Image Component Separation and Background Color Reproduction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing image processing technologies fail to separate and re-use image components from electronic documents effectively, as they often lose reusability due to incorrect background color reproduction or inability to handle different background colors across multiple pages.
Innovation Solution
An image processing apparatus that separates image components with different attributes, sets appropriate background colors using various methods, and generates software data by either using the software's background color setting capabilities or inserting background color images, ensuring accurate reproduction of the original background color and preserving reusability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If image components are separated from electronic document data, then reusability of image components is improved, but background color reproduction accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the electronic document into multiple independent image components (text, photos, lines, tables) with different attributes, allowing each component to be handled and reused separately while maintaining the ability to reproduce background colors accurately through selective application to each component
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different background color settings to different image components based on their specific attributes and the software being used. The background color setting section selectively applies coloring methods to match the original document's background for each component, ensuring local accuracy while maintaining overall reusability
2Adaptability or versatility
If background color is set using software capabilities, then adaptability to different software is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The background color setting section is designed to work with multiple different software applications by selecting appropriate coloring methods based on the target software's capabilities. This universal approach allows the same image processing apparatus to generate software data compatible with various programs without requiring separate systems for each software
Solution Approach 2:
The background color setting section acts as an intermediary between the separated image components and the target software. It translates the original document's background color information into software-specific formats and applications, mediating between the generic image components and the specific software requirements
3Manufacturing precision
If multiple pages with different background colors are processed, then reproduction accuracy is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary separation of image components and extraction of background color information before the actual reproduction process. By pre-processing the electronic document data to identify and separate components with their associated background color attributes, the system reduces the time required for subsequent reproduction of multiple pages with different backgrounds
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AI summary
An image processing apparatus includes a separation section, a background color setting section, and a generating section. The separation section separates at least one image component having different attributes contained in electronic document data expressing an original image. The background color setting section selects a coloring method, from among a plurality of coloring methods for coloring a background, according to software to be used and sets a background color. The generating section generates software data corresponding to the software by coloring the background color based on the setting of the background color setting section, and re-arranging the at least one image component.