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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2009
Naoki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kaburagi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Sakaue, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Namikata, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Takebayashi, Isehara, JP;
Reiji Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Iinuma, Machida, JP;
Yoichi Kashibuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Arakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Sano, Kawasaki, JP;
Naoki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Kaburagi, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Sakaue, Yokohama, JP;
Takeshi Namikata, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Takebayashi, Isehara, JP;
Reiji Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Iinuma, Machida, JP;
Yoichi Kashibuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Arakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Sano, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus extracts an area for each color from an illustration area, specifies an area that is in contact with the boundary of the illustration area, extracts a color around the illustration area, determines whether or not the extracted color around the illustration area is the same as the color of the specified area, and processes vector data that represents an area that has been determined as having the same color.