Patent ID: 8428351

Claim:
An image processing device for creating corrected image data by correcting object image data utilizing base image data, the image processing device comprising: a first determination unit configured to determine a first polar coordinate value which is a value in a color space of a polar coordinate system, the first polar coordinate value being a representative value which represents first pixels in the object image data, each of the first pixels having a hue within a particular range of hue; a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first orthogonal coordinate value which is a value in a color space of a first orthogonal coordinate system by executing an orthogonal transformation on the first polar coordinate value; a second determination unit configured to determine a second polar coordinate value which is a value in the color space of the polar coordinate system, the second polar coordinate value being a representative value which represents second pixels in the base image data, each of the second pixels having a hue within the particular range of hue; a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second orthogonal coordinate value which is a value in the color space of the first orthogonal coordinate system by executing an orthogonal transformation on the second polar coordinate value; and a correction unit configured to create the corrected image data by correcting the object image data such that a coordinate value of each particular pixel in the object image data approaches the second orthogonal coordinate value, wherein the each particular pixel is included in a surrounding area of the first orthogonal coordinate value in the color space of the first orthogonal coordinate system.