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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuhisa Tsuji, Tokyo, JP;
Masaaki Kogure, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358 78 ; 358 80 ;
Abstract
In processing a colored image in multilevel gradations, a color which does not affect the gradation of the image is processed in fewer multilevels and colors which affect the gradation are processed in an ordinary number of multilevels.