Morrison & Foerster LLP
Image processing apparatus capable of accurately and quickly determining character part included in image
An image processing apparatus separates in a scanned image a text area from a graphic area primarily including a graphic form or a graph. For the text area, neighboring black pixels are connected to perform character determination in a unit of a rectangle obtained by connecting the black pixels. For the graphic area, labeling processing is used to extract a circumscribed rectangle of consecutive black pixels, without connecting the black pixels, to perform character determination in a unit of the circumscribed rectangle.
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
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inventional
Toshihiro
Mori