Patent ID: 9554019
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. An image processing method of processing read image data obtained by reading an image on an original by using a line image sensor and scanning with RGB light sources switching sequentially, the method comprising: specifying a reading setting for obtaining the read image data; and correcting, by using at least one correction unit for correcting one chromatic color pixel to one achromatic color pixel, a plurality of chromatic color pixels which are included in the read image data obtained by reading the image on the original by the line image sensor in accordance with the specified reading setting and which exist between a white pixel and a black pixel in a scanning direction of the line image sensor to a plurality of achromatic color pixels, wherein correcting the chromatic color pixels is performed by using a plurality of correcting units in accordance with a number of the chromatic color pixels which are to be corrected.