# US 2014/0192387 A1 · Image processing device and image processing method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0192387 A1 - Document ID: US20140192387A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/147,877 - Filed: 2014-01-06 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Assignees: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Applicants: Konica Minolta, Inc. - Inventors: Shoichi NOMURA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140192387A1 ## CPC - H04N 1/40068: {Modification of image resolution, i.e. determining the values of picture elements at new relative positions (H04N1/3935 takes precedence)} - H04N 1/00681: {Detecting the presence, position or size of a sheet or correcting its position before scanning (H04N1/047 takes precedence; mode signalling H04N1/333; skew detection or correction in image signals H04N1/3878)} - H04N 1/3878: {Skew detection or correction} - H04N 1/393: Enlarging or reducing - H04N 9/3188: {Scale or resolution adjustment (scaling in general G06T3/40; resolution modifying circuits for displays in general G09G5/391)} - G06V 30/1478: {of characters or characters lines} - H04N 1/00718: {Skew} - H04N 1/0074: {using inactive scanning elements, e.g. elements outside the scanning area} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract An image processing device includes an image-modification processing unit and an adjustment unit. The image-modification processing unit executes first image-modification processing wherein pixels are inserted to or deleted from a subject image in a first direction or pixels in the subject image are shifted in the first direction and second image modification processing wherein pixels in the subject image are shifted in a second direction. The adjustment unit adjusts a position of a shift-border along which the pixels are shifted in the second image-modification processing on the basis of a position of each step in an image caused in the first image-modification processing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image processing device, comprising: an image-modification processing unit which executes first image-modification processing wherein pixels are inserted to or deleted from a subject image in a first direction or pixels in the subject image are shifted in the first direction and second image modification processing wherein pixels in the subject image are shifted in a second direction; and an adjustment unit which adjusts a position of a shift-border along which the pixels are shifted in the second image-modification processing on the basis of a position of each step in an image caused in the first image-modification processing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the second direction is the same as the first direction; and wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the position of the shift-border such that a level difference of a step at the position of the shift-border in an image which is caused in the first image-modification processing is not widened in the second image-modification processing. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The image processing device according to claim 2, further comprising: a storage unit which stores a reference table in which each pixel position in a direction perpendicular to the first direction is related to reference pixel information which indicates which pixel in the subject image is referred to for a pixel value of an output image for each relative reference value, the output image being obtained by executing the first image-modification processing and/or the second image-modification processing on the subject image, wherein the relative reference value indicates a relative position in the subject image in relation to a position in the output image in the first direction, wherein the image-modification processing unit adds the relative reference value based on the second image-modification processing to the relative reference value based on the first image-modification processing for each pixel, obtains reference pixel information relating to the pixel position in the direction perpendicular to the first direction and to an added value of the relative reference values from the reference table stored in the storage unit, and executes the first image-modification processing and the second image-modification processing at the same time on the basis of the obtained reference pixel information. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the first image-modification processing includes processing wherein pixels are inserted to or deleted from the subject image in the first direction such that positions to or from which pixels are inserted or deleted vary with lines along the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the second image-modification processing includes processing wherein deformation is corrected in the second direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction; and wherein the adjustment unit adjusts the position of the shift-border such that the shift-border does not overlap with a portion which is included in an image obtained by executing the first image-modification processing on the subject image and which corresponds to a line extending in a direction substantially the same as the second direction in the subject image. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The image processing device according to claim 6, wherein the first image-modification processing includes processing wherein pixels are inserted to or deleted from the subject image in the first direction such that positions to or from which pixels are inserted or deleted vary with lines along the first direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The image processing device according to claim 6, wherein the first image-modification processing includes processing wherein pixels are shifted in the first direction to correct deformation in the first direction while positions of steps in an image caused by the shift of pixels are dispersed. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The image processing device according to claim 6, wherein the second image-modification processing includes processing wherein deformation is corrected in the second direction. ### Claim 10 An image processing method comprising: an image-modification step of executing first image-modification processing wherein pixels are inserted to or deleted from a subject image in a first direction or pixels in the subject image are shifted in the first direction and second image modification processing wherein pixels in the subject image are shifted in a second direction; and an adjustment step of adjusting a position of a shift-border along which the pixels are shifted in the second image-modification processing on the basis of a position of each step in an image caused in the first image-modification processing.