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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Keisuke Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 30/00 (2022.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06V 30/14 (2022.01); G06V 30/22 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 30/22 (2022.01); G06F 40/166 (2020.01); G06V 30/1456 (2022.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus and method displays a scanned image obtained by scanning a document, including handwritten characters, printed characters, and objects on a UI screen for a user to designate a character area in the scanned image. When the designated character area includes strings of handwritten characters and a string of printed characters, or an object existing between the strings of handwritten characters, a predetermined delimiter character is inserted in place of the string of printed characters or the object forming a single continuous character string.