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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2011
Minoru Kambegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Minoru Kambegawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises: a specification unit configured sequentially to determine, as a processing object, each of the blocks divided, and to compare data types of respective pixels in the block that is the processing object; a first determination unit configured to determine whether pixels included in a block including two data types to L (L=M×N) data types include a single type of attribute data; and an output unit configured to output, based on a determination by the first determination, a flag indicating that the block includes an attribute, a flag indicating a layout pattern of the block, a type of color data and a type of attribute data which are extracted from a pixel at a predefined position in the block.