Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer-readable recording medium storing image processing program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9659226-B2
Application number	US-201213682492-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 20, 2012
Priority date	Nov 21, 2011
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

An image processing apparatus is configured to extract contour information of a medium area from readout image data, and correct distortion of the medium area based on the contour information. The medium area is an area for image data corresponding to a medium serving as a reading target. The image processing apparatus includes an acquiring unit that acquires the readout image data, an extracting unit that extracts the contour information of the medium area from the readout image data, a displaying unit that displays the contour information so as to superpose the contour information on the readout image data, a detecting unit that detects an instruction of changing a position of the contour information. The extracting unit extracts again the contour information by reflecting the instruction of changing, and the displaying unit redisplays the contour information extracted again by the extracting unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An image processing apparatus for processing image data containing an image of a medium to be read, the image processing apparatus comprising:
a memory storing computer executable instructions; and
a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform the following steps of:
extracting contour information including a first corner point, a second corner point, and a first contour line of a medium area from the image data, the first contour line connecting the first corner point and the second corner point to each other;
detecting an instruction of correcting the contour information, the instruction including a third corner point to be changed from the first corner point;
changing the first corner point into the third corner point and changing the first contour line into a second contour line which connects the third corner point and the second corner point to each other to correct the contour information when a distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is less than a predetermined distance, and not changing the first corner point when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance;
superposing the corrected contour information including the third corner point, the second corner point, and the second contour line on a contour of the medium area of the image data for displaying the corrected contour information when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is less than the predetermined distance; and
superposing the extracted contour information including the first corner point, the second corner point and the first contour line of the medium area on the contour of the medium area of the image data for displaying the extracted contour information when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is equal to or larger than the predetermined distance.

2. An image processing method for processing image data containing an image of a medium to be read by a processor configured to execute computer executable instructions stored in a memory, the image processing method comprising:
extracting contour information including a first corner point, a second corner point, and a first contour line of a medium area from the image data, the first contour line connecting the first corner point and the second corner point to each other;
detecting an instruction of correcting the contour information, the instruction including a third corner point to be changed from the first corner point;
changing the first corner point into the third corner point and changing the first contour line into a second contour line which connects the third corner point and the second corner point to each other to correct the contour information when a distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is less than a predetermined distance, and not changing the first corner point when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance;
superposing the corrected contour information including the third corner point, the second corner point, and the second contour line on a contour of the medium area of the image data for displaying the corrected contour information when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is less than the predetermined distance; and
superposing the extracted contour information including the first corner point, the second corner point and the first contour line of the medium area on the contour of the medium area of the image data for displaying the extracted contour information when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is equal to or larger than the predetermined distance.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an image processing program for processing image data containing an image of a medium to be read, the image processing program causing the computer to perform the steps of:
extracting contour information including a first corner point, a second corner point, and a first contour line of a medium area from the image data, the first contour line connecting the first corner point and the second corner point to each other;
detecting an instruction of correcting the contour information, the instruction including a third corner point to be changed from the first corner point;
changing the first corner point into the third corner point and changing the first contour line into a second contour line which connects the third corner point and the second corner point to each other to correct the contour information when a distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is less than a predetermined distance, and not changing the first corner point when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is equal to or greater than the predetermined distance;
superposing the corrected contour information including the third corner point, the second corner point, and the second contour line on a contour of the medium area of the image data for displaying the corrected contour information when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is less than the predetermined distance; and
superposing the extracted contour information including the first corner point, the second corner point and the first contour line of the medium area on the contour of the medium area of the image data for displaying the extracted contour information when the distance between the first corner point and the third corner point is equal to or larger than the predetermined distance.

Assignees

• Pfu Ltd

Inventors

• Takabatake Masanari
• Kasahara Yuki

Classifications

• H04N1/4092

  Edge or detail enhancement · CPC title

• G06T3/0031

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06K9/4604 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04N1/387

  Composing, repositioning or otherwise {geometrically} modifying originals · CPC title

• G06T3/06 Primary

  Topological mapping of higher dimensional structures onto lower dimensional surfaces · CPC title