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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
May. 27, 2003
Applicant:
Jan Van Rooy, s-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Inventor:
Jan Van Rooy, s-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/73 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for processing at least a part of a color picture comprises at least one pixel defined by a plurality of color values. Each color value is variable between black and a color clip value. The method comprises, determining for each color value the quantity of the color value above the common clip value, computing a linear combination of the quantities, and for at least one of the color values, outputting a processed color value based on the linear combination.