Image processing apparatus and method of controlling image processing apparatus
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTaku Kodama
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an operation device and a color vision type detector. The operation device receives a user instruction input by a user, which indicates the selection of at least one of a plurality of processing functions to be applied onto image data by the image processing apparatus. The color vision type detector determines a color vision type of the user who inputs the user instruction based on the selection of at least one of the plurality of processing functions obtainable from the user instruction.
Claims16
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- an operation device configured to receive a user instruction input by a user, the operation device simultaneously displaying a plurality of image processing functions to be applied onto image data by the image processing apparatus, the user instruction indicating a selection of at least one of the functions;
- a document type detector configured to determine whether the image data is in color or monochrome;
- a color vision type detector configured to automatically determine a color vision type of the user who inputs the user instruction based on the user instruction;
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- a color converting device configured to, when the image data is determined to be in color, detect a section in the image data that includes a pseudoisochromatic color that can be hardly recognized by the user who inputs the user instruction and is assumed to have the determined color vision type, and to convert the pseudoisochromatic color of the detected section to a color that can be easily recognized by the user who inputs the user instruction and is assumed to have the determined color vision type to generate processed image data.
An image processing method, comprising:
- simultaneously displaying a plurality of image processing functions to be applied onto image data by an image processing apparatus;
- receiving a user instruction input by a user, the user instruction indicating a selection of at least one of the plurality of image processing functions;
- determining whether the image data is in color or monochrome;
- and
- automatically determining a color vision type of the user who inputs the user instruction based on the user instruction, wherein when the image data is determined to be in color, the method further comprising:
- detecting a section in the image data that includes a pseudoisochromatic color that can be hardly recognized by the user who inputs the user instruction and is assumed to have the determined color vision type;
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- converting the pseudoisochromatic color of the detected section to a color that can be easily recognized by the user who inputs the user instruction and is assumed to have the determined color vision type to generate processed image data.
A computer readable recording medium including computer program instructions which cause a computer to execute an image processing method comprising:
- simultaneously displaying a plurality of image processing functions to be applied onto image data by an image processing apparatus;
- receiving a user instruction input by a user, the user instruction indicating a selection of at least one of the plurality of image processing functions;
- determining whether the image data is in color or monochrome;
- and
- automatically determining a color vision type of the user who inputs the user instruction based on the user instruction, wherein when the image data is determined to be in color, the method further comprising:
- detecting a section in the image data that includes a pseudoisochromatic color that can be hardly recognized by the user who inputs the user instruction and is assumed to have the determined color vision type;
- and
- converting the pseudoisochromatic color of the detected section to a color that can be easily recognized by the user who inputs the user instruction and is assumed to have the determined color vision type to generate processed image data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.