Patent ID: 8712925

Claim:
A processor-implemented method for processing image data using an image processing apparatus, the image processing apparatus comprising at least one processor for processing image data comprising a plurality of pixels, the method comprising the following acts implemented by the at least one processor: receiving, via the at least one processor, image data defined by input provided by a user of the image processing apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels of a color space; determining via the at least one processor at least a chroma value and a hue value of each of the plurality of pixels in the received image data correlating to at least perceptual image characteristics; determining statistics, by the at least one processor, for the plurality of pixels using the at least determined chroma and hue values; analyzing the determined statistics, by the at least one processor, and classifying the image data into a color category from among a plurality of color categories, each color category of the plurality of color categories having boundaries defined by a predetermined range of chroma and hue values; and determining a billing structure, by the at least one processor, for the image data based on at least the color category into which the image data was classified.