公开(公告)号：US11539856B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-27

申请号：US17163528

申请日：2021-01-31

Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.

Inventor： Norifumi Miyahara ,  Yoshihiro Osada ,  Keizen Kanazawa ,  Kunihiko Shimamoto ,  Taku Matsuo ,  Kyoko Masuda

IPC: H04N1/40 ,  H04N1/00 ,  H04N1/60

Abstract: Provided is an image processing apparatus that enhances the distinctiveness of document having a color portion and outputs in monochrome. A monochrome visual determination unit determines whether or not the distinctiveness of the color portion is low when the document data having the color portion is output in monochrome. This color portion includes characters, electronic marks, and graphs, and they are after a specific keyword. A monochrome presentation unit presents to a user a warning or a result of modification when there is the color portion that the distinctiveness is determined to be low by the monochrome visual determination unit. The monochrome presentation unit presents a state in which the document data is output in monochrome by displaying a preview.