Patent Document ID: 10026152
Application ID: 15249993
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first-image generation unit configured to generate a first image by performing a visibility enhancement process for enhancing visibility of a subject in an original image, the visibility enhancement process being performed on the original image in a first color space that is a color space not prone to having color values that fall outside a color gamut as a result of conversion of color values of pixels in the original image performed in the visibility enhancement process; a representative chromaticity determination unit configured to determine a representative chromaticity that represents chromaticities of pixels in a first region that is an entirety or a part of one of the original image and the first image; a second-image generation unit configured to generate a second image by performing, in a second color space that is an equivalent color space, a process for adjusting color values of pixels in a second region that is the entirety or the part of the first image to make the representative chromaticity close to a target chromaticity; and a region determination unit configured to determine one of the first region and the second region as a region including a pixel having a color value within a predetermined range from a color value of a memory color.