Patent ID: 6320592
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A system for separating image data from a color system in image processing comprising:a data source having a plurality of channels of raw data for an image, said plurality representing a number, said number being independent of any particular color system, wherein each of said plurality of channels of raw data comprises pixel data for said image;a buffered-image object having a buffer of information regarding said image in a desired color system, said desired color system being selected from a plurality of color systems, each of said plurality of color systems requiring a number of channels not greater than said plurality of channels of raw data, said buffer of information including type, height, and width of said image, said type defining which subset of said plurality of channels of raw data are used for said desired color system and the manner of storage of said raw data in said channels and definition of said desired color system;a tile object associated with said buffered-image object, said tile object providing a capability to perform image operations, which are outside of said desired color system, on said raw data using said subset of said plurality of channels;a color model object associated with said buffered-image object, said color model object providing capability for color operations within said desired color system.