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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Akiko Niimi, Kasugai, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Akiko Niimi, Kasugai, JP;
Takeshi Watanabe, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image formation control system including an input system that is adapted to input instruction signals concerning a vividness enhancement target color of image signals from a user, and a vividness enhancement processing system that is adapted to apply a vividness enhancement process by converting at least one first area of a color space concerning the image signals to a single vividness enhancement target color corresponding to each first area according to the instruction signals from the user input through the input system, and by determining a second area which is the remaining area of the color space wherein the vividness enhancement process is not applied is provided. The image signals processed with the vividness enhancement process are converted to output data for a printer.