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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1999
Naoki Takaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Film Co., LTD, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises an unsharp weighting image forming section ( ) for forming from image data an unsharp weighting image which connects a principal subject region and a background region smoothly, a color reproduction parameter forming section ( ) for forming at least one of color reproduction parameters of the principal subject region and the background region, an output image forming section ( ) for forming the output image data from image data by using at least one of the color reproduction parameters of the principal subject region which is weighted with weight of the unsharp weighting image and the background region which is weighted with the remainder obtained by subtracting the weight of the unsharp weighting image from a reference value. Since the apparatus according to the present invention can separate the principal subject region from the background region and control gradations according to respective regions separately, the apparatus can reproduce colors close to the memory colors even if dodging is performed. Accordingly, the apparatus according to the invention can produce high-quality prints which reproduce images close to an impression of an original scene in a preferable way.