Image processing apparatus and image processing method including location information identification
US9305250B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 2013 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 12, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/6072
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an image-area separator that separates a character area from monochrome document data scanned by a scanner, a character pixel detecting unit that counts the number of pixels of a character in the main scanning direction and the sub-scanning direction included in a controller, a bolded character identifying unit that identifies a character as a bolded character in case the count result is larger than a predefined threshold value, and a color converter that converts the bolded character into color data.
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