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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2009
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Naotake Natori, Kunitachi, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Masaya Maeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Bunpei Irie, Kawasaki, JP;
Naotake Natori, Kunitachi, JP;
Tomoyuki Hamamura, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention includes a first image reading unit configured to read an image from an object to be read by visible light, a second image reading unit configured to read an image from the object to be read by invisible light, a first detection unit configured to detect a background image from a first read image read by the first image reading unit, a registration unit configured to register feature information indicative of a feature of the background image detected by the first detection unit, and a second detection unit configured to detect an image indicative of code information from a second read image read by the second image reading unit on the basis of the feature information registered in the registration unit.