Image processing apparatus and method for generating a control signal based on a discrimination of whether an input image includes a specific image
US6185404A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 27, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S283/902
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus (or method) includes a reception unit (or step) for receiving digital color image data through an interface from an external apparatus, and a discrimination unit (or step) for discriminating, from the received digital color image data, whether an image represented by the digital color image data is a specific image. A control unit (or step) controls printing using the color image data in accordance with a discriminated result by the discrimination unit.
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