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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Naoki Takahashi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Kazuyuki Murata, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Hideyuki Kuwano, Osaka-fu, JP;
Takashi Nakanishi, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Naoki Takahashi, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Kazuyuki Murata, Kyoto-fu, JP;
Hideyuki Kuwano, Osaka-fu, JP;
Takashi Nakanishi, Hyogo-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka-fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03F 3/08 (2006.01); G06K 9/48 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G03G 15/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a sky shot, when a closing and opening detection unit detects the opening of a document cover, contour detecting means detects as a probable edge point a pixel thought to be a document edge point, a contour correction unit determines whether the probable edge point is a document edge or not, and an image forming unit forms image data of a document on the basis of the document edge point.