Patent ID: 6751346
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image processing method for executing color processing on an input image, which may include a plurality of object types, and outputting processed data to an output unit, said method comprising the steps of:setting color processing conditions from a plurality of color processing conditions, which include color matching and half-toning, in accordance with an instruction from a user; and executing color processing in accordance with the color processing conditions set in said setting step, wherein the setting of the color processing conditions in said setting step is selectively made in one of, a) an automatic mode, in which the color processing is automatically executed in accordance with a preset combination of object types and the color processing conditions, b) a semiautomatic mode, in which the same color processing, selected by a user from among a plurality of registered combinations of image processing conditions, is set as one combination of image processing conditions regardless of the object types in the input image, and c) a manual mode, in which a combination of the color processing conditions is set individually with respect to the object types of the input image in accordance with an instruction from the user, and wherein setting of the automatic mode and semiautomatic mode is performed by the user making a single selection.