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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Ayumi Hori, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumihiro Goto, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Maya Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Tohru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Ayumi Hori, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidetsugu Kagawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Fumihiro Goto, Kawasaki, JP;
Manabu Yamazoe, Tokyo, JP;
Maya Ishii, Kawasaki, JP;
Tohru Ikeda, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sheet music processing method of processing, by an image processing apparatus, image data of sheet music input by an input device, the method comprising setting, by a user using a designation unit of the image processing apparatus, a unit in which the image data of the sheet music is processed; dividing the image data of the sheet music into units corresponding to the unit; determining whether image data of a first one of the units is repeated in one or more others of the units; and processing the image data, when the image data of the first one of the units is determined to be repeated in the one or more others of the units, to append information using the image processing apparatus to the image data of the first one of the units and the image data of the one or more others of the units.