Patent ID: 6674898
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: G09G,H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus for correcting the color of objects appearing in a video image comprising:a frame buffer capable of receiving and storing a first video frame from an incoming baseband video signal; a memory capable of storing known pixel data corresponding to a plurality of known icons, said known pixel data comprising true color data values associated with said plurality of known icons; and a color correction controller capable of comparing captured pixel data from said stored first video frame with said known pixel data stored in said memory and detecting a first actual image of a first known icon appearing in said stored first video frame, wherein said color correction controller is further capable of comparing a first true color data value associated with said first known icon and a first actual color data value associated with a first actual color in said first actual image of said first known icon and, in response to said comparison, determining a first color correction factor associated with said first actual color data value.