Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11308318-B2
Application number	US-201916415499-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 17, 2019
Priority date	May 30, 2018
Publication date	Apr 19, 2022
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022

Abstract

An image processing apparatus generates a first image by adjusting luminance so as to preserve a signal value on a high-luminance side among signal values acquired by reading a document by a scanner, and detects a position of a region corresponding to the document in the generated first image. The image processing apparatus further generates a second image by performing adjustment so as to increase luminance of a pixel contained in the first image, and crops a document image from the generated second image based on the detected position of the region corresponding to the document.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, performs operations as:
a first adjustment unit configured to generate a first image by performing a gain adjustment on signal values acquired by a scanner so that information of the signal values on a high-luminance side is preserved, wherein the first adjustment unit generates the first image by performing the gain adjustment so as to adjust a predetermined luminance value on the high-luminance side at the time of reading the document with the scanner to a first luminance value and thereafter performing processing to replace a luminance value of a pixel having the first luminance value if the luminance value of the pixel on which the gain adjustment has been performed is higher than the first luminance value;
wherein the scanner acquires the signal values by reading a document;
a detection unit configured to detect a position of a region corresponding to the document in the generated first image; a second adjustment unit configured to generate a second image from the first image by making an adjustment so as to increase luminance of at least one pixel contained in the first image; and
a cropping unit configured to crop, based on the detected position of the region corresponding to the document, a document image corresponding to the document from the generated second image.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first image contains an image of a plurality of documents,
wherein the detection unit detects a position of each of the regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of documents contained in the first image, and
wherein the cropping unit crops each document image corresponding to the plurality of documents from the second document based on positions of the regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of documents.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first adjustment unit performs the gain adjustment linearly on the luminance value of each pixel so as to adjust the predetermined luminance value to the first luminance value.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a display unit configured to display the cropped document image.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a text recognition processing unit executes text recognition processing on the cropped document image; and
a storage unit configured to store the cropped document image in association with a result of the text recognition processing executed on the document image.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a transmission unit configured to transmit the cropped document image to a designated destination.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second adjustment unit generates the second image by performing gamma correction processing so as to increase luminance of a pixel contained in the first image.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second adjustment unit generates the second image by performing adjustment using a predetermined three-dimensional lookup table so as to increase luminance of a pixel contained in the first image.

9. The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a receiving unit configured to receive, from a user, a setting regarding whether to crop the document image; and
a control unit configured to perform,
in a case where the receiving unit receives a setting to crop the document image, control such that the first adjustment unit, the detection unit, the second adjustment unit, and the cropping unit perform processing, and
in a case where the receiving unit receives a setting to not crop the document image, control to output an image adjusted by the first adjustment unit such that a signal value higher than a predetermined signal value on the high-luminance side when the scanner reads the document is a luminance value of white.

10. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory having instructions that, when executed by the processor, performs operations as:
a first adjustment unit configured to generate a first image by performing a gain adjustment on signal values acquired by a scanner so that information of the signal values on a high-luminance side is preserved, wherein the generating the first image generates the first image by performing gain adjustment so as to adjust a predetermined luminance value on the high-luminance side at the time of reading the document with the scanner to a first luminance value and thereafter performing processing to replace a luminance value of a pixel having the first luminance value if the luminance value of the pixel on which the gain adjustment has been performed is higher than the first luminance value;
wherein the scanner acquires the signal values by reading a document;
a detection unit configured to detect a position of a region corresponding to the document in the generated first image; a cropping unit configured to crop a first document image corresponding to the document from the generated first image, based on the position of the region corresponding to the detected document; and a second adjustment unit configured to generate a second document image by performing adjustment of the cropped first document image so as to increase luminance of at least one pixel contained in the cropped first document image.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to perform:
generating a first image by performing a gain adjustment on signal values acquired by a scanner so that information of the signal values on a high-luminance side is preserved, wherein the generating the first image generates the first image by performing gain adjustment so as to adjust a predetermined luminance value on the high-luminance side at the time of reading the document with the scanner to a first luminance value and thereafter performing processing to replace a luminance value of a pixel having the first luminance value if the luminance value of the pixel on which the gain adjustment has been performed is higher than the first luminance value;
wherein the scanner acquires the signal values by reading a document;
detecting a position of a region corresponding to the document in the generated first image; generating a second image from the first image by performing adjustment so as to increase luminance of at least one pixel contained in the first image;
and cropping, based on the detected position of the region corresponding to the document, a document image corresponding to the document from the generated second image.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium according to claim 11 ,
wherein the first image contains an image of a plurality of documents,
wherein the detecting detects a position of each of the regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of documents contained in the first image, and
wherein the cropping crops each document image corresponding to the plurality of documents from the second document based on positions of the regions respectively corresponding to the plurality of documents.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a processor to perform: generating a first image by performing a gain adjustment on signal values acquired by a scanner so that information of the signal values on a high-luminance side is preserved, wherein the generating the first image generates the first image by performing gain adjustment so a

Assignees

• Canon Kk

Inventors

• Shimamura Koya
• Arakawa Junya

Classifications

• H04N1/40093

  Modification of content of picture, e.g. retouching (geometric modifications H04N1/387) · CPC title

• G06V10/25

  Determination of region of interest [ROI] or a volume of interest [VOI] · CPC title

• H04N1/6005

  with luminance or chrominance signals, e.g. LC1C2, HSL or YUV · CPC title

• G06V20/64

  Three-dimensional [3D] objects · CPC title

• H04N1/00567

  Handling of original or reproduction media, e.g. cutting, separating, stacking · CPC title