Patent ID: 7355753

Claim:
A method of adjusting initial CMY data values comprising: determining a relative amount of chroma in the initial CMY data values; and producing color saturation adjusted CMY data values as a function of the relative amount of chroma in the initial CMY data values using: C=C +( SAT â€” C ( C )âˆ’ C )*(1âˆ’RATIO) M=M +( SAT â€” M ( M )âˆ’ M )*(1âˆ’RATIO) Y=Y +( SAT â€” Y ( Y )âˆ’ Y )*(1âˆ’RATIO) wherein SAT_C(C), SAT_M(M), and SAT_Y(Y) are maximum color saturation adjusted values, and RATIO is a ratio between a minimum of the initial CMY data values and a maximum of the initial CMY data values.