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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Isao Nishimura, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Isao Nishimura, Saitama, JP;
Hiroyuki Nagano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a detecting unit that detects whether image data for each of the lines in generated image information is chromatic or achromatic; and a determining unit that determines whether the original is chromatic or achromatic based on a detection result of the detecting unit for a first area of the image information, excluding a detection result for a predetermined second area of the image information, the predetermined second area including an end line among the lines in a scanning direction of the original.