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Image processing apparatus, image processing method, storage medium, and program

US7639390B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 2003
Grant dateDec 29, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 13, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/6052
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

When an output image is observed, an image processing apparatus by which image observation can be performed always in a satisfactory state irrespective of its observation environment and a change of a human's visual characteristic is provided. In this image processing apparatus, a first output unit outputs the target image in a first gradation reproduction range, and a second output unit outputs the target image output by the first output unit in a second gradation reproduction range. At this time, a correction unit performs a correction process, i.e., gradation conversion process, to the target image output by the second output unit, on the basis of information concerning the environment for observing the output result of the target image by the second output unit.

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