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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Applicants:
Tadashi Araki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Maki Shinoda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Tadashi Araki, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Maki Shinoda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/34 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G06T 5/00 (2006.01); H04N 1/407 (2006.01); H04N 1/409 (2006.01); H04N 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus, system, method, and computer program product is disclosed, each capable of correcting distortion in a scanned image, using at least a character line extracted from the scanned image. The character line is extracted based on a circumscribed rectangle, representing the vertical component of the character. The distortion in the scanned image is corrected based on the length of the circumscribed rectangle in the main scanning direction.