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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Nec Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Shou Yazawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Yukio Yoshioka, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

NEC Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki-shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/403 (2006.01); B41J 2/52 (2006.01); H04N 1/407 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/40012 (2013.01); B41J 2/52 (2013.01); H04N 1/407 (2013.01);
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.


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