Patent ID: 8913074
Filing Date: 2014-12-16
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for colorization of images, comprising: an image display; a user input adapted to mark an original image displayed on the display with multiple color markings, at least some of which are in different colors, the original image without the color markings; and a controller, which receives the user generated markings and colors at least one non-marked region of the image responsive to the marked colors and the intensity of the original image, the at least one non-marked region of the image between two or more spaced apart markings of different colors is colored by mixing the different colors, the extent of said mixing dependent on differences between the intensity of a pixel located within the at least one non-marked region of the original image, and a function of intensity of neighboring pixels of the original image, the neighboring pixels located within a predefined computational window around the pixel.