GB2312124B - Processing image data - Google Patents

Processing image data

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GB2312124B
GB2312124B GB9705871A GB9705871A GB2312124B GB 2312124 B GB2312124 B GB 2312124B GB 9705871 A GB9705871 A GB 9705871A GB 9705871 A GB9705871 A GB 9705871A GB 2312124 B GB2312124 B GB 2312124B
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image
film
colour
grain
images
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GB9705871D0 (en
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Benoit Sevigny
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Discreet Logic Inc
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Discreet Logic Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/222—Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment
    • H04N5/262—Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects
    • G06T5/70—
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/222—Studio circuitry; Studio devices; Studio equipment
    • H04N5/262—Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects
    • H04N5/272—Means for inserting a foreground image in a background image, i.e. inlay, outlay
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
    • G06T2207/10—Image acquisition modality
    • G06T2207/10016—Video; Image sequence
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
    • G06T2207/10—Image acquisition modality
    • G06T2207/10024—Color image
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T2207/00—Indexing scheme for image analysis or image enhancement
    • G06T2207/20—Special algorithmic details
    • G06T2207/20172—Image enhancement details
    • G06T2207/20204—Removing film grain; Adding simulated film grain
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B27/00—Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/02—Editing, e.g. varying the order of information signals recorded on, or reproduced from, record carriers
    • G11B27/031—Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
    • G11B27/034—Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals on discs
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B27/00—Editing; Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Monitoring; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/10—Indexing; Addressing; Timing or synchronising; Measuring tape travel
    • G11B27/34—Indicating arrangements 

Abstract

Image data is processed by identifying a region of substantially constant colour within a first image. Colour variations, in terms of standard deviation about an average colour, are analysed and a similar level of variation is applied to a second image. The first image may be derived from cinematographic film, with colour variations due to film grain. The second image may be a video image or a computer generated image and the application of a similar level of variation may reproduce noise similar to that present within the film due to grain. In this way, it is possible to add grain to non-filmed images so as to match said images to images derived from film.
GB9705871A 1996-04-12 1997-03-21 Processing image data Expired - Fee Related GB2312124B (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GBGB9607633.6A GB9607633D0 (en) 1996-04-12 1996-04-12 Grain matching of composite image in image
GB9705871A GB2312124B (en) 1996-04-12 1997-03-21 Processing image data

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US8447127B2 (en) 2004-10-18 2013-05-21 Thomson Licensing Film grain simulation method
US8447124B2 (en) 2004-11-12 2013-05-21 Thomson Licensing Film grain simulation for normal play and trick mode play for video playback systems
US9177364B2 (en) 2004-11-16 2015-11-03 Thomson Licensing Film grain simulation method based on pre-computed transform coefficients
US9098916B2 (en) 2004-11-17 2015-08-04 Thomson Licensing Bit-accurate film grain simulation method based on pre-computed transformed coefficients
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