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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2000
Kazuhiro Saito, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Makita, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirochika Matsuoka, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises a color matching processing unit for performing color matching processing according to color reproduction characteristics of input and output devices, a color separation unit for separating image data subjected to the color matching processing, into color components corresponding to recording agents used by the output device, and a control means for controlling a method of the color matching processing and a method of the image data separation, according to a kind of input image. Thus, it is possible to perform the color matching processing and the color component separation according to the kind of input image, thereby realizing the color matching in consideration of how to use the recording agents and the satisfactory color matching according to a human's sight characteristic.