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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2023
Applicants:
Shinya Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinya Itoh, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/387 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/3877 (2013.01); H04N 1/00331 (2013.01); H04N 1/00336 (2013.01); H04N 1/00482 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to determine a type of a document read by a scanner, set a top-bottom determination method based on the type of the document, and determine a top-bottom orientation of a target image by the top-bottom determination method. The target image is obtained by reading the document with the scanner.