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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
May. 23, 2002
Shinji Yamakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinji Yamakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-processing device applies a predetermined process to input image data so as to output the processed image data. The image-processing device comprises a medium-density detection unit, an expansion unit, and a non-character edge judgment unit. The medium-density detection unit detects a medium-density field of an image represented by the image data. The expansion unit applies an expansion process to the medium-density field detected by the medium-density detection unit. The non-character edge judgment unit judges the medium-density field applied with the expansion process by the expansion unit as a non-character edge field of the image represented by the image data.