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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2011
Hitoshi Hirohata, Osaka, JP;
Akihito Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Atsuhisa Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yohsuke Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Hirohata, Osaka, JP;
Akihito Yoshida, Osaka, JP;
Atsuhisa Morimoto, Osaka, JP;
Yohsuke Konishi, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which (i) determines whether or not characters to be subjected to a character recognition process in image data have a size larger than a predetermined size, (ii) in a case where the characters is determined as larger than the predetermined size, reduces at least a region including the characters so that the size of the characters fits within the predetermined size, and (iii) performs a character recognition process of the characters with use of the reduced image data.