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7623704 Color processing method, color processing apparatus, and storage medium  
A representative color calculation section calculates a representative color representing a region, which is a subject of color adjustment in an input image. A color adjustment distance calculation...
7623266 Gamut mapping with saturation intent  
Techniques for use in gamut mapping processes are presented, including a method for mapping cusp points using hue wheels to obtain a source relative hue angle, and interpolating a lightness value...
7620239 Color determination device and color determination method  
A color determination device sections a hue plane, in which unit data constituting determining image data is mapped, into partial regions by a color determination boundary, and carries out a color...
7619792 Image forming apparatus, image forming method  
An image forming apparatus has a calibration mode in which a calibration image is formed on a print medium to correct image forming conditions. The image forming apparatus detects print medium...
7619773 Color management system using measured device data  
Managing color data to transform source color image data from a source device into destination color image data for rendering by a destination device, including accessing a source color data file...
7619757 Image processing apparatus and control method thereof, processing module drive control method, and data processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus includes a number of processing modules which apply a process to predetermined data in inputted print data; a detecting unit configured to detect a processing module...
7619755 Apparatus, method, system, and computer program for managing image processing  
An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of inputting an input image; obtaining an image object indicating image processing to be applied to the input image; and...
7616361 Color processing apparatus and its method  
In gamut mapping, when saturation is linearly compressed, a saturation drop of a low-saturation part is considerable. Linear compression based on zone division produces discontinuous points....
7616360 Image processing apparatus and method therefor  
When color materials of more than four colors are used, a signal for the amount of toner used within a range appropriate for the apparatus and toner characteristic is generated using a color...
7616343 Image data conversion apparatus, image forming apparatus, image data conversion method and program  
A technology that contributes to improvement of visibility of an image containing an achromatic color is provided. A color space information acquiring unit for acquiring color space information of...
7616216 Digital content creation system, program product, and storage medium  
There is disclosed a digital content creation system including: a representative color obtaining section that obtains, from a digital content input, a characteristic amount of at least one...
7616215 System and method for applying color management on captured images  
A system and method for image acquisition enables selective automated application of color management to color image data generated by an image-capturing device by the device driver for the device....
7612926 Representations of spot colors  
A portable document format (PDF) file includes a graphical object and a corresponding spot color space. The spot color space is represented by at least one spot color name and an alternate...
7609879 Image processing device  
An image-processing device includes a determining unit that determines a likelihood degree of an input image being a halftone image and a plurality of spatial filters having different...
7609425 Image data processing apparatus, method, storage medium and program  
Processing for printing image data is speeded up while color gamut is widened and tonality enhanced. An image data processing apparatus for achieving this includes a print-quality acquisition unit...
7609414 Image processing method, image processor, storage medium and program  
In order to obtain consistent output by a remote color printer over a communication network, a calibration is remotely performed on the remote color printer. More specifically, job data, including...
7609307 Heterogeneity-projection hard-decision interpolation method for color reproduction  
The present invention discloses a heterogeneity-projection hard-decision interpolation method for color reproduction, which utilizes a heterogeneity-projection method to determine the optimal edge...
7605960 Image processing apparatus and gradation reproduction method  
The purpose of this invention is to reproduce gradations of dark parts between devices with different ranges of reproducible brightness. The range of reproducible brightness by the printer is a...
7605959 System and method of color image transformation  
A method comprises receiving a set of color transfer curves, receiving a digital image file having a plurality of pixel stacks, for each pixel stack in the digital image file: identify initial...
7605950 Printing apparatus  
A printing apparatus for generating a test chart using a plurality of sheets of printing paper and correction data having high accuracy according to the test chart. Overlapping regions G are...
7605945 Color reproduction definition creating method and color conversion method  
The present invention selects color materials for a virtual device from real color materials, adjusts a gray balance to obtain a predetermined black color at a maximum device value by using...
7605943 Production of a color conversion profile utilizing comparison of spectral reflectance data and comparative colors  
A method and apparatus for producing a color conversion profile for use in a color inkjet printer, a color laser printer, or the like. In one embodiment, a spectral printing model converter is used...
7602525 Method of producing color conversion table, image processing device, image processing method, program and recording medium  
A method of producing a color conversion table capable of enhancing continuity in an image-data color conversion, an image processing device and a method using the color conversion table, a program...
7602401 Image display apparatus and method, program therefor, and recording medium having recorded thereon the same  
An image display apparatus for displaying an image on a panel having pixels each including a plurality of subpixels of different colors includes an interpolation operator interpolating consecutive...
7602400 Color adjusting method and color adjusting apparatus  
A color adjusting method of adjusting colors of a color image. The method includes: adjusting a color of the color image by converting a value of a parameter representing a straight line passing...
7599553 Image processing apparatus and method that perform color matching using detected uniformity  
When one viewing condition parameter is applied to all pixels, a visual effect between a single color and a background expressed on a rasterized image cannot be reflected on a color matching...
7599098 System and methods for color matching overprinted documents  
A system and methods for color matching overprinted graphic documents is described. Graphic elements in a document are examined to determine overlapping regions. The overlapping graphic elements in...
7599091 Color conversion definition creation method, color conversion definition creation apparatus and color conversion definition creation program storage medium  
In creating color conversion definition in which correspondence relation between coordinates in a first color space and coordinates in a second color space is defined, high-accuracy color...
7599078 Image processing apparatus and image processing method  
An image processing system includes a first obtaining section for obtaining a first image and a color mode for the first image; a second obtaining section for obtaining a second image and a color...
7596262 Image forming apparatus, image processing method, program, and image processing apparatus  
c, m, and y, which are the primary colors, are calculated from inputted RGB data. Duty limitation is then applied to c, m, and y by means of the limit amount α. c′, m′, and y′, which have...
7595920 Processing apparatus and processing method of color image information  
An image processing apparatus for color image information inputs a combination of component values of reference colors that constitute a processing color, and converts the combination of component...
7595919 Color conversion definition creating method, profile creating method, color conversion definition creating apparatus, profile creating apparatus, color conversion definition creating program storage medium, and profile creating program storage medium  
There is disclosed a color conversion definition creating method of creating a color conversion definition for converting coordinate points in a color reproduction area of a printer into coordinate...
7595808 Method and apparatus for updating a color look-up table  
Aspects of the invention may include a method updating a color look-up table (CLUT) for a next line of graphics before a current line of graphics has been completely read out of a graphics FIFO and...
7595807 Color processing method and its apparatus  
A method (for, e.g., proof) of mapping only colors which fall outside a color gamut on its boundary calculates color differences from all the points in the color gamut, and determines a mapping...
7593147 Output apparatus, color conversion method, and machine readable medium storing program  
There is provided an output apparatus capable of outputting an image of high quality even if unreproducible colors are converted into reproducible colors among colors included in an image. The...
7593134 Color rendering control system  
A color rendering system and method is disclosed. The color rendering system comprising a color rendering strip generation system configured to generate a group of one or more sets of comparison...
7593133 Inkjet printing device  
A print data creating device that creates print data for an inkjet printer. The inkjet printer is configured to print an image on a fabric in accordance with the print data. The print data creating...
7592574 Light source control apparatus, image reading apparatus, image forming apparatus, medium storing light source part control program, and method for controlling of light source part by adjusting light quantity ratios  
A light source control apparatus that includes a light quantity detection unit that respectively detects light quantities of three colors of light emitted from a light source part. A light quantity...
7589874 Color processing method and apparatus thereof  
When the color gamut of a printer is further expanded, if the same gamut expansion processing as in the prior art is applied, the chroma level becomes too high beyond necessity, resulting in...
7589873 Setting a color tone to be applied to an image  
When setting a color tone during editing of an image, processes such as the following are performed. First, there is displayed a tone setting screen 200 that includes a tone specifying portion ...
7589866 Editing of digital images, including (but not limited to) color-to-monochromatic conversion and changing the color of a monochromatic image  
Color is edited using a color representation including digital values B (brightness), e and f such that B=√{square root over (D 2 +E 2 +F 2 )}, e=E/B, f=F/B, where DEF is a linear color...
7589864 Color conversion apparatus and color conversion program storage medium  
The present invention provides a color conversion apparatus that converts image data for a printing press into image data for a printer. The apparatus includes: a first spot color conversion...
7589862 Information processing apparatus and method for processing information for density correction  
The invention enables people to easily identify a printout image even in the case where the printout image is printed with a tint block image added thereon. More specifically, a physical page that...
7589858 Image processing apparatus and method, image output unit, as well as digital camera and portable terminal using the image processing apparatus and output unit  
An image processing apparatus for processing pieces of color image data each including a plurality of sub-pieces of color image data pertaining to the plurality of color components respectively...
7589846 Method and apparatus for image forming capable of effectively correcting alignment errors of elementary color outputs to be superposed into an image  
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming mechanism configured to perform an image processing operation for forming a plurality of elementary-color images, superposing the plurality of...
7589739 Color evaluating method of image display device  
There is provided a color evaluating method of an image display device, which evaluates colors displayed by the image display device, including: displaying an image evaluation image, in which a...
7586658 Method and apparatus for removing color noise in image signal  
In a method and apparatus for processing an image signal, luminance signals are generated for an object pixel and local pixels. A luminance dispersion value is then generated for the object pixel...
7586657 Color processing method  
To generate conversion data enabling to appropriately control a colorant amount, a profile for storing correspondence between device color data and a colorimetry value and control information for...
7586656 Process for producing optimised printing forms  
The invention is a process for producing an optimised printing form comprising printing onto a substrate with a printing form with predetermined raster percentages on the printing press to obtain a...
7586645 Color data conversion apparatus and method  
A color conversion apparatus receives red-green-blue color data, calculates characteristic information and first hue region data from the color data, adjusts the first hue region data according to...