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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2014
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Eiji Mifune, Osaka, JP;
Shunji Miki, Osaka, JP;
Koji Habata, Osaka, JP;
Osamu Mine, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Sakaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Mari Kurimoto, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kurita, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A mark detection apparatus includes a reading unit, a converter, and a determination part. The reading unit reads an image on a document. The converter compares respective portions of the image read by the reading unit with a plurality of preset reference patterns, and converts a portion of the image to a character associated with a corresponding reference pattern. The determination part determines that the portion of the image to have been compared on the document is a mark in a case in which the character converted by the converter is a preset first reference character, and that the portion of the image to have been compared on the document is not a mark in a case in which the character converted by the converter is not a preset first reference character.