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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2008
Applicant:
Shinichi Shiraishi, Kanaguchi, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichi Shiraishi, Kanaguchi, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
From the target image data, a luminance component, a first color difference component, and a second color difference component which represent color of respective pixels are acquired; and a maximum magnitude smoothing process is carried out on the first color difference component.