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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2003
Applicants:
Yasushi Abe, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Masaaki Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Saitoh, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image-area separation apparatus includes a SIMD processor performing a SIMD process for performing an image-area separation process and an image-area separation mechanism for performing an image-separation operation according to the SIMD process performed by the SIMD processor. The image-area separating apparatus performs an image-area separation operation to separate character images from figure images by means of software while the SIMD-typed processor achieves a high-speed image data processing.