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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2009
Reiji Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kaburagi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Sakaue, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Namikata, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Takebayashi, Isehara, JP;
Osamu Linuma, Machida, JP;
Naoki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kashibuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Arakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Sano, Kawasaki, JP;
Reiji Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kaburagi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Sakaue, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Namikata, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Takebayashi, Isehara, JP;
Osamu Linuma, Machida, JP;
Naoki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kashibuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Arakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Sano, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input image is segmented into regions based on attributes of the input image. It is determined whether each segmented region is an illustration region. When it is determined that the segmented region is an illustration region, the color of the determined illustration region is compared with that of a region around the illustration region. When these colors coincide with each other as a result of the comparison, attribute information of the illustration region is changed to that of the region around the illustration region. Print data is generated based on the changed attribute information.