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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2021
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Miyauchi, Inagi, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes at least one memory that stores instructions; and at least one processor that execute the instructions to perform: detecting text blocks in an input image; determining a registered document corresponding to the input image among a plurality of registered documents; determining the text block in the input image that corresponds to a processing target item, based on a partial layout defined in the determined registered document and including a first text block corresponding to the processing target item and at least one second text block present near the first text block; and obtaining a character string corresponding to the processing target item by performing character recognition processing on the determined text block.