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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:
Feb. 06, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hideaki Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Hidenori Ozaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358401 ; 358443 ; 358448 ; 358522 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus, capable of secure color judging regardless of the kind of the original image, is disclosed. The apparatus is provided with color judging means for color judgment from input image data, and background color detection means (CPU) for detecting the background color of the image data, and color judging areas of the color judging means are modified according to the hue, luminocity or saturation of the background color detected by said background color detection means.