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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2011
Yoshihiro Ishida, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiro Ishida, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When an image including a composite figure made of a predefined figure and a free-form figure is scanned, the position and shape of the free-form figure and the predefined figure are appropriately adjusted. The composite figure is separated into a predefined figure and a free-form figure. With respect to the separated predefined figure, a representative point is set at a predetermined position according to the type of the predefined figure and a representative point is set for the free-form figure based on a criterion according to a type of the free-form figure. If the representative point of a predefined figure is in the vicinity of the representative point of the free-form figure, the free-form figure is corrected based on the position of the representative point of the free-form figure and the position of the representative point of the predefined figure.