Patent ID: 6097501
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A color correcting device for applying a color correction to image data made up of color components of three primary colors and read by a color image reader means, comprising:image data extraction means for extracting image data of a predetermined color to be corrected from said image data based on a density balance of the color components of the three primary colors of the extracted image data;the color components of the three primary colors being a cyan color component, a magenta color component and a yellow color component;correction means for correcting a density level of a specified color component, specified in accordance with the predetermined color to be corrected, out of the color components of the extracted image data, by setting the density level of the specified color component to a corrected density level; andthe image data extraction means extracting blue image data as the image data of the predetermined color to be corrected, and the correction means reducing a density level of said yellow color component as the specified color component of the blue image data to said corrected density level.