Image Processing Device Color Correction Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current image processing systems face challenges in ensuring color consistency between display devices and image forming devices, as well as accounting for lighting environments, leading to variations in image appearance that can be difficult to manage and visualize.
Innovation Solution
An image processing device that acquires conversion relationships for color correction specific to output destinations and lighting environments, and allows users to select whether to apply color correction, creating and transmitting image data before or after correction to display and print outputs, enabling visualization of correction effects.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If color correction is performed for each output destination and lighting environment, then color consistency and accuracy are improved, but processing complexity and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the color correction process by creating separate conversion relationships for different output destinations (display devices, image forming devices) and lighting environments. Each destination receives tailored image data with appropriate color corrections applied, allowing precise color control without requiring a single complex universal correction system.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary color correction by generating multiple versions of image data in advance - one version with color correction applied and another without. This allows users to preview and compare results before final output, reducing the need for iterative adjustments and simplifying the overall workflow.
2Measurement precision
If multiple conversion relationships are maintained for different output destinations, then color accuracy is improved, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The image processing device is designed to universally handle multiple output destinations and lighting conditions through a single integrated system. It automatically selects and applies the appropriate conversion relationship based on the target device and environment, eliminating the need for separate manual processing systems for each destination.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates user feedback mechanisms that allow operators to view preview images with different color corrections applied. Users can select the desired output by comparing previews, and the system adjusts subsequent processing based on these selections, creating a feedback loop that simplifies data management while maintaining accuracy.
3Loss of information
If color correction previews are generated for all output destinations, then visualization capability is improved, but processing time and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system generates color correction previews selectively rather than for all possible output destinations simultaneously. It creates preview image data for the currently selected or most relevant output destinations, providing sufficient visualization capability without the excessive processing burden of generating all possible preview combinations.
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AI summary
An image processing device includes: a conversion relationship acquisition unit that acquires, for each of plural output destinations by which to output an image, a conversion relationship for performing color correction corresponding to each of the output destinations; a selection information acquisition unit that acquires, for each of the plural output destinations, selection information about whether or not to perform color correction using the conversion relationship; and an image data transmission unit that transmits, to a display device, image data expressing the image before or after performing color correction on a basis of the selection information acquired from the selection information acquisition unit.