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CHAPTER 3 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM
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3.3 Auto Density Adjustment (AE)

3.3.1 Outline

As in the case of a newspaper, some originals have a dark background. Auto density cor-
rection is executed to reproduce the information (text, graphics) of such originals by remov-
ing the background.
This adjustment is enabled in density auto mode or when text mode is selected and data is
processed by the ABC circuit.

3.3.2 ABC Circuit

A colored background is identified as being white by changing the height of the dynamic
range according to the chromatic level of the background as shown in the following figure
for the CCD output level (8-it) of digital image signals (A/D converted).
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FFh (white)
00h (black)
FFh (white)
00h (black)
Surface of original
White Background Original Colored Original
AB
A : dynamic range of white-background original.
B : dynamic range of colored-background original.
Output level