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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shota Narumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a smoothed-image generating unit that generates smoothed images obtained by smoothing an original image with degrees of smoothing, respectively, an illumination-image generating unit that generates an illumination image having pixel values of an illumination component of the original image by using the smoothed images that undergo weighting in which at least one of the smoothed images is assigned a different weight, a reflectance-image generating unit that generates a reflectance image on a basis of the original image and the illumination image, the reflectance image having pixel values of a reflectance component of the original image, and a reproduced-image generating unit that generates a reproduced image to enhance visibility of the original image, at least on a basis of the reflectance image and degree-of-enhancement information indicating a degree of enhancement of the reflectance component of the original image.