IMAGE-PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE-FORMING DEVICE, IMAGE-PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20100245861A1
• Filed: 09/21/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: SHIBUSAWA, Toshihiko
• Granted Patent: US 8,390,907 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.900
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 15/36 Editing, i.e. producing a composite image by copying one or more original images or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G03G 2215/047 Image corrections
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/02 using printers
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/181 Receiving print data characterized by its formatting, e.g. particular page description languages
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1825 Adapting the print data to an output condition, e.g. object trapping trapping on rasterized data H04N1/58
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 15/1848 Generation of the printable image
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/40012 Conversion of colour to monochrome

Abstract

An image-processing device includes: a memory that stores a color range within a color space; an acquisition unit that acquires image data; and a generating unit that generates image data in which an image represented by the image data acquired by the acquisition unit has been subjected to an operation to change a color of an image area of the image having a color falling within the color range into black, and an operation to add a black image beside the image area.

Claims

1. An image-processing device comprising:

a memory that stores a color range within a color space;

an acquisition unit that acquires image data; and

a generating unit that generates image data in which an image represented by the image data acquired by the acquisition unit has been subjected to an operation to change a color of an image area of the image having a color falling within the color range into black, and an operation to add a black image around the image area.

3. The image-processing device according to claim 1, wherein the memory stores a red color range within a color space.

5. An image-forming device comprising:

the image-processing device according to claim 1; and

an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet using a black material, represented by image data generated by the image-processing device.

7. An image-forming device comprising:

the image-processing device according to claim 3; and

an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet using a black material, represented by image data generated by the image-processing device.

2. An image-processing device comprising:

a memory that stores a color range within a color space;

an acquisition unit that acquires image data; and

a generating unit that generates image data in which an image represented by the image data acquired by the acquisition unit has been subjected to an operation to change a color of an image area of the image having a color falling within the color range into black, and an operation to change a shape of the image area.

4. The image-processing device according to claim 2, wherein the memory stores a red color range within a color space.

6. An image-forming device comprising:

the image-processing device according to claim 2; and

an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet using a black material, represented by image data generated by the image-processing device.

8. An image-forming device comprising:

an image-processing device according to claim 4; and

an image-forming unit that forms an image on a recording sheet using a black material, represented by image data generated by the image-processing device.

9. An image-processing method comprising:

acquiring image data; and

generating image data in which an image represented by the acquired image data has been subjected to an operation to change a color of an image area of the image having a color falling within a predetermined color range within a color space, into black, and an operation to add a black image around the image area.

10. An image-processing method comprising:

acquiring image data; and

generating image data in which an image represented by the acquired image data has been subjected to an operation to change a color of an image area of the image having a color falling within a predetermined color range within a color space, into black, and an operation to change a shape of the image area.

11. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image-processing, the computer comprising a memory that stores a color range within a color space, the process comprising:

acquiring image data; and

generating image data in which an image represented by the acquired image data has been subjected to an operation to change a color of an image area of the image having a color falling within the color range into black, and an operation to add a black image around the image area.

12. A computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to execute a process for image-processing, the computer comprising a memory that stores a color range within a color space, the process comprising:

acquiring image data; and

generating image data in which an image represented by the acquired image data has been subjected to an operation to change a color of an image area of the image having a color falling within the color range into black, and an operation to change a shape of the image area.