JP2012209967A - Imaging apparatus, image recording program, image processor, and image processing program - Google Patents

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus that outputs image data capable of expressing colors within a human visible range without excess or deficiency is provided.
The color of each pixel forming the image represented by the image data input from the image pickup means is set to a reference point predetermined in the visible region and the color in a chromaticity space capable of expressing the entire visible region. There is provided an encoding means for encoding using the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength determined based on the visible light spectrum locus in the degree space and the stimulus purity, and outputting the obtained encoded data.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an imaging device including a digital camera, an image data recording medium for recording image data output from the imaging device, an image processing device for performing processing including display and printing of image data, and image data in these devices. The present invention relates to an image recording program and an image processing program for performing processing.

  In an imaging device such as a digital camera, each of the electrical signals corresponding to the R, G, and B components obtained by the imaging device is subjected to interpolation processing in consideration of the characteristics of the display device as well as the characteristics of the imaging device and the filter. Image data indicating the color of the pixel is generated, and the image data is recorded on a recording medium such as a memory card after an encoding process according to the JPEG method or the like.

  In this encoding process, image data composed of R, G, B signals obtained by interpolation processing is converted into a signal system (for example, Y, Cb, Cr signals) suitable for the encoding processing and then encoded. On the other hand, when the encoded image data is restored and displayed through the display device, the above-described processing of converting the Y, Cb, and Cr signals into R, G, and B signals again is performed. .

The conversion process at the time of image reproduction assumes that an image is reproduced on a display compliant with the sRGB standard based on the sRGB standard regarding the characteristics of a standard display specified by the IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission). Is running.

  However, since the color gamut defined by the sRGB standard does not completely include the human visible range, there are colors that are within the human visible range and are not included in the color gamut defined by the sRGB standard. To do. Since such a color cannot be expressed by image data according to the sRGB standard, it is approximated by a color within the color gamut defined by the sRGB standard.

  In order to avoid such restrictions on the color gamut of the sRGB standard, a color profile describing a wider color gamut characteristic is added to the image data as a display characteristic, and based on this color profile, R, G, B signals are converted. By the method of performing the conversion, a technology that can reproduce a color gamut wider than the sRGB standard is also realized.

  On the other hand, the scRGB standard that is an extension of the sRGB standard is defined by the IEC described above (see Non-Patent Document 1). The scRGB standard color gamut can also define a point that completely includes the human visible range, but outside the visible range, that is, in a range that humans do not recognize as “color”.

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD IEC 61966-2-2

  In the method of adding the color profile described above to image data, the combination of R, G, and B components is established by setting the chromaticity points of the three primary colors (R, G, B) representing the color gamut characteristics outside the visible light region. While the entire visible light region can be expressed by this, as with the scRGB standard, points outside the visible light region can also be defined as “colors”.

For these “colors” defined outside the visible light region, there is no clear guideline on how to handle them in output processing via a display device or printer. Even if the image is expressed, there is a risk of confusion in the processing stage of the image data.

  In any case, since the data area is allocated to the area outside the visible light area in the same manner as the inside of the visible light area, it can be defined and used as effective data representing the actual color. A range of values with no is generated.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an imaging device, an image recording program, an image data recording medium, an image processing device, and an image processing program that output image data that can express colors within a human visible range without excess or deficiency. .

  In a first imaging apparatus according to the present invention, the color of each pixel forming an image represented by image data input from an imaging unit is determined in advance in a visible region in a chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region. Encoding means for encoding using the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength determined based on the obtained reference point and the locus of the visible light spectrum in the chromaticity space and the stimulus purity, and outputting the obtained encoded data Prepare.

  The second imaging apparatus according to the present invention is the main imaging wavelength corresponding to each pixel based on a reference point set in the visible region in the chromaticity space in the encoding means in the first imaging apparatus described above. Alternatively, a wavelength parameter is obtained from first parameter calculation means for calculating the complementary color dominant wavelength and stimulus purity, and a determination flag indicating whether the value obtained by the first parameter calculation means is a dominant wavelength or a complementary color dominant wavelength. Wavelength parameter forming means for forming

  The third imaging device according to the present invention is the above-described first imaging device, wherein the encoding means is arranged on a red-violet line connecting the long-wavelength side end point and the short-wavelength side end point of the locus of the visible light spectrum in the chromaticity space. And a second parameter calculating means for calculating the dominant wavelength and the stimulation purity corresponding to each pixel based on the reference point set to.

  According to a fourth imaging device of the present invention, in any of the first to third imaging devices described above, the reference point used for encoding the color of each pixel and the locus of the visible light spectrum by the encoding unit. Is added to the encoded data and output.

  According to a fifth imaging device of the present invention, in the first imaging device described above, the encoding unit encodes a range of the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength obtained at the time of encoding and a range of stimulation purity, respectively. Corresponds to the entire range of numerical values that can be represented by.

  According to a sixth imaging device of the present invention, in the second imaging device described above, the encoding unit is limited by a reference point set inside the visible region and a locus of the visible light spectrum in the chromaticity space. The range of the complementary dominant wavelength is associated with the entire range of numerical values that can be expressed by the code length representing the parameter value.

  According to a seventh imaging device of the present invention, in the first imaging device described above, a chromaticity conversion unit that converts input image data into coordinate data on an xy chromaticity diagram, and coordinate data in the encoding unit. And calculating means for calculating the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength and the stimulus purity based on the coordinates of the reference point and the information on the locus of the visible light spectrum.

  An eighth imaging device according to the present invention is the image pickup device according to any one of the first to seventh imaging devices described above, wherein the encoding unit adds a parameter indicating luminance to encoded data corresponding to the color of each pixel. Data is formed and the formed image data is output.

An image data recording medium according to the present invention provides image data representing an image to be viewed as a reference point and image data determined in advance in the visible region in a chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region. At least one of a main wavelength and a complementary main wavelength indicated by an intersection of a straight line connecting a point representing the color of each pixel forming the color in the chromaticity space and a locus of the visible light spectrum in the chromaticity space, and a main wavelength or a complementary color main Coded data encoded using parameters including the stimulus purity of the color of each pixel with respect to the wavelength is recorded.

  An image processing apparatus according to the present invention is encoded data comprising code information corresponding to a parameter including a dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength and stimulus purity on a locus of a visible light spectrum in a chromaticity space capable of expressing the entire visible region. To decoding means for restoring the chromaticity indicating the color of each pixel forming the image.

  According to the imaging device and the image data recording program according to the present invention, image data in a format that can express all the colors in the visible light region without defining the colors outside the visible light region is generated to generate a memory card or the like. It can be used for recording processing on a storage medium.

  Further, according to the image data storage medium according to the present invention, the image data in the format according to the present invention described above can be recorded and used for processing of a personal computer, a printer or the like.

  Furthermore, according to the image processing apparatus and the image processing program according to the present invention, the color represented by using the entire visible light region is restored by such image data, and is provided for output processing via the display device or the printer device. Thus, the color intended by the image recording side can be faithfully reproduced.

It is a figure which shows embodiment of the digital camera concerning this invention. It is a flowchart showing encoded data generation operation. It is a figure explaining parameter calculation operation. It is a figure which shows the format example of code data. It is a figure explaining parameter calculation operation. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of an image processing apparatus according to the present invention. It is a flowchart showing image data reproduction operation.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
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FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a digital camera according to the present invention.

  In the digital camera shown in FIG. 1, the light imaged on the image sensor 22 by the imaging optical system 21 at the time of capturing an image is converted into an electric signal corresponding to the intensity by the image sensor 22, and It is converted into digital data by an analog / digital (A / D) converter 23 and held in the memory 24.

  The memory 24 illustrated in FIG. 1 is connected to an image processing unit 25, a recording processing unit 26, and a photographing control unit 28 via a bus. The digital data stored in the memory 24 as described above is subjected to image processing including encoding processing by the image processing unit 25, and the compressed image data obtained as a result of this image processing is recorded via the bus. Is passed to the unit 26 and recorded in the storage medium 27. The operations of these units are controlled by the imaging control unit 28.

  Hereinafter, processing for generating encoded data from digital data obtained by photographing will be described in detail.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the encoded data generation operation.

The digital data obtained by the photographing shown in step S1 is subjected to interpolation processing by the interpolation processing unit 31 provided in the image processing unit 25 shown in FIG. 1 via the memory 24 (step S2). Image data representing the color of each pixel by a combination of R, G, and B components is obtained.

  The image data of each pixel is first converted into XYZ data indicating CIE tristimulus values using a general conversion formula by the chromaticity calculation unit 32 shown in FIG. 1 (step S3), and then Using equations (1) and (2), chromaticities x and y are calculated from the XYZ data (step S4).

x = X / (X + Y + Z) (1)
y = Y / (X + Y + Z) (2)
Further, in the process of step S3 or step S4 described above, the luminance value Y of each pixel is obtained based on the RGB data or XYZ data, and is passed to the encoding processing unit 35.

Here, in the image processing unit 25 illustrated in FIG. 1, the reference information holding unit 34 includes, for example, coordinates W (x _w , y indicating the chromaticity of D65 which is one of the standard light sources in the xy chromaticity diagram. _w ) and chromaticity coordinate data indicating the locus of the spectrum light (see FIG. 3) in the xy chromaticity diagram. This chromaticity coordinate data can be realized, for example, by holding each chromaticity coordinate for spectral light sampled at a wavelength of 380 nm to 700 nm in 5 nm steps (for example, “Basics of Color Engineering”). (See Asakura Shoten and Mitsuo Ikeda). Since the chromaticity coordinates corresponding to the spectral light from the wavelength 700 nm to 780 nm are the same point, in the above example, the chromaticity coordinate data corresponding to the spectral light from the wavelength 380 nm to 700 nm is used as the reference information holding unit 34. Is stored.

  Here, the quantities such as dominant wavelength, complementary dominant wavelength, and stimulus purity are generally calculated based on the white point. However, in the present invention, the purpose is not limited to the case where the white point which is a reference for calculating these amounts is an equal energy white color or a so-called white color such as D65. In addition, as will be described later, a point on the magenta line, which is not usually called white, is used for calculation of these amounts to obtain a specific effect.

  Therefore, in this specification, the term “reference point” is used instead of the so-called “white point”. Further, in calculating the dominant wavelength, the complementary dominant wavelength, and the stimulation purity, the reference point is used as the white point.

In the following description, in FIG. 3, a line segment connecting a long wavelength side end point (indicated by reference symbol R in FIG. 3) of the locus of the spectral light and the reference point W, and the reference point W and the spectral light A region surrounded by the short-wavelength side end point of the locus (indicated by reference numeral V in FIG. 3) and the locus of the spectral light is referred to as a main wavelength region, and the two line segments described above A triangular region surrounded by a magenta line connecting both ends of the locus of the spectrum light is referred to as a complementary main wavelength region.

  Based on the xy chromaticity coordinates (x, y) obtained in step S4 described above, the parameter calculation unit 33 shown in FIG. 1 first includes the chromaticity coordinates (x, y) in the main wavelength region. It is determined whether or not (step S5).

For example, A ₁ point shown in FIG. 3, it is determined to be included in the main wavelength region (affirmative determination in step S5), and this time, the parameter calculator 33, the chromaticity coordinates of the point A ₁ (x _a1, y _a1 )
In as a parameter representing the color represented, the main wavelength WL _M and excitation purity Pe is calculated (step S6, S7).

The parameter calculating unit 33 shown in FIG. 1, first, the chromaticity coordinates of the point _{A 1 (x a1, y a1} ) and the chromaticity coordinates of the reference point W _{(x w, y} w) and the color point _{A 1} and the reference point intersection of the locus of the straight line and the spectrum light is obtained connecting the W, the wavelength corresponding to this intersection is passed to the encoding unit 35 as the main wavelength WL _M.

Specifically, the parameter calculation unit 33 obtains the above-described straight line equation, and is adjacent to the straight line equation (for example, y = px + q) in the spectral light locus from the chromaticity coordinate data indicating the spectral light locus. The values of the formulas obtained by substituting the x-coordinates x _i and x _{i + 1} of the two points (ie px _i + q and px _{i + 1} + q) and the y-coordinates y _i and y _{i + 1 of the} two points described above
Search for chromaticity coordinate data (x _k , y _k ), (x _{k + 1} , y _{k + 1} ) for which the product of the difference from each is negative. Then, the intersection of the straight line (e.g., y = px + q) connecting the straight line and the point A ₁ and the reference point W connecting the points on the locus of the spectrum light indicated by two chromaticity coordinate data obtained in this search , The intersection of the line connecting the point A ₁ and the reference point W and the locus of the spectral light (in FIG.
Can be obtained a dominant wavelength WL _M corresponding coordinates and thereto indicated) afforded the _1M. The excitation purity Pe is obtained by dividing the distance from the reference point W to the point A ₁ at a distance from the reference point W to the intersection D _1M.

In this way, the parameter calculating unit 33 shown in FIG. 1, the main wavelength WL _M and excitation purity Pe is obtained as a parameter representing the color of each pixel, these parameters are passed to the encoding processing unit 35.

  Next, the encoding processing unit 35 forms code data including the main wavelength WL and stimulation purity Pe received from the parameter calculation unit 33 and the luminance value Y passed from the chromaticity calculation unit 32 described above (step S8). ) It is determined whether or not the processing has been completed for all pixels (step S9).

  In the case of negative determination in step S9, the process returns to step S3 to start processing for the next pixel.

For example, when the color of the next pixel is included in the complementary dominant wavelength region as indicated by reference numeral A _{2 in} FIG. 3, the negative determination is made in step S 5 described above, and the parameter calculation unit 33 Steps S10 to S12 are performed.

First, the parameter calculation unit 33 obtains an equation of a straight line connecting the reference point W and the encoding target point A _2, and the chromaticity coordinates of the intersection D _2S between this straight line and a line segment connecting both ends of the locus of the spectrum light. Is calculated (step S10).

Next, the parameter calculation unit 33 _obtains an intersection point D _2M between the straight line connecting the reference point W and the point A ₂ to be encoded and the locus of spectral light in the same manner as in step S6 described above, and corresponds to this intersection point D _2M . The wavelength to be compensated is the complementary main wavelength WL _S, and the distance from the reference point W to the point A ₂ is divided by the distance from the reference point W to the intersection D _2S, whereby the stimulation purity Pe for the point A ₂ to be encoded is obtained. Is calculated (steps S11 and S12).

Thus the complementary main wavelength WL _S obtained and excitation purity Pe is passed to the encoding processing unit 35, it is subjected to the code data generation processing in step S8.

  In step S8, the encoding processing unit 35, for example, as shown in FIG. 4B, a wavelength parameter WL indicating the wavelength, and a discrimination flag indicating whether the wavelength parameter is a dominant wavelength or a complementary color dominant wavelength. The code data corresponding to each pixel can be formed from the luminance value Y and the stimulation purity Pe.

  At this time, the upper and lower limits of the wavelength parameter WL range (380 nm to 700 nm), the upper and lower limits of the stimulation purity Pe range (numerical values 0 to 1), and the code length assigned to the wavelength parameter WL and stimulation purity Pe can be expressed. By determining the sign corresponding to the value of the wavelength parameter WL and the stimulus purity Pe so that the upper and lower limits of the numerical value range coincide with each other, the entire numerical range that can be expressed by the code data can be used without excess or deficiency. It is possible to express all colors in the visible light region.

In addition, when the wavelength parameter WL indicates the complementary main wavelength, it is possible to reflect the limitation on the wavelength range regarding the complementary main wavelength in the determination of the code data. Specifically, in FIG. 3, it corresponds to the intersection of the extension of the line segment (indicated by a broken line in FIG. 3) connecting the reference point W and the end points R and V of the spectrum light locus and the locus of the spectrum light. It is also possible to determine individual codes by associating the upper limit and lower limit of the complementary color main wavelength range indicated by the wavelength with the upper limit and lower limit of the numerical value represented by the code length assigned to the wavelength parameter WL.

In this way, after the processing related to all the pixels is completed (affirmative determination in step S9), the encoding processing unit 35 generates code data corresponding to each pixel for one frame as shown in FIG. By adding reference information consisting of chromaticity coordinate data indicating the locus of spectral light and the chromaticity coordinates of the reference point W, code data corresponding to one frame of image data is formed, and the recording processing unit 26 And is recorded in the storage medium 27 such as a memory card (step S13).

  It should be noted that, based on the image data encoded as described above, the chromaticity coordinate data indicating the locus of the spectrum light and the chromaticity coordinate data of the reference point are shared by a display device or a printer device that outputs an image. In this case, it is possible to omit the addition of reference information made up of these pieces of information.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4C, code data including a main wavelength, a complementary color main wavelength, stimulus purity, and a luminance value may be formed corresponding to each pixel. In this case, the encoding processing unit 35 selects a field corresponding to the main wavelength of the code data or a field corresponding to the complementary color main wavelength depending on whether the color of each pixel is in the main wavelength region or the complementary color main wavelength region. Next, a code corresponding to the wavelength parameter obtained by the parameter calculation unit 33 is set.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, when the reference point W is set on a magenta line connecting both ends of the locus of the spectral light, the spectral light is shown for the chromaticity coordinates indicating all the colors included in the visible light region. It is possible to obtain the dominant wavelength and the stimulation purity on the trajectory.

  Therefore, in this case, as shown in FIG. 4D, the color of each pixel can be expressed by a combination of the dominant wavelength and the stimulation purity.

As described above, the process of generating code data that represents the color of each pixel using the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength and stimulation purity from the RGB data obtained by the imaging process using the imaging device is performed by software. Such software can be applied not only to RGB data obtained at the time of photographing with a digital camera, but also to image data obtained by a photometer or image data stored in an image database. it can.
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FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of an image processing apparatus according to the present invention.

  The memory card 41 shown in FIG. 6 stores the image file composed of the above-described encoded data according to the format shown in FIG. 4, and the card reader 42 is provided with the restoration control provided in the image processing unit 43. In response to an instruction from the unit 51, the designated image file is read from the memory card 41 and used for processing by the image processing unit 43.

  Hereinafter, a method for reproducing image data from the image file having the above-described configuration by the image processing unit 43 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the image data reproduction operation.

  In the image processing unit 43 shown in FIG. 6, the restoration control unit 51 first reads out an image file via the card reader 42 (step S21), extracts the reference information from the received image file, and stores the reference information holding unit 52. (Step S22).

  Among the code data corresponding to each pixel constituting the image file described above, the discrimination flag, wavelength parameter, and stimulus purity are passed to the chromaticity value restoration unit 53 via the restoration control unit 51, and the luminance value is represented by the image data. Passed to the playback unit 54.

When the discrimination flag indicates the main wavelength region (Step 23 in FIG. 7).
6), the chromaticity value restoration unit 53 shown in FIG. 6 is based on the chromaticity coordinates corresponding to the dominant wavelength indicated by the wavelength parameter and the chromaticity coordinates of the reference point W. An equation is obtained, and chromaticity coordinates indicating the color of the pixel represented by the code data are restored from the equation of the straight line and the stimulus purity (step S24).

On the other hand, when the discrimination flag indicates that it is the complementary color main wavelength region (negative determination at step 23 in FIG. 7), the chromaticity value restoration unit 53 selects the color corresponding to the main wavelength indicated by the wavelength parameter. Based on the degree coordinates and the chromaticity coordinates of the reference point W, an equation of a straight line connecting them is obtained, and the chromaticity coordinates of the intersection of the straight line and the magenta line are specified (step S27). Next, the chromaticity value restoration unit 53 obtains chromaticity coordinates indicating the color of the pixel represented by the code data based on the chromaticity coordinates specified in step 27 and the chromaticity coordinates of the stimulus purity and the reference point W. Restoration is performed (step S28).

  Based on the chromaticity coordinates restored in this way and the luminance value received from the restoration control unit 51, the image data reproduction unit 54 restores XYZ data for reproducing the color of the corresponding pixel including the brightness. (Step S25).

After the above steps S23 to S28 are repeated and the XYZ data is restored from the code data corresponding to all the pixels (affirmative determination in step S26), the image data generation unit 54 outputs the XYZ data for one frame to the bus. Then, it is provided for output processing by the display unit 45 or the printer 47 via the display control unit 44 or the printer control unit 46 (step S29).

  As described above, the XYZ data provided to the processing of the display control unit 44 or the printer control unit 46 is surely limited to the visible light range, so that the display data for display by the display unit 45 or the printer 47 It becomes clear how to convert the output data for output.

  When the reference information used for generating the image file in advance is shared by the reference information holding unit 52 provided in the image processing unit 43, the above-described step S22 is omitted, and the shared reference information is stored. By using this, the xy chromaticity coordinate restoration process can be performed.

  Further, when the reference point W indicated by the reference information is a point on the magenta line, the xy chromaticity coordinates can be restored from the code data corresponding to all the pixels by the process of step S24 described above.

  According to the imaging apparatus, the image recording program, the image data recording medium, the image processing apparatus, and the image processing program according to the present invention, any color in the visible light region can be expressed, and the outside of the visible light region is Since the code data is not defined, there is no need to consider code data that cannot be displayed or printed.

  That is, in the image data encoding method according to the present invention, it is possible to provide high consistency between the color range in the visible light region and the code data range used for image recording. A clear interpretation can be made on the code data used.

  As described above, according to the imaging device, the image recording program, the image data recording medium, the image processing device, and the image processing program according to the present invention, the visible light region can be obtained without considering the data indicating the outside of the visible light region. It is extremely useful in fields such as catalogs, poster printing, and digitalization of artworks that require subtle color expression.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 ... Optical system, 22 ... Image sensor, 23 ... A / D converter, 24 ... Memory, 25, 43 ... Image processing part, 26 ... Recording processing part, 27 ... Storage medium, 28 ... Shooting control part, 31 ... Interpolation Processing unit 32 ... Chromaticity calculation unit 33 ... Parameter calculation unit 34, 52 ... Reference information holding unit 35 ... Coding processing unit 41 ... Memory card 42 ... Card reader 44 ... Display control unit 45 ... Display unit 46... Printer control unit 47... Printer 51. Restoration control unit 53. Chromaticity value restoration unit 54.

The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus including a digital camera, and processing of image data to an image recording program, and an image processing program for performing the image processing apparatus and of these devices to perform processing including a display and printing of the image data.

A first imaging apparatus according to the present invention includes a setting unit that sets a white point in a visible region as a reference point in a chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region, and a color of each pixel in the chromaticity space from the imaging unit. An input means for inputting degree data, a straight line connecting the reference point and the chromaticity data, and a dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength corresponding to the intersection of the locus of the visible light spectrum in the chromaticity space, and the reference point and the intersection A parameter calculating means for calculating a ratio between the distance and the distance between the reference point and the chromaticity data of each pixel; a discrimination flag indicating whether the wavelength parameter is a dominant wavelength or a complementary dominant wavelength; and a dominant wavelength or a complementary color dominant and wavelength parameters corresponding to the wavelength, and encoding means for generating encoded data composed of the distance ratio, chromaticity data and the reference point of the coded data and the visible light spectrum locus corresponding to each pixel of one frame And recording means for recording the chroma data in a storage medium, recording means, also wavelength parameters either a main wavelength or complementary wavelength that records the same field of the encoded data.

The second imaging apparatus according to the present invention is a violet line connecting a long-wavelength side end point and a short-wavelength side end point of a visible light spectrum locus and a visible light spectrum locus in a chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region. setting means for setting a reference point, from the imaging means, an input means for inputting the chromaticity data of each pixel in the chromaticity space, and a straight line connecting the reference point and the chromaticity data, Keru Contact chromaticity space visible a dominant wavelength corresponding to the intersection of the locus of the light spectrum, a parameter calculating means that to calculate the ratio of the distance between the distance and the reference point and the chromaticity data of each pixel between the reference point and the intersection corresponding to the dominant wavelength Encoding means for generating encoded data comprising a wavelength parameter to be transmitted and a distance ratio, encoded data corresponding to each pixel for one frame, chromaticity data of a locus of visible light spectrum, and chromaticity of the reference point Record data on storage media And a that recording means.

According to a third imaging device of the present invention, in the first imaging device described above, the encoding means has a whole range of numerical values that can be expressed by a data length that uses a wavelength range of the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength for recording wavelength data. correspondence, that generates encoded data in association with the full range of representable numerical range of the resulting value as the ratio of the distance data length to be used for recording of the ratio of the distance.

Fourth imaging apparatus according to the present invention, Oite the second imaging device described above, encoding means, corresponding to the entire range of representable numbers in the data length using the range of dominant wavelength to the recording wavelength data In addition, encoded data is generated by associating the range of values obtained as the distance ratio with the entire range of numerical values that can be expressed by the data length used for recording the distance ratio .

Imaging device of the fifth according to the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth imaging device described above, input means, chromaticity converter for converting image data to be input to the coordinate data on the xy chromaticity diagram that having a means.

In a sixth imaging device according to the present invention, in any one of the first to fifth imaging devices described above, the recording unit includes a parameter indicating the luminance of the pixel in the wavelength data representing the color of each pixel and the ratio of the distance. Add and record .

An image processing apparatus according to the present invention restores chromaticity indicating the color of each pixel forming an image from the encoded data generated by the encoding means of any of the first to sixth imaging apparatuses described above. Decoding means is provided.

Claims (19)

The color of each pixel forming the image represented by the image data input from the imaging means is determined in advance in the chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region, and visible in the chromaticity space. An imaging apparatus comprising: encoding means for encoding using a dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength determined based on a locus of an optical spectrum and stimulus purity, and outputting the obtained encoded data. The imaging device according to claim 1,
The encoding means includes
First parameter calculating means for calculating a dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength and stimulation purity corresponding to each pixel based on a reference point set inside a visible region in the chromaticity space;
Wavelength parameter forming means for forming a wavelength parameter from the value obtained by the first parameter calculating means and a discrimination flag indicating whether the value is a dominant wavelength or a complementary color dominant wavelength. Imaging device. The imaging device according to claim 1,
The encoding means includes a main wavelength corresponding to each pixel based on a reference point set on a magenta line connecting a long wavelength side end point and a short wavelength side end point of the visible light spectrum locus in the chromaticity space. An imaging apparatus comprising: second parameter calculation means for calculating the stimulus purity. The imaging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The encoding device adds the information indicating the reference point used for encoding regarding the color of each pixel and the locus of the visible light spectrum to the encoded data and outputs the added data. The imaging device according to claim 1,
The encoding device associates the range of the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength obtained at the time of encoding and the range of stimulus purity with the entire range of numerical values that can be expressed by code lengths. The imaging device according to claim 2,
The encoding means can express a complementary color dominant wavelength range defined by a reference point set inside a visible region in the chromaticity space and a locus of the visible light spectrum by a code length representing a parameter value. An imaging device characterized by corresponding to the entire range of numerical values. The imaging device according to claim 1,
The encoding means includes
Chromaticity conversion means for converting input image data into coordinate data on an xy chromaticity diagram;
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an arithmetic unit that calculates a main wavelength or a complementary main wavelength and stimulus purity based on the coordinate data, the coordinates of the reference point, and information on the locus of the visible light spectrum. The imaging device according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The image pickup apparatus, wherein the encoding unit forms image data by adding a parameter indicating luminance to encoded data corresponding to the color of each pixel, and outputs the formed image data. The color of each pixel forming the image represented by the input image data is determined based on the reference point predetermined in the visible region in the chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region and the visible light spectrum in the chromaticity space. An encoding step of encoding using the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength determined based on the locus and the stimulation purity;
An image recording program comprising: a recording step for recording the encoded data obtained by the encoding step. The image recording program according to claim 9, wherein
The encoding step includes
A first parameter calculating step of calculating a dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength and stimulation purity corresponding to each pixel based on a reference point set inside a visible region in the chromaticity space;
A wavelength parameter forming step of forming a wavelength parameter from the value obtained in the first parameter calculating step and a determination flag indicating whether the value is a dominant wavelength or a complementary dominant wavelength. Image recording program. The image recording program according to claim 9, wherein
The encoding step includes a main wavelength corresponding to each pixel based on a reference point set on a magenta line connecting a long wavelength side end point and a short wavelength side end point of the visible light spectrum locus in the chromaticity space. And a second parameter calculating step for calculating the stimulation purity. The image recording program according to any one of claims 9 to 11,
The recording step includes an encoding condition adding step of recording information indicating the reference point used for encoding regarding the color of each pixel and the locus of the visible light spectrum in addition to encoded data. An image recording program. The image recording program according to claim 9, wherein
In the encoding step, encoding is performed by associating the range of the dominant wavelength or complementary dominant wavelength and the range of stimulus purity obtained at the time of encoding in correspondence with the entire range of numerical values that can be expressed by code lengths, respectively. An image recording program. The image recording program according to claim 10,
In the encoding step, a full range of numerical values that can each express a complementary color dominant wavelength range defined by a reference point set in a visible region in the chromaticity space and a locus of the visible light spectrum by a code length. An image recording program characterized in that encoding is performed in association with. The image recording program according to claim 9, wherein
The encoding step includes
A chromaticity conversion step of converting input image data into coordinate data on an xy chromaticity diagram;
An image recording program comprising: a calculation step of calculating a dominant wavelength or a complementary dominant wavelength and a stimulus purity based on the coordinate data, the coordinates of the reference point, and information on the locus of the visible light spectrum . The imaging device according to any one of claims 9 to 15,
The encoding step includes forming image data by adding a parameter indicating luminance to encoded data corresponding to the color of each pixel, and outputting the formed image data. Image data representing an image to be viewed is represented by a reference point predetermined in the visible region in the chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region and the color of each pixel forming the image represented by the image data. At least one of a dominant wavelength and a complementary dominant wavelength indicated by an intersection of a straight line connecting points represented in the chromaticity space and a locus of the visible light spectrum in the chromaticity space, and each pixel relating to the dominant wavelength or the complementary dominant wavelength. An image data recording medium in which encoded data encoded using parameters including color stimulus purity is recorded. Form an image from encoded data consisting of code information corresponding to parameters including principal wavelength or complementary color dominant wavelength and stimulus purity corresponding to points on the locus of visible light spectrum in chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region An image processing apparatus comprising decoding means for restoring chromaticity indicating the color of each pixel. Form an image from encoded data consisting of code information corresponding to parameters including principal wavelength or complementary color dominant wavelength and stimulus purity corresponding to points on the locus of visible light spectrum in chromaticity space that can represent the entire visible region An image processing program comprising: a decoding step for restoring chromaticity indicating a color of each pixel to be performed.

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