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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2005
Kazuyuki Nako, Kyoto, JP;
Katsuhiko Sato, Nara, JP;
Hideaki Tanaka, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Featured are an image processing apparatus, method and a medium including an image processing program. The image processing apparatus includes an image inputting means for inputting an image, a character/line drawing region extracting means for extracting a character/line drawing region from the input image, a pseudo-density region extracting means for extracting a pseudo-density region from the input image, an image contracting means for contracting images in an extracted pseudo-density region, an extracted character/line drawing region, and a region other than the pseudo-density region and the character/line drawing region, by mutually different methods, and an image outputting means for outputting the contracted image. The image contracting means performs a smoothing process in the pseudo-density region, performs an averaging process and a subsequent edge enhancing process in the character/line drawing region, and performs an averaging process in a region other than the pseudo-density region and the character/line drawing region.