Patent ID: 7599078
Filing Date: 2009-10-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a composition unit configured to obtain a composite image by composing an original image and another image; a first determination unit configured to determine a color mode of the original image; a second determination unit configured to determine a color mode of the another image; a first setting unit configured to set a color mode of the composite image as monochrome regardless of the color mode of the another image, when the color mode of the original image is determined to be monochrome; a second setting unit configured to set a color mode of the composite image as color regardless of the color mode of the original image, when the color mode of the another image is determined to be color; and a color space conversion unit configured to perform a color space conversion of the composite image obtained by the composition unit in the color mode set in the first or the second setting unit.