Patent ID: 6868189

Claim:
An image processing apparatus, comprising: a storage device which stores input image data in a first area; a refuging device which stores, in a second area of the storage device, sample image data produced from the input image data that has been stored in the first area; a pseudo display device which outputs, to a display, pseudo image data obtained by performing a number of different processes for filtering the sample image data stored in the second area; a parameter registration device which stores, in a third area of the storage device, parameters that are to be referred to for each kind of process that is performed for filtering the sample image data in the second area; and a filtering device which, while referring to the parameters in the third area, performs, in a predetermined order, a number of different processes for filtering the input image data in the first area to obtain image data for output, wherein, for the input image data stored in the first area, the filtering device performs, in the named order, a tone curve correction process for an RGB model, a saturation correction process for an HSB model, and a spatial filtering correction process.