Patent ID: 11935275
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 4:
5. The image processing method according to claim 4, wherein
the extracting further includes:
counting a total number of pixels determined as having the specific color in the first region, and outputting, as the first pixel count, the total number of pixels counted;
counting a total number of pixels determined as having the specific color in the second region, and outputting, as the second pixel count, the total number of pixels counted; and
performing the first extraction process when the first pixel count is less than a seventh threshold value and the second pixel count is greater than or equal to an eighth threshold value, and performing a second extraction process when the first pixel count is greater than or equal to the seventh threshold value and the second pixel count is less than the eighth threshold value, and

the second extraction process includes:
obtaining the first hue histogram; and
performing the color range determination process on the first hue histogram obtained, and extracting the plurality of first current pixels having the pixel values included in the first color range determined.