| US 7,539,342 B2 | ||
| Image correction apparatus | ||
| Naohiro Tabata, Kyoto (Japan); and Yoko Yoshida, Kyoto (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Omron Corporation, Kyoto (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/127,109. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-143297 (JP), filed on May 13, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0271295 A1, Dec. 08, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G03F 3/08 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 382—167 [382/274; 358/518] | 18 Claims |
| 1. An image correction method comprising:
a step in which a digital computing apparatus detects a predetermined region of a subject from an inputted image;
a step in which said apparatus computes an intensity value indicating how close a color component of a pixel is to a dominant
color component of the detected predetermined region; and
a step in which said apparatus performs image correction to the pixel such that brightness or lightness of the pixel is decreased,
wherein the information processing apparatus determines a degree of correction to be performed to the pixel based on the intensity
value and the brightness or lightness of the pixel of the inputted image.
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