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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2003
Yukihiro Nishida, Fukuoka, JP;
Seiichiro Hiratsuka, Fukuoka, JP;
Yukihiro Nishida, Fukuoka, JP;
Seiichiro Hiratsuka, Fukuoka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processor includes: a color conversion unit for converting an input signal to color signals of at least four colors; a gamma correction unit for performing gamma correction on the color signals; a binarization unit for binarizing the color signals through comparison with a threshold value; a superimposing unit for superimposing a color signal of at least one color but of the binarized color signals on another color signal to convert the signals to a superimposed color signal; logical operation unit for performing a logical operation previously defined for an image of three or fewer colors on the superimposed color signal; and a separator for separating color signals as an output of the logical operation unit into separated color signals of at least four colors.