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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2006
Julien Malik, Paris, FR;
Frederic L. M. J. Michon, Toulouse, FR;
Julien Malik, Paris, FR;
Frederic L. M. J. Michon, Toulouse, FR;
Oce-Technologies B.V., Venlo, NL;
Abstract
An image conversion method and an apparatus for converting a digital image obtained by a scanning unit into a converted digital image includes the steps of acquiring statistics for at least some pixels of the digital image, extracting characteristic values of a background color using the acquired statistics, operating a selection of pixels in the digital image, and converting the selected pixels. Each pixel in the digital image is sequentially set as a target pixel, and the selection of the target pixel depends on a representative color distance determined between a number of pixels located in a vicinity of the target pixel and the background color.