Granted Patent B2

US 7,417,766 · App. 10/945,627 · Granted Aug 26, 2008

Abstract

Claims (19)

1. A method of adjusting a non-black primary color value comprising:

determining a gray component of the non-black primary color value that contributes to a gray color;

determining a secondary color component of the non-black primary color value that contributes to a secondary color;

determining a primary component of the non-black primary color value that does not contribute to the gray color or the secondary color;

determining an adjusted gray component using a one-dimensional gray balancing related primary color look-up table;

determining an adjusted secondary color component using a one-dimensional secondary color related primary color look-up table; and

summing the adjusted gray component, the adjusted secondary color component and the primary component.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining an adjusted gray component comprises obtaining a gray balancing related primary color TRC value from a one-dimensional gray balancing related primary color TRC for balancing gray using the gray component as an index.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining an adjusted secondary color component comprises obtaining a secondary color related primary color TRC value from a one-dimensional secondary color related primary color TRC using the secondary color component as an index.

4. A method of adjusting a non-black primary color value comprising:

determining first, second and third portions of the non-black primary color value;

determining an adjusted first portion using a first one-dimensional look-up table, wherein the first portion is used as an index to the first one-dimensional look-up table;

determining an adjusted second portion using a second one-dimensional look-up table, wherein the second portion is used as an index to the second one-dimensional look-up table; and

summing the adjusted first portion, the adjusted second portion and the third portion.

5. A method of adjusting each of a plurality of associated non-black primary color values comprising:

determining for each non-black primary color value a respective gray component that contributes to a gray color, a respective secondary color component that contributes to a secondary color, and a respective primary component that does not contribute to the gray color or the secondary color;

determining for each non-black primary color a respective adjusted gray contribution using a respective gray balancing related one-dimensional look-up table, wherein the respective gray component is used as an index to the respective gray balancing related one-dimensional look-up table;

determining for each non-black primary color a respective adjusted secondary color component using a respective one-dimensional secondary color related look-up table, wherein the respective secondary color component is used as an index to the respective one-dimensional secondary color related look-up table; and

summing the respective adjusted gray component, the respective adjusted secondary color component, and the respective primary component for each non-black primary color to obtain adjusted non-black primary color values.

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