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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2001
Kenichi Kazumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Kazumi, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a document format identification apparatus capable of correctly identifying a document format even in an environment where a number of types of scanners are used. The document format identification apparatus includes: an extraction unit for extracting a feature for a document the format of which to be identified; a generation unit for generating, based on the feature extracted by the extraction unit, document format data containing identification data for identifying a document format and correction information for correcting a feature difference produced by a difference in type of the image input apparatus; and an identification unit, for correcting document format data stored in a storage unit and document format data generated by the generation unit based on the correction information and for identifying a document format of a document to be identified by comparing the corrected document format data.