Image processing method for generating easily readable image
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShozo Yamasaki
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Abstract
A character area is detected in a reduced layout and a character is detected in the character area, and a character size is compared to a predetermined size readable by a user when characters are printed. A detected character size determined to be smaller than the predetermined size is enlarged. An object adjacent to the detected character in an original document is detected and a content of the objects is determined. A layout position in which a relationship between the enlarged detected characters and the objects is kept is determined according to the determined content and the enlarged characters are arranged. The whole document can be output automatically in an easily viewable state while keeping a meaningful layout relationship between the objects.
Claims9
An image processing apparatus, comprising:
- detection means for detecting a character image included within an original document image and a size of said character image;
- determination means for determining whether or not a size of the detected character image is smaller than a predetermined size;
- enlargement means for enlarging a size of the character image determined to be smaller by said determination means;
- and
- layout means for determining a layout position of the enlarged character image by said enlargement means, when an object adjacent to said character image is a graph, so that a content shown by said graph may be distinguished.
A method of processing an image, comprising the steps of:
- detecting a character image included within an original document image and a size of said character image;
- determining whether or not a size of the detected character image is smaller than a predetermined size;
- enlarging a size of a character image determined to be smaller in the determination step;
- and
- determining a layout position of the enlarged character image in the enlargement step, when an object adjacent to said character image is a graph, so that a content shown by said graph may be distinguished.
A computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the steps of:
- detecting a character image included within an original document image and a size of said character image;
- determining whether or not a size of the detected character image is smaller than a predetermined size;
- enlarging a size of a character image determined to be smaller in the determination step;
- and
- determining a layout position of the enlarged character image in the enlargement step, when an object adjacent to said character image is a graph, so that a content shown by said graph may be distinguished.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.