Patent ID: 9087385
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
1. A method for image processing, the method executed at least in part by a computer system and comprising: a) acquiring a digital image as a collection of image pixels, wherein each pixel has a corresponding data value in at least a first channel and a second channel of a color space; b) calculating, from a plurality of the image pixels, a first statistical measurement according to values in the first channel of the color space; c) calculating, using the second color channel value for a plurality of the image pixels, a second statistical measurement; d) calculating a difference value that is representative of the difference between the first and second statistical measurements; e) associating the calculated difference value with a predetermined modification function setting for modifying values in the second channel of the color space according to a best-fit line function that has been calculated from a database of sample images; f) forming a processed image by adjusting values in the second channel of the color space according to the best-fit line function; and g) displaying the processed image.