| 摘要 |
PURPOSE: To facilitate area discrimination of an image in the unit of blocks by simply discriminating an original to be a color original or a black/white original. CONSTITUTION: This processor is provided with a block processing means processing received image data into blocks each comprising plural picture elements, block color discrimination means 11, 21 discriminating a block color representing color information included in each block, and discrimination means 15, 23 discriminating whether image data are a color image or a black/white image based on the discrimination result by the block color discrimination means 11, 21, and an output means selecting an output in black color only or a full color output based on the discrimination result by the discrimination means 15, 23 and outputting an image based on the image data. Whether an original is a color original or a black/white original is discriminated based on the image data obtained by the main scanning. |
