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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Manabu Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Manabu Komatsu, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01); H04N 1/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00726 (2013.01); H04N 1/02825 (2013.01); H04N 1/54 (2013.01); H04N 1/6002 (2013.01); H04N 1/6075 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0094 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image data generating method of generating an image from a document includes acquiring, based on light reflected by the document, a first image signal corresponding to a plurality of components in a plurality of visible wavelength ranges and a component having a reflection absorption characteristic in an invisible wavelength range, converting the first image signal into a second image signal including a plurality of device-independent color space components and a black component, and generating image data based on the second image signal.