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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2011
Atsuhisa Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yohsuke Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Hirohata, Osaka, JP;
Akihito Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Atsuhisa Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yohsuke Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Hirohata, Osaka, JP;
Akihito Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An object area containing a text or a graphic is extracted from a document image containing the text or the graphic. Then, on the basis of the extracted object area and stored size information, a cropping area is determined that surrounds the object area with given margins. Further, setting of margins is received. Then, on the basis of the object area and the received setting of the margins, the cropping area is determined. Then, the cropping area determined on the basis of the object area and the size information or alternatively the cropping area determined on the basis of the object area and the setting of the margins is cropped from the document image.