# US 2019/0172416 A1 · Image processing apparatus and image processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0172416 A1 - Document ID: US20190172416A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/185,352 - Filed: 2018-11-09 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-05 - Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Kenichiro YOKOTA; Hiroshi MIKAMI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172416A1 ## CPC - G09G 5/026: {Control of mixing and/or overlay of colours in general (G09G5/022 and G09G5/024 take precedence)} - G09G 5/06: using colour palettes, e.g. look-up tables - G09G 5/391: Resolution modifying circuits, e.g. variable screen formats - G09G 5/003: {Details of a display terminal, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (specific for a CRT G09G1/165; for a flat panel G09G3/2092)} - G09G 5/397: Arrangements specially adapted for transferring the contents of two or more bit-mapped memories to the screen simultaneously, e.g. for mixing or overlay (G09G5/02 takes precedence) - G09G 2320/0242: Compensation of deficiencies in the appearance of colours - G09G 2320/0673: for control of gamma adjustment, e.g. selecting another gamma curve - G09G 2340/0428: Gradation resolution change - G09G 2340/125: wherein one of the images is motion video - G09G 2360/02: Graphics controller able to handle multiple formats, e.g. input or output formats - G09G 2360/08: Power processing, i.e. workload management for processors involved in display operations, such as CPUs or GPUs - G09G 2360/18: Use of a frame buffer in a display terminal, inclusive of the display panel - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) ## Abstract Disclosed herein is an image processing apparatus for generating data of an image and outputting the generated data to a display device, including: a meta data acquiring unit configured to acquire meta data used for a correcting process for correcting the image in the display device; a corrector configured to perform at least part of the correcting process on the image, using the meta data; and an image output unit configured to acquire data of the corrected image from the corrector and output the acquired data to the display device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image processing apparatus for generating data of an image and outputting the generated data to a display device, comprising: a meta data acquiring unit configured to acquire meta data used for a correcting process for correcting the image in the display device; a corrector configured to perform at least part of the correcting process on the image, using the meta data; and an image output unit configured to acquire data of the corrected image from the corrector and output the acquired data to the display device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the corrector performs a correcting process using the meta data corresponding to the display device and a predetermined process independent on the display device in combination, on the image. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an image generator configured to generate an image expressed in a predetermined luminance space and an image expressed in a luminance space other than the predetermined luminance space; wherein the corrector corrects the image expressed in the luminance space other than the predetermined luminance space, using the meta data, and converts the corrected image into data in the predetermined luminance space, and the image output unit acquires data of the image expressed in the predetermined luminance space from at least either the image generator or the corrector, and outputs the acquired data to the display device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the image output unit combines the image acquired from the corrector and the image acquired from the image generator into a combined image in the predetermined luminance space and outputs the combined image to the display device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the meta data acquiring unit acquires, as the meta data, either one of conversion rules for the display device to convert pixel values, positional coordinates of primary colors in an xy chromaticity diagram, and positional coordinates of a neutral point in the xy chromaticity diagram. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the meta data acquiring unit acquires the meta data used in the display device that is connected to the image processing apparatus from the display device or a server connected thereto via a network. ### Claim 7 An image processing method to be carried out by an image processing apparatus that generates data of an image and outputs the generated data to a display device, the method comprising: acquiring meta data used for a correcting process for correcting the image in the display device; performing at least part of the correcting process on the image, using the meta data; and acquiring data of the corrected image and outputting the acquired data to the display device. ### Claim 8 A computer program for a computer that generates data of an image and outputs the generated data to a display device, comprising: by a meta data acquiring unit, acquiring meta data used for a correcting process for correcting the image in the display device; by a corrector, performing at least part of the correcting process on the image, using the meta data; and by an image output unit, acquiring data of the corrected image and outputting the acquired data to the display device.