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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2009
Tae-yoon Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Yousun Bang, Seoul, KR;
Charles A. Bouman, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Eri Haneda, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Tae-yoon Hwang, Suwon-si, KR;
Yousun Bang, Seoul, KR;
Charles A. Bouman, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Eri Haneda, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Purdue Research Foundation, West Lafayette, IN (US);
Abstract
An image processing method of an image processing apparatus, the method includes: discerning pixels to be processed on the basis of a preset reference pixel value in a scanned image that comprises plural pixels; drawing a pixel area including the pixels to be processed from the scanned image on the basis of a preset condition; and selecting whether to apply an image process to the pixels to be processed or the drawn pixel area on the basis of a percentage of the pixels to be processed in the drawn pixel area.