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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Satoshi Wada, Machida, JP;
Kei Yoshizawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an obtaining unit to obtain image data and a dynamic range conversion unit to convert an input luminance signal included in the image data into an output luminance signal for an image printing apparatus by using a conversion parameter. A dynamic range of luminance of the converted image data is narrower than that of the unconverted image data before the dynamic range conversion. When the input luminance signal indicates an input black reference luminance value, the output luminance signal indicates an output black reference luminance value, and, when the input luminance signal indicates a predetermined reference input luminance value, the output luminance signal indicates a reference output luminance value, the reference output luminance value being a value calculated based on the predetermined reference input luminance value and the output black reference luminance value for observing a print product to be printed by the printing apparatus.