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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoharu Kiyuna, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A image input meansinputs a lifeform image which is a captured image of a lifeform sample. A structure standard color storage meansstores a standard color of a structure included in the lifeform image. A structure extraction meansextracts a target structure from the lifeform image. A structure color computation meanscomputes, from an image of the structure extracted by the structure extraction means, a color of the structure. A color distribution conversion meansconverts a color distribution of the input lifeform image so that a difference between the color of the structure computed by the structure color computation meansand the standard color of the corresponding structure stored in the structure standard color storage meansis reduced.