Patent ID: 7773261

Claim:
A method of setting color processing parameters for a digital imaging apparatus, which includes an imaging device, a first memory, and a color processing unit, the method comprising: connecting a computer via a communication path to the digital imaging apparatus; setting, in the computer, tentative parameters for use in color processing; transferring the tentative parameters from the computer to the digital imaging apparatus via the communication path; storing the tentative parameters in a second memory in the digital imaging apparatus; causing the color processing unit of the digital imaging apparatus to perform trial color processing based on the tentative parameters stored in the second memory under control of an emulator that operates in the digital imaging apparatus; storing, in a third memory, color image data generated by the trial color processing based on the tentative parameters; and setting, in the first memory, the color processing parameters determined in response to the tentative parameters and the color image data, wherein the color processing unit is configured to perform color processing on an image taken by the imaging device based on the color processing parameters stored in the first memory, the first memory being different from the second memory.