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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1995
Keizo Isemura, Kokubunji, JP;
Kunio Yoshihara, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Masanori Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Masatoshi Tanabe, Chigasaki, JP;
Mitsuo Nimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Funamizu, Soka, JP;
Hirohiko Kishimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus reads color images, identifies the colors of an read color image, converts the color image into a monochrome image, synthesizes color recognition information on the monochrome image, and prints the resulting synthesized image as a monochrome image. As a result, even if a low-priced printer is employed, it is possible to provide a monochrome image permitting recognition of the colors of the color original, or quick identification of differences among the colors thereof. Moreover, this allows a user to specify a desired graphic pattern to be associated with a given color, and to obtain collation tables independently of the monochrome image, or to print the specified graphic pattern with any variable magnification power.