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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2014
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kishimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shigeru Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuya Koyanagi, Kanagawa, JP;
Minoru Sodeura, Kanagawa, JP;
Shintaro Adachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Hanaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an elimination processing unit that eliminates a specific color in image information. The elimination processing unit does not consider a pixel having a saturation that exceeds a saturation threshold and a lightness that is lower than a lightness threshold, which corresponds to a hue of the pixel, as an elimination target and considers a pixel having a saturation that exceeds the saturation threshold and a lightness that is higher than a lightness threshold, which corresponds a hue of the pixel, as the elimination target.