Image processing apparatus capable of removing an edge portion from a multi-level color signal based on a binary color signal
US5917956A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 29, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/30
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprising binarization means for converting a multi-level color signal into binary form, removal means for removing edge component from the multi-level color signal, based on a binary color signal from said binarization means, and encoder means for encoding the binary color signal from said binarization means and the multi-level color signal having edge component removed with said removal means.
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