Patent ID: 7110595
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing apparatus that performs a special effect processing to image data of a colored image, the image processing apparatus comprising: a lightness conversion unit that converts the image data into data containing at least a chroma component to obtain chroma component image data; a masking unit that determines a hue that is to be color-output in the chroma component image data; an image generation unit that converts the chroma component image data into monochrome image data expressed in black and white; an elimination unit that removes data from the monochrome image data corresponding to a portion of the colored image that has the hue determined by the masking unit to obtain image eliminated data; a combining unit that combines the image eliminated data and image data corresponding to a portion of the colored image that has the hue determined by the masking unit to obtain an image processed data; and a print driver that converts the image processed data into data that can be printed on a color printer.