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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
Applicant:
Kazumasa Koike, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kazumasa Koike, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing circuit reduces binary data of an original image. At least one line buffer stores data of each line of the original image. At least one line buffer stores data of each line of a reduced image. An operation part performs a logical operation based on data of focused pixels of the original image, data of a peripheral pixel of the focused pixels, and data of peripheral pixels of a pixel of the reduced image, the pixel of the reduced image corresponding to the focused pixels.