IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170257528A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-09-07

    申请号:US15443440

    申请日:2017-02-27

    发明人: Hideya Muramoto

    IPC分类号: H04N1/58 H04N1/409

    CPC分类号: H04N1/58 H04N1/4092

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image area determining unit and an image processing unit. The image area determining unit is configured to determine a character edge area and a character inside area in an input image. The image processing unit is configured to be capable of performing (a) an inward expansion process for a pixel belonging to the image inside area, the character expansion process performed inwardly from the character edge area and (b) an outward expansion process for a pixel belonging to the character edge area, the outward expansion process performed outwardly from the character inside area. Further, the image processing unit selects the inward expansion process and/or the outward expansion process in accordance with an average brightness value of pixels belonging to the character inside area, and performs the selected the inward expansion process and/or the outward expansion process.

    Image processing apparatus
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10382653B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-13

    申请号:US15552488

    申请日:2016-02-17

    发明人: Hideya Muramoto

    摘要: The character edge area determining unit (21) determines a character edge area in input image data.The output image processing unit (12) performs an image process for a target pixel in the determined character edge area in order to adjust a toner consumption amount in accordance with the number of continuous edge pixels (i.e. continuous pixels that belong to the character edge area) included in a reference window of which a center is set on the target pixel and an average value of pixel values of the continuous edge pixels.

    Image processing device, image forming apparatus, and image processing method
    3.
    发明授权
    Image processing device, image forming apparatus, and image processing method 有权
    图像处理装置,图像形成装置和图像处理方法

    公开(公告)号:US09241081B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-01-19

    申请号:US14142453

    申请日:2013-12-27

    摘要: An image processing device includes a mode instruction information obtaining section, a color determination threshold storage section, a mode determination section, and an automatic color determination threshold adjustment section. The mode determination section, using a color determination threshold, determines a mode to be a color mode when the image data belongs to a color mode range, and determines the mode to be a monochrome mode when the image data belongs to a monochrome mode range. The automatic color determination threshold adjustment section adjusts the color determination threshold so as to widen a mode range corresponding to the mode determined by the mode determination section, when the mode indicated by the instruction information obtained by the mode instruction information obtaining section is different from the mode determined by the mode determination section.

    摘要翻译: 一种图像处理装置包括模式指令信息获取部分,颜色确定阈值存储部分,模式确定部分和自动颜色确定阈值调整部分。 当图像数据属于彩色模式范围时,使用颜色确定阈值的模式确定部确定作为颜色模式的模式,并且当图像数据属于单色模式范围时,确定模式为单色模式。 当由模式指令信息获取部分获得的指令信息指示的模式与模式指令信息获取部分所获得的模式不同时,自动颜色确定阈值调整部分调整颜色确定阈值以便扩大与由模式确定部分确定的模式相对应的模式范围 模式由模式确定部确定。

    Image forming apparatus
    4.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10038823B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-31

    申请号:US15443440

    申请日:2017-02-27

    发明人: Hideya Muramoto

    IPC分类号: H04N1/409 H04N1/58

    CPC分类号: H04N1/58 H04N1/4092

    摘要: An image forming apparatus includes an image area determining unit and an image processing unit. The image area determining unit is configured to determine a character edge area and a character inside area in an input image. The image processing unit is configured to be capable of performing (a) an inward expansion process for a pixel belonging to the image inside area, the character expansion process performed inwardly from the character edge area and (b) an outward expansion process for a pixel belonging to the character edge area, the outward expansion process performed outwardly from the character inside area. Further, the image processing unit selects the inward expansion process and/or the outward expansion process in accordance with an average brightness value of pixels belonging to the character inside area, and performs the selected the inward expansion process and/or the outward expansion process.