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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Wei Song, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobutaka Miyake, Yokohama, JP;
Yuki Ishida, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryosuke Iguchi, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 3/40 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0002 (2013.01); G06T 1/005 (2013.01); G06T 3/4038 (2013.01); G06T 2201/0065 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of images obtained by capturing, dividing over a plurality of times, a printed material in which additional information is embedded are input. Feature information concerning each of the inputted plurality of images is extracted. A poor quality area in the images is evaluated. An overlapping area of the plurality of images is specified based on the feature information. Additional information embedded in the printed material is extracted based on a result of the evaluating and a result of the specifying.