Methods and systems for generating a mixed raster content (MRC) format file are disclosed. The method includes receiving an input document. The input document is segmented into an image layer and a text layer with a color mask information. A determination is made whether a text group in the text layer has a color different than the color mask information. Upon an affirmative determination, an ascertainment is made whether the color mask is above a threshold value. An average of the color mask is calculated and based on the calculation, a new color is applied to the text group to modify the text layer. Then, the modified text layer is compressed using a first compression scheme, the image layer is compressed using a second compression scheme, the compressed the modified text layer and the image layer are integrated to generate an image data in an MRC file format.

An image processing apparatus including a processor that performs: compressing target data for printing; decompressing the compressed target data; and when the resolution of the uncompressed target data is higher than the resolution of low-resolution data included in the compressed target data, generating sample data by decompressing only the low-resolution data, the sample data to be used for a process of detecting data of a particular image from the target data.

A printing support system includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus generates distribution target data indicating distribution targets. Based on the distribution target data, the image forming apparatus recognizes departments to which the distribution targets belong, respectively. The image forming apparatus recognizes a minimum color number department whose permissible number of colors used is smallest. The image forming apparatus determines a highlight part in document data. The image forming apparatus generates automatic highlight image data that is image data including the highlight part subjected to a highlighting process and using a number of colors equal to the permissible number of colors of the minimum color number department.

A system provides verification of image content in software modules within a system of software under development. Embodiments retrieve image data from a software module written in a native or first computer program type or language. The retrieved image data may be evaluated so that a conversion image space is prepared as a new coordinate space that will be used to render the image data into an image object outside of the native computer program type or language. In an exemplary embodiment, a bit-per-pixel value may be applied to the image data during conversion to a second computer program format/language. The converted image data may then be rendered into an image object in the new coordinate space according to the new readable format. The rendered image object may then be displayed to provide convenient and quick visual verification of the accuracy of the unrendered image data content.

A processing of pixels comprises checking whether a color component of a pixel in a color space resulting in a smallest error between at least one color component in another color space determined based on the color component and at least one original color component of the pixel in the another color space causes any color channel of the pixel to fall outside of an allowed range. A value of the color component is obtained using a first function/LUT if the color component resulting in the smallest error does not cause any color channel of the pixel to fall outside of said allowed range. However, a value of the color component is obtained using a second, different function/LUT if the color component resulting in the smallest error causes any color channel of the pixel to fall outside of the allowed range.

An image capture apparatus includes a skin map generation processing unit and an image composition unit. The skin map generation processing unit detects a skin color area in an image. The skin map generation processing unit detects a saturated area of high value and low saturation in the image. The image composition unit executes processing of correcting the skin color area detected by the skin map generation processing unit by using the saturated area detected by the skin map generation processing unit.

There is provided an image processing apparatus. A splitting unit splits an image into a block. A quantization unit performs quantization of the block using a plurality of methods. A calculating unit calculates a distance between the block and a result of the quantization. A selecting unit selects a quantization result of the quantization unit using the distance. An encoding unit performs fixed-length encoding of the quantization result selected by the selecting unit. The quantization unit includes a first quantization unit that preserves texture in the block, and a second quantization unit that represents pixels in the block in a plurality of colors.

A method and device for processing white balance of an image, and storage medium are provided. The method includes that: a first gain of an image is calculated according to a Face Automatic White Balance (FaceAWB) algorithm configured to regulate a face in the image to a skin color; a second gain for the image is calculated according to a simple gray world algorithm; whether the first gain is similar to the second gain is determined; and responsive to a determination that the first gain is similar to the second gain, white balance processing is performed on the image according to the second gain, and responsive to a determination that the first gain is not similar to the second gain, white balance processing is performed on the image according to the first gain.

An information processing apparatus includes a display and a processor. The display displays an image. The processor causes the display to display a color presenting section that presents color-related information and a multilayer display section that displays a multilayer structure of color-related information selected from the color presenting section.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide an ink jet recording apparatus that improves printing quality when printing with a plurality of nozzles. The ink jet recording apparatus performs printing control of a plurality of nozzles using an encoder pulse output from an encoder attached to a conveying line, and is characterized by comprising: an input unit with which a printing character width is separately set for each of the plurality of nozzles; and a control unit that controls printing using a character width corresponding to input information from the input unit.