Patent ID: 8493465
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a recording unit configured to record an image data of a shot image together with additional information regarding a shooting condition of the shot image data; a determining unit configured to determine whether a color space of the image data is defined or undefined as a shooting condition parameter value based on the additional information of the image data; a first viewing condition setting unit configured to set, in a case where said determining unit determines that the color space of the image data is defined, a first viewing condition as an input viewing condition for the image data based upon the defined color space; a second viewing condition setting unit configured to set, in a case where said determining unit determines that the color space of the image data is undefined, a second viewing condition as the input viewing condition for the image data based upon other shooting condition parameter values contained in the additional information of the image data; a profile setting unit configured to set an input profile corresponding to the input viewing condition set by either one of said first viewing condition setting unit or said second viewing condition setting unit; and a converting unit configured to convert the image data into an image data independent from the input viewing condition with the input profile set by said profile setting unit and the input viewing condition set by either one of said first viewing condition setting unit or said second viewing condition setting unit.