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IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD

  • US 20100097656A1
  • Filed: 04/15/2009
  • Published: 04/22/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image processing apparatus which segments an input image into regions, assigns attribute information to the segmented regions, and generates print data based on the attribute information, the apparatus comprising:

  • a unit that segments the input image into regions based on attributes of the input image;

    a determination unit that determines whether each segmented region is an illustration region;

    a comparison unit that, when the segmented region is determined to be an illustration region, compares a color of the determined illustration region with a color of a region around the illustration region;

    a change unit that, when the color of the determined illustration region and the color of the region around the illustration region coincide with each other as a result of the comparison, changes attribute information of the illustration region to attribute information of the region around the illustration region; and

    a generation unit that generates print data based on the changed attribute information.

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