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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382237 ; 382162 ; 382156 ; 395109 ; 706 42 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an input unit for entering a plurality of color image signals, an image processing unit for subjecting the plurality of entered color image signals to processing based upon an algorithm of a cellular neural network, and a comparison decision unit for deciding output color data based upon results of processing by the image processing unit. Since input multivalued color image data based upon the algorithm of a neural network are converted to output color image data, it is possible to obtain a high-quality output color image that is faithful to the input color image.