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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:
Sep. 03, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358500 ; 358538 ; 358537 ; 358452 ; 358453 ; 358462 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image input unit for inputting monochromatic image information and a recognition unit for recognizing color assigning information for assigning a color and a region in the monochromatic image information. A synthesis unit is provided for synthesizing the color in the region in the monochromatic image information according to the color assigning information recognized by the recognition unit, and an output unit outputs an image having a plurality of colors synthesized by the synthesis unit.