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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1996
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus performs a conversion process according to observation environment light of an output image. The apparatus includes a conversion processor for performing a conversion process on image data, on the basis of light source information corresponding to the observation environment light of the output image. The apparatus has a first mode to perform the conversion process according to a plurality of light source information, and to output in parallel simultaneously the image data converted on the basis of the plurality of light source information, and a second mode to select desired light source information from among the plurality of light source information by an instruction of a user, and to perform the conversion process according to the selected light source information.