Patent ID: 8050506
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of an image enhancement device, comprising: extracting, by the image enhancement device, a plurality of regions of interest from input image data; setting, by the image enhancement device, a different priority for each of said plurality of regions of interest based on predetermined priority information associated with a color; and controlling, by the image enhancement device, a code rate in such a way that larger amounts of code are assigned to said plurality of regions of interest having higher ones of said priorities, wherein said image data is data about an image taken by a camera that includes a plurality of imaging modes, said extracting step comprises extracting said plurality of regions of interest by extracting at least a particular color from said image data and extracting, as said plurality of regions of interest, said particular color that is previously determined for a selected one of the plurality of imaging modes, and each one of the plurality of imaging modes sets a plurality of colors to be extracted as the plurality of regions of interest.