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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2010
Applicants:
Seiji Miyahara, Chiba, JP;
Yasunobu Shirata, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Seiji Miyahara, Chiba, JP;
Yasunobu Shirata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/60 (2006.01); G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01); H04N 7/167 (2011.01); H04K 1/00 (2006.01); G09C 3/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/603 (2013.01); H04N 1/6075 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: an extractor to extract colors used in input data; a converter to convert signals of the extracted colors into intermediate color signals each including three color signal components including brightness; an evaluator to evaluate recognizabilities of the colors based on the intermediate color signals; a generator to generate additional image data to be added to data for ordinary image formation based on a result of the evaluation and the input data; and a color convertor to convert the input data into the data for ordinary image formation.