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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshiharu Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Seki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358 75 ; 358 80 ;
Abstract
In a picture forming apparatus for reproducing original images, an image processing device separates a signal corresponding to an original image into a plurality of separated color signals, an image converter converts the color signals into recording signals wherein each of the recording signals corresponds to a different color of coloring material used by the picture forming apparatus to reproduce the original image, a determining circuit determines the minimum value of the recording signals, and a color removal circuit performs under color removal on each of the recording signals in accordance with the determined minimum value.