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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Applicants:
Tooru Suino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tooru Suino, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/54 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of transferring a code of a structured document including background and at least one set of foreground and mask, to an image reproducing unit which reproduces the structured document code into a document image, includes, for each set of the foreground and mask, performing control to give priority to code of the mask over code of the foreground.