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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2008
Masaaki Saka, Toyohashi, JP;
Kazuhiro Ishiguro, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideyuki Toriyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroshi Murakami, Nagoya, JP;
Masaaki Saka, Toyohashi, JP;
Kazuhiro Ishiguro, Toyohashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Suzuki, Toyokawa, JP;
Hideyuki Toriyama, Toyokawa, JP;
Hiroshi Murakami, Nagoya, JP;
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The image processing apparatus of the present invention includes: a specific pattern detecting unit which detects a background pattern representing additional information from inputted original document image data; an information detecting unit which extracts the additional information represented by the background pattern which is detected by the specific pattern detecting unit; an erase processing unit which erases a prescribed region of the original document image and outputs erase-processed document image data; a re-embedding background pattern generating unit which generates a re-embedding background pattern representing the additional information extracted by the information detecting unit; a background pattern composition processing unit which embeds the re-embedding background pattern into the erase-processed document image data and outputs re-embedded document image data; and a processor which controls the units mentioned above. The apparatus of the present invention is capable of embedding the background pattern again, which has once been lost through the erase function, so as to maintain a background pattern detection rate at a high level.