit with an input video signal.