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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1999
Shoichi Araki, Osaka, JP;
Kouji Miura, Matsubara, JP;
Satoshi Matsuura, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Imanaka, Nara, JP;
Hiroshi Kutsumi, Moriguchi, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus comprises an indication means placed on a manuscript; a reading unit for reading information on the manuscript; an indication means detection unit for detecting the indication means placed on the manuscript, thereby detecting a region indicated by the indication means on the manuscript; and an information processing unit performing a predetermined process to the information obtained from the region indicated by the detected indication means, amongst the information on the manuscript read by the reading unit. Therefore, by only placing the indication means on a target portion to be processed on the manuscript, the portion is detected by the indicated means detection unit to be subjected to a process such as scale-up by the information processing unit.