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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2021
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Daisaku Imaizumi, Sakai, JP;
Teruhiko Matsuoka, Sakai, JP;
Akihito Yoshida, Sakai, JP;
Chiharu Hirayama, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/407 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/4072 (2013.01); H04N 1/00803 (2013.01); H04N 1/00811 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing device includes an image reader that reads an image, a first determiner that determines whether character crushing occurs when the image is binarized, a second determiner that determines a rate of a photographic region in the image, and a controller that performs conversion into monochrome N-gradation image data based on determination results of the first and second determiners.