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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takuhiro Okuda, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyuki Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus including: a character information area display unit configured to highlight and display at least one character information area including a handwritten character string out of character information areas; an input receiving unit configured to receive a character information area including a handwritten character string specified a user; a character information area display selecting unit configured to select at least one character information area other than the character information area including the handwritten character string specified by the user to be combined with the character information area including the handwritten character string specified by the user; and a character information combining unit configured to combine character information in the character information area including the handwritten character string specified by the user and character information in the character information area selected by the character information area display selecting unit.