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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2009
Manabu Yamazoe, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuo Ogura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Uekusa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kentaro Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuo Ogura, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Uekusa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kentaro Yano, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Suwa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Software of a simple configuration checks whether an original image to be corrected is an image picture, and an image correction process based upon a formed histogram of the original image is not performed for an image different from the image picture. An image processing condition is set in accordance with the formed histogram to perform the image correction process for the original image. An image processing method judges from a shape of the formed histogram whether the original image is an image picture, and does not perform not perform the image correction process for the original image if it is judged that the original image is not an image picture.