Patent ID: 8326034

Claim:
A method of reducing an amount of black in an image, utilizing a computer to reduce or eliminate the amount of black in an original digital image, so as to obtain a converted digital image, the method comprising the following steps: (A) reading the original digital image, which comprises P original pixels, wherein 3≦P≦9,000,000,000, and each original pixel comprises three types of color information including the following: R color information referring to a red value, G color information referring to a green value, and B color information referring to a blue value, where: 0≦R≦F, 0≦G≦F, 0≦B≦F, wherein 2 4 −1≦F≦2 32 −1; and (B) converting each of the P original pixels into each of the corresponding P converted pixels, wherein each converted pixel comprises three types of color information consisting of the following: R′ color information referring to a red value, G′ color information referring to a green value, and B′ color information referring to a blue value, where: 0≦R′≦F, 0≦G′≦F, 0B′≦F; wherein the P converted pixels are characterized in that: the P converted pixels include N sets of converted pixels, where N is an integer and 1≦N≦P/3, and each set of converted pixels comprises three adjacent converted pixels, wherein the three adjacent converted pixels are respectively characterized in that: Characteristic R1: one of the converted pixels is obtained by means of increasing the intensity of the R value of its corresponding original pixel, such that the R′ value of the converted pixel is greater than or equal to the R value of its corresponding original pixel, wherein: 0.8×F≦R′≦F; Characteristic G1: one of the converted pixels is obtained by means of increasing the intensity of the G value of its corresponding original pixel, such that the G′ value of the converted pixel is greater than or equal to the G value of its corresponding original pixel, wherein: 0.8×F≦G′≦F; and Characteristic B1: one of the converted pixels is obtained by means of increasing the intensity of the B value of its corresponding original pixel, such that the B′ value of the converted pixel is greater than or equal to the B value of its corresponding original pixel, wherein: 0.8×F≦B′≦F.