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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideaki Mizuno, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideyuki Toriyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Nobuo Kamei, Toyokawa, JP;
Tsuyoshi Yoneyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/500 ;
Abstract
In an image processing circuit, a color correction section, an area determination section and a MTF correction section each comprises a rewritable device (for example, field programmable gate array (FPGA) circuit) including a plurality of line memories (FIFO memories). A CPU reconstructs the image processing function of the FPGA circuit by using setting information and a processing program stored in the ROM in accordance with the set image processing condition such as the processing speed priority mode or the image quality priority mode.