IP Library Granted Patent US 11,368,607
Granted Patent B2
US 11,368,607 · App. 16/352,883 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Information processing apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program for image color conversion

Inventors: Kiyoshi Une (Kanagawa, JP); Seiji Shiraki (Kanagawa, JP); Nagamasa Misu (Kanagawa, JP); Ryosuke Tsuji (Kanagawa, JP); Yushiro Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
H04N1/6072G06V10/44G06V10/56H04N1/6005
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Patent No.
US 11,368,607
App. No.
16/352,883
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a recognition unit that recognizes an object which is included in an image and is expressed using a single color, and a conversion unit that performs conversion on a pixel, which is included in the image and corresponds to a designated color, into a specific color, and, in a case where a color of an area, which is in contact with an outer edge of the recognized object, is designated and a difference between the color of the recognized object and the specific color is smaller than a first reference, performs conversion on a pixel of the outer edge into a color other than the specific color.

Claims (33)

1. An information processing apparatus comprising:

a processor, configured to:

recognize an object which is included in an image and is expressed using a single color;

perform conversion on a pixel, which is included in the image and corresponds to a designated color, into a specific color, and,

in a case where a color of an area, which is in contact with an outer edge of the recognized object, is designated and a difference between the color of the recognized object and the specific color is smaller than a first reference, perform conversion on a pixel of the outer edge of the recognized object into a color other than the specific color, wherein the color other than the specific color is the color of the area, and

in a case where the difference between the specific color and the color of the area is smaller than a second reference, perform conversion using a color, which has a larger difference from the specific color than from the color of the area, as the color other than the specific color.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor performs conversion on a pixel at a part other than the outer edge of the recognized object which is in contact with an inside of the area into the color other than the specific color.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein the image, on which the conversion is performed, is output to a medium using a plurality of toners which have respectively different colors, and

wherein the processor performs conversion using a color of one type of toner as the color other than the specific color.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the processor performs conversion using a color of a toner, which has a largest residual quantity, of the plurality of toners as the color other than the specific color.

5. The information processing apparatus according to claim 2 ,

wherein, in a case where two or more areas, which have different colors, are in contact with the outer edge of the recognized object and a color of any of the areas is designated, the processor performs conversion on only a pixel in a location, which is in contact with the area, of the outer edge of the recognized object into the color other than the specific color.

6. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image, on which the conversion is performed, is output to a medium using a plurality of toners which have respectively different colors, and

wherein the processor performs conversion using a color of one type of toner as the color other than the specific color.

7. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein the processor performs conversion using a color of a toner, which has a largest residual quantity, of the plurality of toners as the color other than the specific color.

8. The information processing apparatus according to claim 6 ,

wherein, in a case where two or more areas, which have different colors, are in contact with the outer edge of the recognized object and a color of any of the areas is designated, the processor performs conversion on only a pixel in a location, which is in contact with the area, of the outer edge of the recognized object into the color other than the specific color.

9. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where two of more areas, which have different colors, are in contact with the outer edge of the recognized object and a color of any of the areas is designated, the processor performs conversion on only a pixel in a location, which is in contact with the area, of the outer edge of the recognized object into the color other than the specific color.

10. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in a case where the processor recognizes a first object, a second object which is in contact with an inside of the first object, and a third object which is in contact with an inside of the second object, a color of the first object and a color of the third object are common, and the color of the first object is designated as a color of an area which is in contact with the outer edge of the recognized object, the processor performs conversion on pixels of an inner edge in addition to an outer edge of the second object into the color other than the specific color.

11. The information processing apparatus according to claim 10 ,

wherein the processor does not perform conversion on the pixels of the inner edge into the color other than the specific color in a case where a size ratio of the second object to the first object is equal to or higher than a threshold.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to:

recognize an object which is included in an image and is expressed using a single color; and

perform conversion on a pixel, which is included in the image and corresponds to a designated color, into a specific color, and,

in a case where a color of an area, which is in contact with an outer edge of the recognized object, is designated and a difference between the color of the recognized object and the specific color is smaller than a first reference, perform conversion on a pixel of the outer edge of the recognized object into a color other than the specific color, wherein the color other than the specific color is the color of the area, and

in a case where the difference between the specific color and the color of the area is smaller than a second reference, perform conversion using a color, which has a larger difference from the specific color than from the color of the area, as the color other than the specific color.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 14, 2021
From: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
To: FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
Reel/Frame 056237/0154 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 2, 2019
From: UNE, KIYOSHI; SHIRAKI, SEIJI; MISU, NAGAMASA; TSUJI, RYOSUKE; TANAKA, YUSHIRO
To: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048760/0802 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-096931 · May 21, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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