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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2005
Applicant:
Naoko Hiramatsu, Kyoto, JP;
Inventor:
Naoko Hiramatsu, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an image processing device, from an object image, an area reproduced by K component only and having at least a prescribed density is extracted as a gray area to be replaced, and a color of an area neighboring the gray area is extracted. When the neighboring area contains a color other than the K component, a replacing color is calculated based on the amount of K component (luminance) of the gray area and the color of the neighboring area, and the color of the gray area is replaced by the replacing color.