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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Toshio Miyazawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fumihiro Hasegawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Toshifumi Yamaai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Toshio Miyazawa, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Fumihiro Hasegawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Toshifumi Yamaai, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, capable of reducing the size of an original image. The method segments the original image into a first image and a second image, generates a first reduced size image from the first image, which includes a first target pixel having a value obtained using a first method, and generates a second reduced size image from the second image, which includes a second target pixel having a value obtained using a second method.