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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2008
Koji Washio, Hachioji, JP;
Koji Washio, Hachioji, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus and method provide logic for processing images. In one implementation, an image processing apparatus includes an edge extraction section, a judgment section, and an edge processing section. The edge extraction section extracts an edge of an object of a character or a line drawing included in an image. The judgment section judges a possibility that the object is an image including a plurality of colors, or that the object is a black object having a pixel value of an image of each color being not less than a certain value. The edge processing section adjusts the pixel value of the extracted edge of the object according to a result obtained by the judgment section.