Color processing method and apparatus thereof using two-dimensional chromaticity separation

摘要

In a color processing method and apparatus therefor using two-dimensional (2-D) chromaticity separation for minimizing color difference between an original image and a reproduced image in a color apparatus including a color television receiver, the apparatus includes an index calculator for calculating indexes for projecting R, G and B color signals or luminance signal (Y) and color difference signals (R-Y and B-Y) in a 3-D color space onto a 2-D chromaticity plane, a first look-up table in which the indexes are stored, a second look-up table in which matrix transformation coefficients which define an input-versus-output relationship between the R, G and B color signals or luminance signal (Y) and color difference signals (R-Y and B-Y) are stored and for outputting a predetermined number of transformation coefficients stored in the corresponding address designated by the output signal of the first look-up table, and a color transformation operation unit for receiving the predetermined number of transformation coefficients output from the second look-up table, and performing a matrix operation with respect to the R, G and B color signals or luminance signal (Y) and color difference signals (R-Y and B-Y). The color processing apparatus allows real time processing owing to its simplified structure.