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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Nec Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shou Yazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yukio Yoshioka, Kanagawa, JP;
NEC Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image data conversion device that can convert color image data to black-and-white image data suitable for a background image. One example embodiment of the present invention is an image data conversion device that represents color image data in gray scale to convert the color image data to black-and-white image data and that includes determination means for determining whether or not the black-and-white image data is data used for a background image; and image data conversion means for converting the color image data to black-and-white image data using brightness values ranging from a background image minimum brightness value to a maximum brightness value when the black-and-white image data is data used for a background image.