Color image processing apparatus and method
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1. A color image processing apparatus, comprising:
- input means for inputting color component data representing an original image;
detection means for detecting a background color of the original image;
judgment means for judging whether a portion of the original image other than an area having the background color is a monochromatic image or a multi-color image; and
process means for processing the color component data in accordance with the judgment result of said judgment means.
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Abstract
A color image processing apparatus in which the background color of an original image to be read is determined by reading the color of a designated position on the original image, by selecting data on one of a plurality of colors previously stored in memory, or by automatically performing background color detection while reading the original image. When outputting the read original image, any of the individual read pixels of the original image coincident with the background color is output as a white pixel.
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1. A color image processing apparatus, comprising:
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input means for inputting color component data representing an original image; detection means for detecting a background color of the original image; judgment means for judging whether a portion of the original image other than an area having the background color is a monochromatic image or a multi-color image; and process means for processing the color component data in accordance with the judgment result of said judgment means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A color image processing apparatus which processes input color component data and supplies it to a predetermined output apparatus, comprising:
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input means for inputting color component data representing an original image; detection means for detecting a background color of the original image; conversion means for converting the color component data representing substantially the same color as the background color detected by said detection means into white data without converting the color component data representing other colors, and output means for outputting the color component data converted by said conversion means. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A color image processing apparatus which reproduces a monochromatic original image in black component and which reproduces a multi-colored original image in a plurality of color components, said color image processing apparatus comprising:
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reading means for reading an original image and generating color component data; detection means for detecting a background color of the original image to be read; conversion means for converting the color component data representing substantially the same color as the background color detected by said detection means into white data without converting the color component data representing other colors; and reproduction means for reproducing an image by using the data converted by said conversion means. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A color image processing apparatus comprising:
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input means for inputting color component data representing an original image; detection means for detecting a background color of the original image; first judgment means for judging whether the original image including an area having the background color is a multi-color image or a monochromatic image; second judgment means for judging whether a portion of the original image other than an area having the background color is a multi-color image or a monochromatic image; selection means for selecting between said first and second judgment means; and process means for processing the color component data in accordance with the judgment result of selected one of said first and second judgment means. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A color image processing apparatus comprising:
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input means for inputting color component data representing an original image; detection means for detecting a background color of the original image; first judgment means for judging whether the original image including an area having the background color is a multi-color image or a monochromatic image; second judgment means for judging whether a portion of the original image other than an area having the background color is a multi-color image or a monochromatic image; first mode setting means for setting a mode in which a judgment is not performed by said first and second judgment means; and second mode setting means for setting a mode in which a judgment is performed by said second judgment means. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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39. A color image processing method, comprising the steps of:
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inputting color component data representing an original image; detecting a background color of the original image; judging whether a portion of the original image other than an area having a background color is a monochromatic image or a multi-color image; and processing the color component data in accordance with the judgment result of said judging step. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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