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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2008
Applicant:
Daisuke Matsumoto, Nagoya, JP;
Inventor:
Daisuke Matsumoto, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/407 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus is provided that includes a scanning unit for scanning a document to obtain scanning data and a control unit. The control unit is configured to specify a shadow region to be modified in the scanning data, execute a first adjusting operation for selecting a gray-scale level of a portion of the scanning data corresponding to the specified shadow region, and modify the scanning data according to the selected gray-scale level.