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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Daisuke Matsunaga, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshikazu Sato, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/14 (2012.01); G07F 17/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 20/145 (2013.01); G07F 17/26 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus is provided for setting a printing fee based on the result of image analysis. The apparatus determines whether an input image is color or monochrome, obtains the color amount in the input image, performs image processing on the input image, prints the processed input image, and sets a fee for printing the input image based on the obtained color amount.