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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
May. 12, 1998
Riso Kagaku Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Image data for a margin around the image area of a book form original can be erased and image data for a book center portion are obtained without loss. In a photograph mode, a low threshold value is set in first binary conversion means , and image data having been input are binary converted by using this value. Based on the image data having been converted, a first coercion signal generating unit judges a margin around the original image. A high threshold value is set to second binary conversion means and image data having been input are binary converted by using this value. Based on the image data having been converted, a second coercion signal generating unit judges a margin around the original and a portion including a book center portion. A character processing binary conversion unit carries out binary conversion on input image data for the portion within the original, and outputs whitening data which erase the margin around the original. A photograph processing binary conversion unit carries out tone image binary conversion only on the book center portion in the input image data and outputs the data thereof. An image processing selecting unit makes the image data for the portion within the original image selectively output from the character processing binary conversion unit and makes the image data for the book center portion selectively output from the photograph processing binary conversion unit