Image correcting apparatus and method, program, storage medium, image reading apparatus, and image forming apparatus
US7477426B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 6, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30176
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image correcting apparatus is provided for preventing a degraded image quality which can be caused by a three-dimensional distortion correction made to a scanned image distorted in a trapezoidal shape. Divergent distortion angles α, β of a scanned image are detected using a page contour of a book document which can be found near the upper or lower edge of the scanned image in a main scanning direction. The scanned image is corrected for a divergent distortion based on the divergent distortion angles α, β, followed by a correction of the scanned image for a shape distortion in a sub-scanning direction. In this way, the image quality can be prevented from degradation possibly caused by the three-dimensional distortion correction, if made to such a scanned image distorted in a trapezoidal shape.
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