Image processing apparatus and method for managing documents with output-prohibit area
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTaro Kikuchi
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Abstract
A detecting unit detects output-prohibit area information indicating an output-prohibit area from image data. An identifying unit identifies the output-prohibit area in the image data based on the output-prohibit area information detected by the detecting unit. A masking unit performs a masking on the output-prohibit area identified by the identifying unit. A rearranging unit rearranges an image of an area other than the output-prohibit area over the output-prohibit area on which the masking is performed by the masking unit. An outputting unit outputs image data obtained by rearranging the image by the rearranging unit.
Claims22
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a receiving unit that receives image data;
- a detecting unit that detects output-prohibit area information indicating an output-prohibit area from the image data;
- an identifying unit that identifies the output-prohibit area in the image data based on the output-prohibit area information detected by the detecting unit;
- a masking unit that performs a masking on the output-prohibit area identified by the identifying unit;
- a rearranging unit that rearranges an image of an area other than the output-prohibit area over the output-prohibit area on which the masking is performed by the masking unit to ensure that contextual details of the output-prohibit area cannot be inferred based on remaining, non-masked image data;
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- an outputting unit that outputs image data obtained by rearranging the image by the rearranging unit.
An image processing method comprising:
- inputting image data;
- detecting output-prohibit area information indicating an output-prohibit area from the image data;
- identifying the output-prohibit area in the image data based on the output-prohibit area information detected at the detecting;
- performing a masking on the output-prohibit area identified at the identifying;
- rearranging an image of an area other than the output-prohibit area over the output-prohibit area on which the masking is performed at the performing to ensure that contextual details of the output-prohibit area cannot be inferred based on remaining, non-masked image data;
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- outputting image data obtained by rearranging the image at the rearranging.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.