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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2017
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Sawa, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
This image processing apparatus includes a first determination section, a first control section, a second determination section, and a second control section. If the first determination section determines that there are images whose outer shapes are not rectangular, the first control section performs control operations to connect edges of the images to combine the images. The second determination section determines whether the outer shape of the combined image, which is made of the images combined by the first control section, is rectangular or whether the combined image is bilaterally symmetric with respect to a predetermined line passing through the center of the combined image. If the second determination section determines that the outer shape of the combined image is rectangular or that the combined image is bilaterally symmetric, the second control unit performs control operations to produce a composite image of the images with the edges connected to each other.