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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
May. 15, 2009
Applicant:
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyuki Sakuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/36 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is disclosed, including: a receiver, an extractor, and a selector. The receiver receives a portion of an image as an image area. The extractor define one or more divisions corresponding to the image area received by the receiver as a first division group, extracts first codes of the first division group, and extracts second codes of second divisions of the image area influencing decoding of the first codes, if extraction of the second codes is not suppressed. The selector suppresses extraction of the second codes in response to a selection indicating not to extract the second codes.