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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2007
Haruo Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Ohtsu, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Masakazu Ohira, Nara, JP;
Hitoshi Hirohata, Hashimoto, JP;
Haruo Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Makoto Ohtsu, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Masakazu Ohira, Nara, JP;
Hitoshi Hirohata, Hashimoto, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a feature point calculating section for extracting two or more connected components from a document image of interest and calculating the feature point from the centroid defined in each of the connected components, a features calculating section for calculating the features of the document image from the distance between the feature points, a voting processing section for voting one of the registered images which is similar to the document image as reviewing the features, and a similarity judging process section for judging the similarity from the result of the voting, wherein the description of the processing to be executed for the output is determined from the result of the similarity judgment.