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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1997
Rieko Akiba, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Tokuharu Kaneko, Mishima, JP;
Shokyo Koh, Mishima, JP;
Keizo Isemura, Koganei, JP;
Yukari Toda, Yokohama, JP;
Hirohiko Tashiro, Yokohama, JP;
Akinobu Nishikata, Mishima, JP;
Masanobu Inui, Chigasaki, JP;
Nobuo Sekiguchi, Shizuoka-ken, JP;
Nobuaki Miyahara, Tokyo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a first determination unit for determining the direction of an input image, a second determination unit for determining if the input image is a portrait type or landscape type, and an image rotation unit for rotating the input image in correspondence with the determination results of the first and second determination units. The image rotation unit rotates one of portrait type and landscape type images to adjust the direction of the image in a predetermined direction, and rotates the other one of portrait type and landscape type images to adjust the direction of the image in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction.