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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koki Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuo Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A processing device including a first connecting unit determining that, when a difference between pixel values of two adjacent pixels is within a first range, the two adjacent pixels belong to the same first connected pixel group, a pixel value determination unit determining that a first condition is satisfied when, in a neighboring pixel group including a target pixel and a neighboring pixel, a rank of a pixel value of the target pixel is out of a second range, a first connection number determination unit determining that a second condition is satisfied when the number of pixels belonging to the first connected pixel group is equal to or less than a first threshold value, and a correction unit correcting the pixel value of the target pixel when the first and the second conditions are satisfied and not correcting it when the first or second condition is not satisfied.
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