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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:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Ichikawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Keizo Isemura, Musashino, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358518 ; 358464 ; 358467 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus of a digital copying machine or the like comprises: a color discriminating circuit to discriminate a color of an input image; a discrimination image generator to generate a color discrimination image in accordance with the discriminated color; and a trimming circuit to trim a boundary portion between the color discrimination image generated and another image. A blank portion or a boundary line is formed in the boundary portion between the color discrimination image and another image. The trimming circuit can also trim a portion in the color discrimination image in the boundary portion.