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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:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/57 ; H04N 5/58 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/57 ; H04N 5/58 ;
Abstract
An image processor includes a determination unit which determines an adaptation ratio of a reference white color value with respect to at least two white color values. Also included are a calculation unit which calculates a reference white color value in accordance with the determined adaptation ratio, and a conversion unit which converts an image signal in accordance with the calculated reference white color value.