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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Applicant:
Tetsuomi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuomi Tanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to the present invention has a determining unit for determining a size of an image, a resolution-setting unit for setting a resolution based on the size of the image, and a recognizing unit for recognizing whether text is included in the image having the determined resolution. Therefore a text portion in the image can be recognized efficiently.