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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:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Daisaku Horie, Uji, JP;
Inventor:
Daisaku Horie, Uji, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The image processing apparatus includes a CCD that receives an image, a fold detecting unit that detects edges using a lightness component of the received image and selects a specific one of the detected edges, and a fold erasing unit that corrects the lightness component of the selected specific edge. Thus, an image processing apparatus allowing removal of a noise appearing on the lightness component is provided.