Seiko Epson Corporation

Keiko Shiohara

Hidekuni Moriya

Nobutaka Sasazawa

Masanori Ishida

A printing device comprising: a data acquiring unit configured to acquire image data; an image processing unit configured to generate display image data and printing image data based on the image data by with pixel value of a pixel at a first position in an image of the printing image data, performing an image process of modifying a pixel value of a first subject pixel of the printing image data at the first position or another position, the first position being determined according to a first parameter P, with pixel value of a pixel at a second position in an image of the display image data, performing an image process of modifying a pixel value of a second subject pixel of the display image data at the second position or another position, the second position being determined according to a second parameter P, and determining the second parameter Psuch that a ratio (P/P) of the second parameter Pand the first parameter Pis in a specified range that includes a ratio (Px/Px) of a display pixel count Pxrepresenting a size of the image of the display image data and a printing pixel count Pxrepresenting a size of the image of the printing image data; a display unit configured to display an image based on the display image data; and a printing unit configured to perform printing based on the printing image data.

Printing device for printing image data as displayed, printing method for printing image data as displayed, and computer program product for printing image data as displayed

An image processing method of performing a color balance correction on an image, includes: determining a first value representing color and saturation of a pixel in a skin color region of the image; generating correction amount based on the first value, a second value representing ideal color and saturation of skin, and an adjusting value for adjusting a degree of the color balance correction; performing the color balance correction on the image based on the correction amount; and outputting the corrected image. The correction amount is varied depending on an output apparatus that outputs the corrected image.

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Shiojiri, Japan

Keiko Shiohara