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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hidekazu Nakashio, Warabi, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/62 (2006.01); H04N 1/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/6005 (2013.01); H04N 1/6008 (2013.01); H04N 1/6025 (2013.01); H04N 1/6027 (2013.01); H04N 1/62 (2013.01); H04N 1/58 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image forming apparatus that is capable of improving a specified-color removal process. An obtaining unit obtains color image data. A color specification unit specifies removal color. A specified-color removal unit removes color that is determined to be removed according to determination based on a brightness threshold and a first saturation threshold about the removal color from the color image data obtained.