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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
May. 30, 2019
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Masayoshi Nakamura, Torrance, CA (US);
KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS INC., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a character determining unit configured to divide the read image into multiple blocks, each of the multiple blocks including multiple characters, and determine an inclination of each of the multiple characters included in each of the multiple blocks, a block processing unit configured to detect a change point block, the change point block being a block including characters having an inclination included in a first inclination interval, a number of the characters being equal to or larger than a first threshold, and including characters having an inclination included in a second inclination interval, a number of the characters being equal to or larger than the first threshold, the second inclination interval being different from the first inclination interval, and a fold determining unit configured to determine that the document is folded if the change point block is detected.