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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1991
Takashi Hasebe, Hachioji, JP;
Seiichiro Hiratsuka, Hachioji, JP;
Tadao Kishimoto, Hachioji, JP;
Koji Washio, Hachioji, JP;
Tetsuya Niitsuma, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Corporation, Shinjuku, JP;
Abstract
A color image processing apparatus comprises an image reading circuit for reading an original image as three color-separated images, a color code generating circuit for generating a color code indicating whether each pixel of the original image is white, black, or chromatic, a color reproducing circuit for generating density data for each pixel corresponding to each of a plurality of recording colors based on the color-separated images, a marker area detecting circuit for detecting a marker on the original image based on the color code generated by the color code generating circuit and for extracting a marker area enclosed by the marker, a density data sampling circuit for sampling density data of pixels on the marker at a sampling point located at a selected distance, corresponding to a predetermined number of pixels, inside of the edge of the marker, and for determining a density data of the marker based on the sample density data, and a density data conversion circuit for converting the density data of pixels on a line within the marker area into the determined density data determined at first on the present line in the marker area.