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Image processing apparatus having image region specifying function
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1998-12-04
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Granted: 2001-11-27
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Expires: 2018-12-04
Abstract
Abstract A plurality of image regions in the image of the original document are determined on the basis of the image data of the original document. The positions of the plurality of image regions are then indicated as regions in the image of the original document by the display. With use of the display, the user specifies at least one point in the image of the original document in order to specify one region. On the basis of the coordinates of the position specified by the user and the relative positions of the image regions, the image region corresponding to the specified position is determined as the specified region. The image in the specified region is then subjected to the image process desired by the user.
Inventors
- 👤 Gururaj Rao
- 👤 Hiroki Kanno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 10:09
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/40; H04N1/40062; G; G06; G06T; G06T7/00; G06T7/10; G06T7/12; G06V; G06V30/00; G06V30/40; H04N1/387; H04N1/3872; G06T2207/00; G06T2207/10; G06T2207/10004; G06T2207/10008; G06T2207/20; G06T2207/20092; G06T2207/20101; G06T2207/30; G06T2207/30176
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: image region determination means for determining a plurality of image regions in the original document on the basis of input image data of the original document; display means for displaying positions of the image regions determined by the image region determination means in the image of the original document; specifying means for specifying at least one position of a point on the basis of contents displayed by display means; determination means for determining an image region corresponding to the specified position as a specified region on the basis of coordinates of the position specified by the specifying means and relative positions of the image regions, and for determining a non-image region as a specified region when the specified position is located in the non-image region which lies between at least two regions that are determined by the image region determination means, wherein said display means displays the non-image region by discriminating the non-image region from the other image regions; and image processing means for processing an image in the specified region determined by the determination means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
181 words
An image processing apparatus comprising: image region determination means for determining a plurality of image regions in the original document on the basis of input image data of the original document; display means for displaying positions of the image regions determined by the image region determination means in the image of the original document; specifying means for specifying at least one position of a point on the basis of contents displayed by display means; determination means for determining an image region corresponding to the specified position as a specified region on the basis of coordinates of the position specified by the specifying means and relative positions of the image regions, and for determining a non-image region as a specified region when the specified position is located in the non-image region which lies between at least two regions that are determined by the image region determination means, wherein said display means displays the non-image region by discriminating the non-image region from the other image regions; and image processing means for processing an image in the specified region determined by the determination means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display means has means for displaying a contour of each of the image regions determined by the image region determination means at a corresponding position in a frame of the image of the original document.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
73 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image region determination means comprises; featuring amount calculating means for calculating a position and a size of each of objects constituting the image of the original document in order to supply them as a featuring amount; and means for determining a plurality of image regions by unifying each of collections of the objects having the same attribute on the basis of the featuring amount.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the image processing means has image insertion means for inserting another image into the image of the specified region.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
245 words
An image forming apparatus comprising: scanning means for optically scanning an image of an original document to supply image data of the original document; image region determination means for determining a plurality of image regions in the image of the original document on the basis of the image data of the original document supplied from the scanning means; display means for displaying positions of the image regions determined by the image region determination means in the image of the original document; specifying means for specifying at least one position of a point on the basis of the positions displayed by the display means; determination means for determining as a specified region an image region corresponding to the specified position on the basis of coordinates of the position specified by the specifying means and relative positions of the image regions, and for determining a non-image region as a specified region when the specified position is located in the non-image region which lies between at least two regions that are determined by the image region determination means, wherein said display means displays the non-image region by discriminating the non-image region from the other image regions; image processing means for processing the image of the specified region determined by the determination means; and image forming means for forming an image on the basis of the image data of the original document which is supplied from the scanning means and the image data processed by the image processing means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
245 words
An image forming apparatus comprising: scanning means for optically scanning an image of an original document to supply image data of the original document; image region determination means for determining a plurality of image regions in the image of the original document on the basis of the image data of the original document supplied from the scanning means; display means for displaying positions of the image regions determined by the image region determination means in the image of the original document; specifying means for specifying at least one position of a point on the basis of the positions displayed by the display means; determination means for determining as a specified region an image region corresponding to the specified position on the basis of coordinates of the position specified by the specifying means and relative positions of the image regions, and for determining a non-image region as a specified region when the specified position is located in the non-image region which lies between at least two regions that are determined by the image region determination means, wherein said display means displays the non-image region by discriminating the non-image region from the other image regions; image processing means for processing the image of the specified region determined by the determination means; and image forming means for forming an image on the basis of the image data of the original document which is supplied from the scanning means and the image data processed by the image processing means.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the display means has means for displaying a contour of each of the image regions determined by the image region determination means at a corresponding position in a frame of the image of the original document.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
75 words
The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the image region determination means has a featuring amount calculating means for calculating position and size of each object constituting the image of the original document so as to provide the position and the size as a featuring amount, and means for determining a plurality of image region by unifying each of collections of objects having the same attribute respectively on the basis of the featuring amount.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
170 words
A method of specifying image regions, comprising: image region discrimination step of discriminating a plurality of image regions in an image of the original document on the basis of input image data of the original document, display step of displaying a position of the image regions discriminated in the image region discrimination step in the image of the original document, specifying step of specifying at least one position of a point on the basis of the position displayed by the display step, and determining step of determining an image region corresponding to the specified position as a specified region on the basis of coordinates of the position specified in the specifying step and relative positions of the image regions, and of determining a non-image region as a specified region when the specified position is located in the non-image region which lies between at least two regions that are discriminated by the image region discrimination step and displaying the non-image region by discriminating the non-image region from the other image regions.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
170 words
A method of specifying image regions, comprising: image region discrimination step of discriminating a plurality of image regions in an image of the original document on the basis of input image data of the original document, display step of displaying a position of the image regions discriminated in the image region discrimination step in the image of the original document, specifying step of specifying at least one position of a point on the basis of the position displayed by the display step, and determining step of determining an image region corresponding to the specified position as a specified region on the basis of coordinates of the position specified in the specifying step and relative positions of the image regions, and of determining a non-image region as a specified region when the specified position is located in the non-image region which lies between at least two regions that are discriminated by the image region discrimination step and displaying the non-image region by discriminating the non-image region from the other image regions.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 8 , wherein the display step has a step of displaying a contour of each of the image regions discriminated in the image region discrimination step at a corresponding position in a frame of the image of the original document.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
78 words
The method according to claim 8 , wherein the image region discrimination step has a featuring amount calculation step of calculating a position and a size of each of objects constituting the image of the original document so as to supply the position and the size as a featuring amount, and a step of discriminating a plurality of image region by unifying collections of the objects having the same attribute respectively on the basis of the featuring amount.
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