Image signal processing apparatus for use in color image reproduction
First Claim
1. A color image signal processing apparatus for use in an image reproduction system, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) image input means for optically sensing an image on input paper and generating an electrical image signal;
(b) memory means for storing in a one-to-one correspondence manner colors used in color frames written in the input image so as to designate a partial image region thereof and specific image edit functions which are assigned to the frame colors and desired to be executed by an operator;
(c) detecting means for detecting, when a closed loop-shaped frame of a selected color is written in the input image, a shape and color of the color frame in response to the image signal and for generating a detection result signal;
(d) function determining means, connected to said detecting means and said memory means, for accessing said memory means in response to the detection result signal to determine an image edit function corresponding to a first selected ink color of the detected color frame, and for generating an operation mode set signal;
(e) signal processing means, connected to said function determining means, for executing an image signal processing corresponding to the image edit function in response to the operation mode set signal, thereby to generate an edited image signal; and
(f) image output means, connected to said signal processing means, for generating an image reproduced in response to the edited image signal;
wherein said memory means stores image edit functions and edit parameters selected by the operator as specific image edit function designation data.
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Abstract
A color multi-function type copying machine is disclosed which includes an image input unit for optically sensing an input image and generating an image signal. A function memory stores an ink color used in a color frame to be written in the input image in order to designate its partial image region and a specific image edit function assigned to the ink color and desired to be executed by an operator so that the ink color and the specific image edit function can be rewritten. When a closed loop-like color frame of a selected color is written in the input image, a color frame region detecting unit detects a shape and a color of the color frame. In response to the detection result, the memory is accessed to determine an image edit function corresponding to a first selected ink color of the detected color frame. A color edit unit executes one or a plurality of image signal processing corresponding to the determined image edit function for the input image signal. The edited image signal is supplied to a color printing unit via a signal processing unit and is reproduced therein.
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15 Claims
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1. A color image signal processing apparatus for use in an image reproduction system, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) image input means for optically sensing an image on input paper and generating an electrical image signal; (b) memory means for storing in a one-to-one correspondence manner colors used in color frames written in the input image so as to designate a partial image region thereof and specific image edit functions which are assigned to the frame colors and desired to be executed by an operator; (c) detecting means for detecting, when a closed loop-shaped frame of a selected color is written in the input image, a shape and color of the color frame in response to the image signal and for generating a detection result signal; (d) function determining means, connected to said detecting means and said memory means, for accessing said memory means in response to the detection result signal to determine an image edit function corresponding to a first selected ink color of the detected color frame, and for generating an operation mode set signal; (e) signal processing means, connected to said function determining means, for executing an image signal processing corresponding to the image edit function in response to the operation mode set signal, thereby to generate an edited image signal; and (f) image output means, connected to said signal processing means, for generating an image reproduced in response to the edited image signal; wherein said memory means stores image edit functions and edit parameters selected by the operator as specific image edit function designation data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A color image signal processing apparatus for use in an image reproduction system, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) image input means for optically sensing an input image and generating an electrical image signal; (b) first converting means, connected to said input means, for color-converting the image signal to generate a quantized color code signal; (c) signal processing means for receiving the color code signal, for performing signal processing including at least one of image correction processing and image edit processing for the signal, and for generating a processed color code signal; (d) second converting means, connected to said signal processing means, for converting the processed color code signal into an ink amount signal by using a selected conversion method; and (e) image output means, connected to said second converting means, for reproducing the input image and generating a reproduced image in response to the ink amount signal; wherein said signal processing means comprises correcting means, connected to said image input means and said first converting means, for extracting a high-frequency component from the color image signal and performing high-frequency emphasis correction for the color code signal in accordance with the extracted high-frequency component. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A color image signal processing apparatus for use in an image reproduction system, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) image input means for optically sensing an input image in a raster scanning manner, and for generating an electrical image signal having raster components, the input image including an original image and a color frame written in the input image so as to designate a specific region of the original image; (b) color converting means, connected to said input means, for color-converting the image signal to generate a quantized color code signal; (c) identifying means, connected to said converting means, for adding, in response to the color code signal, an attribute having one of a first level representing a frame and a second level representing a background, and for identifying a frame portion and a background portion of pixels of a current raster by using attribute information of a previous raster adjacent to a current raster, thereby detecting a region designated by the color frame of the input image as a frame-in region and generating a frame-in region identification signal; (d) editing means, connected to said converting mean and said identifying means, for performing editing desired by an operator for the specific region of the input image and generating an edited image signal in response to the frame-in region identification signal; and (e) image output means, connected to said editing means, for reproducing the input image and generating a reproduced image in response to the edited image signal; wherein said identifying means comprises level determining means for dividing a relative distribution relationship of the first and second levels between the current raster and the previous raster into a selected number of state patterns, and when one of the state patterns is produced, executing level assignment processing to be executed for each of the pixels of the current raster. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A color image signal processing apparatus for use in an image reproduction system, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) image input means for optically sensing an input image in a raster scanning manner and for generating an electrical image signal having raster components, the input image including an original image and a color frame written in the input image so as to designate a specific region of the original image; (b) color converting means, connected to said input means, for color-converting the image signal to generate a quantized color code signal; (c) frame-in region detecting means, connected to said converting means, for tracing, in response to the color code signal, a selected route in a reverse order to distinguish frame pixels located on the color frame from remaining pixels corresponding to background pixels, for forming a hierarchical structure representing a relative distribution of the pixels, referring to a color code of a continuous frame pixel of a certain background portion in the hierarchical structure and determining an attribute of the certain background pixels, and for detecting the specific region of the input image on the basis of the determined attribute, thereby generating a frame-in region detection signal; (d) editing means, connected to said converting means and said frame-in region detecting means, for performing edition desired by an operator for the specific region of the input image and generating an edited image signal in response to the frame-in region identification signal; and (e) image output means, connected to said editing means, for reproducing the input image and generating a reproduced image in response to the edited image signal; wherein said frame-in region detecting means comprises memory means for storing attributes of specific pixels, which may include other background and frame pixels, passed during tracing to the certain background pixel along the selected route as history information together with the attribute determined for the certain background pixel portion, the history information being used in attribute determination of another pixel adjacent to the certain background pixel portion. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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