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Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013

Filed:

May. 10, 2010
Applicants:

Kunikazu Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;

Shinichi Yada, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Kunikazu Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;

Shinichi Yada, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image processing apparatus includes an image receiving section, a succession value image generating section and a solid converting section. The image receiving section receives an image contains a line having breaks. The succession value image generating section generates a succession value image having as a pixel value the number of times of succession of black or white pixels in the image received by the image receiving section. The solid-line converting section, based on the succession value image generated by the succession value image generating section, performs solid-line conversion in which the line having breaks is changed into a solid line.


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