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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2013
Toshiki Motoyama, Kiyosu, JP;
Toshiki Motoyama, Kiyosu, JP;
Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Nagoya, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
An image processor reads an image from an original, divides the image into a plurality of blocks, and performs a determination process on each block. Through the determination process, a block is classified as a first color block or second color block. The image processor classifies the original as a color image when a number of first color blocks reach a prescribed number before the determination processes for all of the plurality of blocks have been completed. The image processor classifies the original as the color image when a number of first color blocks determined through the determination processes for all of the plurality of blocks is fewer than the prescribed number and a color ratio is greater than a prescribed ratio. The color ratio is the sum of the number of the first color blocks and the number of the second color blocks to the plurality of blocks.