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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shouichi Nomura, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 ;
Abstract
A method of processing an image includes steps of: obtaining data concerning the brightness of an original image; dividing the data concerning the brightness into a plurality of groups for each brightness domain on the basis of the histogram of the data concerning the brightness; preparing correction information for correcting the data concerning the brightness for each of the plurality of groups, and executing image processing to the original image on the basis of the correction information.