Patent №
US 7,180,636
Granted
2007-02-20
Filed 2001
Owner
MINOLTA CO., LTD.
Lab
—
AI components
1
vision
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
09935345
The present invention relates to an image processor provided in apparatuses such as digital copiers and printers, and that distinguishes between a character edge region and a continuous tone region of an original image and switches the tone reproduction processing between the regions.
AI classification
Vision1.00
Machine learning0.01
Natural language0.01
Speech0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
Planning0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
AI hardware0.00
Ownership
MINOLTA CO., LTD.
assignment · 125350879
Assignors
HASHIMOTO, KEISUKE BY FUJIO HASHIMOTO, HASHIMOTO, KEISUKE BY NOBUE HASHIMOTO, HIROTA, YOSHIHIKO
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.
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