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Image processing apparatus and method thereof

US5937087A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 27, 1995
Grant dateAug 10, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 27, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/603
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image having suitable color-tone and density is formed on a recording medium so that a full-color image of an excellent color-tone depending on a OHP can be projected, wherein a CCD separates colors of an original image to read it for converting into a RGB digital signal by an A/D conversion circuit, the process corresponding to a required image signal forming condition is executed by image process means for the digital signal to generate an image signal for outputting it to an LD driver, and a full-color image forming apparatus for forming a color image on a recording medium utilizing plural kinds of color materials based on the image signal comprises the image processing means for executing a gradation conversion process for the signals of C, M and Y in a LUT 1 circuit and executing a different gradation conversion process for a black signal Bk in a LUT 2 circuit different from a LUT 1 circuit.

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