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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:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Keiji Kusumoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Keiji Kusumoto, Toyokawa, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an image processing apparatus, a compression processor compresses a color image data, a storage device stores the compressed data, and an expansion processor expands the data read from the storage device. A first background controller controls background of the color image data not yet compressed by the compression processor, while a second background controller controls background of the image data expanded by the expansion processor. A controller activates either the first background controller or the second background controller.