Method and apparatus for compressing reproducible color gamut

摘要

A reproducible color gamut compression apparatus is provided that includes: a target reproducible color gamut computing unit for computing a target reproducible color gamut; a compression ratio computing unit for computing a compression ratio, based on reproducible color gamuts of display devices and on the target reproducible color gamut; a compression method determination information acquiring unit for acquiring information used to determine a compression method; a compression method determining unit for determining a method of compressing a source reproducible color gamut, based on the compression method determination information; and a reproducible color gamut compressing unit for converting the source reproducible color gamut into the target reproducible color gamut, using the determined compression method.