Patent Document ID: 7755639
Application ID: 10561908
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus for processing an image based on an image data set including main image data that represents a main image, thumbnail image data that represents a thumbnail image of the main image, and color space identification information that expresses a color space related to the main image data, the main image data and the thumbnail image data and the color space identification information being associated with one another, wherein the color space identification information can indicate which of multiple color spaces including a prescribed standard color space and a particular color space is to be used, the image processing apparatus comprising: a data processor configured to select either one of the main image data and the thumbnail image data as processing target image data, and to execute processing including color space conversion of the processing target image data, wherein the data processor: if the thumbnail image is the processing target image data, executes a prescribed basic color space conversion regardless of content of the color space identification information to obtain first converted image data of the thumbnail image, and if the main image is the processing target image data, executes a specified color space conversion utilizing a color space specified by the color space identification information to obtain second converted image data of the main image, the first and second converted image data being expressed by an identical color system.