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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Mamoru Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Mamoru Tanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention allows a thumbnail display representing the outline of input images in a digital image printer to be made, in which it is determined whether an image is a first kind of image or a second kind of image, and if it is determined that the image is the first kind of image, a feature part of the first kind of image is enlarged in the thumbnail display to make the contents of image more understandable. Also, the invention allows a thumbnail display representing the outline of input images in a digital image printer to be made, in which it is determined whether an image is a character image or a gradation image, and if it is determined that the image is the character image, a part of the character image is enlarged in the thumbnail display to make the characters more understandable.
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