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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kohei Arai, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/00816 (2013.01); H04N 1/00612 (2013.01); H04N 1/00801 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reading device includes a reading unit configured to read a document, and a control unit configured to acquire image data including a document region and a background region from the reading unit. The control unit acquires document information about a document, and sets, based on the document information, a background range indicating a range of a luminance value regarded as the background region.