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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2012
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Masato Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/02 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); G06T 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/1872 (2013.01); G06T 5/003 (2013.01); G06T 5/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set two pixels, one of which is adjacent to a processing target pixel in a vertical direction and the other of which is adjacent to the processing target pixel in a horizontal direction, as first determination pixels, and to set two pixels adjacent to and opposite across one of the two first determination pixels, as second determination pixels, and an output unit configured to output a black pixel for the processing target pixel, in a case where one of the first determination pixels is a black pixel and one of the second determination pixels is a black pixel.