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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1997
Yasuhiko Murayama, Suwa, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A background predicting process is disclosed which determines, for each designated line of input image data, whether or not the pixels of a particular line are the edge portion of a line drawing. The process finds the brightness value for each pixel, excluding the effects of the brightness of the edge portion in the line drawing (step s,). Next, a background prediction modifying process is accomplished which determines whether or not the effects of a line drawing portion other than the edge are included in the brightness value of each pixel in the line being processed. When the effects of a line drawing portion other than the edge are included, the process finds the brightness value of each pixel excluding this effect (step s,). A background modification is then conducted by modifying the brightness so as to achieve a desired brightness value on the basis of the brightness value of each pixel obtained by this background prediction modifying process (step s,).