Image processing apparatus and method thereof
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
- an image input device for inputting information of a document image;
an image analyzing device configured to analyze the image particulars of the input document image obtained by the image input device or component images contained in the input document image;
an image dividing device configured to divide the input document image into the component images according to the outcome of the analysis by the image analyzing device;
an image particulars determining device for determining the image particulars of the image or each of the images analyzed by the image analyzing device according to the outcome of analysis of the image analyzing device;
an image particulars converting device configured to convert the image particulars obtained by the analysis by the image analyzing device to the image particulars determined by the image particulars determining device; and
a device configured to output the information of the component images having the image particulars converted by the image particulars converting device.
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Abstract
The image particulars of a document image or a part thereof are analyzed and the image particulars of the image are determined according to the outcome of the analysis. Then, the analyzed image particulars of the image are converted to the determined image particulars. Additionally, the analyzed image is divided into component images contained in the image. The image particulars of the image are converted as a result of these processes so that information of the component images for making them as objects of easy viewing with an appropriate data size are output.
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20 Claims
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1. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an image input device for inputting information of a document image;
an image analyzing device configured to analyze the image particulars of the input document image obtained by the image input device or component images contained in the input document image;
an image dividing device configured to divide the input document image into the component images according to the outcome of the analysis by the image analyzing device;
an image particulars determining device for determining the image particulars of the image or each of the images analyzed by the image analyzing device according to the outcome of analysis of the image analyzing device;
an image particulars converting device configured to convert the image particulars obtained by the analysis by the image analyzing device to the image particulars determined by the image particulars determining device; and
a device configured to output the information of the component images having the image particulars converted by the image particulars converting device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An image processing apparatus comprising:
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an original reading device configured to read information of a document image;
an image analyzing device configured to analyze the image particulars of the input document image acquired for the first time by the original reading device;
an image particulars determining device configured to determine the image particulars of the input document image according to the outcome of analysis of the image analyzing device;
an input mode selecting device configured to select an input mode for the original reading device according to the image particulars determined by the image particulars determining device;
an image dividing device configured to divide the input document image into page images according to the outcome of the analysis made by the image analyzing device of the document image acquired for the second time by the original reading device in the input mode selected by the input selecting device; and
a device configured to output the information of the page images produced by the image dividing device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An image processing method comprising:
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inputting information of a document image;
analyzing the image particulars of the obtained input document image or those of each of the component images contained in the input document image;
dividing the input document image into the component images according to the outcome of the analysis;
determining the image particulars of the image or each of the images according to the outcome of analysis of the image particulars;
converting the image particulars obtained by the analysis of the image to the determined image particulars; and
outputting the information of the component images having the image particulars converted according to the outcome of the determination.
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20. An image processing method comprising:
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reading information of an original document image;
analyzing the image particulars of the input document image acquired for the first time by the reading;
determining the image particulars of the input document image according to the outcome of analysis;
selecting an input mode for reading the information of the original document according to the determined image particulars;
dividing the input document image into page images according to the outcome of the analysis of the information of the input document image acquired for the second time as read in the selected input mode; and
outputting the information of the page images acquired as a result of the above steps.
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