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Image processing apparatus for converting color to predetermined image
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1993-06-25
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Granted: 1997-06-10
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Expires: 2013-06-25
Abstract
Abstract An image processing apparatus which converts a color region in an input color image into predetermined images corresponding to colors. The apparatus has a discriminator for discriminating the colors in the input color image, a converter for converting the color regions in the color image into the predetermined images corresponding to the colors discriminated by the discriminator, and a generator for generating the predetermined images and character images representing the colors corresponding to the predetermined images.
Inventors
- 👤 Takehiro Yoshida
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 19:36
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/40; H04N1/40012
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
67 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: conversion means for converting a predetermined color region in an input color image into a predetermined image corresponding to the predetermined color; generation means for generating a character image representing a name of the color corresponding to the predetermined image; and transmitting means for transmitting the predetermined image converted by said conversion means, and the character image generated by said generation means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
67 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: conversion means for converting a predetermined color region in an input color image into a predetermined image corresponding to the predetermined color; generation means for generating a character image representing a name of the color corresponding to the predetermined image; and transmitting means for transmitting the predetermined image converted by said conversion means, and the character image generated by said generation means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
38 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said conversion means converts a plurality of colors to predetermined images corresponding to the colors, and wherein said generation means generates a list of the predetermined images and names of colors.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising synthesizing means for synthesizing the predetermined images converted by said conversion means and the images generated by said generation means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
An apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said synthesizing means synthesizes the image generated by said generation means in a blank portion of the predetermined images converted by said conversion means before transmission by said transmitting means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined images output from said conversion means are patterns corresponding to the colors.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said transmitting means transmits the image generated by said generation means in a page different from a page of the images converted by said conversion means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting means performs a facsimile transmission.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
15 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising reading means for reading a color original.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
61 words
An image processing method comprising the steps of: converting a predetermined color region in an input color image into a predetermined image corresponding to the predetermined color; generating a character image representing a name of the color corresponding to the predetermined image; and transmitting the predetermined image converted in said converting step, and the character image generated in said generating step.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
61 words
An image processing method comprising the steps of: converting a predetermined color region in an input color image into a predetermined image corresponding to the predetermined color; generating a character image representing a name of the color corresponding to the predetermined image; and transmitting the predetermined image converted in said converting step, and the character image generated in said generating step.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein said converting step converts a plurality of colors to predetermined images corresponding to the colors, and wherein said generating step generates a list of the predetermined image and names of colors.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
A method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of synthesizing the predetermined images converted in said converting step and the images generated in said generating step.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 11, wherein said synthesizing step synthesizes the image generated in said generating step in a blank portion of the predetermined images converted in said converting step before transmission in said transmitting step.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein the predetermined images output in said converting step are patterns corresponding to the colors.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein said transmitting step transmits the image generated in said generating step in a page different from a page of the images converted in said converting step.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 9, wherein said transmitting step performs a facsimile transmission.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 9, further comprising a step of reading a color original.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
62 words
An image processing method comprising the steps of: discriminating colors in a color image comprising a plurality of pages; converting color regions in the color image into predetermined images corresponding to the discriminated colors; and generating a list of names of colors which exists in each page of the color image and predetermined images corresponding to the list of names of colors.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
62 words
An image processing method comprising the steps of: discriminating colors in a color image comprising a plurality of pages; converting color regions in the color image into predetermined images corresponding to the discriminated colors; and generating a list of names of colors which exists in each page of the color image and predetermined images corresponding to the list of names of colors.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 17, further comprising the step of transmitting the generated image.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
14 words
A method according to claim 17, wherein the predetermined image is a pattern image.
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