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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2000
Daisetsu Tohyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Takayuki Nabeshima, Toyokawa, JP;
Katsuaki Tajima, Toyokawa, JP;
Toshio Tsuboi, Okazaki, JP;
Junji Nishigaki, Toyokawa, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image output system is realized in which many operations are not required for the color reproduction. As a preprocessor of an output device for reproducing an image, an image processing apparatus is provided that comprises attribution decision portions and for deciding the attribution of input image D , a color decision portion for deciding whether the input image is an image within a color reproduction range or not, a color range change portion for changing the color range of the input image when it is decided that the input image is not an image within the color reproduction range and a process contents switching portion for switching the change contents of the color range in the color range change portion in accordance with the decisions of the attribution decision portions and