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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Atsushi Kitagawara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiharu Hibi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaru Okutsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); H04N 1/60 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a region recognizing unit that recognizes a region to be subjected to spot color processing in a digital image that is read from an image database in which a plurality of digital images are stored; a color information acquiring unit that acquires target color information to serve as a replacement target in the spot color processing; and a converting unit that converts color information of the region recognized by the region recognizing unit into the target color information acquired by the color information acquiring unit.