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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Masato Kobayashi, Yashio, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/001 (2013.01); G06T 7/90 (2017.01); H04N 1/4095 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image processing apparatus comprises a reading unit configured to read an image of an original; a correction unit configured to correct, based on variance values acquired for a pixel, the pixel in a region where a show-through has occurred, in the image read by the reading unit; a designation unit configured to designate a chromatic color; and a conversion unit configured to convert a pixel included in an image including the pixel corrected by the correction unit into one of a chromatic color and an achromatic color designated by the designation unit.


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