Patent Document ID: 6122012
Application ID: 09261193
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of selectively controlling an individual color of a digital video input image, the steps of the method being performed by a data processor, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving the digital video input image, featuring pixels; (b) characterizing the digital video input image and its target output image; (c) selecting an individual color of the digital video input image to be controlled; (d) defining a set of individual color look-up-tables according to an individual color; (e) defining a set of individual color control functions according to an individual color for calculating values in said set of individual color look-up-tables; (f) assigning values to color control parameters in said set of individual color control functions; (g) inserting initial values into said set of individual color look-up-tables; (h) determining new values in said set of individual color look-up-tables; (i) determining values of pixels in said target output image from said new values in said set of individual color look-up-tables; and (j) displaying said target output image on a video display device, said target output image includes a change in an individual color of the digital video input image, whereby all other colors of the digital video input image remain unchanged.