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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2005
Ken-ichi Ohta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahiro Funada, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yushi Matsukubo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Junichi Yamakawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Ken-ichi Ohta, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masahiro Funada, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Yushi Matsukubo, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Junichi Yamakawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to produce a high-quality output of an image which is a mixture of images having different characteristics, there is provided an image processing apparatus having an image memory storing an entered color image and a feature detector, arranged for detecting a feature signal from the entered color image and storing the feature signal in the image memory. The feature signal represents a feature of the entered color image. An outputter is arranged for reading an image signal of the entered color image and the feature signal thereof out of the image memory, and outputting the image and feature signals as a recording signal. Processors are arranged for respectively processing one of a number of color components, which represent color image information, in accordance with the recording signal. The detection and storage in the image memory of feature signals and the readout of the image signal and associated feature signal from the image memory are performed in parallel.