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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2008
Applicant:
Satoshi Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Ohkawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G03F 3/08 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image reading unit acquires image data by reading a document, skin is detected from the image data, and skin processing is performed according to a detection result of detection of the skin. The image data is then corrected to have a predetermined data characteristic, and a second skin processing is performed on the image data based on a skin detection result. An image processing is conducted on the image data according to output characteristic, and then stored in a memory or a hard disk drive so as to be output as appropriate.