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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1999
Fumiko Uchino, Kyoto, JP;
Kenji Masaki, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processor for combining a plurality of partial color images to produce a single whole image, is provided with: a calculator for calculating a first correction amount for pixel data of a first color image and a second correction amount for pixel data of a second color image in the aspect of at least one color component based on pixel data of at least a boundary portion of each of the first and second color images; a corrector for correcting the pixel data of the first color image and the pixel data of the second color image based on the first and second correction amounts respectively to reduce a color tone difference between the first and second color images; and an image combiner for combining the corrected first color image with the corrected second color image at their respective boundary portions.