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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1996
Masashi Ueda, Nagoya, JP;
Ryohei Komiya, Nagoya, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus including a color-information obtaining device which obtains color information relating to a color of a target-area picture-element group consisting of a plurality of picture elements belonging to a target area as one of a plurality of areas present in an object image, a characteristic-information obtaining device which obtains characteristic information which relates to a characteristic of the object image and which is different from the color information, and a target-area determining device for determining the target area in the object image based on the color information and the characteristic information.