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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:
Oct. 13, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takayuki Shimizu, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuo Fukuda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345338 ;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus reads a document image, detects a specific character region of the read document image, and performs character recognition on the detected specific character region. A predetermined number of characters in a character string is extracted and recognized. An extracted character string is registered as an index of the read document image.