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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2009
Nobuo Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Sodeura, Ebina, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamada, Ebina, JP;
Shintaro Adachi, Ebina, JP;
Tsutomu Kimura, Minamiashigara, JP;
Nobuo Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Minoru Sodeura, Ebina, JP;
Toshiyuki Yamada, Ebina, JP;
Shintaro Adachi, Ebina, JP;
Tsutomu Kimura, Minamiashigara, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a plurality of compression units and a switching unit. The plurality of compression units compress image information by different compression methods. The switching unit extracts plural pieces of color information from pieces of color information which constitute the image information in a color space expressing the image information, and selects one of the plurality of compression units in accordance with hue angles of the plural pieces of extracted color information.