METHODS AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE DATA METRICS WHICH ACHIEVE MEDIA COMPATIBILITY FOR SUBSEQUENT IMAGING APPLICATIONS

摘要

The invention disclosed relates to methods and means for producing intermediate metric values ​​for processing color images and / or data storage, which are independent of the origin of the input images. These methods and means generates intermediate image metric which can be made correctly on any of a plurality of image receiving media or image forming apparatuses regardless of the origin of the input image . Intermediate metric images can also be stored for future use without having to specify their origin; images or parts of images from various media and devices can be merged to produce composite images of homogeneous and appropriate appearance, and can achieve the color balance of images or make them undergo other manipulations without needing to know where they come from.