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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2007
Hirokazu Shoda, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Shoda, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide an image processing apparatus that does not cause missing of characters in a case where a monochrome copy is made by reading a color original document even when the base and characters thereon have the same reflectance as long as they have different hues. An image processing apparatus of the invention includes a background color specifying portionD that specifies a background color using RGB signals outputted from a scanner portion, a hue determination portionC that determines the hue of a pixel of interest, and a monochrome signal generation processing portionthat generates a monochrome signal using any one of the RGB signals according to a specification result of the background color specifying portion and a determination result of the hue determination portion.