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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2009
Masashi Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimichi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Naganuma, Chiba, JP;
Yoichi Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Naomasa Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Masashi Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimichi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Naganuma, Chiba, JP;
Yoichi Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Naomasa Takahashi, Chiba, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes: a processing system performing processing on an original image; and a gradation conversion section having a gradation conversion function of receiving image data from the processing system, converting a number of bits of the image data, and expressing pseudo grayscales before the gradation conversion in a grayscale converted image, the gradation conversion section being capable of changing the gradation conversion function and performing conversion processing on the image, wherein the gradation conversion section adds and outputs a determination flag indicating whether the gradation conversion processing has been performed at the time of outputting the image data.