Patent ID: 6035059
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
An image processing system, comprising:an image input unit for entering an input image data, corresponding to a plurality of image Portions of an input image, to be processed:color separation unit, communicatively coupled to the image input unit, for determining a color separation of the input image data entered by the image input means to separately extract color images for different colors including every color present in the input image data, wherein geometrical data specifying geometrical characteristics of each image portion of the input image data obtained from the input image data and color data specifying colors of each image portion and a background of the input image data obtained from the input image data are utilized for separately extracting said color images for different colors; andan image data processing unit, communicatively coupled to the color separation unit, for processing the input image data according to the color separation determined by the color separation unit,wherein the input image data is accompanied by form data specifying a color separation scheme for each region of the input image data, and the color separation unit determines the color separation at each region of the input image data according to the color separation scheme specified by the form data.