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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Kyoto University, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, Osaka, JP;
KYOTO UNIVERSITY, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
Information of a character string or the like described on a page of a book is obtained from three-dimensional data of the book. A book electronization device () includes a surface specification unit () that specifies a page region corresponding to a page of a book in three-dimensional data of the book, which has data values corresponding to a sheet of the book and a gap between sheets, and a data generation unit () that maps a character string or graphic in the page region to a two-dimensional plane and generates two-dimensional page data including a character string or graphic written or drawn in the book.