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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Taeko Yamazaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Yuji Kobayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Shigeo Fukuoka, Kawasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/18 (2006.01); G06K 9/46 (2006.01); G06K 9/66 (2006.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01); G06K 9/00818 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes a character recognition unit configured to perform character recognition of a character region where characters exist in an image to generate character code, a detection unit configured to detect a region of the image where a feature change in the image is small, and a placement unit configured to place data obtained from the character code in the detected region.