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Image processing apparatus, and method and computer-readable medium therefor

US10225436B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 11, 2017
Grant dateMar 5, 2019
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2037

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/0094
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes a controller configured to control an image scanner to scan a document sheet and generate target image data, generate an original histogram of an index value representing a luminance of each pixel forming the target image data, determine whether a particular condition is satisfied that includes a requirement that a difference value between an orientation of the document sheet and a reference orientation in the image scanning process is equal to or larger than a particular value, when the particular condition is satisfied, calculating a count of out-of-document pixels other than pixels representing an image of the document sheet, generate an adjusted histogram by subtracting at least a part of the count of the out-of-document pixels from frequencies of index values within a particular range in the original histogram, setting a specific threshold of the index value for binarization processing, based on the adjusted histogram.

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