Patent ID: 7492477
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A color conversion relation derivation method of deriving a color conversion relation between a first color space and a second color space, the color conversion relation derivation method comprising: an area forming step that forms a plurality of areas filling the first color space such that the plurality of areas are arranged in lattice configuration and partially overlay each other in the first color space; a partial function derivation step that derives, for each of the areas formed in the area forming step, a coefficient of a partial function representative of a color conversion between coordinates in the area and coordinates of the second color space using a set of an arbitrary sample point provided in the first color space and a point in the second color space, which is associated with the sample point; and a whole function derivation step that, in a range that the areas are overlapped with each other, combines the partial functions by obtaining a coefficient interpolated by the coefficient of the partial function for each of the overlapped areas and by deriving a function represented by the interpolated coefficient, and derives a whole function representative of the color conversion relation through the first color space in its entirety.