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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 1992
Filed:
May. 04, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshinori Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuru Kurita, Tokyo, JP;
Kimiyoshi Hayashi, Soka, JP;
Toshio Honma, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshiko Horie, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358 75 ; 358 80 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for inputting a plurality of color component signals of a primary color system, a detection unit for detecting a value according to a minimum value signal of the color component signals input by the input unit, and a discrimination unit for discriminating a dot area of an image on the basis of the value according to the minimum value signal detected by the detection unit.