Image processing apparatus and image processing system

• US 20080074688A1
• Filed: 09/06/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Oki Data Corporation (OKI Electric Industry Company Limited)
• Inventors: Tomaru, Masashi
• Granted Patent: US 8,913,294 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.9
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/32128 attached to the image data, e.g. file header, transmitted message header, information on the same page or in the same computer file as the image for information embedded in the image H04N1/32144
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/6072 adapting to different types of images, e.g. characters, graphs, black and white image portions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0082 Image hardcopy reproducer H04N2201/0091 - H04N2201/0094 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3259 relating to the image, page or document, e.g. intended colours
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/326 relating to the rendering or output medium, device or process, e.g. monitor, paper or printer profile

Abstract

An image processing apparatus receives print data including text attribute information, and performs specific image processing defined in the print data in advance. The image processing apparatus includes a specific level detection unit for detecting a specific level defined in advance from the text attribute information; and an image processing unit for performing image processing defined in advance on the print data in the specific level detected by the specific level detection unit.

Claims

1. An image processing apparatus for receiving print data including text attribute information and performing specific image processing defined in the print data in advance, comprising:

a specific level detection unit for detecting a specific level defined in advance from the text attribute information; and

an image processing unit for performing the specific image processing on the print data in the specific level detected by the specific level detection unit.

2. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said specific level detection unit is adapted to detect the specific level including at least one of a front page, a paragraph, and a text.

3. The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said image processing unit is adapted to perform the specific image processing including at least one of color matching processing, black generation processing, base color removal processing, gradation correction processing, screening processing, and text modification processing.

4. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said specific level detection unit is adapted to detect the specific level including a first level.

5. The image processing apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a text attribute detection unit for detecting a specific text attribute set in the text attribute information, said image processing unit performing the specific image processing on the text attribute detected by the text attribute detection unit.

6. An image processing system, comprising:

a host device for sending image data, said host device including a preview unit for previewing the image data on a preview screen, a selection unit for selecting a specific area on the preview screen, and a transmitting unit for sending the image data in the specific area; and

an image processing apparatus for performing specific image processing on the image data, said image processing apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving the image data, and a processing unit for performing a specific processing on the image data in the specific area.

7. The image processing system according to claim 6, wherein said processing unit is adapted to perform the specific processing including at least one of color matching processing, black generation processing, base color removal processing, gradation correction processing, screening processing, and text modification processing.