Image processing apparatus and method therefor

Claim 2

A method according to claim 1, further comprising a step of storing plural sets of data based on the characteristics under said output condition, corresponding to various output conditions of predetermined output means.

Claim 3

A method according to claim 1, wherein said output conditions of the predetermined output means are related to an n-level digitizing process.

Claim 4

A method according to claim 1, wherein said signal processing condition of the predetermined output means is related to image density or color balance.

Claim 5

A method according to claim 1, which comprises entering information on said signal processing condition of the predetermined output means and information on recording medium.

Claim 6

A method according to claim 1, wherein said mapping is executed with color space compression.

Claim 7

An image processing method for discriminating whether input image data are within a color reproduction range of predetermined output means, wherein said discrimination is executed, based on a color reproduction range corresponding to an output condition of said predetermined output means.

Claim 8

A method according to claim 7, wherein said output condition of the predetermined output means is related to a binarizing process.

Claim 9

A method according to claim 7, wherein said output condition of the predetermined output means is related to image density or color balance.

Claim 10

A method according to claim 7, wherein said output condition of the predetermined output means is related to a recording medium.

Claim 11

An image processing apparatus comprising: first input means for entering color image data dependent on the characteristics of a predetermined device; first memory means for storing input profile data representing the characteristics of said predetermined device; second memory means for storing output profile data representing of predetermined image recording means under output conditions; second input means for entering information representing the output condition of said image recording means; and color space conversion means for effecting color space conversion on the color image data entered by said first input means, based on said input profile data and said output profile data stored in said second memory means and corresponding to the output condition of the image recording means entered by said second input means.

Claim 12

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said output conditions of the image recording means are related to a binarizing process.

Claim 13

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said output conditions of the image recording means are settings related to image density or color balance.

Claim 14

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said output conditions of the image recording means are related to the recording medium.

Claim 15

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the output profile data stored in said second memory means correspond to the kind of the image recording means.

Claim 16

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the input profile data stored in said first memory means and representing the characteristics of the predetermined device correspond to output conditions of said predetermined device.

Claim 17

An apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said predetermined device is a display device.

Claim 18

An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said output conditions of the display device are settings related to the gamma value.

Claim 19

An image processing apparatus provided with: input means for entering color designation information; first memory means for storing color data; second memory means for storing data representing the characteristics of display means; and third memory means for storing the characteristics of recording means for recording an image on a recording medium; said apparatus comprising: reading means for reading the color data corresponding to said color designation information entered by said input means; color space conversion means for effecting color space conversion of the color data, read by said reading means, into color data matching the characteristics of said recording means, based on the data stored in said second memory means and representing the display characteristics and the data stored in said third memory means and representing the characteristics of the recording means; and output means for supplying the color data, subjected to the color space conversion by said color space conversion means, to said recording means.

Claim 20

An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the color data stored in said first memory means are color data in a device-independent color space.

Claim 21

An apparatus according to claim 19, wherein said color space is a uniform color space.

Claim 22

An image processing method comprising steps of: entering color designation information; storing color data; storing data representing the characteristics of display means; storing the characteristics of recording means for recording an image on a recording medium; reading color data corresponding to said entered color designation information; effecting color space conversion on said read color data into color data matching the characteristics of said recording means, based on said stored data representing the display characteristics and said stored data representing the characteristics of the recording means; and sending said color data, subjected to said color space conversion, to said recording means.

Claim 23

Apparatus for reproducing color data in which color space conversion is carried out on the color data, and means are provided for varying the manner in which the color space conversion is carried out in accordance with the nature of the output apparatus which is to reproduce the converted color data.