US 11,915,344 B2
Method and apparatus for automatic line drawing coloring and graphical user interface thereof
Taizan Yonetsuji, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Preferred Networks, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Preferred Networks, Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/239,278.
Application 17/239,278 is a continuation of application No. 15/986,138, filed on May 22, 2018, granted, now 11,010,932.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-102187 (JP), filed on May 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0241503 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 11/20 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06T 11/001 (2013.01) [G06T 7/90 (2017.01); G06T 9/002 (2013.01); G06T 11/20 (2013.01); G06T 2200/24 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20092 (2013.01)] 66 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A colorization apparatus comprising:
at least one memory; and
at least one processor configured to:
manage a plurality of layers including one or more images;
perform an automatic colorization with respect to at least a first layer that is selected by a user, as a selected layer at least a portion of which is to be subject to the automatic colorization colorizing at least a portion of an image in the selected layer even without color information for at least the portion of the image in the selected layer, from among the managed plurality of layers;
synthesize at least a resultant layer of the automatic colorization and a second layer that is among the managed plurality of layers and is not subject to the automatic colorization, into a synthesized colored image; and
display the synthesized colored image on a display device.