Patent ID: 8861025
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A color adjustment, method, comprising: color converting to obtain output CMYK values corresponding to an object indicated by input image data from the input image data by using a color conversion table for converting the input image data to the output CMYK values which is created on the basis of an output device profile, the output device, profile comprising a first conversion table for converting input CMYK values in an output device to a color value indicating a coordinate in a device-independent color space and a second conversion table for converting the color value indicating the coordinate in the device-independent color space to the output CMYK values wherein the second conversion table includes a plurality of conversion tables which are created so as to correspond respectively to a plurality of types of objects indicating image attributions on the basis of the first conversion table; and color adjusting to obtain adjusted CMYK values from the output CMYK values by using a color adjustment table for converting the output CMYK values to the adjusted CMYK values, the color adjustment table being created on the basis of a third conversion table for converting the color value indicating the coordinate in the device-independent color space to the adjusted CMYK values and the first conversion table, the third conversion table being created in accordance with a predetermined color adjustment condition on the basis of the first conversion table.