US 7,430,342 B2
Image processing apparatus and image processing program to perform image data resolution conversion
Takayuki Nabeshima, Chiyoda-ku (Japan); Kazuhiro Ishiguro, Chiyoda-ku (Japan); Hideyuki Toriyama, Chiyoda-ku (Japan); Hiroyuki Suzuki, Chiyoda-ku (Japan); and Toru Maegawa, Hino (Japan)
Assigned to Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo (Japan)
Filed on Nov. 04, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/980,435.
Claims priority of application No. 2004-096412 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2005/0212718 A1, Sep. 29, 2005
Int. Cl. G06K 9/32 (2006.01); G06K 9/40 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/36 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 382—299  [345/3.3; 382/254] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
an input unit that inputs image data,
a fine line detection unit that detects fine lines from the image data,
a resolution conversion unit that converts the image data to a prescribed resolution,
a gap detection unit that detects gaps in fine lines in the resolution-converted image data, and
a restoration unit that restores the detected gaps by the gap detection unit.