Patent ID: 9538046
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06T,G09G,H04N

Claim:
1. An apparatus for displaying images on a monitor based on main image data and thumbnail image data corresponding to the main image data, the apparatus comprising: a circuit to receive an image file input including main image data, thumbnail image data corresponding to the main image data, and color space identification information that identifies a color space which was used to create the main image data, the thumbnail image data being reduced from the main image data in size, and both the main image data and the thumbnail image data being represented in the same color space identified by the color space identification information; a circuit to execute a color space conversion on the main image data based on the color space identification information, and thereafter output the converted main image data to the monitor to display a main image; and a circuit to output the thumbnail image data to the monitor to display a thumbnail image without executing a color space conversion based on the color space identification information.