Patent ID: 8559058
Filing Date: 2013-10-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus that performs image processing to achieve uniform color reproduction on various types of image formation media by an image forming apparatus, wherein the image forming apparatus forms a color image on an image formation medium by superimposing a plurality of basic colors, the image processing apparatus comprising: a database that stores therein a plurality of color conversion parameters; a color converting unit that converts, by using a color conversion parameter that is selected from the plurality of color conversion parameters stored in the database, either device-dependent color values of another device different from the image forming apparatus or device-independent color values into color values that correspond to basic colors of the image forming apparatus; a medium-corresponding correcting unit that corrects, by using a tone correction parameter, tone characteristics of the respective basic colors of the image forming apparatus to correspond with an image formation medium to be used by the image forming apparatus; and a user interface that receives a user's operation that instructs a calibration to start, wherein through the calibration started according to the user's operation by using the user interface, the color conversion parameter to be used by the color converting unit is automatically selected from the plurality of color conversion parameters stored in the database, and the tone correction parameter to be used by the medium-corresponding correcting unit is generated.