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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Keiichi Ikebe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Maki, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuko Yamashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Ikebe, Kanagawa, JP;
Takao Inoue, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Maki, Kanagawa, JP;
Taku Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikuko Yamashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Takanori Yano, Kanagawa, JP;
Takeshi Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Shin Aoki, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing method includes obtaining raw image data of an object by generating the object by an imager that generates an image of the object with color decomposition, decomposing the raw image data into a plurality of color planes such that each of the color planes comprises pixel information of a color pertinent to the color plane, and compressing data of each color plane.