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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Koya Shimamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kimimori Eguchi, Kashiwa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/08 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/6075 (2013.01); H04N 1/6005 (2013.01); H04N 1/6025 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus receives designation of a target color to be removed, obtains the hue and chroma of the designated color, determines the target color based on the obtained hue and chroma, and replaces the signal value of a pixel contained in image data and having a signal value corresponding to a color falling within a predetermined range containing the designated color with a signal value indicating white, thereby performing color removal.