Image processing method and apparatus for transforming the color space of entered image data

Claim 2

An image processing method of generating a look-up table having a plurality of lattice-points, comprising: a generating step of generating the look-up table; and an adjusting step of adjusting the generated look-up table; wherein said generating step includes: an outputting step of outputting a plurality of color patches from an output unit, an inputting step of inputting a measurement result of the outputted color patches, and a look-up table generating step of generating the look-up table in accordance with the inputted measurement result, wherein said adjusting step includes: an adjusting range inputting step of inputting, in accordance with a user's's operation, a plurality of specific colors and an adjusting range corresponding to each of the plurality of specific colors, and a look-up table adjusting step of selecting and adjusting lattice-points of the generated look-up table corresponding to each of the inputted specific colors and the adjusting range thereof.

Claim 3

The method according to claim 1 , wherein, in said adjusting range inputting step, a predetermined value corresponding to each of a plurality of representative colors is preset as a default range of the adjusting range.

Claim 4

The method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific colors are selected in accordance with the user's operation being inputted by a user interface and said adjusting range inputting step includes: a selecting step of selecting, in accordance with the user's operation being inputted via the user interface, a kind of representative color from the preset plurality of representative color, a display step of displaying a plurality of colors corresponding to the selected kind of representative color, and a display step of displaying a plurality of colors corresponding to the selected kind of representative color, and a specific colors electing step of selecting, in accordance with the user's operation being inputted via the user interface, a color as the specific color to be adjusted from the displayed plurality of colors.

Claim 5

An image processing method of generating a look-up table having a plurality of lattice-points, comprising: a generating step of generating the look-up table; and an adjusting step of adjusting the generated look-up table; wherein said generating step includes: an outputting step of outputting a plurality of color patches from an output unit, an inputting step of inputting a measurement result of the outputted color patches, and a look-up table generating step of generating the look-up table in accordance with the inputted measurement result, wherein said adjusting step includes: an adjusting range inputting step of inputting, in accordance with a user's operation, a specific color and an adjusting range corresponding to the specific color, and a look-up table adjusting step of selecting and adjusting lattice-points of the generated look-up table corresponding to the inputted specific color and adjusting range thereof, wherein a predetermined value corresponding to a kind of a representative color is preset as a default range of the adjusting range, and when the representative color is selected as the specific color, the adjusting range is changeable in accordance with a user's operation.

Claim 6

An image processing method of generating a look-up table having a plurality of lattice-points, comprising: a generating step of generating the look-up table; and an adjusting step of adjusting the generated look-up table; wherein said generating step includes: an outputting step of outputting a plurality of color patches from an output unit, an inputting step of inputting a measurement result of the outputted color patches, and a look-up table generating step of generating the look-up table in accordance with the inputted measurement result, wherein said adjusting step includes: an adjusting range inputting step of inputting, in accordance with a user's operation, a specific color and an adjusting range corresponding to the specific color, and a look-up table adjusting step of selecting and adjusting lattice-points of the generated look-up table corresponding to the inputted specific color and adjusting range thereof, wherein a predetermined value corresponding to a kind of a representative color is preset as a default range of the adjusting range, and when the representative color is selected as the specific color, the adjusting range is changeable in accordance with a user's operation.

Claim 7

A computer readable medium having recorded theron program codes for implementing a computer implementable method of image processing for generating a look-up table having a plurality of lattice-points, comprising: a code of a generating step of generating the look-up table; and a code of an adjusting step of adjusting the generated look-up table; wherein the code of said generating step includes: a code of an outputting step of outputting a plurality of color patches from an output unit, a code of an inputting step of inputting the measurement result of the outputted color patches, and a code of a look-up table generating step of generating the look-up table in accordance with the inputted measurement result, wherein the code of said adjusting step includes: a code of an adjusting range inputting step of inputting, in accordance with a user's operation, a plurality of specific colors and adjusting ranges corresponding to the plurality of specific colors, and a code of a look-up table adjusting step of selecting and adjusting lattice-points of the generated look-up table corresponding to each of the inputted specific colors and adjusting ranges thereof.

Claim 8

A computer readable medium having recorded theron program codes for implementing a computer implementable method of image processing for generating a look-up table having a plurality of lattice-points, comprising: a code of a generating step of generating the look-up table; and a code of an adjusting step of adjusting the generated look-up table; wherein the code of said generating step includes: a code of an outputting step of outputting a plurality of color patches from an output unit, a code of an inputting step of inputting the measurement result of the outputted color patches, and a code of a look-up table generating step of generating the look-up table in accordance with the inputted measurement result, wherein the code of said adjusting step includes: a code of an adjusting range inputting step of inputting, in accordance with a user's operation, a plurality of specific colors and adjusting ranges corresponding to the plurality of specific colors, and a code of a look-up table adjusting step of selecting and adjusting lattice-points of the generated look-up table corresponding to each of the inputted specific colors and adjusting ranges thereof.

Claim 9

A computer readable medium having recorded thereon program codes for implementing a computer implementable method of image processing for generating a look-up table having a plurality of lattice-points, comprising: a code of a generating step of generating the look-up table; and a code of an adjusting step of adjusting the generated look-up table; wherein the code of said generating step includes: a code of an outputting step of outputting a plurality of color patches from an output unit, a code of an inputting step of inputting a measurement result of the outputted color patches, and a code of a look-up table generating step of generating the look-up table in accordance with the inputted measurement result, wherein the code of said adjusting step includes: a code of an adjusting range inputting step of inputting, in accordance with a user's operation, a specific color and an adjusting range corresponding to the specific color, and a code of a look-up table adjusting step of selecting and adjusting lattice-points of the generated look-up table corresponding to the inputted specific color and adjusting range thereof, wherein a predetermined value corresponding to a kind of a representative color is preset as a default range of the adjusting range, and when the representative color is selected as the specific color, and the adjusting range is changeable in accordance with user's operation.

Claim 10

A computer readable medium having recorded thereon program codes for implementing a computer implementable method of image processing for generating a look-up table having a plurality of lattice-points, comprising: a code of a generating step of generating the look-up table; and a code of an adjusting step of adjusting the generated look-up table; wherein the code of said generating step includes: a code of an outputting step of outputting a plurality of color patches from an output unit, a code of an inputting step of inputting a measurement result of the outputted color patches, and a code of a look-up table generating step of generating the look-up table in accordance with the inputted measurement result, wherein the code of said adjusting step includes: a code of an adjusting range inputting step of inputting, in accordance with a user's operation, a specific color and an adjusting range corresponding to the specific color, and a code of a look-up table adjusting step of selecting and adjusting lattice-points of the generated look-up table corresponding to the inputted specific color and adjusting range thereof, wherein a predetermined value corresponding to a kind of a representative color is preset as a default range of the adjusting range, and when the representative color is selected as the specific color, and the adjusting range is changeable in accordance with user's operation.