Patent Document ID: 4516155
Application ID: 06358850
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for partially smoothing retouch of color images in electric color image reproduction, in which the color images are scanned opto-electronically and trichromatically, image point by image point, to obtain color signals, and in which the color signals are digitized into data representing color values (F.sub.1 ; F.sub.n) for each image point, with said data being stored in a storage device, comprising the steps of: (a) identifying simultaneously a plurality of image points within a part of the color image to be smoothed, said plurality of image points forming an image point area, said image point area being displacable over the part of the color image to be smoothed; (b) selecting at least one image point within said image point are, said selected image point forming at least one correction zone within said image point area; (c) accessing from said storage device the data representing color values of said identified image points; and (d) changing the data representing color values of the image points within said correction zone in dependence on the color values of image points within sections lying adjacent to said correction zone within said image point area under visual control.