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US8941864B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8941864-B2 |
| Application number | US-201113292194-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Nov 9, 2011 |
| Priority date | Nov 12, 2010 |
| Publication date | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2015 |
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Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which (i) determines whether or not characters to be subjected to a character recognition process in image data have a size larger than a predetermined size, (ii) in a case where the characters is determined as larger than the predetermined size, reduces at least a region including the characters so that the size of the characters fits within the predetermined size, and (iii) performs a character recognition process of the characters with use of the reduced image data.
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The invention claimed is: 1. An image processing apparatus performing a character recognition process of characters written on a document, the character recognition process being performed based on image data obtained by reading the document, the image processing apparatus comprising: a character size determination section configured to (i) determine whether or not a character size of the characters in the image data to be subjected to the character recognition process is larger…
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- What does patent US8941864B2 cover?
- Disclosed is an image processing apparatus which (i) determines whether or not characters to be subjected to a character recognition process in image data have a size larger than a predetermined size, (ii) in a case where the characters is determined as larger than the predetermined size, reduces at least a region including the characters so that the size of the characters fits within the prede…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Hirohata Hitoshi, Yoshida Akihito, Morimoto Atsuhisa, and 2 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification H04N1/40062. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Jan 27 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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- We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).