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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2015
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Shihomi Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoyuki Shibata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yojiro Tonouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazunori Imoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Isao Mihara, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to an embodiment, an information processing device includes: a first division unit divides an image into a text containing region and a background region other than the text containing region; a second division unit divides a text containing region into a character region constituted by lines forming characters and a character background region other than the character region; a calculator calculates a first representative value of an attribute of the character region, a second representative value of the attribute of the character background region, and a third representative value of the attribute of the background region; a modification unit makes modification so that a first difference based on the first and third representative values, a second difference based on the first and second representative values, and a third difference based on the second and third representative values become larger; and an output unit outputs a modified image.