Patent ID: 8902467
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A color conversion device comprising: a non-basic-color value determiner that determines a value of a non-basic color that is different from a corresponding basic color of a plurality of basic colors on the basis of a maximum non-basic-color value, a first non-basic-color limit rate, and a second non-basic-color limit rate of the non-basic color, the value of the non-basic color being determined so as to be used in an image forming unit that forms an image by using a colorants of the basic colors and a colorant of the non-basic color, a basic-color value determiner that determines a value of each of the plurality of basic colors to be used in the image forming unit on the basis of the value of the non-basic color determined by the non-basic-color value determiner, wherein the input image signal having the plurality of basic colors as elements is converted into an output image signal having the non-basic color and the plurality of basic colors as elements by using the values determined by the non-basic-color value determiner and the basic-color value determiner.