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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Ryuji Yamada, Ogaki, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus performs: acquiring target image data representing a target image including a plurality of pixels, the target image data including a plurality of sets of component image data representing respective ones of a plurality of component images; smoothing the plurality of component images to generate respective sets of a plurality of sets of smoothed component image data representing respective ones of a plurality of smoothed component images; enhancing an edge in each of the plurality of smoothed component images to generate corresponding one set of a plurality of sets of enhanced component image data; generating single-component image data including one type of component value corresponding to each of the plurality of pixels by using the plurality of sets of enhanced component image data; and specifying a plurality of edge pixels using the single-component image data, the plurality of edge pixels constituting an edge in the target image.
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