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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoru Ono, Shiojiri, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/56 (2006.01); G06K 15/02 (2006.01); H04N 1/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/46 (2013.01); H04N 1/465 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an image data acquisition section configured to acquire image data corresponding to a black-and-white image which allows a feature thereof correlated with a color to be represented by a density level of one single color; a color determination section configured to determine a corresponding color which corresponds to the feature included in the black-and-white image; and a color image data creation section configured to create the color image data corresponding to a color image which allows an image area thereof indicating the feature to be represented in the corresponding color.