Patent ID: 7286265

Claim:
An image processing apparatus for inputting image data of a photographed image containing a plurality of pixels and for converting the image data of each of the pixels, the apparatus comprising: a first holding unit which holds a plurality of correspondence relationship information for a conversion of the image data; a second holding unit which holds color relationship information related to an applicable object color of an image processing, correlating the color relationship information to process content information representing details of the image processing; an applicable object judgment unit which judges, with reference to the color relationship information, whether a pixel corresponding to the input image data is the applicable object of the image processing; a correspondence relationship specification unit which, in a case where it is judged that the pixel is the applicable object of the image processing, with reference to the process content information correlated to the referenced color relationship information, specifies the correspondence relationship which actualizes the contents of the image processing from among the plurality of correspondence relationships; and an image data converting unit which, with reference to the specified correspondence relationship, converts the image data of the pixel for which the correspondence relationship is specified, wherein the first holding unit holds the correspondence relationship information in a form of a color conversion table which represents a correspondence relationship between pre-converted image data and post-converted image data.