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Patent No.:

US 7729013 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010

Filed:

Sep. 21, 2006
Applicant:

Hirobumi Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventor:

Hirobumi Nishida, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a character-area extracting unit that extracts a character area in which characters are displayed from image data including characters, a character-color converting unit that converts the color of characters in the character area extracted by the character-area extracting unit to a predetermined prescribed character color, and a background-color converting unit that converts a background color of the background, which is an area other than the characters in the character area extracted by the character-area extracting unit to a predetermined prescribed background color.


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Nishida, Hirobumi. (2010). Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program product (U.S. Patent No. 7729013). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7729013

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