Image processing system
First Claim
1. An image processing system comprising:
- input means for inputting document information including a plurality of lines;
converting means for converting the document information inputted by said input means into dot information;
removing means for comparing the height of dot information corresponding to respective ones of said lines with a predetermined value, and, in the case that the height is smaller than the predetermined value, for designating the line as spurious and for removing the line;
detecting means for detecting character string information in the plurality of lines of the document information from which the designated line has been removed by said removing means;
memory means for storing the character string information detected by said detecting means; and
editing processing means for changing the positional structure of the character strings comprising the plurality of lines the document formation in response to the character string information stored in said memory means.
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Abstract
An image processing system has an image processing function for use in, particularly, a word processor, a copying machine, or a facsimile apparatus. This apparatus includes an image reader to read and input image information; a keyboard to input character information; a recognizing unit for recognizing the character information in the image information inputted by the image reader; and an image processor for performing the editing of characters on the basis of the result by the recognizing unit. The character information includes lines of character strings, paragraphs in document information, spaces between words, spaces between characters, hyphens, or positions of words. The image processor means performs the image editing processes such as right alignment, deletion, rewriting, insertion, search, and the like with respect to the character information recognized by the recognizing unit. With this system, the character data inputted from the keyboard and the image data read by the image reader can be processed at the same level, so that the new documents can be freely produced.
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10 Claims
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1. An image processing system comprising:
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input means for inputting document information including a plurality of lines; converting means for converting the document information inputted by said input means into dot information; removing means for comparing the height of dot information corresponding to respective ones of said lines with a predetermined value, and, in the case that the height is smaller than the predetermined value, for designating the line as spurious and for removing the line; detecting means for detecting character string information in the plurality of lines of the document information from which the designated line has been removed by said removing means; memory means for storing the character string information detected by said detecting means; and editing processing means for changing the positional structure of the character strings comprising the plurality of lines the document formation in response to the character string information stored in said memory means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image processing system comprising:
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input means for inputting, as dot information, document information including a plurality of lines comprising character strings; removing means for comparing the height of dot information corresponding to respective ones of said lines with a predetermined value, and, in the case that the height is smaller than the predetermined value, for designating the line as spurious and for removing the line; calculating means for generating and outputting histogram data of the dot information of the document information from which the designated line has been removed by said removing means; detecting means for detecting a base line of each of the character strings in response to a frequency average and a standard deviation of the histogram data outputted from said calculating means; and processing means for changing the structure of the character strings of the document information using the base line detected by said detecting means as a reference. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. An image processing system comprising:
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input means for inputting, as dot information, document information including a plurality of lines; removing means for comparing the height of dot information corresponding to respective ones of said lines with a predetermined value, and, in the case that the height is smaller than the predetermined value, for designating the lines as spurious and for removing the line; calculating means for generating and outputting histogram data of the dot information of the document information from which the designated line has been removed by said removing means; detecting means for detecting a base line of each of the character strings in response to a difference in frequency of the histogram data output from said calculating means; and processing means for editing the structure of the character strings of the document information using the base line detected by said detecting means as a reference. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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