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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:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masami Kugai, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/34 ;
Abstract
Image data representing a text-containing original image read by a scanner or the like is subjected to area partitioning processing and character recognition processing so as to be converted to icons and displayed (S,-S,). The icons include icons representing text and bitmap images, etc. When any icon is designated by a mouse (S,), image data that has undergone the area partitioning processing and character recognition processing and that corresponds to this icon is displayed (S,-S,).