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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 23, 1999
Daisaku Horie, Uji, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method includes the steps of contracting an original image consisting of plural pixel data to produce a contracted image; comparing a pixel data of the original image with a corresponding pixel data of the contracted image; registering the pixel data of the original image as a registered data if it is judged in the comparing step that a color difference between the pixel data of the original image and the corresponding pixel data of the contracted image is larger than a predetermined value; and substituting the pixel data of the original image with one of a plurality of registered data only if the color difference is not larger than the predetermined value. An apparatus for performing this method is also disclosed.