Image processing device with image dilation processing, image processing system, image processing method and computer readable medium

An image processing device comprising:

• an acquiring unit that acquires position data expressing positions of a plurality of reference images provided on a reference medium;
• a scanning unit that scans images of regions of the reference medium where the reference images are provided;
• and
• a determination unit that:
• calculates a sum of positional misalignment amounts between an image position of an instance of the plurality of reference images scanned by the scanning unit, and a position of the same instance of the plurality of reference images indicated by the position data acquired by the acquiring unit;
• performs alignment of the corresponding reference images using a common correction coefficient predetermined so as to give the smallest sum of the positional misalignment amounts;
• and
• determines a dilation amount for dilating an image data scanned by the scanning unit, such that the dilation amount increases as the sum of the positional misalignment amounts increases, further comprising:
• a first execution unit that performs alignment using the common correction coefficient on at least one of first image data expressing an image of a first document that is a document scanned with the scanning unit before performing correction and second image data expressing an image of a second document that is a document scanned after performing correction;
• a second execution unit that executes the image dilation on at least one of the first image data and the second image data with the dilation amount determined by the determination unit;
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• an extraction unit that, after both the alignment has been performed by the first execution unit and the image dilation has been executed by the second execution unit, extracts a correction image expressing the correction based on a computation result of difference between the first image data and the second image data.

An image processing system comprising an image processing device, the image processing device comprising:

• an image scanning device comprising a scanning unit that scans an image of a region where a plurality of reference images are provided on a reference medium, and a transmission unit that transmits image data that has been scanned by the scanning unit;
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• an image processing device comprising a receiving unit that receives the image data transmitted by the transmission unit, an acquiring unit that acquires the position data expressing the position of the plurality of reference images on the reference medium, and a determination device that:
• calculates a sum of positional misalignment amounts between an image position of an instance of the plurality of reference images received by the receiving unit, and a position of the same instance of the plurality of reference images indicated by the position data acquired by the acquiring unit;
• performs alignment of the corresponding reference images using a common correction coefficient predetermined so as to give the smallest sum of the positional misalignment amounts;
• and
• determines a dilation amount for image dilation on image data scanned by the scanning unit, such that the dilation amount increases as the sum of the positional misalignment amounts increases, wherein the image processing system comprises a plurality of the image processing devices, and the image processing system further comprises a storage unit that, for each of the respective plurality of image reading devices, associates image data expressing the dilation amount with identification data for identifying the corresponding image reading device, and stores the associated data.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including processor-readable instructions that are executable by a processor to perform image processing, the image processing comprising:

• acquiring position data expressing positions of a plurality of reference images provided on a reference medium;
• scanning an image of a region of the reference medium provided with the reference images;
• calculating a sum of positional misalignment amounts between an image position of an instance of the plurality of scanned reference images, and a position of the same instance of the plurality of reference images indicated by the acquired position data;
• performing alignment of the corresponding reference images using a common correction coefficient predetermined so as to give the smallest sum of the positional misalignment amounts;
• and
• determining a dilation amount in advance for image dilation of image data to be scanned, such that the dilation amount increases as the sum of the positional misalignment amounts increases,
• wherein determining the dilation amount comprises:
• determining dilation amounts for each time of scanning, by employing image data scanned a plurality of times from an image in a region of the reference medium where the reference image is provided;
• and
• determining a final dilation amount based on the plurality of determined dilation amounts.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including processor-readable instructions that are executable by a processor to perform image processing, the image processing comprising:

• acquiring position data expressing positions of a plurality of reference images provided on a reference medium;
• scanning an image of a region of the reference medium provided with the reference images;
• calculating a sum of positional misalignment amounts between an image position of an instance of the plurality of scanned reference images, and a position of the same instance of the plurality of reference images indicated by the acquired position data;
• performing alignment of the corresponding reference images using a common correction coefficient predetermined so as to give the smallest sum of the positional misalignment amounts;
• and
• determining a dilation amount for image dilation on the scanned image data, such that the dilation amount increases as the sum of the positional misalignment amounts increases, wherein the image processing further comprises:
• performing alignment using the correction coefficient on at least one of first image data scanned from an image of a first document that is a document before performing correction and second image data scanned from an image of a second document that is the document after performing correction;
• executing the image dilation on at least one of the first image data and the second image data with the determined dilation amount;
• and,
• after both the alignment has been performed and the image dilation has been executed, extracting a correction image expressing the correction based on a computation result of a difference between the first image data and the second image data.

An image processing method comprising:

• acquiring position data expressing positions of a plurality of reference images provided on a reference medium;
• scanning an image of a region of the reference medium where the reference image is provided;
• calculating a sum of positional misalignment amounts between an image position of an instance of the plurality of scanned reference images, and a position of the same instance of the plurality of reference images indicated by the acquired position data;
• performing alignment of the corresponding reference images using a common correction coefficient predetermined so as to give the smallest sum of the positional misalignment amounts;
• and
• determining a dilation amount in advance for image dilation of image data to be scanned, such that the dilation amount increases as the sum of the positional misalignment amounts increases,
• wherein determining the dilation amount comprises:
• determining dilation amounts for each time of scanning, by employing image data scanned a plurality of times from an image in a region of the reference medium where the reference image is provided;
• and
• determining a final dilation amount based on the plurality of determined dilation amounts.

An image processing method comprising:

• acquiring position data expressing positions of a plurality of reference images provided on a reference medium;
• scanning an image of a region of the reference medium where the reference image is provided;
• calculating a sum of positional misalignment amounts between an image position of an instance of the plurality of scanned reference images, and a position of the same instance of the plurality of reference images indicated by the acquired position data;
• performing alignment of the corresponding reference images using a common correction coefficient predetermined so as to give the smallest sum of the positional misalignment amounts;
• and
• determining a dilation amount for image dilation on the scanned image data, such that the dilation amount increases as the sum of the positional misalignment amounts increases, wherein the image processing further comprises:
• performing alignment using the correction coefficient on at least one of first image data scanned from an image of a first document that is a document before performing correction and second image data scanned from an image of a second document that is the document after performing correction;
• executing the image dilation on at least one of the first image data and the second image data with the determined dilation amount;
• and
• after both the alignment has been performed and the image dilation has been executed,
• extracting a correction image expressing the correction based on a computation result of difference between the first image data and the second image data.