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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2006
Applicant:
Seiichiro Morikawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Inventor:
Seiichiro Morikawa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 3/08 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An attentional portion to be corrected in gradation of an image is specified, and a gradation corrective function with respect to a density of the specified attentional portion is generated. Preset gradation conversion characteristics are corrected with the gradation corrective function, and the gradation of the image is converted according to the corrected gradation conversion characteristics. The gradation conversion characteristics can be corrected in the vicinity of a desired density.