Image forming apparatus and method having efficient translation function
US5517409A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 23, 1993 |
| Grant date | May 14, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 23, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03G15/221
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A dictionary unit stores therein a first group of words and a second group of words, both the first and second groups of words having been predetermined, each word of the first group of words being accompanied by a word (a translation word) obtained as a result of translation of the word of the first group of words. An extracting unit extracts a word from a given image. A translating unit obtains the translation word accompanying the word in the first group of words, which word corresponds to the word extracted by the extracting unit of the dictionary unit in a case where the word extracted by the extracting unit corresponds to a word in the first group of words stored in the dictionary unit, and the translating unit determining not to translate the word extracted by the extracting unit in a case where the word extracted by the extracting unit corresponds to a word corresponding to the second group of words stored in the dictionary unit. An image forming unit forms an image including the given image and the translation word obtained by the translating unit so that the word obtained by the translating unit accompanies the word extracted by the extracting unit.
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