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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 09, 1995
Kinya Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Kiriyama, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus comprises: a blank discriminating circuit to discriminate a blank from image information; a line discriminating circuit to discriminate line information from information of the discriminated blank; and a paragraph recognizing circuit to recognize paragraph information from the discriminated blank information and the discriminated line information. The apparatus recognizes not only character but also blanks from the input image information and generates a result in a desired form.
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