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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2009
Takeshi Namikata, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Sakaue, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Takebayashi, Isehara, JP;
Reiji Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Iinuma, Machida, JP;
Naoki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kashibuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Arakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Sano, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Namikata, Yokohama, JP;
Tsutomu Sakaue, Yokohama, JP;
Manabu Takebayashi, Isehara, JP;
Reiji Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Iinuma, Machida, JP;
Naoki Ito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Kashibuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Junya Arakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Sano, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are cases in which an effective search index cannot be provided to an image data only by extracting character codes from a character object in PDL data. An image processing apparatus of the present invention obtains image data by rendering PDL data, and extracts a character object from the image data. The image processing apparatus performs character recognition processing on the extracted character object to obtain character code information, and provides metadata including the character code information to the image data.