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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2005
Applicant:
Hirobumi Nishida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Hirobumi Nishida, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/54 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system, each capable of recognizing or reproducing a character color, are disclosed. An original image is divided into a character image and a background image. The color information of the character image is obtained to generate a color palette of the character image. A color, defined by the color palette, is assigned to each of the characters in the character image. The color palette may include a main color palette and a minor color palette.