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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2009
Atsuhisa Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yohsuke Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Atsuhisa Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yohsuke Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes: a reliability determining section which determines, with respect to each of the plurality of document images, reliability of coincidences of respective predetermined directions with a first reference direction, the first reference direction being a predetermined direction which points on a basis of an upward direction of or a downward direction of the information image; and a display control section (i) which divides the plurality of document images into groups so that document images, having a same direction whose reliability value is the highest, belong to a same group, and (ii) which causes a display device to display preview images for the respective groups, each of the preview images indicating at least one document image in each of the groups. In a case where one group contains a plurality of document images, a preview image containing the plurality of document images is displayed.