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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1995
Akihiko Satoh, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Hosomi, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Takahashi, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshio Mizuno, Ichikawa, JP;
Tokuharu Kaneko, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Kaneko, Kawasaki, JP;
Taisei Fukada, Nagaokakyo, JP;
Keizo Isemura, Koganei, JP;
Hirohiko Kishimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Masayoshi Taira, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Serizawa, Yokohama, JP;
Noriaki Matsui, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processor rotates an image in conformity with the orientation of an original, thereby enhancing user convenience. An original conveyed by an automatic conveyance device is read by an image reader and the image is stored in an image memory. A character in the stored image is subsequently recognized by a character recognition unit and the orientation of the character is discriminated. The image is rotated by an image editor in conformity with a stapling position, and the rotated image is recorded by an image recording unit. Sheets of paper on which images are recorded are stapled at the stapling position by a staple provided in a sorter.