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Image processing apparatus
Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp
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Filing: 1993-03-03
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Granted: 1994-12-13
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Expires: 2013-03-03
Abstract
Abstract An image processing apparatus that reads the image on a document by raster scanning and which rotates it at the same time. The apparatus includes a comparing unit for comparing image data in a plurality of scan lines for one scanning direction in an original image including a region to be moved, a calculating unit for calculating deviation from reference lines of the region to be moved on the basis of a result of comparison by the comparing unit, and a moving unit for moving individual pixels in each scan line on the basis of a result of calculation by the calculating unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Takanori Masui
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:53
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T3/00; G06T3/60; G06T3/608; H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/387; H04N1/3877; H04N1/3878
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
232 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: identifying means for identifying image data as being associated with an image in a non-document part or an image in a document part for each scan line in a first scanning direction of the image data; comparing means for comparing ranges of image in the document part for a plurality of scan lines that have been identified by said identifying means; horizontal direction calculating means for calculating deviation from a reference line of the range of image in the document part in the first scanning direction on the basis of a result of comparison by said comparing means; horizontally moving means for moving the image in the first scanning direction in accordance with the deviation detected by said horizontal direction calculating means, whereby the deviation in the first scanning direction is corrected to generate a first set of corrected image data; vertical direction calculating means for calculating an amount of movement in a second direction perpendicular to the first scanning direction on the basis of the number of pixels in the document part occupied by the image as corrected by said horizontally moving means in the second direction; and vertically moving means for moving the image data for each pixel in the second direction on the basis of a result of calculation by said vertical direction calculating means to generate a second set of corrected image data.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
232 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: identifying means for identifying image data as being associated with an image in a non-document part or an image in a document part for each scan line in a first scanning direction of the image data; comparing means for comparing ranges of image in the document part for a plurality of scan lines that have been identified by said identifying means; horizontal direction calculating means for calculating deviation from a reference line of the range of image in the document part in the first scanning direction on the basis of a result of comparison by said comparing means; horizontally moving means for moving the image in the first scanning direction in accordance with the deviation detected by said horizontal direction calculating means, whereby the deviation in the first scanning direction is corrected to generate a first set of corrected image data; vertical direction calculating means for calculating an amount of movement in a second direction perpendicular to the first scanning direction on the basis of the number of pixels in the document part occupied by the image as corrected by said horizontally moving means in the second direction; and vertically moving means for moving the image data for each pixel in the second direction on the basis of a result of calculation by said vertical direction calculating means to generate a second set of corrected image data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said identifying means distinguishes between the images in the document and non-document parts by comparing a density of image data of each pixel with a threshold value.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
23 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising image reading means for scanning the image to convert it into image data.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing image data.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising scan line storage means for storing the first set of corrected image data as generated by said horizontally moving means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising corrected image data storage means for storing the second set of corrected image data as generated by said vertically moving means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
The image processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said vertical direction calculating means includes horizontal pixel number storage means for storing the number of pixels in the document part occupied by the image as corrected by said horizontally moving means in the second direction.
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