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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1990
Takashi Hasebe, Tokyo, JP;
Seiichiro Hiratsuka, Tokyo, JP;
Tadao Kishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Niitsuma, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Washio, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Okamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A color image processing apparatus wherein a document image is divided into three colors and converted the color separated images into density data that correspond to a recording color by a color reproducing device. The color reproducing device has matrix coefficients for a plurality of linear maskings, a linear masking is selected out of the plurality of linear maskings by the three color separation signals, the linear masking is carried out using the masking coefficients of the selected linear masking, and the color separated images are converted into density data that correspond to the recording color.