Image analysis – Image enhancement or restoration – Intensity – brightness – contrast – or shading correction
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-19
2011-07-19
Couso, Yon (Department: 2624)
Image analysis
Image enhancement or restoration
Intensity, brightness, contrast, or shading correction
C358S003060
Reexamination Certificate
active
07983507
ABSTRACT:
An image forming device for forming an image on an image carrier using a different grayscale reproduction method for each of two or more different attributes contained in portions of the image. The image forming device forms a different standard pattern in one-to-one correspondence with each different attribute contained in the image portions, using a grayscale reproduction method used for reproducing image portions containing the attribute, detects density of each standard pattern formed by the standard pattern forming unit, sets, for each different attribute, a condition for correcting grayscale of the image portions containing the attribute, in accordance with the detected density, and corrects grayscale of the image portions in accordance with each condition set by the correction condition setting unit.
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Translation of Japanese Notification of Reasons for Refusal mailed May 13, 2008, directed to counterpart JP application No. 2006-156449; 7 pages.
Harashima Takashi
Hirota Soh
Kouzaki Masahiro
Sakai Tetsuya
Sakatani Kazuomi
Couso Yon
Konica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.
Morrison & Foerster / LLP
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