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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Takahiro Fuchigami, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Takahiro Fuchigami, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for generating an image file having a color layer and a monochrome layer comprises reading an original image, generating color image data from the read original image, and generating monochrome image data from the read original image. First image processing is performed on the color image data, and a second image processing, different from the first image processing, is performed on the monochrome image data. The processed color image data and the processed monochrome image data are stored in the image file as the color layer and the monochrome layer, respectively.