Patent ID: 7831092

Claim:
A color correction method of correcting a color signal vector, comprising the steps of: determining to which area of a color signal plane divided by area boundary lines passing through the origin of the color signal plane an inputted color signal vector belongs and outputting first and second boundary lines defining an area determined to include the color signal vector; and converting the color signal vector using a correction matrix having been designated in advance with respect to the area determined to include the color signal vector; wherein a correction matrix including a component for performing parallel translation and a component for performing linear transformation is used as said correction matrix; wherein a signal correction unit converts the color signal vector using a first area boundary line correction matrix and a second area boundary line correction matrix as said correction matrices including components for performing parallel translation and components for performing linear transformation, and integrates a transformation result by the first area boundary line correction matrix and a transformation result by the second area boundary line correction matrix, to obtain the resultant corrected color signal vector.