Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yoshitaka Sano

Norio Hashimoto

Satoshi Ono

Motofumi Konishi

Toshio Iwaya

Yasutoshi Sugita

Kanou Tanaka

Yoshio Ando

Masahide Kotera

There is disclosed an image processing system capable of effectively utilizing a large-sized display unit by expanding the image signals to be displayed.

Image processing system

There is an image information searching apparatus for analyzing the character information in the image information inputted from an image inputting apparatus and producing search information to search the image information. This apparatus comprises: a scanner to scan a recording medium such as a microfilm or a recording paper in which image information was recorded; this image information including discriminating information to discriminate this image information or a plurality of image information of the same group from another image information; a dictionary information memory section in which dictionary information such as a standard pattern of a character or a numeral to recognize the discriminating information was stored; a recognition controller to recognize the discrminating information using the dictionary information; and an image information memory section to store the recognized discriminating information as search information together with the image information corresponding thereto.

Image information searching apparatus

There is disclosed an image processing system composed of a network of plural stations, in which the transmitted image signals can be monitored on real time basis, always utilizing the full image display area and without lack in the displayed image, by suitably converting the image signals.

An image processing system has an original reader or an image file for generating an image signal, a soft display, a high-speed printer, a small printer, a work station with a CPU, and a switching device. An image can always be displayed or printed at the center of a display surface or of a recording medium irrespective of a difference in the image and the display surface or recording medium.

An image processing system transmits image information in the form of electrical signals among plural stations for processing. A switching unit is provided to supply plural sets of signals to the plural stations in a parallel manner, thus achieving efficient signal transmission.

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Matsudo, Japan

Yoshitaka Sano