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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Takaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Akinobu Nishikata, Mishima, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/60 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/60 ;
Abstract
An image processor performs a high accuracy orientation determination process on a color image. A color component analyzer determines a frequency of appearance of each color component based on color image data of an input original document, and an orientation determining block determines the orientation of the original document by a character recognition process based on the frequency of appearance result. The color image data is then subjected to a predetermined editing in accordance with the determination results, and the edited image data is output.