Patent ID: 7382379

Claim:
A system for color mapping, the system comprising: a source device capable of producing an image from image data using a source device profile; a destination device capable of reproducing said image from the image data using a destination device profile; and a computer system operatively connecting said source device and destination device, said computer system including: a source device profile interpreter that interprets the source device profile to convert coordinates in a source device color space to a device-independent color space; a destination device profile interpreter that interprets the destination device profile to convert coordinates in a destination device color space to the device-independent color space; and a color transformer that generates a color map defining a relationship between the source and destination device color spaces based on the converted coordinates and user preferences, said user preferences being specified by a user to configure the color transformer, wherein the color transformer generates the color map in part by reducing color error between said converted coordinates from the source and destination device profile interpreters, the color transformer, in said reducing, at least adjusting coordinates in the destination device color space to generate adjusted coordinates, the color map being based in part on said adjusted coordinates in the destination device color space, and wherein the source and destination device profile interpreters use forward transformation profiles to produce said converted coordinates.