Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Akihiko Iwasaki

Yoshiyuki Nakai

Masakiyo Okuda

Atsushi Narukawa

Takashi Nishimachi

Masanori Toyoda

Takeshi Murakami

An image processing device includes a scanner, which reads a plurality of images and inputs them as multivalue digital image data; a matching data producing section which, based on the inputted multivalue image data, produces matching data for joining the respective inputted images; a post-processing section, which binarizes the image data of each image inputted by the scanner; a joining section, which synthesizes the respective inputted images into a single image by joining the binary data produced by the post-processing section, which corresponds to the image data of the respective inputted images, on the basis of the matching data produced by the matching data producing section; and a printer for outputting the image joined by the joining section. Thus an image processing device can be provided which is capable of joining any type of image, whether from written characters, halftone dot, or photographic originals, and of performing this joining processing at high speed.

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Nara, Japan

Akihiko Iwasaki