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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Aiko Otsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Itoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/30 (2006.01); G06T 11/80 (2006.01); G06T 3/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/40 (2013.01); G06T 5/003 (2013.01); G06T 5/30 (2013.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 11/80 (2013.01); G06T 3/60 (2013.01); G06T 2200/16 (2013.01); G06T 2210/22 (2013.01); G06T 2210/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an exaggeration unit configured to perform on an original image including a hand-drawn element an exaggeration process that expands the hand-drawn element to generate an exaggerated image; and a reduction unit configured to reduce the exaggerated image to generate a reduced image of a predetermined size smaller than a size of the original image.