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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuyuki Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus that generates an image for character recognition from a read image includes at least one memory that stores instructions, and at least one processor that executes the instructions to perform extracting of an area of handwritten character information and an area of printed character information from the read image, clipping of a partial image of the area of handwritten character information and a partial image of the area of printed character information out of the read image, and generating of the image for character recognition by combining the partial image of the area of handwritten character information and the partial image of the area of printed character information being associated with each other.