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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Sota Nanbu, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus includes an area extracting unit and a table image detecting unit. The area extracting unit is configured to extract a halftone dot area and character images in an image. The table image detecting unit is configured to detect the extracted halftone dot area as a table image if (a) the extracted halftone dot area includes no ruled lines and (b1) at least two of the detected character images are arranged in a primary scanning direction or a secondary scanning direction in the halftone dot area and (b2) character alignment of a tabular layout is detected on the character images on the basis of positional relations between divisional areas into which the halftone dot area is equally divided and the character images.