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US 6,275,609 B1Granted
Image processing apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasami Kugai
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Abstract
Image data representing a text-containing original image read by a scanner or the like is subjected to area partitioning processing and character recognition processing so as to be converted to icons and displayed (S11-S15). The icons include icons representing text and bitmap images, etc. When any icon is designated by a mouse (S17), image data that has undergone the area partitioning processing and character recognition processing and that corresponds to this icon is displayed (S21-S22).
Claims26
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- area partitioning means for splitting an input image into a plurality of block areas corresponding to a plurality of block images and generating a data block with regard to each block image, each data block respectively including a prescribed structure that includes attribute data conforming to a type of a corresponding block image;
- and
- symbol display means for assigning, to each of the plurality of block images depending upon the attribute data, any symbol from among a plurality of predetermined symbols, and for displaying the assigned symbols in a displayed image,
- wherein said symbol display means displays, in the displayed image, an input-image symbol that includes the symbols assigned to respective ones of the plurality of block images and that represents an overall composition of the input image.
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An image processing apparatus comprising:
- area partitioning means for splitting an input image into a plurality of block areas corresponding to a plurality of block images and generating a data block with regard to each block image, each data block respectively including a prescribed structure that includes of attribute data conforming to a type of a corresponding block image;
- and
- symbol display means for assigning, to each of the plurality of block images, a symbol created by prescribed image processing based on each block image, and displaying the assigned symbols in a displayed image,
- wherein said symbol display means displays, in the displayed image, an input-image symbol that includes the symbols assigned to respective ones of the plurality of block images and that represents an overall composition of the input image.
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An image processing method comprising:
- an area partitioning step of splitting an input image into a plurality of block areas corresponding to a plurality of block images and generating a data block with regard to each block image, each data block respectively including a prescribed structure that includes attribute data conforming to a type of a corresponding block image;
- and
- a symbol display step of assigning, to each of the plurality of block images depending upon the attribute data, any symbol from among a plurality of predetermined symbols, and displaying the assigned symbols in a displayed image,
- wherein said symbol display step includes displaying in the displayed image an input-image symbol that includes the symbols assigned to respective ones of the plurality of block images and that represents an overall composition of the input image.
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An image processing method comprising:
- an area partitioning step of splitting an input image into a plurality of block areas corresponding to a plurality of block images and generating a data block with regard to each block image, each data block respectively including a prescribed structure that includes attribute data conforming to a type of a corresponding block image;
- and
- a symbol display step of assigning, to each of the plurality of block images, a symbol created by prescribed image processing based on each block image, and displaying the assigned symbols in a displayed image,
- wherein said symbol display step includes displaying in the displayed image an input-image symbol that includes the symbols assigned to respective ones of the plurality of block images and that represents an overall composition of the input image.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.