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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2008
Shunichi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikken SO, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Sekino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Koshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shunichi Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;
Ikken So, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Sekino, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Koshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image extracting unit, a vector information generating unit and a color information adding unit. The image extracting unit extracts an image to be vectorized from a multilevel image as a binary image. The vector information generating unit vectorizes the binary image extracted by the image extracting unit to generate vector information. The color information adding unit adds color information to the vector information generated by the vector information generating unit.