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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Mitsuyasu Kyuno, Aichi, JP;
Masahiro Mizuno, Nagoya, JP;
Masao Futamura, Nagoya, JP;
Yukiyoshi Muto, Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
In a method for producing image data, an original image is defined by at least one outline-bounded region having at least one outline and an inside area bounded by the outline. The method includes the steps of reading, from an original having an initial original image including the outline of one or more outline-bounded regions, the initial original image by an image reader, so as to produce initial image data defining one or both of the outline of the region and the inside area of the region. Subsequently, the step of initially processing the initial original image of the original is performed by forming one or more readable images in the inside area of one or more current regions out of the one or more outline-bounded regions. A next step includes reading, by the image reader, the initially processed original image so as to produce initially processed image data defining the initially processed original image. A final step identifies the initially processed region based on a difference of the initial image data and the initially processed image data.