Color conversion apparatus, color conversion method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8947733-B2
Application number	US-201313972299-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2013
Priority date	Mar 1, 2011
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

Device color signals are converted such that a total amount of used color materials in the first image area, in which image granularity is more important, is not reduced from a total amount before the device color signals are converted, and/or such that a total amount of used color materials in the second image area, in which cost of the used color materials is more important, is not increased from a total amount before the device color signals are converted.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A color conversion apparatus for converting colors of a print that is produced using a plurality of color materials, comprising:
a color signal input unit for inputting device color signals associated with respective amounts of the color materials;
an image area extractor for extracting a first image area in which image granularity is more important and/or a second image area in which cost of used color materials is more important, from among an imag…

Assignees

• Fujifilm Corp

Inventors

• Matsumoto Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• H04N1/60 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04N1/6022 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic