Image processing apparatus, image processing method and image scanning apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8587850
APP PUB NO 20120081767A1
SERIAL NO

13240651

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An image processing apparatus including: a determining unit that determines whether a background color area of an image data is adjacent to a non-background color area of an image data outside of the background color area, the non-background color area including a pixel having color data of a first color; and a converting unit that converts color data of a pixel in the background color area into the first color when the determining unit determines that the background color area is not adjacent to the non-background color area, and converts the color data of the pixel in the background color area into a second color which is different from the first color when the determining unit determines that the background color area is adjacent to the non-background color area.

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  • BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Miyamoto, Yusuke Nagoya, JP 64 626

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