Patent Document ID: 20070172119
Application ID: 11605711
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for enhancing the color of an image to be displayed on a display comprising: (a) receiving an image having a plurality of pixels where each of said pixels has a plurality of color components; (b) filtering said image with a spatial filter to define regions including generally skin-tones and wherein said skin-tone regions of the image are enhanced in such a manner that the distribution of the colors in said skin-tone regions is modified in a first manner; (c) filtering said image with a filter for generally non-skin-tones regions and wherein said non-skin-tone regions of said image are enhanced in such a manner that the distribution of the colors in said non-skin-tone regions is modified in a second manner; (d) whereby said image is modified to include said filtered non-skin-tone regions and said filtered skin-tone regions.