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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2009
Itaru Furukawa, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kubota, Kyoto, JP;
Itaru Furukawa, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Kubota, Kyoto, JP;
Dainippon Screen MFG Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Based on an input operation by an operator, a line drawing processor sets a designated region and sets identification points in the designated region to generate first and second identification data, each data representing a colored pixel cluster linked to each of the identification points. The line drawing processor further extracts at least one closed region that is not colored in the second identification data and makes a comparison in area between each closed region and the pixel cluster colored in the second identification data to determine whether the closed region requires coloring or not. For line drawing data, the line drawing processor then applies the same color to the pixel cluster identified in the second identification data and the closed region determined to require coloring.