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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. 19, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/502 ; G06K 9/46 ; G06K 9/34 ; G06T 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 1/502 ; G06K 9/46 ; G06K 9/34 ; G06T 5/00 ;
Abstract
The image editing apparatus of the present invention reads text image having a plurality of character line image along to a predetermined direction, makes histogram expressing the distribution characteristics of said text image, detects said character line image having a predetermined size based on said histogram, and performs editing process for said character line image having said predetermined size.