Claims
- 1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- first input means for inputting first color data generated by a first color inputting apparatus which includes a first lighting means and a first color reading sensor, the first color data representing an original image;
- second input means for inputting second color data generated by a second color inputting apparatus which is independent of the first color inputting apparatus and which includes a second lighting means and a second color reading sensor, the second color data representing the same original image as the first color data; and
- formation means for forming, by a calculation, correction data relating to the first color inputting apparatus on the basis of both the first color data and the second color data, such that a characteristic of the first color inputting apparatus is equal to a characteristic of the second color inputting apparatus;
- wherein the correction data is used when a color correction is performed on color image data supplied from the first color inputting apparatus such that the characteristic of the first color inputting apparatus is equal to the characteristic of the second color inputting apparatus.
- 2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the correction data is matrix data.
- 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the original image comprises a plurality of different color patches, and wherein said formation means forms the correction data on the basis of first color data and second color data which corresponds to each of the plurality of different color patches.
- 4. An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of different color patches include a color patch having mixed colors.
- 5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the color data is R, G and B data.
- 6. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said formation means forms the correction data on the basis of the second color data, and, if the color data input by said first input means is corrected by the correction data, the corrected color data becomes substantially the same as color data to be input by said second input means.
- 7. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first color inputting apparatus and the second color inputting apparatus comprise a scanner for reading an original image and for producing color image data.
- 8. An image processing method comprising:
- a first inputting step for inputting first color data generated by a first color inputting apparatus which includes a first lighting means and a first color reading sensor, the first color data representing a standard original;
- a second inputting step for inputting second color data generated by a second color inputting apparatus which is independent of the first color inputting apparatus and which includes a second lighting means and second color reading sensor, the second color data representing a same standard original as the first color data; and
- a formation step for forming, by a calculation, correction data relating to the first color inputting apparatus on the basis of both the first color data and the second color data, such that a characteristic of the first color inputting apparatus is equal to a characteristic of the second color inputting apparatus;
- wherein the correction data is used when a color correction is performed on color image data supplied from the first color inputting apparatus such that the characteristic of the first color inputting apparatus is equal to the characteristic of the second color inputting apparatus.
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 08/417,225 filed Apr. 5, 1995, now abandoned, which was a division of application Ser. No. 08/115,799, filed Sep. 3, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,434,645, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/684,146 filed Apr. 11, 1991, now abandoned, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/391,664 filed Aug. 8, 1989, now abandoned, which was a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/038,238 filed Apr. 14, 1987, now abandoned.
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