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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:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
May. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Susumu Sugiura, Atsugi, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
382162 ; 382166 ; 358500 ; 358530 ;
Abstract
Image processing apparatus and method perform a predetermined compression processing for an input original. A compression processing method or a receiver of compressed data is changed in accordance with a color/black-and-white status discrimination for the input original, or is set manually.